Ways To Become Filthy Rich
August 8, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Affiliate Marketing, Blogging
Becoming rich might be a dream for almost anyone, but it’s not that easy as we think. It takes hard determination, passion, willingness, resources, knowledge and practicality to earn that standard in the society. I have come across so many people in life who have started from scratch who went on to become billionaires today and are becoming richer each passing day, it doesn’t take more than few qualities to achieve your life goals, the most important of all, EARNING MONEY. If you are thinking of making million dollars in just one shot then I think you must be doing any one of the following things:
- The first and foremost ingredient of being rich is Inheritance, if you have inherited wealth from your fore fathers, you automatically become rich. It is one of the easiest ways to get money in your kitty without any sheer hard work. But at the same time, if your family has nothing to give you, you loose out on all the wealth.
- The second prime important things to make money are your physical attributes, in the world of media – glamour and passion are important. If you have athletic look, are good at sports, attractive styling then you might enter the world of modeling that will help you make enough money.
- To start up something of your own, need knowledge about that particular field, if you have knowledge and are determined to achieve your targets it will help you make million bucks in just a few seconds, believe me. The high IQ helps you to be ahead of the race without a doubt!
- Money doesn’t grow on trees; you have put in efforts to earn that reputation and wealth in the market. You will only make money when you are willing to put that many efforts in earning money, do something different and win the match.
For some, the above methods might be easy, for some it might be difficult. There are some qualities an individual is good at and some they are bad at, but everybody has been gifted by some unique quality by God, I truly stand by this fact and I have confidence that even you can become rich by discovering that quality in you, which you are good at and find the path of making money.
Know The Basics, While Starting Your First Blog!
Blogging was an instant hit, may be a decade back no one knew what the word “Blog” meant. Today looking over at the past I realize what simple mistakes I made launching my first blogs network, few years back, blogging was a very alien thing to Internet and at present day I feel Blogs are running everything over and above Internet whether it be advertising, doing business, finding a business partner, etc. you can do anything and everything through blogs and a plus point, that you earn money as well. There were a number of Internet businesses I did when I started off few years back, they worked quite well but not as per my expectations, the hard work that I was putting in was really not paying me off. Looking back at times I now realize, if several of mistakes I made were rectified everything would have been smooth sailing but I am happy that those mistakes I did make and I stumbled along the path and I stand today where I am because of my stupid silly mistakes, but those were the things some 5 years back but today with the competition you cannot afford to do a single mistake so today especially for my dear loyal readers, I am going to share few of the things you should be taking care of while heading out in a blogging world:
- Write something out of the box, you must have usually seen that people blog about the news so why you need to be doing the same? You want to make your blog look unique and intelligent so come up with something that will interest your readers, it is fact that blogging about news gets you more traffic but its not about the traffic which you are looking for, what you are looking for is quality reading that your readers should enjoy. News, they can get from anywhere, after a while reading news over and over again they will get bored of your blogs and gradually they might even stop visiting your blog. So pick up a topic that will really help your readers to gain some knowledge.
- Create a niche for yourself, in whatever field you may please. If you try to concentrate on N number of things you are not going to be a master in any of the fields so the best followed advice is to pick up a niche in which you are intelligent at. Blogging networks are booming all over the industries and people are marketing their products or product info through these blogs that are helping them make huge profits. Specialize in something you are sure of making big in the blogs and then proceed ahead.
- Once you are done with picking up a niche for your blog, try to pick up a bigger niche so that you can gain more popularity over the internet. Don’t compromise on small things, think of big from the very start and achieve success in the field.
- Don’t just start with your blogs with the aim of just making money, you have to be passionate about something if you really want to achieve that big success in life. Make writing your first love and get attracted towards it, each passing day so one day you can’t live without writing at all.
- Some people go way to ahead to achieve what they want in life, but that is not serving the purpose, don’t burn yourself out just to complete all your work in one single day. Take your time and write your blogs in a relaxed manner that will bring creativity in your writings, don’t get too carried away or become very obsessive about writing.
- Everybody is here with a purpose, a purpose to make money online through blogs. We know that money is not going to pour itself easily, you will have to give that many efforts to earn that market reputation so that people will give their ads on your blogs and you can make money.
- A person visiting your blog is just not there to see how creative or beautiful pictures you have put in your blogs, its all about the quality content they are looking for so make sure you don’t spend too much money on designing your blog. Initially, when I started out I made sure that everything was an A1 quality may it be website design, or content or hosting servers, even after spending too much on designing I realized that it doesn’t really matter, what matter is the input in your blogs.
