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This post isn’t a ‘How To’ improve your Facebook account, master twitter, install the latest wordpress plugin or build your lead list.  It’s not a ‘Top Ten’ list of strategies, techniques, or must haves. It’s not an invitation to a webinar or a seminar.

This post is for all you parents out there building your home business around your family life. This post is just me reaching out to you, to say hey – keep up the good work.

If you’re a mum or a dad and new to online marketing, or even not so new, and the amount of information and activity required of you to build your business is freaking you out slightly, then this post is written as encouragement to you to say – it’s worth it.

It really is worth it…the effort and the time required to build your fledgling  online business outside of your work hours, when you’ve come home from your second job, or after you’ve put the kids to sleep…when all you want to do is collapse and go to sleep yourself. But there it is, your computer monitor beckons you. It calls you to stay up and check your emails, write a new blog post, work on your PPC campaign, finish an article or tweet one more tweet.

Honing your social media skills, building your personal brand, learning the ropes of creating your marketing funnel, building your network; all of this takes effort and time, and your available time can be very limited when you’re just starting out and have family and work commitments.

You probably already know what you planned to do, but by the time you found five minutes for yourself  (without your kids climbing all over you, needing help with their homework, or throwing toddler tantrums on the lounge room floor), you were too mentally drained to think let alone get creative, right? So you found yourself surfing the net for inspiration and wound up here…well that’s okay because you’re in good company.

However, unless you’ve already passed out from exhaustion and are now reading this whilst unconscious, then I want to encourage you to finish reading this post, be inspired and take the next step towards your betterment.

Don’t hesitate, just Do it. Why? Because nothing great was ever achieved by just sitting around wishing for it. And the rewards when you nail this are indeed great.

Persevere. Not only is reaching each marketing milestone gratifying and emotionally rewarding, it also becomes financially rewarding  when your first leads begin to convert. Seeing your efforts convert to dollars in your paypal account or bank account is really exciting and motivating.

Making your first $20 commission can be as exciting as your first $1000 or $10,000.  Your first commission tells you you’re on the right track. You’ve done something right and you can duplicate that action.

Getting your first lead is super exciting because it connects you with the world and tells you someone is interested in what you have to offer. Someone found you through your marketing efforts and liked what they read, saw or heard and that’s a great feeling. But more than that, building your list comes with the great potential of earning you loads of money.

So even if your life is full and you can only find an hour per day to give to your business, those hours all add up.

We recently welcomed a baby boy into the world and yesterday he turned ten weeks old. To be honest it feels like we’re just coming out of the baby induced fog now. The last ten weeks have been a blur of adjusting to our new cuddly addition and it has been a challenge too, to find work/life balance.  I’m finally getting some sleep and regaining some mental clarity – but it’s still a major accomplishment to write a blog post with one hand whilst burping a baby with the other and helping our not quite two year old with her jig-saw puzzles.

Whilst juggling the daily antics of babies and toddlers we also have the daily schedules of our two teenage sons to contend with. However I’m not deterred because I’m determined to make our first million between nappy changes and football games.

I sometimes think back to my days before children and marvel in wonderment at just how much time I had available to me then.

But time is not your only enemy, fear can be an enemy too. Sometimes building your personal brand can be daunting and frightening…you may be nervous of how readers will respond to you when you first ‘go live’. I remember when I first launched our blog I was so nervous and felt as if I was completely naked in front of the whole world! I was terrified of anyone actually reading it!

I’ve since gotten over my initial stage fright and I now enjoy blogging and the connectivity it creates – after all that’s the whole point isn’t it?

My first tweet on twitter was answered by nothing but the sound of crickets breaking the empty silence. I had no idea how to find people I was interested in or how they would find me.  Now I love twitter as through it I have built some wonderful and genuine friendships and strong business connections.

Creating a Google Adwords account and a first campaign was intriguing,  like undertaking a research position in a laboratory crossed with trying to psychically pick the lucky numbers for a lotto draw.

My first ezine article publication felt like I’d been awarded a grand prize for literary achievement – I was that excited.

First steps still occur for me on an almost daily basis as there is so much changing in this industry ALL the time. Every day I’m faced with new challenges. But overcoming every challenge brings with it a reward in equal measure.

This morning I talked with my growing team of wonderful people, sharing ideas and exchanging knowledge.

This morning I checked my emails and saw still more leads piling up, and you know it’s as exciting today as it was yesterday.

My business is growing and each new commission is helping me build a richer, fuller life for me and my family.

And THAT is why we stay up late or get up early and build our business while the family is sleeping, or write a post between nappy changes. You can smile and know with a warm heart exactly why you’re going to stay up and take that next step in your business, because your business will grow and you and your family will reap the rewards of your efforts. But be quick, before your baby wakes up! Mine just did! Seriously, he has impeccable timing. LOL.

A quick tip:

One of the most important steps you can take to fast track the growth of your online business is to make sure you have a strong network of successful mentors around you. Learn cutting edge marketing strategies and join a team of successful entrepreneurs who can show you what works and what doesn’t.

Utilise methods and systems of marketing that will give you the greatest leverage of your time. This way you can make the most of the limited time you do have available.

If you want access to industry leaders and inside information, or if you’d like to be part of a hugely successful community of internet marketing entrepreneurs then click this link now to take the next step in your online business…it’s worth it.


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