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Work From Home Ideas

Work From Home Ideas

Virtual Assistant  You could start a virtual assistant service using the camera on your computer to be a business professional’s personal planner and set appointments. Be someone’s personal secretary. If you have any particular skills or expertise in a certain area such as Human Recourses you could offer services on that level also. Begin by [...]

Baby Boomers: Are You Prepared to Restructure Your Life?

Baby Boomers: Are You Prepared to Restructure Your Life?

Are you a baby boomer who’s ready to retire, and if so, are you ready for retirement? That’s the big question. If you are like me, a baby boomer in the latter stages getting near retirement age, do you have enough money or investments set aside to carry you through your retirement? Will you be [...]

2 Tips for Finally Starting that Business

2 Tips for Finally Starting that Business

Tip #1: Avoid The Bank and Take Care of the Customer We see it time and time again. A talented entrepreneur gets a fantastic idea that will change the world – one that is so revolutionary that, given a little funding, will alter human existence as we know it. These are the kind of entrepreneurs [...]

Top 4 Baby Boomer Goal Setting Mistakes

Top 4 Baby Boomer Goal Setting Mistakes

One of the biggest reasons Baby Boomers fail as they get older is not because they are unproductive people. Rather, what happens to Boomers is what has plagued generations of people for years. They get comfortable and fail to do what they did in their younger years when they were active, successful and productive. Everyone [...]

Retirement Income – Earn More With a Job Or a Business

Retirement Income – Earn More With a Job Or a Business

The two most important things a person needs when he retires are good health and enough money. Without either one of these, retired life becomes more of a waiting game than a pleasure to enjoy. We have all hear the old saying the “money cannot buy happiness”, but it is a fact that not having [...]

What Skills Do You Need to Become a Virtual Assistant?

What Skills Do You Need to Become a Virtual Assistant?

One of the most common questions I get asked by aspiring Virtual Assistants is: “What skills do I need to start my own business?” Organisation As a VA, you will be working with a range of clients providing different types of support to each client. It is therefore imperative that you are an organised person [...]

Over 50? Find a Job Fast by Creating One

Over 50? Find a Job Fast by Creating One

The dismal stats from the American Association of Retired Persons Public Policy suggests workers over age 55 have seen an increase of 331.4% in unemployment. Americas News Online states workers over the age of 55 are 17% more likely to remain unemployed longer. They suggest it’s because they’re less likely to accept an entry level [...]

Building a Successful Business Through Public Speaking and Teleseminars

Building a Successful Business Through Public Speaking and Teleseminars

For many professional speakers who depended on working with public seminar companies, as an independent contractor, traveling from city to city doing presentations 10 days out of the month doing seminars, they had to figure it out in another way to promote their business and build their clientele. As the Internet started to grow, companies [...]

Working From Home-The Discipline Factor

Working From Home-The Discipline Factor

Deciding to work at home is a huge step towards obtaining financial independence and having an optimized lifestyle. But all too often, people fall victim to distractions and their productivity levels fall off sharply. So we need to ask ourselves why this happens and what we can do to address this inadequacy. When working a [...]

Supplementing your Income Networking on the Internet

Supplementing your Income Networking on the Internet

Plug into the world Do you run out of money before your next check comes in? Whether you are a stay at home parent, retired, or perhaps your income just isn’t enough, you may be interested in internet networking to supplement your income. Not only has the internet supplied businesses the advertising mechanism to turn [...]