Unfortunately there is this false notion that operating an online business from home somehow does not call for a healthy work ethic. This is dangerous and if you have bought into this notion, you need to get it out of your head now.Because if you allow yourself to be sold on this myth, you are setting up your online home based business for failure. You see, it is so easy for this myth to be reinforced online.Just take a look in the majority of sales or what is popularly called squeeze pages pushing online business opportunities. There is this false narrative surrounding most of these offers that everyone should or wants to achieve a lot overnight without having to do much of anything.The man who thinks he will not have to work, most likely won’t.Well this could very well be so for quite a number of people who are very mistaken about what it takes to have success in business. But the reality is that if you are going to have any success at all with your online home-based business it requires quite a bit of effort on your part and anything that you see to the contrary is very misleading and even dangerous.Moreover, even if this was remotely true, not everyone wants to be able to sleep late, seven days a week, work 15 minutes per day, play golf or go fishing the rest of the time.Of all the multimillionaires or billionaires you may have heard of, which one of them had this lifestyle before they made their fortune or even now that they have made it big?Not Oprah Winfrey, not Warren Buffett, not Bill Gates, not Donald Trump.In fact these people work very hard and love to work hard. Why would you let a sales page convince you that you will never have to do any hard work?The problem of course is not hard work. The problem is that the type of work you choose to do is hard on you. The solution therefore, is to find something you love to do. And find a way to make money from it. You can do this.Believing in the notion that you will not have to put in the hard work in order to make your online business successful is a dangerous myth.Never having to work hard is a myth that is meant only to play on your emotions. Resist that notion. Your hard work does not have to be hard on you. It can be fun.
New Real Estate Laws and Same Sex Couples
It’s no secret that same sex couples are not created equal. Not only with general discrimination that exists, but being allowed to legally wed (in most states), adding your significant other to your health care plan, or even buying a home together proves to be a challenge. With the new real estate laws and same sex couples, they may now have one up on this jaded system we call “constitutional.”
The Supreme Court has dismissed the existing law that identifies marriage as a joining of a man and a woman. This might be a small step to the general population, but it is huge to gay couples. And while it does not remove all of the other obstacles that they still face, it is a step in the right direction.
So what does this have to do with real estate? Well, the Supreme Court has recently ruled that a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unlawful. For gay and married couples, this means changes that will affect the mortgage interest tax deduction and VA Home loans.
Married gay couples, who until now have not been unable to claim this tax deduction, will now be able to file tax returns jointly. In the past, these couples living in states that allowed gay marriage would not allow couples to file joint tax returns. Since this ruling, DOMA must recognize same sex marriage just as a marriage between a man and a woman, and as such, they will now have the same rights when it comes to the mortgage interest tax deduction.
When it comes to VA loans there is still plenty of work to be done. Currently, a married gay veteran who would like to obtain a VA loan cannot include his/her partner as a spouse on the application. This is because the federal rules require the spouse to be of the opposite sex. While a joint loan is possible, if both are veterans, the VA only allows a portion of the loan to married gay applicants. What a way to treat those who service our country, wouldn’t you say?
While we as a country, are nowhere near treating gay couples equally when it comes to the laws and how they are applied to same sex couples and what we call “traditional marriage,” continued small strides and wins are definitely helping.
Perhaps one day we will all be treated equally. While that is too far down the road for any of us see, maybe one day it will happen. Until then, rulings such as this will help ensure that any gay couple who wishes to buy a home is not discriminated against because of their sexual preference.
A Guide on Successful Product Creation and Internet Marketing
Product creation in Internet marketing is getting stiffer and stiffer nowadays owing to tough competition between Internet-based businesses. Putting up a new product requires plenty of brainpower and finances along with an ability to take risk. With that, even if you have the product well-set already, you have to position it strategically in the Internet landscape for others to notice. You should get the interest of Web users and turn them to actual customers. Aside from the usual physical products, many different products that thrive well on Internet marketing include E-books, membership sites, and video lectures.
The long and difficult process of product creation begins with ideas. They are easy to get – compared to the effort that comes with analyzing the market for that idea. Before the idea turns to a product, businesses often spend money, even amounting to millions of dollars, to ensure the success of the new product that emerges from an idea. Businesses undertake many types of market research and surveys before releasing their products to the public. Now, you may think that because your business is small, you can’t afford research or you don’t have to do research; you can and you should. The Internet allows you to disseminate materials needed for your market study to many people at once without your having to spend a cent.
It is a common maxim in business: Look at your destination first before mapping out your journey. So what are the goals you intend to accomplish with your product creation ventures? The everyday travails of your business may make you forget the end in sight. On the other hand, prepare to entertain new developments that come to your mind in your product creation. Your conception of a product may have started this way, but a few tweaks here and there along with some market research results and it ends up another way. Take it as the result of a creative process, not as a failure to reach your goal. After all, your product creation activities are intertwined with a long-term goal that you should strive to sustain at your utmost: profit generation. So if your less profitable initial idea evolves to a more profitable product, be thankful!
With your product made up already, start doing some aggressive Internet marketing. A product purchase typically comes after more than five times a customer is exposed to an informative call-to-buy message. Thus it is important to get the contact details, like the e-mail address, of potential customers who are on the brink of a sale. Use the results of your market research to determine the demographics to which you should concentrate your marketing efforts.
With consistent product creation, you can make an inventory of your products that you can market in due time. Just keep making products – the moment you succeed in making and marketing a product, customers are surely wanting more from you, so give it to them. Keep them on your side through constant product creation.