Barbara Casey's
"Messages from the Soapbox"
(formerly Niche News Marketing E-zine)
Vol 6, No 3 -
November 23, 2006
In This Issue:
- Between Basic Needs and Bliss
- "Bridge" Income for Home Business Owners
- How-to Lessons
- Blogging with Barbara Update
~ Between Basic Needs and Bliss ~
I believe that we are eternal beings who come to Earth from time to time
to experience something new or to help others. We draft our life's
outline before we arrive and then hope we remember who we are and what
we want to accomplish while we're here.
Sometimes, however, we get so wrapped up in the status quo of what's
going on that we forget our original mission for awhile.
But over time, as we evolve in consciousness, the mainstream of life has
less attraction for us and we tend to pull away from the pack. This can
leave us temporarily in a no-man's-land between security and bliss.
So how do we continue to take care of our basic needs when our nervous
system has increasing difficulty functioning in the day to day work
grind (not to mention daily commute!) that most people face?
Many of us, at this point, simplify our lives, so that our direct cash
needs are fewer. Others of us band together in communities, pooling
resources and lending mutual support for the journey.
A good number start home businesses, either based on skills we learned
while in a mainstream job, or centered on new work that we are strongly
attracted to.
But building a business takes time. And a new skill - marketing - must
be learned, if we are to be successful in meeting our needs as well as
we did before. When the lessons of business and marketing are not
attended to, our business can flounder, leaving us in doubt, not to
mention debt, and with some anxiety about the future.
That's why I'm always making suggestions about marketing resources to
try, hoping that the ideas will "click" and our business can proceed
smoothly and successfully. I have posted a list of these resources on my
website. Just pick one... and work with it. They're all excellent tools
for building a great home-based business.
(I put asterisks in front of my top 3 recommended resources... and one
of them's a fre ebie.)
When you click on the link below, you'll also find a few of my favorite
resources for raising personal energy, with reasons why this is
important for raising the vitality of your business.
Some of these may already be amongst your favorite techniques and
tools... but I figure we could all use a little reminder that walking in
nature, inspirational music and books and meditation are necessary for
raising our business energy and not something to be set aside "until we
have more time."
To really enjoy the "bliss" part of our life, it helps to secure our
finances. To secure our finances, it helps to include some bliss into
the marketing mix.
For me, it's a morning meditation before I sit down at my computer. I
get my best business ideas during this reflective time.
Where do you add bliss into your marketing plan?
And that's my Message from the Soapbox for November.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Barbara
Click here for inspired marketing ideas and
tools.
~ "Bridge" Income for Home Business Owners ~
Need some transitional income while you're building your home business?
You might consider becoming a member of the Freelance Work Exchange.
They offer primarily telecommuting work that you can do from home.
If you have writing, editing, proofreading, data entry, administrative,
graphic design, web design or programming experience, it's worth
checking out. You can access the Freelance Work Exchange's database of
job offerings on a trial basis for a very minimal fee, to see if it's
what you're looking for.
Click here to learn more about freelance work.
~ How-to Lessons ~
When we're in business for ourselves, we wear many hats - writer,
desktop publisher, internet marketer - you name it!
I've started a new page on my website for how-to lessons on blogging,
affiliate program marketing, internet marketing and making "proper"
keyboard symbols for copyright, French accents, bullets and more.
Just click on this link for the how-to page.
~ Blogging with Barbara Update ~
I keep adding posts to BloggingwithBarbara.com.
You can subscribe to receive these updates automatically, if you like.
You'll find handy subscribe buttons on the blog's sidebar.
Newer posts include: How to add a Paypal donation button, how to create
Google AdSense links, how to notify (ping) the RSS newsreaders and blog
directories when you update your blog.
If you can write, you can blog! If you can speak, you can podcast on
your blog.
Find out more at
www.BloggingwithBarbara.com
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Barbara Casey's Messages from the Soapbox:
Inspiration for your vision and tools for the success of your home-based
business.
PO Box 86674, St. Petersburg, FL 33738
(727) 397-2702
www.newradiance.com
Copyright 2006 Barbara Casey
