Starting an Online Business even When You’re Already Fifty

Let’s be real: not everyone who is already at retirement age, or close to it, is actually looking forward to a very carefree life. In fact, a lot of soon-to-be retirees are apprehensive. With the way things are going, their retirement plan may not be enough to cover all their expenses once they’re already out of work. To make things worse, their choices for jobs become very limited due to their old age.

If you’re already fifty, scared, and don’t have enough savings to speak of, don’t worry. You do have an exceptional option. You can begin learning the ropes of opening an online business. You can even use your wide range of working experience to give you a good head start in your chosen niche.

Here’s how you can plan your virtual enterprise:

1. Brush up on the different online marketing techniques. The principles are basically the same: you spread the word that you’re in business and looking for buyers to sell them your products. What is different about it is how you execute it. The Internet has a wide variety of tools you can use. You can get to know them and perhaps test them for a while to see how they really work. Once you get the hang of them, marketing can become a breeze.

2. Go back to your network connection. Your online business is one of your greatest excuses to dig up those business cards and get in touch with your connections. If you’re working, don’t tell them you’re leaving your work. The message may reach your boss, and you may get fired prematurely. Just simply inform them that you’re cooking up something, and you’re offering certain products or services. Ask if they’ll be interested to take advantage of them once they’re already in place.

3. Prepare your business cards. Just because you are into an online business doesn’t mean you can ignore the traditional methods of marketing. Business cards still work, since you can include your website in the contact details.

4. Ask for help. Admit it, you’re old. There are plenty of things you cannot do properly anymore because you get tired easily. You shouldn’t be so stressed too. So look for some help. Online, you’ll find several freelancers who are willing to negotiate fees and job descriptions. Give them all the routine tasks such as designing your webpage and updating it, as well as providing content. You, on the other hand, can take on the most pressing matters, like finance and marketing. 

Why This Is the Best Time to Start Your Own Online Business

For the past few months, you’ve been thinking about leaving the corporate world and build your own online enterprise. However, for some reason, you keep on postponing it. You should know by now that the best time to set up one is actually now, for the following reasons:

1.     There are plenty of competitors out there.

Don’t wait for the time when all you can say is “This used to be my idea.” Definitely, cyberspace has a lot of room for newcomers, but it isn’t going to wait for you forever.

2.     You have all the tools you need.

One of the greatest advantages of the World Wide Web is there are already a lot of productivity tools you can use for your business. You have social networking websites such as Twitter and Face book, blogs, message boards, and even e-mail apps including those of Gmail. And around 60 percent of them are free.

3.     More people are starting to trust the Internet more.

Based on the data of Comscore®, over $21 billion was spent on online shopping during November and December 2010, and this was during the time when economic pundits claimed the country is still picking itself up from the recession. If you open up an online business now, you can definitely get your share of this huge pie.

On the other hand, just like anything online, things are evolving, and more people are using their mobile phones for online purchases. By positioning yourself today, you won’t be having a hard time getting mobile phone customers and subscribers.

4.     You don’t like your job anymore.

Seriously, you wouldn’t be reading this page if you still enjoy what you’re doing at the office. Perhaps you’re seeking greener pastures, or you’re already tired dealing with your nagging boss. Either way, the job doesn’t give you the satisfaction and recognition you desire. Before it burns you out completely, you’d better off leaving it now.

5.     There are a lot of opportunities waiting to be harnessed.

If you’ll just do your research well, be observant, and employ your creativity and innovative skills, you’ll realize there are still 101 businesses that have been not maximized properly or saturated. They are niche markets that are waiting to be tapped by people like you.

An online business requires a marketing acumen, some basic financial know-how, and 99 percent determination and persistence. Simply put, there’re no shortcuts to your success. That being said, it will certainly not come unless you take the big leap today.

Unlock the Power of Your Intuitive Link®

How to Tap Your Intuition for Answers to Your Everyday Life Questions

 

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You know that little faint voice you hear in the back of your head, or the hunch that you get in your stomach? The one that tells you whom to trust, what decision to make, which direction to take, or even what to believe about someone, or conclude about some situation you’re faced with?

It's your intuition speaking to you. Are you heeding the message or are you ignoring it like most people?
Unfortunately, the society we've grown up in, has conditioned us not trust our most important valuable sense: our sixth sense- our intuition.

Why? Because our intuition – which we were given at birth – is the key that unlocks the door to unlimited wealth, health, happiness, and answers to dilemmas and questions we face in our daily lives. If we had our intuition, we would have the power to make money, get the right job, make the right business decisions, pick the right partner, and create the life that we so much desire and want.