- When a person heads out in the world of blogging, it’s a common phenomena that people start copying others may it be their blog design, their logo, etc. some even copy word to word blog, now this isn’t fair if you are really looking to make some serious money. Try to keep a unique designing for your blog that will attract attention, make sure the colors used are pleasing to eyes and it looks just great when people are visiting your site for the very first time. Blend your blog as per your wishes and not what others are doing with their blogs, you need to have unique theme and design for your blog.
- Once when you are already done with deciding your topic for the blog, don’t forget to write detailed information of the topic on your blog. People already know something about the topic you have written now what will interest them is something more in depth, a detailed knowledge or study or research on the topic which they will enjoy reading or take keen interest in reading. Write standard blogs but at the same time make it look like a million bucks. Gather useful information that people can use or be helpful to someone through your blogging networks.
- Don’t just expect good comments from your readers, there were times when I went through bad phases from all angles as readers were not quite acceptable to what I have written but that didn’t degrade my writing quality nor did it stop me from writing my views. Whether the comments are good or bad, respond to your readers so that they might feel important of themselves, their comments are actually good for you to improve upon your skills.
- Once your blog is well established, don’t forget to build good relationships with other bloggers on networks. To become famous, you need to be associated with people and that comes through proper networking. If you want your blog to be famous over blogging network then you have to reach a position where everybody knows you, a powerful position can only be achieved through effective networking.
- While heading out to write a blog, select a right blogging platform, follow up all pros and cons before finalizing on your platform. What may seem cheaper may also let you spend even more money in future so take logical steps in selecting the blogs platform through which you have a gain-gain situation.
- When you have your own blogging network, why write for Digg? I have seen writing on digg will give you lots of traffic on your site but at the same time you may lose out on your core reader base, you might lose your loyal readers to earn just few more visitors to your site, will you sacrifice it?
- Write any blog, like it was your own story, people get interested in reading blogs when it says more about a person than any general topics. Initially, I remember, I used to blog about just anything but later I realized telling readers my story based on my experiences and research work, led them to take more interest in what I have to say. I really wished I would have known this first then I would have been at a much better position than I am today.
- Don’t brag in your blogs, of course, people love to brag that’s a human tendency but as far as reading is concerned, no person would like to read a person bragging about himself. If you need to say something which is really important than say it in a very simplistic and polite way, not to make readers feel that you are bragging. Read more on blog.
The above tips were all I had to give you as suggestions or an advice, follow them religiously to get success in your blogs writing at a very first go.
Things You Ought To Know While Starting Your Business!
July 29, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Leadership Skills
Businesses are developed with some planning in mind, when you see big businesses around you, not all probably started as you did it, some might have stumbled along the way, some might have got ready built empire and yet some might have worked really hard to achieve their targets or make money. In business, everything works on trust worthiness, if you are worth of any rewards you are going to get them in no time than expected. There were hell lots of mistakes I made in my first few business assignments; but those have not stopped me from being where I stand today. You can well imagine how it feels when starting your own business unit. I was a little nervous and little excited, it’s a mix of enthusiasm and willingness that you are going to put in your business. Today I am going to share few things that you, as a young entrepreneur should keep in mind before heading out on a road to success:
- The first and foremost I had like to advice you is to pick a real intelligent name for your company, I have seen many an instances where I started with my business that didn’t really work because of the faulty, stupid names I had put as. Your company’s name should necessarily conjoin the business you are doing, forgetting what looks well or bad. Your company name should match with the service that you are providing but at the same time remember not to keep some lengthy names which people wouldn’t be able to remember.
- Some of my close pals, I have noticed they mostly went for an “A”, to start the business with, the reason being that they would be listed first in whatever the listings, it is a good practice from business’s point of view but make sure they carry weight and people would know what exactly you are into. Sometimes, people do make mistakes in keeping stupid names and they carry on with the same identity for years, later they make this big mistake of changing their company names after years of being realized as the earlier stupid name, it is best to make something good out of bad, already people know you as some company so rather live with it than going through all the process of building a new brand value in market.
- Don’t forget to hire a good law firm for doing all business legal proceedings, even if you get a good well known law firm there are chances you might as well find some best lawyers who will do your work relating to corporate tax, litigation, income tax returns, etc. remember, lawyers work for you and not the company they are working for, so its best to tie up with some well known company who will give you the best lawyers as per your requirements.
