Category Archives: Create Your Business

Destination based sales tax

I sell my books online, through vendors, and in-person.  Frankly, sales tax confused the heck out of me so I attended a tax seminar held by a local government small business association to get some guidance. Have to say, they weren’t much help in my particular situation: I deal with a lot of internet products,…

Seven Reasons Why Businesses Fail

Time and time again, people with good intentions and great ideas fail at creating their own business. How many step back to analyze their failures, re-group and try again?  Success comes to those who are able to push through set-backs and learn from their mistakes. Before you start on your next business, take the time…

The 3 Most Lucrative Genres

People will spend money on 3 things, guaranteed: Love and Relationships Money and Self Employment Health and Fitness (A distant fourth is hobbies, where you can pick a micro-niche.) It’s a proven fact. People will spend money on how to get a man, how to leave a man, how to mend from a broken heart,…

Don’t Fall for a Bad Business Oppourtunity

There are so many self-employment/work at home oppourtunities out there, that I couldn’t possibly go through them in this one article. You’ve seen ad after ad in the newspaper promising unrealistic income. Most people who start their own business end up quitting within a year because the company over-promised and under-delivered. Be prepared to analyze…

Why I Love MLM and Direct Sales

Ok, so you want to get out of the rat race, you want to have more time to do things that you want to you. You want to have the freedom of being self-employed, but you don’t know what kind of business you’d be good at, and the whole McFranchise idea hasn’t quite grown on…

Online vs. Offline Businesses

Before you decide to start your own business or follow an opportunity that has already been established, you want to consider how much time you want to invest, how much money you can invest, the type of support system available to you, and the market to whom you want to pitch your wares. You may…

Ten Habits of Leaders…Where Do You Rank?

Are you a leader? Do you inspire others? Are you willing to do what needs to be done, even when others gripe? Although some people are born leaders, many feel that sense of fear when confronted with “being in charge.” One of my favourite sayings is, “Become what you lack.” By infusing good habits into…

The Main Thing You Need to Start a Business

For the heck of it, I took a poll of about 500 people looking to start their own businesses. I asked them a series of questions ranging from, “Were your parent’s self-employed?” to “How do you behave at a cocktail party?” This is far from scientific, but its data that I’ve condensed over the years…

What Offline Business is Right for You?

There are a lot of options for people looking at alternative means of income from the corporate life. MLM, Network Marketing, and Direct Sales are just a few aspects of business that have traditionally helped people achieve some level of financial independence. No matter the company you’re looking to start, or get involved with, there…

“Time, Oh Give Me Time” Five Quick Tips to Manage it Effectively

“Time, oh, give Me Time…” Everyone feels the time crunch, whether you’re a small business owner or not. But, when you’re not working in a traditional work environment, it’s easy to get distracted. Here are 5 tips that help me stay focused: 1) My egg timer is my friend. I set it for 98 minutes…