Intuition works exactly like a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it gets, and the more accurate it will be. For that purpose, I will show you two tested and proven methods, to hone and tap your intuitive-link with god for any answers you’re seeking in your life. These two methods are simple, but very powerful, so don’t be fooled by their simplicity. If used properly, you will gain clarity on your life purpose, unleash your creativity to unprecedented level, and stimulate your imagination like never before.

Method One:

A) Calm your mind, still your thoughts , and write on a blank sheet of paper your own specific question about a particular situation or something pertaining to you ( GOD, what’s the answer or best solution to this issue-name your specific issue?) write this with the hand that you usually write with-your dominant writing hand.

B) Stay still and hand the pen over to your dormant hand, the one you never write with.

C) Wait a second, and the answer or a lead to your answer will come to your mind, and you just write whatever it is with the hand that you never write with.

Follow the answer, even if it's just a lead and not the entire answer, and more steps will be shown to you after you’ve taken the first action. Thank God for helping you and show sincere gratitude.

Method Two:

A) Take one day a week where you don't plan anything at all. Not a single thing.

B) Go to the beach or a place of nature to think about a particular issue or a current situation in your life.

C) Calm yourself, and start gazing at the sky, the stars, the mountain or any natural place you favor.

D) Get in the feeling of really enjoying Mother Nature and noticing the abundance and beauty surround you.

E) Gently, tune in to your intuition on that particular issue concerning you and ask for help with answers in a very specific question format.

F) Be open and flexible to answers coming in different ways and forms.

You be surprised of all the clarity, ideas, and strangers (messengers) you might meet on that day that GOD sends your way to provide you the answer to whatever you ponder. Always remember to be grateful and thank GOD afterwards, and you will receive more clues and unmistakable signs for sure.

©2006-2009, All Copyrights Reserved Erfan Hettini

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Why You Can Succeed in this Decade of Entrepreneurship?

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By Erfan Hettini,

We live in the most intriguing decade of all time-- The decade of entrepreneurship. A decade that presents a tremendously unlimited number of opportunities for the average person, with unprecedented success rate for the equipped one.

In a decade where mergers resulting in layoffs and job insecurity have become the norm. More and more people are choosing to start their own business today than any time in history. More and more people have reactivated the entrepreneur within and are realizing an unparalleled success and so can you .

Let’s take a look and see why the time is ripe for you to launch your own business and see what factors are on your side to help you succeed.

The best way to illustrate my point is to first ask yourself the following question: do you realize we live in a different age?

Never before in the history of the world has it been easier to start your own business than it is today. The internet has proven numerous times over that we have indeed entered the speed age, the age of information, those who have the right information and put it to use in the shortest time possible, benefit the most .Every 60 seconds, there is a new millionaire 
born somewhere in the world.

There are certain success factors that are best explained through a contrast between the Industrial Age and the Information Age.

There are two key factors with different aspects of that Industrial Age vs. Information Age.

A) Demographics of millionaires and Billionaires of both ages
in relation to Age, Time, Wealth.

• In the industrial age it took more time to create wealth and the age of a wealthy person, and especially billionaires was on average almost in their fifties and sixties. In this information age there are plenty of self-made multimillionaires in their twenties and billionaires in their early thirties.

• In the industrial age, billionaires were very few, but in the information age: it’s not as seldom as before. The U.S. alone has well over 400 persons in the billionaire club.

• Achieving billionaire status in the industrial age took on average 20-25 years to accomplish versus 10-15 years for the information age.

• A contrast between Warren Buffet and Bill Gates illustrate the following point. Warren is a multi- billionaire of the industrial age mostly, and a gate is a multi- billionaire of the information age. Warren is much older, and a gate is much wealthier than warren and became a billionaire in his early thirties.

B) Benefits of Entrepreneurship
In terms of income, tax, time, security, income potential

• An income created through a job is called linear income which is trading time for dollars. An income created through a business is called leveraged -income which is leveraging the time of the employees, advisors and vendors to create income for the business owner.

• As an employee working a job you pay the maximum taxes and you are the last one who gets paid. In a business you pay minimum taxes and you are the first one to get paid.

• When you are an employee, your freedom of time and schedule are bound by what your job dictates. As a business owner, you have a large degree of control over your time.

• As an employee you could lose your job regardless of your performance. As a business owner your security is in your own hand.

• Your income has a ceiling as an employee, but as a business owner you determine the ceiling of your income.

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Live Your Own Truth

3 Simple Steps to Get out of the Rat Race

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Article by Erfan Hettini

We live in the most exciting time of human existence. Never has been a time before with so many opportunities for people to prosper than it is today. We are virtually at the cusp of entering a full fledge online economy. Not only that, but we also have many opportunities still offered today from the industrial age which have reached maturity over a decade ago.

