Starting a Business from Home–How Multiple Streams of Income Can Recession-Proof Your Life!

September 30, 2011 Dana4 comments

Doom and gloom news about the economy is everywhere. Unemployment is incredibly high, food prices are going up, and the stock market is threatening to plummet. Even Hallmark is jumping into the game and offering sympathy cards for those who have experienced the pink slip!

What’s the ordinary person to do?

Recession proof your life! How? Start a business from your home. In fact, start several businesses and create multiple streams of income!

Starting a businesses from home has never been easier and more exciting. With today’s Internet media, you can reach more people for less money and effort than you would believe. For example, companies spend thousands of dollars a year on Yellow Page advertising, yet these days Google is outperforming the phone book!

The Internet is the new gold rush. Amazon’s ebooks have surpassed their print books. Kindles, iPads, and the smart phone have given us the ability to carry the Internet on the go.

Retail sales are increasing on the Internet and it’s not a trend that’s going away anytime. In fact, have you noticed that “box” stores stock less and less inventory and you have to order specialty items online?

The Internet is full of possibilities like never before. The marketing methods are easy to learn, proven, and best of all, inexpensive. And in many cases, they’re free!

How do you start a home business? Your first step is to discover what your passions are and how your skill set and unique knowledge can help a specific segment of people. Then once you have determined your Unique Selling Proposition, you need to build that into a brand that will get you noticed.

But once you get one business built, you don’t have to stop there! Opportunities abound, from direct selling to affiliate marketing to network marketing. And the smartest way to build a business? Turn your specialized experience into an info product that people need, want, and desire!

Multiple streams of income will indeed recession-proof your life!

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Recession proof your life today!

Make Money with Your Brand–Turn it into Gold with Promotional Products!

September 17, 2011 DanaLeave a comment

Making money with your brand. Is that possible? Absolutely!

One way to make money with your brand is to turn it into promotional products!

Promotional products are a great tool to increasing brand awareness.

Recently, I hired a dog groomer and she gave me a logo-branded key chain. Do you think I will keep that and call her next time I need a groomer? You bet I will!

Create a memorable product with your logo applied to it. One of my favorite products I tried was chocolates. When I passed that out to prospects, people remembered me for sure!

Turn your logo into a golf shirt or baseball cap. Wear it around town and you will be promoting yourself, building name recognition, sparking conversations, and yes, resulting in more leads and sales!

And you can turn your products into sellable items. Yes, you can make money from selling your logo branded products! A professional products consultant can help you find the best deal for high volume products, or if you want to create the items on demand, try CafePress or Zazzle.

But again, make sure your logo is consistently applied. And make sure it is applied with excellence!

By following these ideas, you will not only increase name recognition, you will make money with your brand!

Want more help with your branding? Join me in a journey to uncover your authentic identity! This 14-week extensive course will help you discover your passions and callings and find the audience that will most connect with you. You will turn this information into a well-constructed logo and then create name recognition through a strategic brand marketing plan you will develop.

Class starts soon! September 19 at 9 pm EST! And the first month is FREE if you enter the coupon code FREEWEBINAR upon checkout. This FREE offer applies to the webinar workshop program only. If you choose a more advanced level, enter the code and you will get a $47 discount off your first monthly fee.

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September 12, 2011 DanaLeave a comment

Do You Want a Dazzling Future?

I am holding two events that will make your future so bright you will have to wear shades! One is free and one has a limited offer that will knock your socks off! Keep reading for more info!

FREE Webinar: 3 Ways to Make Your Future Sizzle!
In these uncertain times, is a dazzling future possible? Absolutely!

Come to my FREE webinar tonight at 7 pm EST and be inspired to live an abundant life of joy and peace! This will give you hope and encouragement for your future as well as the future for your children.

Special Time-Limited Offer: Discount on My Brand Identity Webinar Workshop Programs!
One way to have a dazzling future is to create multiple streams of income. In my webinar training course starting on Wednesday, I will be sharing with you step by step guidance on how to start a business, build a brand, and design your own strategic marketing plan.

Whether you are interested for yourself or would like your high school student or college student to participate, this course will help you discover your unique God-given passions and build them into an authentic brand/logo image identity that will help your future to truly sparkle. Even if business isn’t your forte, this course will help job seekers, ministry leaders, musicians, artists, writers, and authors! At the end of the program, you will learn the graphic design skills necessary to create a one-of-a-kind logo!

My webinar training program starts Wednesday, September 14 at 2 pm EST. If you can’t make all the sessions, don’t worry; you will have access to the recordings.

