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by Jeff D. Bagley, Jef

If you're interested in remodeling a room in your home, or if you've already decided to take the plunge, a home improvements catalogue should be your new best friend. A good catalogue (or even a few of them, as I suggest you pick up more than one) can help you in more ways that you could possibly imagine. First and foremost, you can use them to steal ideas and make your own. Usually, there are models of every room you could possibly improve in a home improvements catalogue. If you scan through enough of them, you'll almost certainly find ideas that you will take and implement in your own home. Fortunately, there's no such thing as plagiarism when it comes to making improvements to your home.

In addition to giving you ideas for your projects, a home improvements catalogue can help you to price out many of the things you'll need along the way. This can help you to define a budget, which will be your guideline for how much money to take out of the bank (or to get a loan for). Once you have a basic budget set out, you can start pricing things more definitively. I suggest finding brand names or styles that you like, then calling home improvement warehouses to see what their prices are on the items you want. In many cases, they'll be cheaper. Plus, you'll avoid expensive shipping and handling costs that many catalogues charge.

When all else fails, if you still have no use for your home improvements catalogue, I have a few suggestions. First, you can use them to steady a wobbly chair or table leg. At least then, you'll still be improving your home with your catalogue! If all of your furniture is stable, you can rip up the pages and use them as bird cage liner or extra long wicks to light the pilot light of your stove.

You have probably heard many times, that eighty five out of one hundred small businesses fail within the first five years. But, do you realise that franchises, which are reputed to massively reduce the risk, don't improve the statistics by much. Typically only one third of all franchises make a profit and upon further investigation it is the more expensive ones that fair better, whilst the cheaper ones are the most risky. But how many people have multiple six and seven figure sums to invest in a top franchise?

With that unattractive evidence, it's not hard to understand why people shy away from the idea of risking their home and future in an ?orthodox? business model.

So how do we solve this puzzle? Over the last ten years fluctuating employment levels and unprecedented advances in technology have increased the pressure on those in work to keep their jobs. Many people, even with high grade degrees, find themselves moving through five or more jobs in their lifetime. More and more people are being driven to look for alternatives where they can take control of their future, but without the risks connected with opening a ?traditional? business. For many, Network Marketing has proved the perfect alternative, especially now with the global market provided by the internet.

If we compare some typical network marketing business features with those of a franchise or any independent small business start up, you may understand running a network marketing business is so welcome to many.

Although there are a few exceptions, the start up cost of most network marketing businesses is less than $1,000. In many countries there is a ?cooling off? period during which a 90% refund guarantee operates for those who change their minds. Because paperwork, stockholding and staffing requirements are non-existent or kept to a minimum, network marketing businesses are generally part-time and home based. If you are associated with a global company, then there is no restriction on your area of operation making your earning potential genuinely unlimited. Although helpful, previous experience is not essential as training and support are usually provided for free.

I am sure that most people would agree that the features listed above would be the makings of a perfect enterprise and very different to any ?orthodox? business. But most would not believe that such an opportunity existed. It does. It is the typical network marketing business opportunity.

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