Christian Business Women Can Excel NOW!
By | October 18, 2009
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
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Are you anxious about your business pursuits? Has the worldly worry about the economy, health care, swine flu, spending habits and all other topics gotten inside of your head and started eating a little hole of doubt in your brain? The scripture tells us, “Do not be anxious about anything.” That means don’t be worried about anything going on around you, including all the stores closing up, all the doomsday talk or anything else.
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Holding to this idea has to be a conscious decision on the part of any Christian woman in business. Taking steps in your business life with confidence means knowing how to implement Biblical principles in practical ways while carrying on your workday.
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Remember, God is still in control. It’s easy to forget this truth when everything you hear is negative and full of gloom. The media industry makes its money by creating reports that people tune in to hear. For some reason, people in this modern society are becoming more drawn to the negative side of things. That’s why news reports of negative situations get a lot of attention.
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But just because something negative is being reported it doesn’t mean it’s the truth for you.
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Negative reports are not what feeds your soul, or the success of your business. You can’t spend time dwelling in negative reports about how bad the economy is and think about how great your next product sale will be at the same time.
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Letting your mind get saturated by reports of hatred, anger, and doom will start to set up a battle in your mind to stay focused on your plans for a prosperous business future. Consistent negative reports bring up feelings of fear and fear can make you feel too afraid to try anything new and innovative.
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Keep a grip on reality. The truth is that the world is always has been and always will be full of turmoil. At this time in the business world, the economic conditions are shifting and changing. The downward spiral toward economic depression has been halted and a turnaround is in progress. Instead of being stuck in thoughts of impending disaster, you can keep your mind prayerfully open to get new, creativity ideas.
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The world is looking for new products and services. Instead of seeing lack and limitation, the reality is that you area a child of the God of the Universe. There is an endless supply of ideas that are just waiting to be brought to the world. Instead of being in fear that your business won’t survive doing what it’s always done, throw your heart and mind open. You could be the one to bring new ideas to the marketplace that have never been seen or heard of before.
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Be responsible for your business operations. Learn how to run your business better using solid business principles that keep your operations changing and shifting as necessary to respond to your target market. Use the privileges you have to present your requests about your businesses in prayerful petitions before the Lord before setting about any new task.
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Ask for the success of your decisions. Ask to be alerted in your spirit if something isn’t going right or if you’re about to make a wrong move. Ask to know exactly how to go forward without hesitancy.
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An important key for business women is to do all of this with thanksgiving. The scripture is saying that absolutely everything you put in prayer and petition should be presented with a spirit of thanksgiving. Does that mean the hard and difficult things too? Absolutely. Being thankful no matter what the situation shows your strong faith that your business isn’t yours at all – it’s the Lords. If there’s something difficult going on in the business, be thankful. Prayerfully ask to learn the lessons you need to know so the next decisions will bring needed changes.
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When the business gets a tremendous break or experiences a big sale, express thankfulness. Sit down and review what happened so you can do this again or even create a way to systematically implement the successful process into your operations.
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As you can see, being able to not be anxious about anything, takes conscious awareness on your part. It also requires that you take the steps required to not be worried. Present your requests in prayerful petitions before the Lord with thanksgiving at all times.
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Turn off the negative bombardments that want to capture your thoughts and make you feel fear and instead, keep your mind and heart on the possibilities of the future in your business. You never know what tremendously fabulous idea is just waiting to be brought to the world through your business operations.
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Your Business Model: Be an Affiliate Marketer
By | October 17, 2009
Have you considered affiliate sales? Being an affiliate to another business means you represent the products or services or another professional and receive a commission for the sale. It’s very similar to setting up a retail operation in a physical location. You don’t create the products or services provided, you simply provide a store front in which to sell them.
Being an affiliate marketer on the Internet means reviewing available products and services and providing them to your customer or web traffic visitors. If the person wants to get more information or make a purchase, you provide a special affiliate link that takes the person to the page of the seller of the product or service. When the person uses your link you get credit for the sell and receive a designated commission.
This is a fabulous way to be in business. Some people on the Internet do their entire business being an affiliate to other products. When you have an eye for quality products and services, you never have to create your own things to sell. You simply become the means for customers to find these great products and services and you create an income as a result.
Another great thing about this business model is that you can do this without even setting up a web presence. A few ways to operate this way is to use a social networking site, write articles and post a link to the affiliate product or put an ad in a targeted ezine.
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Your Business Model: Providing Services
By | October 17, 2009
Selling services over the Internet is a very popular and a potentially lucrative way to do business on the Internet. Services are delivered directly to clients and can include coaching, consulting, book coaching, virtual assistance work, even accounting services. Even web design and graphic work are considered to be services.
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Starting a business selling services is inexpensive and fast. You can literally be up and operating in one day by creating your web presence and putting a link to your payment system on your site. List the services available and drive people to your site through targeted Internet marketing techniques.
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Services can be individualized or standardized for your target group. You can develop single issue services or package several services for sell. Service prices vary according to several factors. Some are very expensive to economical depending on the need, demand, and availability. If what you provide is difficult to find but wanted service in demand by a targeted market, you can charge higher prices.
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Your Business Model: Create and Sell Your Own Products
By | October 17, 2009
The most popular way to run a business on the Internet is to create, develop and sell your own product. The most common type of product is an Information Product which can come in many forms such as an ebook, workbook, home study program, autoresponder ecourse.
You can be even more creative by designing a line of jewelry, crafts, candles or other type of actual product. Take a digital picture and upload to your website. After the client purchases the product, you fill the order and have the product shipped to the client.
Expenses to operate this type of business model will depend on the type of product you sell. For instance, a product that is a digital download such as an ebook will have few expenses. You simply upload your pdf file of the book and create a link for the consumer to use to download the product when the purchase fee has been paid.
A physical product is a bit different. This requires either contracting with a fulfillment company to fulfill and ship the product or you have to package and ship it yourself. This will incur additional expenses that must be figured into the cost of the item.
The details will become a part of your business plan.
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Choose a Niche to Succeed
By | August 22, 2009
Internet marketing is quickly becoming one of the most profitable types of marketing available. The Internet has the capability of reaching a wide audience and those who take advantage of this widespread reach find themselves in a position where they can benefit greatly from potential clients from all over the world.
If you want to be really successful using Internet marketing, you have to realize the importance of focusing your efforts on a specific niche. This means focusing your marketing effort on a specific area of interest which lets you have a more focused strategy for reaching potential customers.
Finding Your Niche
The key to finding a niche in the world of Internet marketing is finding a balance between an area you have expertise in and is of interest to a wide audience. This lets you stand out from the competition, better serve that niche market and become the expert in the selected field.
By selecting a niche that you’re comfortable with, you will probably find that you can create a unique approach to the market, even if others are in your same business area. Focusing on a target group lets you go “deep and wide” into the topic. For instance, you might be in the field of accounting and specializing in accounting processes for start-up business. You can work with business plan development, pro-forma statements and strategic projections. Others in accounting might work with tracking monthly activity after a business is up and running and not compete with you.
In this scenario the audience is hungry for more marketing in this area and smart business professionals that are a specialist in the field know how to respond to the specific needs of that market.
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