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Working from home with party-lite has changed my life, both my financial life and life at home by offering me increased time with my family. I spend my days as a mom taking the kids to school and doctor appointments, karate and soccer practices. At night I spend about an hour making phone calls to party leads and I get to schedule parties on dates that work for me and my family. My daughter and son love that I am home with them all the time. Before I worked at a nursing home as a Certified Nurses Assistant (CNN). I hardly saw my children. To make matters worse, I did not make enough income at a job I worked 12 hour days at. Now I am “a stay at home mom” and make more than enough money for less hours (while staying at home with my family).

Party-lite is a great company to work for. They have trips with paid expenses yearly that you can earn through their points system, bonuses for doing a good job selling their product, and for when you sponsor a new consultant. You get paid a percentage of their profits too. So You can get paid for the work someone else does, like any other business. No nursing home I ever worked in paid you for someone else job. Creating a stay at home based job is the best thing I have ever done. So actually I party with friends and family and get paid for doing so! They also have free training to help you through your business.

Look into Party-lite. Learn the business and who the consultant is that will be hosting your first party. A consultant is not the one that would be the hostess. A consultant will be receiving products for herself- free of charge- and hostess gifts.

YOUR party will be set up with assistant from your individual consultant. But it will be you and you alone that decides on the time, setting, date, guest-list, and who implements your own methods of inviting quests. You can start by asking family members, coworkers, and friends to host a show for you. It will help you get started and snow-ball from there- and the more social you are, the more parties you’ll manage to book off each. Not only that but you’ll receive gifts cards and be able to shop for free and/or at reduced prices. Inviting people you know is just how you get started. You’ll also need to call each and everyone attending (personally, not through who is having the show if it’s a party you booked, though they can do this too). This will help in attendance rates. Nonetheless, expect only about 2/3 of your quest-list to actually attend. The show your consultant hosts will help you learn the ropes. Pay close attention to her. There will also be meetings to attend. If you want to become successful, you’ll need to be in attendance at each and every one.

Attendance can depend on the give unit you are in.

You need little money to become a Party-lite consultant. Your starter show pays for your kit to do your business shows. However, you need to purchase reminder cards and any gifts you want to give at your shows. Try and have more than six shows to start with. There is always at least one that cancels.

The Consultant Lifestyle:
Becoming a Consultant with Party-lite was one of the smartest decisions I ever made! It was great to start a business with no cash investment and it’s also great that I don’t have to store a supply of candles (Party-lite fills the orders). The income is incredible, especially because I can choose to make more money by doing extra Shows or by building a team of my own. Here’s why I think you might want to give Party-lite a try:
-No experience necessary!
-You’ll have fun selling candles because everyone loves them
-You are not tied to a 9:00 to 5:00 schedule
-It’s easy to book Shows because of PartyLite’s generous Hostess program
-Your Business is up to you- You promote others in your business, not the other way around.

Start with no cost to you:
Imagine yourself starting a business just by having a party. Hang out with friends and family while they decorate their house. That’s how I began with Party-lite, and the sales at my Show were more than $350, so everything I needed to get started was free!

When I received my stater kit it had candles and accessories to display at Shows, and enough paper work and catalogs to start my new business. I was receiving a paycheck right away – I received 25% of the sales from every Show in my weekly profit check. I also bonus at the month’s end and receive a check for 7% of my monthly profit. How easy is that?

Enjoy the Lifestyle of being a Consultant!
I really love being able to make my own schedule an still have time to do all the things I want to do. It makes it so easy to take care of my family and my business without stress or conflict.

Plus, I keep learning and growing with Party-lite. Every month we have free workshops and Party-lite sends lots of materials with tips and ideas. I’ve seen that other Party-lite Consultants are always willing to share what has worked for them in their business.
One of the most important things to me is the relationships I have built through Party-lite, many of the Party-lite people I’ve worked with have become my very best friends. We have so much in common, and we have so much fun together that it hardly seems like work!

Friends, Fun and a FREE shopping spree.

The Benefits of Hosting:

Free Shopping Spree*

With $250 or more in sales, plus one or more bookings, you’ll earn a FREE shopping spree of 25% of your Show sales. For example, a $400 Show gives you $100 to spend on products of your choice! (A booking is when a friend of yours schedules a Show with you.) Many months they have specials to where you can receive 50% off your purchase at your friends show if held within 30 days of your show.
Hosting a Party-lite Show gives you a fun get-together with your friends in your own home. Plus, hosting a Show brings you:
-A FREE shopping spree (average hostess receives $150 in free product)
-Hostess Specials – different specials every month
-Half-price products – Choose up to 5 items of product for half price- depending on your show sales.

Purchase one item at half price when your Show reaches $250 in sales. Then choose one additional item at half price for every $200 in sales once your Show reaches $400

As a Hostess, you can also purchase an additional $50 in retail credit for $9.95 for every booking you obtain from your Show, provided the booked Shows take place within 30 days. For example, with three bookings obtained from your Show, held within 30 days, you can receive three Fast $50 rewards – one from each of your bookings. That’s $150 in retail credit for only $29.85!

Brite-Start:
Party-lite also offers a great Brite-Start program to new consultants their first three months of business.

Brite-Start month 1:

Level 1-earned with $1,000 in sales: $100-value votive and tea-light candle pack

Level 2-earned with $1,400+ in sales: candle pack plus 25 catalogs and your choice of any 1 item in the catalog!

Level 3-earned with $2,000+ in sales: all of above Plus 7% Bonus on sales (32% profit)

Brite-Start Month 2:

Level 1-earned with $1,000 in sales: $125 candle pack of votive and tea-lights

Level 2-earned with $1,400+ in sales: candle pack, 25 catalogs and ANY 2 items in catalog

Level 3-earned with $2,000+ in sales: all of the above plus your 7% bonus profit(32% profit)

Brite-Start month 3:

Level 1- earned with $1,000+ in sales: $150 votive and tea-light candle pack

Level 2-earned with $1,400+ in sales: candle pack, 25 catalogs plus 3 FREE items from the catalog

Level 3-earned with $2,000+ in sales: All of the above plus 7% bonus on all profit (a 32% profit)

Brite-Start is just one of the many Bonuses you get from Party-lite. They are always coming up with something new. This March as I’m writing this, if you submit three or more shows you’ll receive a $100 gift certificate. If you submit 6 shows you earn the $100 certificate plus a company watch. If you submit 9 or more shows you’ll receive a $100 certificate, watchm and diamond pendent. Every month they’re coming up with new rewards for a job well done.

If you would like more info about Party-lite, becoming a Consultant or hosting a show, you can contact me through my web page @ http://www.partylite.biz/jessh. I look forward to helping you become a success in your new business!

You may have read a lot recently about the various forms of membership sites. A membership site in any niche can indeed be a very profitable home business venture as long as you are willing to put in the time and effort (something that is true of any home business.)

The basis of a membership site is attracting people willing to pay money to access certain content that belongs to you. Of course you have to choose a niche for your website that is likely to attract paying customers and get your hands on content that interests them.

This can quite simply be a site containing material you have created yourself if you are particularly knowledgeable on a certain subject. The real secret to a successful membership site is encouraging a lot of user participation, so that effectively members generate most of the content themselves.

First, you should research whether or not the niche or topic you are considering is likely to be profitable. A little time spent with the Google keyword tools can be a great help. Come up with a list of keywords and key phrases you yourself would use to find the kind of offerings you intend to make. Plug those keywords into the tool and Google will tell you how many searches they garner every month as well as how many sites already target those keywords. A good indicator are the relevant Google Ads. They show what  people are paying to advertise on the subject.

How many members your site needs to be profitable depends upon what you expect from it. Many successful home business owners maintain a number of different niche sites with only a few hundred members a piece. However if they are all paying $20 a month and the site only takes a few hours a week to maintain it may very well be that a membership site is a good way to generate a steady income.

People young and old can earn money while working from home. Usually your experience determines your amount of income made. Ask yourself what services you can provide. Working from home can be as successful, if not more than punching the time clock from 9-5. One example of a successful work from home job is writing articles from the comfort of your home office.

Article writing is probably one of the fastest growing at home job. Being a Freelance writer you have the opportunity to write articles for magazines, online blogs, and for news paper columns. Work at home freelance articles are used for many purposes. Many freelance column editors do most of their work from the comfort of their own home. Then they send it via email when finished. When magazine companies hire writers they have the opportunity to hire from all over the world. This way they have views from other cultures, views and ideas.

Online blogging has become very popular among men and women who work at home. With the interest of blogging on the rise, many of the blog host look for people who blog from home. Keeping in mind that people who blog from home are not paid highly. This technique is based on people who want to be exposed of their writing ability. In fact many writers blog for free to get their writing noticed.


There are many advantages to working from home and more pros than cons. For one, which is a big issue in this day’s economy, is saving money on gas expenses driving to and from work. Whatever the job may be. If someone has to drive to work to make their profession available then a work at home job just might work as well.

Below are some tips that you may find useful when working from home.

Budget:
First: Figure out your client’s budget. When you initially talk to clients, very few will volunteer a budget because they want to hire you for the least amount possible. Imagine yourself in their position. You’d want to do the same thing. It’s good business. To try to find out more you can try using a preliminary worksheet. Have this worksheet ask questions regarding the goals of their projects, time-frame, and budget. When being more straight-forward many clients will tend to be more straight-forward with you as well.
It’s as simple as developing a rapport.

Proposal:
Spend as much time as necessary on your job proposal. As nice and agreeable as a potential client may seem in your communications, you still need to create a proposal. Always put in enough time to cover everything. Don’t start without it, even if the client seems to be hurried. A lot of clients with give you a dead-line just to see if you can meet it at first. It’s a great way for them to learn your capabilities. Make sure your proposal covers both client and contractor responsibilities, requirements, expectations, payment agreement and terms for all charges that may fall outside your proposal. Include anything else you can think of that you feel applies to the job. Clients as often as not have a much larger scope in mind than they communicate. Spend a couple hours on this and it could save you many more later.

Hourly Rates & Charges:
It’s always a good idea to charge by the hour. Rather than providing a fixed price for your project, and finding out later that you misquoted which will cost you time and money, you need only tie your quote to an estimated rate and time-frame (i.e.: 20 hr for 30 hours). Not only does this make the quoting process much easier, but clients understand that they are buying your time- enough to finish the project. Thus the chances are increased that your client will be more lenient if you need more hours. You’ll be able to show them what you’ve accomplished, explain what you’d like to do next, and find out how they’d like you to move forward. You can up your estimated cost by ten-percent if you like. When starting out as a free-lancer, it is natural to want to impress your client with a rosy scenario and quote that are lower than your competitors. But you never want to be put in a position where you have to cut corners- producing a bad effort- in order to achieve a quote that you give without giving it proper thought.

Not only that but there is time that you’ll spend communicating, collection assets, and in administration-duties. This doesn’t include snags and problems that may incur outside your control. Therefore, do yourself a huge favor and be deliberate in the quoting and estimation process so that you produce realistic expectations. That doesn’t mean you won’t still be on the lower end of what your client typically receives from other buyers. Keep in mind they also care as much as results as quotes.

Expectations:
Set and manage expectations. If you’re quoting by project, let them know the cost and time-frame for additional changes. If you are quoting by the hour and giving them a total time estimate, let them know when you’re getting close to that quoted total time and whether you will be able to hit it. It may be helpful to have a clause that says if your total time is within 10% of your time quote, you will not charge more (this gives you extra money for finishing quicker and saves them money if you take a bit longer). Clients don’t like surprises: keep them informed on your current time status and let them know at proposal time the possibility of “run-over” and charges associated with extra changes.

Collecting Up Front:
Collecting up front of often a good idea. Aside from recurring maintenance work/costs for smaller projects (projects whose totals are under one ro two thousand), it can be a good idea to collect a portion up front. This will show your client that you are serious and far less likely to bail on them- leaving the process uncompleted. You should not have an issue being given 50% up front on most projects. If the project is large- exceeding over 1000 dollars- you may want to lower the percentage you collect up front so that it doesn’t scare the buyer off. Then at another milestone you can collect more. Use this process only when you feel it is absolutely necessary and the money will be going back into the job. Otherwise it isn’t needed and your clients will know this immediately and- chances are- find a more reasonable buyer.

Milestones:
FINALLY- set a last payment milestone that will get you through to the completion of the job. For instances, if your job is to create websites you’ll need to invoice the final payment the moment the site is complete and 100% live. For a print job: invoice when the goods are delivered. These particular invoices the client will know are coming. Use shorter payment terms as well. If you are not precise and have a proper business-like manner in regards to your payment schedule, most- if not all- clients will ride up as much debt as you’ll allow them. While most are reputable, it’s not a good business practice to let this happen.

Your home business website is up and running, you’ve done a little SEO and the good news is that visitors are finding you and traffic is beginning to flow to your site, your little web counter says so.

This is all great, but the job is far from over if you want to really make the most of your site’s potential. Now is the time to dig a little deeper and start looking at your website’s analytics. There are any number of programs out there to help you do that – free and paid – but once you have those reports in front of you what exactly should you be looking at? Some basic pointers:

Bounce Rate – Most analytics programs record a bounce when a visitor only hits one page on your site and then leaves again. Monitoring your bounce rate – and which pages visitors enter and leave the site by – allows you to tweak your site so that the content is more likely to hold your visitor’s attention.

Session Duration – Are people hitting your site briefly and then clicking away? Or are they hanging around to see what you have to offer. By paying careful attention to which pages on your site hold the viewers’ attention best you can adjust the content of poorly performing pages to complement their obviously more engaging counterparts.

Conversion Tracking – If you want the visitors to your site to perform an action – such as filling out a form or subscribing to a newsletter – the conversion tracking statistics can tell you exactly how well that is going by showing you exactly what percentage of your visitors are doing what you want them to.

Traffic Sources – Keeping track of your traffic sources is crucial, especially for marketing purposes. Are the majority of your visitors coming to your site directly or from a referring site like a blog or Twitter? These numbers can help you figure out the best use of your marketing resources.

Most analytics programs will offer you a fairly large number of other statistics as well, all useful in their own way, but those above you should be checking on a daily basis if you truly want your website to reach its maximum potential.