- There were times, when I had faced bad situation because of these stupid lawyers, the proceedings were delayed in some cases, some were too lazy doing the tasks at quicker pace, etc. I wanted someone who is active and treat my business as his own so the best advice I got from someone, my guru, is to look out for good law firm. The law firms have to carry their reputation, so in no doubt they are going to give you the best they have.
- This is one of the advices I keep giving to everyone I come across, to hire some big company even if that costs you a little more but go for professionalism and ethic based lawyers.
- In new enterprises, you don’t necessarily be having a huge staff to represent your company. It is only the work that you do is going to count and so you make money accordingly, there were some idiotic mistakes I did while hiring people for some of my first few companies, the companies that didn’t really made to A lists and I feel, it is the workers who make a company and not the company who makes them, so get the best professional people working for you. Some faults I made were:
- Don’t hire a person in your company, just because he was a super master in his earlier job or earned varied certificates in previous job. He might be an expert in the earlier job but not the current job so think over his qualifications, his capabilities and what things he can do for company as a person.
- Some people feel, hiring more employees will solve their problems, it is not the case, in fact, you can save lots of money by cutting down on the salaries of employees by doing some work on your own. Go and sell it yourself, this way you will get the real experience of the market and get to know people personally.
- Other than employee salaries, there are lots of other expenses incurred to run a company, these costing includes, computer maintenance, electricity bills, employee insurance, office space, etc. so manage your finances well.
- You might feel great about someone working for you from seven seas, but it is not really a good idea as there are chances of misleading and you don’t really know the efficiency of the person or if he/she has done the work, in such cases, you can make use of varied software to keep track about the work time and break time.
- If you are in yesteryears, following old sayings, mind you, you are not going to be always successful, old habits help but not always, stick by the motto, “be faster and getting things done”. I remember the times when I started out with my first few set of companies, it was all a total mess all because of my fault. As your very first venture, you will nurture your new baby business with all the finest possible inputs you can, if you had been feeling the same all this while, don’t worry as these are the symptoms of anxiety every new entrepreneur will face. Instead of taking logical steps which are good for business, you kind of move towards emotional needs of the company so I advice you to take quick steps in whatever decisions you need to take, if you don’t change it now you will be forced to change or take steps in future.
- If you are a go getter then you cannot forget to put all the inputs, what it takes to build a successful business network by successful networking you can conquer all odds in life whether you are new or old to business, whether you are making money or loss in business, whether you are located in the same continent or farthest of locations. When you have perfect networking connections, you are at it and you have already won the half, the match.
- Success follows Network, if you network well in business terms, you are bound to get good business proposals, and no one likes to do business with someone who is not aligned in the group of networks. So be there always at a position where people will pick you, make sure to attend all the industrial networking events next time.
- In business circles, I have often noticed how people treat someone who has given them huge businesses as someone who is GOD like, I really cannot digest this fact that how can someone treat someone as God when everything has been achieved due to his own hard work and determination. When I started with my business, I used to take advice from the people who were already successful in particular field, but sooner I noticed, those advices were not quite working for my business and instead of making profits I made huge loses, this was the time I realized that if I want to run my business I will have to think on my own and proceed by taking major decisions on my own. What I am trying to portray here is, that take advices from people but look over pros and cons before accepting those advices in your business.
- No matter how much ever successful you may be in your business, you should always be ready to take new inputs from your followers. You might never know when you get some of the best fabulous ideas to run your business, it may come in any form through suggestions, from partners, from business colleagues, etc. when you are running a partnership business, having a partner is a bliss as your partner would always be there to stop you when something might seem un-adjustable.
- No one is perfect, unless you make a mistake you are not going to learn something new so making mistakes are good to the extent that you don’t keep repeating them. If at all you happen to make mistakes, your partner will help you sort out things through different perceptions. Over and above, having a business partner helps you to come out of adversity. You never know in what form the help may come through, your partner may be an expert in the field you are finding difficult so its best to take advice from them.
- If you are new to business, don’t fear if something doesn’t work as per your planning. New entrepreneurs often fall under this dilemma of facing the failure, unless you try on something, you will never know of being successful in any particular business endeavors. I have had few instances in my life where I was really fearful of taking on some new business challenge, but after a while I got used to overcoming it and being successful. If you are not sure of taking up something, don’t fear, take it up and blow it away, the worst that can happen is your failure, that failure is not going to eat you up but rather make you steady along the way.
At the end, I would just advice you, young, hot blooded entrepreneurs to accept challenges as they come and not to make any silly mistakes that will ruin your business venture. Learn from your mistakes, don’t repeat them and do each of your business assignments as excitedly you had done the very first one and please avoid the mistakes I made.











