Starting a Serious Business

Turning Failure into Success

Did you know that 85% of small business businesses fail in their first year and the two main reasons are lack of experience and insufficient capital. If you have considered starting your own business you will no doubt have searched online and come across many thousand of opportunities. some are good, some are bad and others just rip offs to get you money. So how do you choose, well look at the main causes of failure.

What kind of experience do you have that can build a business, if you are a salesperson them maybe select something in sales and marketing, or maybe you have a talent that can be turned into a business, you can make or sell online. You could consider an MLM but you need to research them thoroughly and they can be quite restrictive in what you do.

Next how much money do you have to invest and this is in my opinion where many fail. Every business needs money to start off, so take off your list all the so called opportunities that are on offer for free. The other fact is that the more money you lay out to start of the more you will be committed to make your business work. Most people can spend $50-100 and not even miss it so they are not bothered about success or failure. At the other end a franchise business will cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars and you will work hard to get a return on your investment over a number of years until you are in profit.

Now times are hard at the moment and I would suggest you choose a conservative mode. If you are serious you need to raise around $5,000 to building your business. You can build success, it is money you cannot afford to lose, so your are more likely to take your business seriously and do what ever it is you need to do to be successful. You probably do not want to commit the full amount initially but hold some back to cover contingencies.

Getting started is always difficult, it part of the challenge of living, you need to remain focussed on you goals and as you start earning money feed some back to continue growing your business. It also helps to mix with other successful people, for some reason some of their success rubs off on you.

David Ogden

http://seriouswealth.net

Better Home based Business

Communications

Have you ever wondered why the human race can speak, well it is so we can clearly communicate with one another both socially and in business. Good verbal communication can greatly increase business success. One only has to look at the growth of mobile phones and tablet PC's which enhance communications no matter where you are.

Business communications is best done face to face, as it not only allows you to talk and listen but also provides feedback information on who people look and react during questions and answers. To some extend VOIP videoconferencing has extended what i regard as the prime mode of communications when building a better home based business.

Face to face communications also allow you to hand over and share documents during meetings and again get instant feed back ,if you send information by email, chat or SMS you cannot be sure that anyone reads it.

there is a definite art in attracting people to a capture page when advertising your business it must have the best mix of information and text so nowadays many business use video's to promote what they are doing and then provide a form for interested people to receive more information.

Many business's use autoresponders to reply to queries, however once again there is no way of knowing if the message will get through or even read, so the most successful way is to call the person on the phone and speak to them in person. this may take a lot of time when people have voicemails systems, so one may use other tools such as SMS if the call is to a mobile or even using Skype VOIP system where one can connect and send chat messages as well. but at the end of the day using the phone will always have the best result.

I am a project coordinator with ED Mercer a Successful Billionaire who spend up to 8 hours a day on the phone and has little use of computers, even when he is running his present project to create a 100 new millionaires from ordinary people who have the commitment to do something with their lives.

David Ogden

http://seriouswealth.net

Advertising Your Business

Advertising Tips

Anyone who operates a business knows that advertising is essential for for business success, but few small businesses can afford the high cost it entails, so imagine having a business that is built on a duplicatable process that includes advertising and mentoring.

The more money you have in your advertising war chest the better level of customers you will attract, if you use free advertising services as many home based businesses do you will have very low quality leads when you have a larger budget and start advertising in papers magazines and radio programs the quality of your leads grows exponentially.

The content of your ads is also an important point according to David Ogilvy who wrote a book Titled Confessions of an Advertising Man.

"Unless you campaign is built around a great idea it will flop"

Witty slogan just do not cut it consumers are much more interest in true facts. The more factual information you cam pack into you advert the better will be the result.

Now I am working with Ed Mercers on his 100 Millionaires Guinness world record challenge and at the moment we have approaching a $50,000 advertising budget for your benefit. The deadline to share in this co-operative, is Sunday so you need to get onboard soon

The advertising budget has been built in less than 30 days of test promotions of Ed's Millionaire mentoring and provides $50,000 to spend this coming month for the benefit of all those who sign up at by Sunday Night

Do you have what it takes to earn a million or more then check out Ed Mercer because he will be your personal mentor to guide you to success

David Ogden
http://seriouswealth.net

Life In the Philippines - earhtquake

Life in the Philippines
Earthquake

The major news this week is the Earthquake east of the island of Samar, which created a tsunami warning. I know the Island well having taken part in an adventure race there many years ago. Thankfully no waves occurred but many houses were damaged because they were build on stilts. P11.8 million in damage was caused to to public and private infrastructure including 5 bridges and roads.

The Philippines is prone to natural disasters being in the path of many Typhoons and with a major earth quake fault a few hundred mines to the east. I was thinking of living in Samar but the risk is two great even though it is a beautiful island. In Dipolog city where I live the house shock for about 8 seconds causing light fittings and plant to sway but no damage.

We have had four power cuts this week caused by winds, which brought down power lines, why they use wooden posts beats me, with termites and tropical wood rot, combines with hanging too much spaghetti to the lines. this is not good when operating an online business.

