Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Home Business Strategy - How To Be Successful Despite Obstacles

What kind of reaction you get to setbacks? Are you, or find another way to do what you were originally trying to do?



The way we handle problems is one of the distinguishing characteristics of those who become successful, and those who let circumstances stand in the way. It is almost a given that at a certain point along the route, what we are trying to do, we will be faced with obstacles. Nowhere is this clearer than in the business world. And the online, home business arena is certainly no different.



Despite the many offers for instant, turn-key businesses, there are still circumstances that can change, things that may seem something goes wrong, and ideas that may not lead to a profitable outcome.



As an example, I recently an easy way to a number of programmes that I am in. The system comes with autoresponder messages, however, just this afternoon when I logged into the autoresponder account, I discovered I could not upload any leads I had bought. I got a bit irritated at first, then did some research online and found another autoresponder service that allows uploading purchased.



'Great', I thought. The only problem was I to do with the way was to reconfigure the transfer and 216 e-mail messages to this new service ...



I tried sending the e-mails as a test messages (which I do not have a copy of them on my hard drive). That seemed to work for the first 50. Then I got a message that I could not test all e-mails that hour. The autoresponder service seemed to think that I am still a free account, even though I had upgraded a day ago. Mild frustration began to creep in again. I have a number of e-mails more, but do not want to wait for assistance to return to me. So I went back to square 1 - copy and paste each e-mail message, all 216.



I decided a zen-like attitude could best me here. And by scanning the titles and contents of each message if I copied and pasted (they're not written by me, and not by a more experienced marketer), I started to really learn a lot more, about how the items were used trigger words, And all those things I had read about the trade in books and ezines.



"Cool", I thought, 'This is not so bad after all. "



Then, of course, my computer stopped registering the right click of the mouse on the web. I had spilled hot coffee all over my desk a few months ago, and my laptop is not as happy as it once was since that time. Now, it seems, was one of those moments. Fortunately for me, I had discovered that the simultaneous use of 'Ctrl' and 'C' on the keyboard data and copied to the clipboard. So that issue, too. (Could I again my computer, but did not want to reopen and log in to all weather).



The point of all this is that even with time-saving elements of pre-business, things can still go wrong. Or they may need some ingenuity to a new impetus. Take PLR articles - instead of uploading them to a website unchanged, or even hire someone to rewrite them, why not turn them into an ebook, ecourse, or report to be used for viral marketing?



instead to look at the negative consequences of a problem or dilemma facing you at any one time, why not look at the opportunities that are hidden there. Changing our perspective, lateral thinking, can transform both our marketing and our company.

Article by:

If you'd like a step by step guide to creating your OWN opt-in leads, complete with a 400 day follow-up autoresponder series written by a successful home business marketer, a professional sales page for lead generation, and a complete website where you can showcase your programs, click here. Best of all - it's free!

No comments: