I have used Skype for a couple of years for calling friends outside my local calling area. They would install Skype and we could talk or “chat” over the Internet. I then started listening to a lot of teleseminars and their SkypeOut product was only $0.021/minute. This rate was better than my phone card rate of 2.5 cents/minute. (I scoured the Internet just to fin 2.5 cents/minute.) Skype had the best price.
I needed a phone line for my new business and decided to use SkypeIn. I could pick out my own number and would pay approximately $12/3 months for incoming phone service. (The phone company wants $20/month after a $60 installation fee. As a new business, I couldn’t afford that much. SkypeIn also provided voicemail support. Granted, I have to be at the computer if I want to take a call, but if I miss their call, I can easily call back. (Skype save the incoming number for me!)
Skype was bought by eBay and they are growing by leaps and bounds. They now offer free calling to landlines until the end of the year. This is a fantastic deal! You can call any landline in the US for free! Think of the friends and family you can call. Think of the free teleseminars you can listen to for free!
Don’t wait, sign up for Skype now.
Linda
PS I even made a video to show you how simple it is!
PSS Skype also has every accessory you need for using the Internet phone service!
If you want to encourage your entrepreneur, you need to encourage creativity. You also need to be willing to hang on to odds and ends that most normal people would have pitched long ago.
We recently took a family field trip to the Higgins Armory. (If you are ever in the Northeast and are interested in the Middle Ages they have an extensive collection of amor and weapons from the Middle Ages. On the first and third Saturdays of the month they also provide various demonstrations.)
Weaponry of any type is of intense interest to my twelve year old son. He found the exhibits quite interesting but what he loved was the demonstrations. Can you imagine the excitement of seeing two knights in amour battling with swords and knives? Can you imagine the focus while watching the various attacks and counter moves with the long sword or the rapier? He also enjoyed watching the making of chain maille. They demonstrated how the wire was coiled and cut into ringlets and the special way to open the ring without stressing the metal.
To read the rest, go to Educate Entrepreneurs with Creativity
3. “Clean Up Your Messâ€
I remember times when I just saw the ‘mess’ and not the engrossed play. I remember the dejected looks when I asked them to clean up their mess. They were not upset at the cleaning but that their creative time had been cut short. I later learned to allow them to keep the ‘mess’ around until their interests led elsewhere. Then it was ok to have them clean and put away.
I was listening to a free teleseminar the other day by an Internet Marketing Millionaire. He had tons of great content websites, steps to success, characteristics of millionaires, ways to drive traffic, etc. But what caught my ear was his entrepreneur exploits as a kid.
As a kid, Matt had a paper route. Every week he had to go to each customer to collect the money for the paper delivery. One day it struck him that all his customers had lawns and so the next time he did collections, he asked if he could mow their lawns. He had so many lawns that he couldn’t possibly do them all himself so he hired his friends to mow the lawns for him. His business sense led him to pay his friends less than he was charging the customers so he made money on every lawn!
If you want to hear the teleseminar for free, go to Family Business Conference and sign up. On the next page scroll down until you find Matt Bacek and click the audio buttons under his name.
Linda
PS I will be posting his business and marketing tips at Web Tech Tips.
Joel Comm is a homeschool dad who has created a
passive 5 figure income per MONTH on the Internet.
Ever heard of Yahoo! Games?
Joel was the co-founder of this incredibly massive
game site!
Ever heard of making money from Google with what
they call Adsense?
He wrote the book on it. Literally. That’s why they call
him “Dr. Adsense.”
Well, Joel is going to teach how he
makes money on the Internet at a special one-day
workshop this August.
He’s going to give you a glimpse of how easy it is to
generate an online income when he joins me on a
conference call this Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 8 PM
Eastern Time.
To get the number for the call, go here:
FamilyBusinessConference
We’ll send you an email with the number and pass code.
Make sure to call in early because space is limited.
If you have a computer kid in the house, make sure he
or she listens in on this call!
Linda
2. “Do It This Wayâ€
We are sometimes so caught up in our way of doing things that we have lost the ability to think ‘outside the box.’ Forcing a child to perform a task in a set way stifles their creative thinking. (Children need to learn to be obedient but I am addressing the non-critical areas, their play time. Let them build their fort or contraption the way they want to. Let them experiment.)
Business Idea
Do you know how to sew? Do you know how to make repairs or alternations?
If you can replace buttons, let out cuffs, shorten pants or sleeves, repair tears
there are people willing to pay for your services.
Here is what you do:
* Make a list of what you can do.
* Determine your prices.
* Make a brochure (or just a sheet with your services and prices and contact information)
* Make a poster (around 12×15) with your price list/contact info.
* Go to local dry cleaners and see if they would hire you for these services OR would they be willing to let you post your prices list in their store.
* Post in your local classifieds that you offer these services.
* Go to local clothing stores and see if they are interested in offering alternations to their customers.
For a complete list of business ideas, send a blank email to: businessideas@aweber.com
If you have ideas, please post them now.
Linda
1. “That Won’t Workâ€
Has your child ever come to you with their latest idea and your immediate response was a list of the reasons why their idea wouldn’t work? If that was the case then I am sure that they probably didn’t rush to share too many more of their ideas. As parents we have many life experiences that sometimes give us greater insights to possible successful scenarios. However, those same life experiences often prevent us from thinking ‘outside the box.’
Better Response: Ask for more details. Have them explain what problem they are trying to solve. Have them explain how they came up with this approach. Discuss their idea with them. We need to encourage
I have been researching for the best resources for entrepreneurial development. There are many ideas but relatively few books on this topic. I have found numerous ‘like-minded’ individuals and families at Family Business Conference. I will share some of the many things I have learned from this conference.
What is an entrepreneur? Wikipedia defines an entrepreneur as: An entrepreneur is someone who organizes a system to create a product or service in order to gain profit.
I define an entrepreneur as anyone who thinks outside the box and is willing to take risks.
Do you have a child that never does anything the normal way? My son has never done a household chore in the normal way. I used to get frustrated and wonder why he couldn’t just do it the way I taught him. My way was fast and efficient. His way took hours to devise and implement. Read the rest of this entry »
