How An Opportunity Card Can Change Your Business.

I learned from an online course called effective marketing 101 how an opportunity card can change peoples lives and improve your business. This is a very effective & savvy means to advertising your business that is very low cost and effective. I am going to go over how to use opportunity cards effectively and give you some links to where you can get some low cost cards printed. So lets get started..

Think of opportunity cards as a low cost way of advertising your business. Using a short but to the point advertisement with your contact information on it. You can place them on counter tops of store you shop at, or give them to the cashier when you buy something. I like to put them in my bills when I have to send in a payment or two.

I make sure that I leave an opportunity card each and every time we dine out or I get a cup of coffee. I leave one by the cream and sugar, or next to the cash register and some coffee houses or stores have a community board that I post two cards on. When park my truck I place one on the cars next to me in the parking lot on the drivers side windows.

But I learned from effective Marketing that he BEST way to use opportunity cards is to go some place where there are a lot of people and hand out as many as you can with a smile on your face. Some people will glance at it, some will not read it at all. Then there are those few that will read your card and if your ad & business resonates with them and they can use it for themselves or their family then you have a new customer.

It is that simple! So where do I get inexpensive cards for advertising? Well I use two places that offer quality products at very reasonable prices.

The first is www.vistaprint.com. The second is www.hotcards.com. Now either of there places will work every well.

To read more about using opportunity cards visit http://effectivemarketing101.blogspot.com/2007/07/learn-what-opportunity-business-card.html

In your service
Tillman Bauknight II

Online Business Risk Management 101

Most average people avoid risk.  Successful people learn how to manage risk in their favor.  Learning how to manage risk isn’t that difficult.  Just ask your self these questions.

1). What’s the best that can happen if I go for it?

2). What’s the worst that can happen if I go for it?

3). What’s most likely to happen If I go for it?

If you are most likely to succeed by taking all out action and if yo can handle the worst thing that could happen, go for it.  Because if you can handle that then the risk is worth the reward.

In your service

Tillman

The power of being an Entrepreneurial Boomer Online.

Here are some simple business facts:

* Small businesses make up 99% off all employer firms in the country.

* Small businesses employ more than 56 Million people in he U.S.

* Home-based enterprises represent 53% of all small businesses

Harnessing the power of your experience, with decades of work behind you, today’s retirees have the skills and knowledge to start businesses on their own terms.

Here are a few tips, ideas and tools that I have learned from my business partners that will help you in getting your online-business started.

1.) Don’t crack open that retirement nest egg; Resist the temptation to cash out some of your retirement money to fund your new business venture.

Instead think about asking a family members, friends, or find an angel investors to assist you in your new business venture.

2.) Consider SBA Loans; The Small Business Administration will help new businesses get up and running.  Some of the loans can be used to finance your fixed assets for example business conferences, training materials, and computers.

Having a lower down payment and longer terms than a conventional loan means lower monthly payments.

3.) Knowledge Gaps, Entrepreneurial Boomers over the age of fifty have plenty of experience and confidence, but everyone has some gaps in knowledge.

Find a business that has a solid business plan, a plan that anyone can follow without having to have special skills.

Make sure the business allows you to leverage your time and profits in a 24 hour time period.  No one wants to put in 12 to 14 hour days getting a business up and running from home.  Your business should be able to run with as little as 3 to 4 hours 4 to 5 days a week of income producing activities.

In the age of the internet and business 2.0 your business can be open 24 hours per day world wide without any limitations.  Harnessing the power of such internet tools as Google, MSN, & Yahoo.

By going out and finding an online business that allows you to leverage your time and your profit along with a world wide audience could possible pay you tenfold in time freedom, monthly income, freedom of lifestyle.

These are just some tips, tools and ideas for that entrepreneurial boomer who is not ready to retire.  One of the fastest growing groups of self-employed workers are those between the ages of 55 to 64.

If you have any questions or want you know more, please feel free to contact me.

In your service.

Tillman