Whether, you realize it or not, the internet economy which started with the birth of the computer, still has a long way before reaching maturity, which means you can ride the wave to maturity which will take at least another decade or two and profit from it to create the life of your dreams.

In close analysis of the trends taking place in today’s economy, you will notice a pattern that is similar to the pre-industrial age. Many people are reverting to their natural aptitude and starting their own business.

In the pre-industrial age, most people were small entrepreneurs, exchanging skills and products for other products or money. Employees were a rare thing, and it was the industrial age that invented organized labor and corporations where you have to punch in and out. And what’s happening today is nothing short of an entrepreneurial awakening. People are reactivating their entrepreneurial soul and taking their product to the world’s online market through their computers and that’s revolutionary.

If you are sick of the rat race and want out, you would first need to follow three simple steps to be successful as outlined below.

Step 1: Discover your true passion

What do find yourself doing when you are not on the job?

The next time you go home after work, pay very close attention and break your routine, whether it’s watching T.V., drinking or any mundane activity.
What do you naturally gravitate towards doing, and not born out of habit and learned social behavior? Is it writing something, reading something, fixing something, building something, or talking about something? What’s that one thing that just makes you feel joyful and childlike?

Ask yourself this very crucial question and answer it with all honesty. If you had all the money you need to pay all your living expenses for the rest of your life, what would you get up and do for FREE every morning for the rest of your life that would be in service to other people?

Step 2: Connect to your passion

A) Tally all the free time you have before going to work and after, including weekends and create a schedule of it such as 5-7 am, 7-9 p.m. and more hours on the weekend to practice your passion.

B) Dedicate your new schedule to practice your passion and strengthen it on daily basis. If you do that, you find that you are gaining clarity and deeper insight about yourself that you didn’t know existed. You will also feel more focused than ever before and a great sense of joy.

Step 3: Embrace and live your passion

A) Follow your new passion schedule for at least 90 days and until it becomes a second nature to you.

B) Search the internet and find out how you can build a successful online business around your passion. Chances are they are successful people out there who are living the same passion full-time and with a web-based business model. Find that one person that makes so much sense to you and attend their seminars, workshops and sign-up to their newsletter if they have one.

C) Find a way that you can emulate their business model, but with your own flavor and personality. Meaning, how you present and do your passion must incorporate elements of your personality. For example, you can get from one destination to another, by a car, train, bus, airplane, walking, jogging or on a ship, which method would you choose if you have the option? There’s only one of you, and only you can deliver that product or service in that one certain flavor, and the internet is your gateway to the world’s market.

d) Keep your job till your part-time passion start generating twice as much as your job for at least a year, and don't raise your living standards, but actually stash the extra income to give you enough living expenses for at least a year or two.

e) Congratulation, you are free to vacate your job and do your passion full-time with minimal downside.

f) Focus on expanding your business and teaching other daring souls how to break free from the rat race.

 

©2008-2009, All Copyrights Reserved Erfan Hettini

The Art of Intuitive Networking®

The New Paradigm for Building a Golden Rolodex

Learn the 5 Success Principles that Lead to Enriching Relationships

©2009, All Copyrights Reserved, Erfan Hettini

 

 You probably have heard the term”the size of your network determines the size of your net worth”. Now if you are an online business owner, you’ve heard it “the money is in the list”. With that said, both online and offline business owners realize that building a network is essential to sustaining a viable business in the long haul. Every successful entrepreneur ever existed got there, by first building a loyal network of clients and friends that led him/her to an increasing number of opportunities and influence. After all, it’s not who you that matters, it’s who knows you. The Art of Intuitive Networking differs greatly from the methods of Traditional Networking in many ways, and is a great deal more effective.

The traditional and prevalent networking method you see taking place at events and business seminars is based mostly on the Law of Numbers and Averages. The traditional networker is usually handing out his/her business cards like a sales person on the roll to meet a sales quota with minimal human bonding. Typically, the effects of the psychological pressure that manifest on the traditional networker’s demeanor as neediness, and stiff body language. Not to mention, feeling drained, and exhausted like you’re climbing a mountain, are all the outcome of networking with the mindset of a sales person. While networking the traditional way can produce some random and sporadic results, it will for the most part reduce your efforts and time to nothing more than a pile of collected cards of warm leads.

  Intuitive networking is an art that builds a rolodex that’s ultra-responsive, warm and ever –expanding, in a way that’s effortless, joyous and has real-human connection at its cornerstone. Its success depends on implementing five different factors in the following order-Mindset, Attitude, Clarity, Intuitive Action, and Acts of Service.

