How many of us actually tell them what we are doing or better yet show them?
I have been guilty of being "to busy" to answer questions or saying not right now daddy's busy.
All this changed the first time I actually took the time to explain to my daughter just exactly what I was doing.
My daughter has some "challenges" that I won't go into here but the result of me explaining a little bit of what I do and why to her has been no less than inspiring to me.
She took an interest in this whole marketing thing, especially wondering why people buy things and what makes them buy one item instead of a similar one.
We have had lots of conversations about this and looked at lots of products and ads, everything from tv, ebay, online sites and even the wso's on the forum. We've discussed Christmas and observed the transformation of stores and tv ads during the holiday season.
She has learned a lot about:
* Integrity and honesty in promoting a product and many of the various ways to get the attention of the viewer.
* How a buyer that feels fooled or cheated won't be back and will tell people they know not to buy from you.
* Wanting to "belong to a group" - she was sitting next to me when we watched hundreds of people fill up a much anticipated members site that just launched with a limit of 500 members. She witnessed first hand how building anticipation and exclusivity can work.
* Selling something you are passionate about - how it won't seem like work and you will probably have a better chance of success when the passion you have for a product show's through.
Soon all these evening conversations and lessons lead to Stephanie wanting her own website to sell something from.
First she needed some money to launch her site. At the time I was an active power seller on ebay. Her little brother Thomas was really into Bionicles (a toy) and was always cruising ebay looking for a deal on the latest Bionicle. One night we were at Wal-Mart and as usual in the Bionicle section with Thomas. The little toys were on sell at less than half price. Stephanie suggested that we could buy them and sell them on ebay. We did, we bought them all and sold almost all of them at retail or above. She helped design the ad and suggested posing some out of the boxes for pictures and was involved in the design of the auction ad. Enough was made to start her website. More ebay auctions followed to raise a few more dollars.
After some discussion Stephanie decided what she wanted her website to be about.
She decided on:
* The pet niche - an area she is definitely passionate about (three dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, fish and turtles make their home with us).
* She picked out several private label products (from a marketer we met in an online forum) and a few click bank products to promote.
* She chose the domain name.
* She bought the website to use a starting point for her site (she picked it out from ebay for $25).
Her site will be complete soon and will include private label products about dog care, click bank products, resell rights products for dog/cat recipes, articles, adsense, and two of her very on products written for her but based on what she wanted them to include. One is on buying and caring for hamsters the other is on guinea pigs and includes plans for the guinea pigs home and an outdoor guinea pig play box. Of course I will be the one to finish up the site and get it on the web but the concept, product selection, chosen design and her products were all decided on by her. Think of all she will be learning from this process. She is involved every step of the way.
Many of her own graphics will be used on the site and in the products. She went from coloring graphics with crayons (her other passion) to drawing them in a paint program using a pen mouse that she purchased from her ebay proceeds.
All of this from dad just answering some questions and deciding not to say "I'm busy right now".
I know we all get busy and stressed especially when that site is just not working out or your latest mailing didn't do much for you. But take some time when the little one ask what you are up to. You may be surprised by how much they are really interested in what you are doing and how much your time means to them. You will also be surprised with what they can teach you if you just listen.
With the various means of online, virtual, and direct communication available to us now, it's little wonder why telecommuting has become such a popular work alternative. For both employers and employees, working at home offers considerable benefits. The flexibility of schedule, the inherent trust involved, and an expanded employee base no longer limited by geography are all major contributors to the explosion of the telecommuting sector.
While a good number of companies are now offering their on-site employees the option of part-time or full-time telecommute work, there are also now strictly online opportunities. These work at home online jobs do not have a physical office location to report in to. Rather, all communication is done online or sometimes by phone.
Such jobs are focused on results alone and measure performance based on objectives met. Supervision is not necessary, with many workers choosing their own hours. Indeed, one of the primary features of a work at home online job is the freedom it affords the worker. Time usually spent in traffic for instance, can be spent instead with the family, running errands, or working on a side project.
With an online telecommuting job, since the work is computer-based, it can be performed virtually anywhere. Work at home online jobs are referred to as "work at home," but in truth, they can be done on the road, in another city, or at a coffee house. Flexibility of time also factors into whether the job is full-time, part-time, or spare-time. With work at home, this is usually left up to the contractor. Since everything is performance-based, the pay scale simply reflects how much time the person wishes to put into the job.
For the employer, work at home online jobs are a great way to minimize costs. Since there isn't a central office for the work team to report into, there's no need for an office building to accommodate them. There's no overhead. Since pay is based on performance, nothing is paid in excess of what is produced. Since most of the work is by contract, benefits such as medical or dental aren't part of the job offer. For the employer, a virtual office could be all that's needed to network a staff of employees from around the world.
Many smaller Internet companies make the most of online telecommuting. Since budget is limited for these companies, it's more feasible to hire contract workers who can work from home. The bulk of jobs available do rely on results to indicate the quality of performance and determine a pay rate. The most common work at home online jobs involve data entry, which can be learned via online instruction or tutorial.
A quick look at job banks finds that many of the work at home online opportunities include coding, such as litigation coding or medical coding. In addition, there's medical and legal transcription, which requires the individual to transcribe audio files word for word. Mystery-shopping and clerical work like typing, word processing, bookkeeping, scheduling, and claims processing, are also common. Creative freelance work, from writing to editing to proofreading, can also be readily found. As far as freelance jobs, technical opportunities, like database creation and web design, are also assignments that can be performed from anywhere.
While technology continues to open new doors for us, it's only right that we step through. Work at home online jobs are a sign of the times and are certain to expand in the coming decade. Companies are falling in line with the benefits of telecommuting, while the online job sector is truly taking the idea and running with it.
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