Work from home based business opportunities are being researched by many people because of the nature of the economy. Many would be entrepreneurs are looking to find the right business on the internet as there are hundreds to choose from.
However, to avoid failure, especially if an opportunity seeker is looking to make money from a network marketing opportunity, it is important to ask what training or system is in place so reps can become successful sooner rather than later. If distributors are not able to earn money within a couple of months from the income opportunity, they will become frustrated and quit.
Therefore, before one signs up on a company’s agreement dotted line, here are some important questions to ask:
-Is there a resource available that includes skills training, mlm books, videos, and audios that explains the system? While part of sponsoring is providing support to team members, baby-sitting will never do. The system should be designed to teach the system.
-Is the system open? Can one go to not only their upline, but also someone crossline or sideline for help, assistance, etc., without worries about bruising egos? Is there continuing support any time you need it?
-Is the home business system providing personal development? After all, relationship building is important not only for a home business, but also many other areas in life.
-Does the on-line system provide training for a full skill set? This should include:
*client interface
*advertising and internet know how
*behavioral knowledge
*mentoring methods
*industry history
*have free skills training
*have an affordable, easy to navigate back office that includes a lead management system, email and ad copy templates, capture pages combined with an autoresponder, integrated ad tracking and performance comparisons, a help section, etc.
-Does the work from home business opportunity help keep you free to build your business?
-Does the training system keep a distributor away from administrative tasks like building websites?
-Does the system allow you to do your own targeted advertising? Are you able to brand yourself?
Yes, there are many work from home based opportunities on-line. However, to avoid years of failure and frustration and possibly quitting, these are important questions home based business opportunity seekers should ask before joining a home business. So, please take the time and do careful research before joining any opportunity. Learn to look through all the hype, smoke and mirrors, to discover what the real deal is!
by Kevin on June 30, 2009
Human brain receives signals faster through eyes rather than ears. Visual appearance is supposed to be more appealing when compared to any other senses, no matter what the medium of presentation is. So, there are methods by which one can increase the visual appeal. Other senses facilitate visual appeal, and are also important to concentrate on.
Typical example is color when accompanied by audio, and writing. According to a study, big budget companies spend billions in the color market research, which helps in product and packaging development. Color, with content, helps to keep the interest of the visitor and makes him surf the website longer. A colorful article will make the reader read it till the end. Color makes things look more amiable.
Colors are known to influence the behavior of a person. Like blue color is said to have a relaxing effect. Red represents passion and love. A dating website can have red as the background color. Fast food restaurants have bright picture of food beautifully decorated pasted on the walls. This tempts the tastebuds of the customer and the customer pounces on the food, eats and leaves quickly. And this is exactly the reaction expected.
Light effects can also be used to play with the mind of the onlooker. Advertisements, especially for food products, have strategically placed lights. The light effects trigger the hormones in the brain, which increases the hunger. If the same is placed in a slightly dim light, it won’t be equally tempting.
Countries around the world have different cultures that relate a color to an occasion or emotion. Climatic conditions also apply to this. Like in America, people relate black to death and where as in Asia, white is related to death. People living near the equator like warm colors and people living nearer to the poles like cold colors.
It’s a must for an advertiser to have the knowledge about the colors and what they refer too. Black stands for elegance, sophistication, seduction and mystery. White stands for peace, pure, clean, mild and youthful. Gold stands for prestige, luxury and elite. Silver stands for prestige, scientific and cold. Yellow stands for warmth, happiness and cheer. Orange stands for warmth, playfulness, and vibrant. Red stands for love, excitement, strength, passion, and danger. Pink stands for nurture, sweet, soft, and security. Green stands for nature, fresh, fertility and plenty. Blue stands for cool, trust, belonging and reliability. And lastly Purple stands for spiritual, royalty, and dignity.
From the advertiser’s view, we can assume that colors can control the shopping habits of customers. Black, blue, red and orange attract impulsive buyers. Smart shoppers are attracted to pink, light blue and navy blue colors. Companies use colors in logo, advertisement, etc., to pass the right message to the customer. Wal-Mart advertise has a navy blue background and its catch line is “We sell for less”, which means smart customers are their goal. Mercedes has a silver logo, true to its class.
Before designing an advertisement, the targeted customers should be recognized and the advertisers shouldn’t use the colors that are their personal favorites but according to the ad campaign. Advertisement for children should have bright and vibrant colors. Yellow, red, blue and green, which are the primary colors, are the colors, which attract the children, which is why parents buy those colors for their kids. These colors represent warmth, sweetness, trust, reliability, playfulness and security.
