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There are many ways to make a profit online and especially on Squidoo. This is one of the very few social networks that are built specifically for people promoting their own services and products. It’s kind of like an online co-op where people can share commissions made from sites like eBay. Ever used Google AdSense? This is another way you can make a profit through sharing revenues. The only catch about this system is that you need to have enough quality content in your lens to actually have more and more people visit it. Only when you have a lot of visitors will you actually see some money being made. Does Squidoo really turn a profit? It can if you are industrious enough to build your lenses into quality content portals that also have sales functions or affiliate links for products you would like to promote. The beauty about the system is that it is easy to use and you have all the discretion to do with it as you please. Set up your page or lens the way you want it and with the content that you see fit to market your product. In terms of productivity as a writer or artist, Squidoo serves as an excellent tool online. Search engines recognize it fully and this means that you can gain the attention of millions of people from around the world and you don’t even need web developer experience. Top time it takes to set up your own business page with Squidoo? 20 to 30 minutes depending on how much initial content you will upload to your lens. Another way to use Squidoo is to market or direct people towards your own existing website through back links. This will help the ranking of your website as well and this can help generate more hits to your page. Provide information to your marker about the products that you offer through Squidoo and then link them to your website pages. Squidoo is a great tool for marketing your business and it really can turn a profit if you use it correctly. You only need to know how to present yourself and your product to the world and then turn that information into a Squidoo lens. Be professional or be fun; it all depends on how you want to project on Squidoo; and if you do it right, Squidoo will serve you well in return.

k so long story now im here. but back to the day today i worked. but in that 4 hour time period alot of shit happened. well not alot but whatever. first i took some things out to the car for this lady (40 lb bags of salt) and those were easy and so i did that and i was walking back in when the bakery dept manager said hey how would you like to try some 50 lb bags of flour? and well ive done em b4 so that was simple but bags got holes and i got flour all over my black pants. so that kinda sucked walking aro almost my entire shift in white covered black pants lol. but oyu also step on the flour which covers the bottom of your shoe which reduces the friction you have so i slid around alot witch was fun till i was bagging later and forgot i had less traction and ran to go get something and so i did a quick true which then i slipped and fell sideways wich kinda hurt but i was more concerened about everone looking at me. so that was embareassing. and later a buddie worker of mine came in we do the game ball gazing. which the people who watched love guru get but for everone else it is where you try to get your friend to look at the circle you made with your finger that you place on your crotch and they look you hit them. well he asked how much time you got left i said a short time,not long. and he tryed to ball gaze me but what he said was "as short as this?" i didnt look so no points for him but then i said dude, you just called your dick short. he immediatly replied with "NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!" so that was funny. and last thing was a bitch from my music class came in and she was like i know you you were in my class. to which i wanted to respond oh right you were that bitch that made fun of me my girlfriend a kinda friend a autestic kid and disrespected the teacher. but i couldent cuz i was at work but i was i could have. so that was my day work work at least. but as for the rest of the day it kinda sucked well cept i saw a gif of a chick getting rammed in the ass and she kinda looked like me 0_0 so that was weird. but other then that im just sitting here hopeing someone will talk to me. well thats me signing off. c ya whoever reads this

               I'm calling it now, the rumor of the summer is going to be, “Emily peed her pants!”.  Today after swimming for a bit, one of my campers was blue in the face, covered in goosebumps, and chattering audibly.  I wrapped her in her towel, but not all that helpful.  So I sat her on my lap to try to warm her up a bit.  Worked a little, but I still made her wear my sweatshirt for awhile.  Finally time to stand up to go leave the pool, and though I had purposefully sat her forward more on my lap to avoid it, HUGE wet stain all over my body, including a giant one around my crotch so it really did look like I hadn’t made it to the bathroom in time…and that I’d been holding back Lake Niagara when I exploded.  Amazingly hilarious; I mean, embarrassing too, and not comfortable to walk around in jeans that are clinging to you awkwardly, but it was perfect.  Today was yucky weather wise, and we all needed something to joke around about.  This was it.
             ...or DID I accidently accident myself today?  I mean, I'm 24 now; control's not what it used to be :-P.

                 D is gone again; possibly for good this time.  There are only 5 days left of school, now 4, but … it’s still painful.  Again.  He JUST got back; we just had a week and a half together again, but there is a chance he won’t be back the rest of the year.