Here’s an explanation of the five success factors of Intuitive Networking that you must use to build a Golden Rolodex, which will enrich your life with many rewards beyond your imagination.

1-      Mindset: Always come from a place of abundance, giving and service first, not from a place of selling or qualifying potential clients, when approaching people.

2-      Attitude: Check your attitude to make sure you’re turned on positive; no one wants to connect with a grouch, except for negative people.

3-      Clarity: Be clear on your intention. What goal are you seeking to accomplish before you go to an event. What answers and solutions are you searching for?

4-      Intuitive Action: Be open to possibilities and make a declaration that you will connect with all the souls that you’re supposed to connect with, and with the highest good for all parties before you enter the event. Then, relax and just go about your business without actively looking to connect with anyone and you will intuitively attract to you the right connections. Listen to your heart and it will tell you where to go and when to act.

5-      Acts of Service: When you connect with someone, think of ways you can help that person accomplish his/her goal without expecting anything in return. Not only it’s a very rewarding experience, but you’ll initially make new friends and later clients, and very possibly for life, if you’re consistent at follow-up and keeping in touch.

 Erfan Hettini is a Master Intuitive Networker, a Movie Producer, an Entrepreneur and the Author of the powerful book 101 Reasons You Should Fire Your Employer & Start Your Own Business. He’s one of America’s most renowned business experts on Entrepreneurial Empowerment at  www.selfgrowth.com . He regularly helps aspiring entrepreneurs awaken the entrepreneur within, and show them the way out of the Rat Race, towards financial abundance, happiness and peace of mind. For more information, go to http://www.fire-your-employer.com

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How to Succeed in the Information Age

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Article by Erfan Hettini, 2008

We live in the most intriguing decade of all times- the decade of online entrepreneurship. A decade that presents a tremendous amount of opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs from all walks of life, with an unprecedented zero barriers for the daring average person.

In a decade, where mergers resulting in layoffs and job insecurity have become the standard, more and more people are starting an online business in astronomically increasing numbers. More and more people are fed-up with being stuck in the rat race and going for their dreams with a great success rate and so can you.

The internet today is creating a new millionaire every minute of everyday, and the invitation is wide open to anyone that is equipped and fully-aware that we entered the age of speed, the age of delivering information in a stealthy and effective way. Those who adapt and can communicate and deliver the information effectively in the shortest time possible, will prosper beyond their wildest dreams. Those who don’t adapt will simply struggle.

There are simple factors and concepts that you must comprehend, see through and fully incorporate into the way you set-up your business and deliver your product. Fail to do this, and you will decrease your success rate. To better illustrate my point, I will reveal to you those success factors and concepts in a question format.

Question One

Why companies from the industrial age are struggling, while companies with early online presence are thriving?

The companies from the industrial age failed to adapt their business model to the information age early enough, although the evidence showed that people where starting to embrace the internet as a new way of communication

Question Two

What is the definition of a successful business transaction?

A business transaction is an exchange of value involving two willing parties, one called a seller who succeeded in COMMUNICATING his/her product effectively to convince the second party called a buyer to exchange money or other things of value, resulting in a successful business transaction.

Question Three

How many forms of communication are available today and what are they?

There several forms and variation of communication that any two people can utilize, but will always involve one or two of the human communication parts -eyes, ears, hands, and mouth.

•You can communicate with another person by sending a written communication in a form of a letter, an e-mail , a text message, a blog, a bulletin board, online chat, or a fax

•You can communicate visually with another person by meeting in person, sending a video or an agent.

•You can communicate in an auditory way by phone, tape, C.D, MP3, etc

If you were to take a look at the companies that are thriving today, you will find that there are internet companies with a revolutionary product or service that effectively provide more that one form of communication to conclude an exchange of value between two parties.

For example, Apple® is thriving today, because it keeps on creating more innovative ways for people to communicate (iphone), and therefore more business. Another would be the phenomenon of social networks that combines written, auditory and visual forms of communication for people to interact. Face Book® is less than two years old private company and is already valued at over 16 billion dollars.

In conclusion, if you want to start or own a successful business in this decade, you must deliver whatever information or product you have in a clear, effective, and speedy way that incorporate more than one form of communication, then an online business is the ideal answer to your prayer.

Erfan Hettini is a lifelong entrepreneur; he started his first business while still in college. He’s currently a business consultant, a business coach, a movie producer, an award winning poet and the author of the powerful book 101 Reasons You Should Fire Your Employer & Start Your Own Business.

He’s also a renowned business expert on the subject of Entrepreneurship Empowerment at the world #1 online destination for self improvement- www.selfgrowth.com . To find more go to www.fire-your-employer.com

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