Glen Palo

If you use part of your home for business, you may be able to take tax deductions for your home office . These expenses may include mortgage interest, insurance, utilities, repairs, and depreciation. The home office deduction is available for homeowners and renters, and applies to all types of homes, from apartments to mobile homes. Read Full Story

What are hashtags ? Hashtags are the # (pound sign) placed in front of key words in your Twitter post. For example #golf, #Ford or #marketing. Hashtags can be used for multiple words such as #golf #course or #GolfCourse.   Read Full Story

Every day in marketing and business is critical when it comes to hot prospects and prospecting. That prospect's information you receive today, could very well be in the hands of your competition tomorrow. That is why I cannot stress enough the importance of following up with your prospects once you receive them. Read Full Story

With the Empower Network growing like a wildfire in a dry field, I just had to take a look at the Empower Network. Partly because I like new shiny things. Partly because I am always looking for new, better ways and sales funnels to build my internet business. And partly because some big names and people I know and respect are participating in this business opportunity. Whatever your reason, it is worth a look. Maybe you are looking for an easy marketing system, more training or even make more... Read Full Story

A comment many people make is the Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) business model does not work because it is just a pyramid scam. Yet, a number of large companies using the MLM business model are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and subject to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) scrutiny.  Companies listed include Avon,  Primerica, Nu Skin and Herbalife. But here is the rub.  The MLM companies listed on the stock exchanges do not consider themselves as being in the MLM business... Read Full Story

I have been hearing the statistics since I first started in 1996 that 97% of people fail while only 3% of people actually succeed and earn a living in the network marketing business. While I have never seen studies to support these numbers, I am convinced they reflect an accurate view of the numbers. If you have been around long enough like me, it is obvious by looking at the marketing efforts of network marketing leaders compared to the others whom I will lump into the "other" category... Read Full Story

Warrior Forum – I recently rejoined the Warrior Forum after leaving it years ago due to a number factors like huge amounts of spam.  The owners of the Warrior Forum cleaned up the forum, kicked out the spammers and have focused on providing a quality forum.  Started in 1997, the Warrior Forum is one of the largest internet marketing forums around.  It is free to join, so check it out at http://www.warriorforum.com/ Read Full Story

You have just started an internet business, set up your affiliate website, read the training materials and are ready to start building a profitable online business. Now what do you do? Simple. You start selling products and recruiting team members. Easier said than done. But you are doing it. The checks are starting to come in! You have a downline. You are a leader! But wait…. Is everyone as successful as you? Are you motivating your team to success? Do you know how to motivate... Read Full Story

This is is a rewrite of the first in a series of articles I wrote on "Writing Effective Emails to Improve Your Marketing Response Rates"  which focuses on writing powerful headlines that sell .  I identified a need for these articles after noticing a significant decline in the quality of marketing emails sent to me from a number of opt-in mailing lists.  In this article, the term headline refers to either the email subject line or the lead sentence (headline) of a billboard style email ad... Read Full Story

Being a small business owner since 1996, I have collected a number of small business tax saving tips along the way.  The following tax planning tips are general in nature and are intended to provide possible tax saving strategies for home and small business owners.  There are exceptions to every rule, and not everyone will benefit from these tax saving tips. There are many other factors that should be considered before using any of these ideas. Read Full Story