And for a limited time, you can receive a 50% discount on your first month’s tuition fee! There are programs to fit all budgets, so reserve your seat today! Just enter coupon code SIZZLENOW upon checkout.

Your satisfaction is of utmost importance to me and it is a 100% guaranteed program. What do you have to lose? Get started right away! Your dazzling future awaits you!

Thank you so much for being a valued fan of Brand Identity Mentor! I look forward to seeing you on the webinar tonight!

Blessings,

Dana Susan Beasley
Publisher, AngelArts

Be Uplifted by this Poem for Patriot Day!

September 12, 2011 DanaLeave a comment

My thoughts are on the 10th Anniversary of 9-11. I will never forget that day. It’s been a special weekend of rememberance with a festival yesterday to honor our service men and women and a moving presentation in church.

I would like to share with you today with a special poem I wrote to commemorate this day. It includes paintings by my son and photographs I took from a hot air balloon on a beautiful September morning in 2007, my prize for winning a logo contest.

May this poem inspire you and may God bless America!

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Make Money Immediately with Your Brand–Make a Plan and Stick to It!

September 8, 2011 Dana3 comments

Making money. It’s why we’re in business, right? And don’t we want it immediately?!

Well, here’s my second idea for making money immediately with your brand: Make a plan and stick to it. Get your name in front of people everyday, whether online or offline.

Choose three or four online methods, like article marketing, video marketing, pay per click advertising, social media marketing, banner advertising. Decide on the frequency you will engage in these activities. Make a daily, weekly, and monthly blueprint of these activities.

Another important tip: track your marketing, especially ads! I recently did a banner ad campaign and loved that I could create tracking codes for each link. Next time I do banner advertising, I will know which websites to display my ads in and which ones to avoid! I will also do a spreadsheet. This will really help my efforts. I have a spreadsheet for all my content and it really helps me keep track of my marketing.

What about offline marketing? Create marketing materials and pass them out on a regular basis. One simple idea is to tuck business cards in books your target market reads at bookstores! Where is your target market in your geographical area? Be involved and be prepared to share your business and ALWAYS carry around your professional business cards!

You will be building brand recognition and your bottom line will be improved a ton sooner if you do nothing!

Do you want your brand to make you immediate money?

Join my webinar mentor program starting September 14 where you will learn how to make a brand that sizzles! My program includes a section on creating your own brand strategy!

Branding Strategy–Steps to Making Money Immediately with Your Brand

September 4, 2011 Dana4 comments

You have a brand or are developing one. So now what?

You need a branding strategy. A branding strategy that makes you money immediately!

How is that possible? I am going to spend the next few posts on some ideas that will help you gain not only name recognition, but monetary reward!

Make sure your brand is consistent across all mediums, both online and offline.

Inconsistency makes your prospects confused. Whether it’s signage in front of a brick and mortar store or a banner on your blog, differences in the application of your logo can derail your profits.

Why?

Because it creates a lack of trust and a gap in credibility. If you don’t take your brand seriously and protect its integrity, why should your potential prospects?

Make sure your brand is the same on your website, on your blog, on your business cards, and your signage, if you have a physical office or store. Invite your target market into an experience with your product or service.

And not only make sure your brand is consistent, make sure it is of high quality. If you don’t take your brand seriously, why should your prospect take your business seriously?

Lessen confusion and communicate trustworthiness and you will increase your ROI!

To show you the immediate value of a consistent brand, let me tell you what happened to me last week. I received a call out of the blue from a retired photographer looking for graphic design help with a photo book. He had discovered me through a Craigslist ad I had posted nearly a month ago.

On the Craigslist ad, I included a link to my website. He had visited it and so was already familiar with my brand when he called to inquire about a job.

He wanted to add me as a Facebook friend, so he looked me up while we were on the phone and he immediately recognized me because my branding, including my personal photograph, was consistent!

Now here’s another story to illustrate what happens when your brand is not consistent: several months ago my husband and I were looking for a jazz club I had heard about. We really wanted to listen to live music. I had the address and the name of the business but I saw no sign. It was confusing and this uncertainty led us to ditch the idea of going to the club. We went to one that was already familiar to us! It’s brand was definitely strong and had burned into our minds that it was reliable!

Do you want your brand to make you immediate money? Join my webinar mentor program starting September 14 where you will learn how to make a brand that sizzles! Sign up now! The quicker you get started, the quicker your brand will make you money.

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Month: September 2011