Speaking of my business working with Billionaire Ed Mercer on his quest to create 100 new millionaires Guinness World Record. I glean a little more information on what is needed to be successful

Millionaires share lots of information with each other, but have some traits, they work hard and play hard and are committed to what they do, be it helping others or setting up charities, I have not met one yet that has created serious wealth just for the sake of having a big house and car etc. They all receive many begging letters, but no-one has enough wealth to put everything to right. Giving handouts rarely improves someone life, but helping them think and act differently and pointing them in the right direction can reap dividends.

A person receives few opportunities in a lifetime but you can bet your life that someone who wants to be wealthy will grab everyone of them, which is why they get ahead. By working with ED you can get ahead and create serious wealth.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+639991141149

http://seriouswealth.net

Reaching Out To Someone

You can't live on Enough

Today's post is an update on the guy who has dreams of becoming a millionaire by the age of 25 and cannot find a job apart from working with old people that gives him some $300 a month to remind you this is what he said :-

"See the thing is, I want to unite this world and stop wars. From there we can find ways to convert salt water into fresh water, cure cancer, solve the food crisis.. Everything can be solved if we work together. But I honestly need money.. Lots of it.. That's why I was drawn to Ed mercer and his goal. It would please me greatly for helping Ed be happy with his 5th record, but I am still a little confused and need just some help to get my foot in the door.

You know.. Someone to have faith in me in these horrible times.. If I coulda taken out a loan I would have for college (that's why I'm not going college this year cuz financial problems) but I still hold fast to my dream because someday I will accomplish it. But I have no one who will see what I can do. People just look at my past and see that I'm not worth their time.. Just like the scholarship committees..

I'm not looking for a hand out.. I just need a little help.. I will pay them monthly. Well a small pay.. But cuz I work at an elementary skool and they don't pay much"

Well I gave him a link to a group funding site which might help him and yesterday he contacted me having worked out what he needed to get up the ladder and this is what he has set up https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/help-me-live-my-dream

Regards

David Ogden
http://seriouswealth.net

Do You Have Whatever It Takes

You cant live on Enough

When you ask people how much money they want to earn quite often they will reply with just enough to live on. The problem at the moment is living costs are increasing and wages are not keeping pace so your standard of living is falling.

Occasionally you meet someone who has a dream, I spoke with one yesterday and this is what he said :-

"See the thing is, I want to unite this world and stop wars. From there we can find ways to convert salt water into fresh water, cure cancer, solve the food crisis.. Everything can be solved if we work together. But I honestly need money.. Lots of it.. That's why I was drawn to Ed mercer and his goal. It would please me greatly for helping Ed be happy with his 5th record, but I am still a little confused and need just some help to get my foot in the door.

You know.. Someone to have faith in me in these horrible times.. If I coulda taken out a loan I would have for college (that's why I'm not going college this year cuz financial problems) but I still hold fast to my dream because someday I will accomplish it. But I have no one who will see what I can do. People just look at my past and see that I'm not worth their time.. Just like the scholarship committees..

I'm not looking for a hand out.. I just need a little help.. I will pay them monthly. Well a small pay.. But cuz I work at an elementary skool and they don't pay much"

Now here is a person who has a dream and belief that he is in this world to make a difference. Yet he is only earning some $300 a month, now I had seen a program on something called "group funding" so I gave him a link and he went to it and checked it out

Later he came back to me and said

"Wow thank you. This might actually work. I may need some help with people liking it. Cuz it says that I need to post/tweet and raise money for it to tilt."

You know what it made me feel great as well to help someone who has enough to live on start on the path to reach his dream of becoming a millionaire and helping others.

Regards

David Ogden
http://seriouswealth.net

Whatever it Takes

Do you have what it takes to succeed

It really amazes me with all the opportunities that abound that so few people succeed in creating serious wealth. Do you know who is to blame, no not not your sponsor, not the company, not the products. Its YOU.

Take a look at successful people, they are always seeking ways to increase their wealth to fulfil lifetime ambitions of helping other people or other projects. They research projects and then apply themselves 100 % to the task to get their money working with a good return.

Now one thing that holds most people back is they complicate matters. It like asking directions from someone if you are lost and rather than following the path provided which will take you to your destination you think you know better and go off your own way and get lost.

I see this happening on a daily basis, now some people are borne leaders and some are followers but at times a leader will become a follower in areas where someone else has better knowledge knowledge or expertise. I used to manage and lead a team of international adventure racers covering 500-1000 miles in 5-10 days using non powered transport, trekking, kayaks etc. Generally the best qualified person in a particular sport led that particular leg. It was very important to following instruction to the letter as mistakes could result in death and we were often in remote areas of the Jungle.

Determination is another trait of winners no matter what stands in you way you need to do whatever it takes. It took me 3 years and thousands of dollars to officially cross the finish line of an adventure race.

I am now learning how to create serious wealth learning from an expert Billionaire Ed Mercer, and what he and his team say I will do without hesitation because I know that success breeds success.

Regards

David Ogden
http://seriouswealth.net