Currently, Pinterest is the fastest growing social bookmarking site on the web today. My wife joined Pinterest not long ago because of how quickly she could share and discover her creative decorating and craft ideas. In fact, I think it was a bit too easy because it nearly consumed every second of her day for about two weeks, no exaggeration. She loved it.

In the beginning days of Pinterest, women were and still are the primary users, discovering and sharing their favorite crafts, clothes and styles. Imagine if your business was offering a product or service to the “stay at home Mom” or “work at home Mom” crowd. Pinterest would be and is a gold mine, and for more than just stay at home Mom’s. It’s a great marketing avenue for many types of business, internet based and ‘brick and mortar’ alike.

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As entrepreneurs, we’re always looking for effective and creative ways to promote our businesses. We’re always promoting. At times, it seems as though we aren’t capable of having another thought outside of our business, and that’s completely normal. When you’re passionate about what you’re doing, that’s what you eat, sleep and talk. That’s just the nature of the beast.

So in getting to my point, have you ever gone to a conference but got lost in the hotel trying to find it? And as you wander around you notice one of those standing banners telling you that you’re headed in the right direction? Then, as you start to get closer to the conference entrance, these banners start getting larger and larger. Those things just catch you’re attention! Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve been in business for yourself, whether in a traditional brick and mortar business or network marketing business, you know how important and effective word of mouth advertising is. If your product or service is of true value, word can spread very quickly.  Word of mouth is the most cost effective marketing in existence and can make or break your business. Read the rest of this entry »

In the world of network marketing, lead generation is the life blood of your business. Without leads, your business is dead in the water. It’s call lead poverty.

So naturally, home based business owners will try almost everything under the sun to generate quality leads. One method commonly used is a popup contact form on their website or blog. We’ve all heard both positive and negative feedback about popups. We’ve been to the sites which have so many popups that you can’t even access the content you’re looking for and are forced to leave the site. And by leaving the site, you get another popup saying, “Wait! Don’t leave. Blah, Blah, Blah.” It can be extremely annoying. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are someone that has created a decent degree of success in your home based business, then you’ve probably also created a bit of a reputation online along with it. And as you know, the more successful you become, the larger the target on your back becomes. Read the rest of this entry »

A vital key to success in any home based business opportunity is creative, consistent advertising. So I’ve compiled a list of twenty creative ways to advertise your home based business. Just to spark the left hemisphere the brain…to get you thinking. Read the rest of this entry »