                Apparently, yesterday’s trip to the dentist to get fluoride painted on his teeth (he HATES the dentist and has had a lot of work done) was too much.  He’d also had a conversation with his sister about the field trip, and was probably having a hard time with the idea that her class would be swimming and our class would not be.  The way the weather is NOBODY will be swimming, because it SUCKS out right now, but still… he lost it, fled into a moderately big city, actually bit, spit on, scratched and kicked his mother (he has NEVER physically hurt her before).  LONG story short, he was taken by the police to a hospital down where the dentist is, and then after a 5-hour wait were told “eh, he’s calm, it’s your choice if we’re going to hospitalize him or not”.  She took him home to discuss options with his case worker, but … not looking good.  I had to work very hard to not cry on the phone; if Nichole was able to hold it together while she told me about her 9-year old son in crisis, I at least owed it to her to not break down, but it will happen by nightfall.  It’s been sitting in my stomach all day.

                Everything else today was fine.  Field Day was cancelled, so we had a regular-ish morning, watched the Time Capsule opening from 10:30 – 11:30, silent read and did some writing, and then they finally watched ‘the Wild’, the movie I’ve voted for the last …. 3 months.  I didn’t even watch.  I feel bad, but I didn’t.  Wasn’t as captivating as I had hoped for.  I read Number the Stars instead.  I love that book.

*The title of my entry today came from A.  I have absolutely no idea why he uttered it.  I just know I really needed a smile today, and he provided me with it.  I hope it did the same for you.

 

When someone just got started with his own direct sales business, chances are he will be so ecstatic about it and will be envisioning so much about his sales and recruitments over a period of time. The excitement is so hefty that you work on it ‘round the clock and there is a still so much you want to do. But as this transpires over time, your frenzy slowly fades as you realize that your goals are not met. You then begin to ask yourself: is this business really for you?
Yes it is! Before you let your business go, try to recall why you’re in this business in the first place. Find your motivation somewhere within you. Read on and find out how.

1. Rework your goals.
If you haven’t met a goal or two, don’t get down on yourself. Stop and think about why you didn’t meet those milestones. Maybe you aimed too high too early. On the flip side of the coin, maybe you made the goal too easy to obtain and when you reached it the sense of accomplishment just wasn’t there. Take the time to re-evaluate your goals and set some new ones that will help to get you pumped up again.

2. Look up to successful members of your team.
Ask others what keeps them going. They might be able to inspire you and give you insights on how they got to where they are. This is a very relative matter and what works for them may not work for you but being able to listen to their endeavors might just enlighten your mind and make you move forward instead of stopping right where you are and putting all you effort, money, and time to waste, too.

3. Think about what got you in the business.
You are where you are for some reason. Revisit your past and relive that reason, whatever it may be. This might just help you feel the excitement you once felt when you first started. When you do, focus on that reason once again.

4. Past Customers Make Repeat Customers
Take the time to call old customers. Repeat customers can make up a huge portion of your business.

5. Talk to Your Recruiter
When you feel like you’ve run out of people to contact, ask your recruiter if they have access to leads from others who have left the company or some of their own they don’t have the time to work with that they would be willing to send your way.

6. Pull Out Your Product
If you haven’t used the product you’re selling in awhile, pull it out and remember what makes it so great. Do you have out of season items that you can bundle and offer for a special sale? If so, pull them out, put something together and call people to show them what you’ve got to offer.

7. Go to the Company Motivators
Majority of the sales companies have materials that they use to motivate their members. These may be in the form of newsletters, videos, CDs and such. Take time to read, watch, and listen to these materials. You will surely be able to pick something up that will make you want to keep going. Attend a meeting too. They are meant to lift the spirits and will show you that others have been where you are right now and come out on top.

Just like everything else in life, there will come a time when boredom of something sets in. remember though that this is just part of a cycle. Making it through the tough times is what makes for a successful business. You CAN do it. And you should!

Therese Prentice is a Lifestyle and Business Success Mentor, Branding and Internet Marketing Strategist, Social Networking Expert, Joint Venture Broker, Certified Marketing and Business Coach, Speaker, Teacher, Certified Teleclass Leader, Networking Marketing and Direct Sales Trainer teaches Lifestyle Entrepreneurs, Coaches, Speakers, Authors and Small Business Owners how to integrate Internet Marketing into their traditional marketing plan. http://nichemarketingfordirectsalesleaders.com/