Alley Cat Pre-Launch News 2 November 2006

Welcome to the ALLEY CAT PRE-LAUNCH NEWSLETTER !

Thursday November 2nd, 2006

Welcome to our New Look for the Alley Cat PRE-LAUNCH NEWSLETTER.

Each week I will have a newsletter for you. Filled with Articles on such topics as MLM, Affiliate programs, ways to make money online, how to build your business online and offline, Updated news on Internet business, Investing, trading and MUCH MORE!

Each week will be packed with information to help you build or grow your business. Whether you are looking for Part time or full time income it can help.

If you are in a company or know of one that is in Pre-Launch let us know. We may write a feature article for them.

Are you looking for ways to make money online? I want to help you. At no cost to you. I am always interested in what other people are making money on.
Email me at alleycatnews@alleycatnews.net with the following information or Instant message me at bomsoftware on yahoo messenger and I can help you out.

I would want to know what kind of business you are looking to do? How much time and money you could invest? ($0 is fine but don't expect to make $1,000's) What are your interests? Trading? MLM? Ebay? what would you like to do. I will show you some options that might work for you.

Are you a Man? Do you know a Man?
Do you have questions or concerns with any of the following topics?
Identity, Relationships, Money, Time, Integrity, or Temperament.

Alley Cat Prelaunch Newsletter is giving away 20 books to those who request them. (Limited supply first come first serve)

The book is called "The Man in the Mirror" Solving the 24 Problems Men Face. By Patrick Morley.

I personally read the book myself this summer and found it to be extremely helpful. I urge you whether you receive it from me or not to get your hands on this book for you if you are a Man or the Man in your life.
The book is almost 400 pages however they are broken down into topics so it is an easy read if you are dealing with a specific topic.

This is my gift to you for the holiday season. I do have a limited supply however. And one thing I do ask of you is if you do receive the book you are willing to let me know your thoughts on the book after a few weeks. So Please do read it!

That is it. I will pay for the book and the shipping to get to you. At this time only U.S residents please.

Email me your name address and email address to alleycatnews@alleycatnews.net

Top 7 Tips for Stay at Home Moms and Dads to Earn a nice income Online

By Haze Spehar

I used to get up every morning, get my kids ready for school or the babysitter, and then try and get myself ready for work. I could only work minimum wage jobs, so I was making about a dollar or two an hour, after childcare, gas, uniforms, etc. You know what I mean. I often wondered why I was even going to work, I was losing quality time with my children. Do you know that heart-wrenching feeling you get when your babysitter tells you that your baby took his first step? Or said his first word? I know it all too well, and that is why I made it a point to be able to work from home, so I could be here to watch my children grow.

I am not going to tell you it's easy, or you're going to get rich in a day or week. That is not humanly possible. Well, maybe if you hit the lottery it would be, but let's be realistic here. I don't know your current situation, but I have told you mine. I assume you are struggling with the same issues that I was. You have to work to pay the bills, but you want to be a mom or dad to your kids, too. And, after paying everyone else, there was barely any money left for bills. I am about to tell you a few things that may change your life, and make you much, much happier!

#1: Work at home Parenting: You DO have to set special time aside for work, and work alone. If your kids are in school, that would be the perfect time. If you have very young children, a good time would be naptime, and bedtime. Although you're going to be tired yourself, stay up for an extra hour or two. It is well worth it.

#2: Keep all of your work papers organized, and in an out-of-reach place. I didn't do this when I started, and it was a disaster! I wrote notes and ideas in a notebook that I kept at my computer, and when I tried to look up something, there was scribble all over the place. I bought a 3-ring binder, and put it on top of my fridge. Ever since, it has been smooth sailing!

#3: If you are thinking of having your own business, make sure to tell your customers that you have children. This will make things much smoother. When I started, I never even thought of telling anyone. A few of my customers were getting annoyed because I would be trying to talk to them, but they couldn't hear me over my kids! (you know that even when your kids are out of the room, and behaving, as soon as you pick up that telephone, it sound like world war 3 started in your house!) After I started to tell my customers that I had children, and I apologized for any inconvenience BEFORE I spoke with the customer, I didn't get anymore bad reactions from them.

#4: There are lots of ways to make money online, and I have found that I can make more money from just working on my computer than I was when I went to work at a brick-and-mortar store. And it's all mine! No gas, uniforms, babysitters, etc. Not to mention that since I have no college education, I can't have a 'career', I can only work at fast-food places. Which, you may already know, REALLY wears you down fast. Then you have to come home and take care of your kids, and try to get in a whole day in about an hour. It just doesn't work. There are so many choices for you online: paid surveys, affiliate marketing, online auctions, and more!

#5: Research: You have to research all of your different options before you start working online. Read what other people have to say about certain fields. What works for one person doesn't work for everyone.

#6: Keep with it. When I first started, it was hard. I didn't have a balance between my home life and my work-at-home life. You have to find your own way to even these out, or you're going to go crazy. The way I do it is I get up, get the kids off to school, come home and work online for an hour or two. Then I do some housework, get the kids from school, eat dinner, and when they are done with their homework, when they are watching tv, I usually have an hour then. If not, it's no big deal, I spend an hour or two online after they go to bed.

#7 Do what you love, and love what you do. This is so very, very important. Work is work. But when you find something that interests you, you are so much better at it. You are more devoted to it, you are willing to learn more about it, and it won't feel so much like work. You have to be excited about earning an income online, it is very easy to just say 'I don't feel like working today.' But that one day leads to the next, and so on, then when it is payday and you have a check for 0.00, you're going to wonder why. I know, I've done it!

So now you have an idea of what it would be like to work from home. It is still work, but YOU are the boss, and YOU keep your money. No babysitters to pay, no uniforms or career clothes to buy, heck-you can work in your PJ's all day! I have done that many times myself. You have to have the strength to hang in there when the going gets tough, because it will. But it will also get better, and probably much better than you had imagined. So now, find something you love, and get to it! In a month from now, you can tell me how much nicer life is, and less strenuous!

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Haze Spehar is a newly successful work at home, stay at home mom of two wonderful children. http://www.thewealthrealm.com

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Haze_Spehar

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Top 7 Tips on how to Successfully Sell on eBay

By Haze Spehar

I remember when I first started to sell on ebay. I had been going to flea markets, selling at garage sales, etc.

A neighbor of mine asked if I had ever heard of ebay. Of course, I had heard of it, I just never actually went to the site. I was amazed by what I saw! There were people on here selling and buying everything you can think of! It was incredible! It was then that I knew I had to get in on this action.

But where do you start? That was my first question. So I went to the ebay seller's pages. There were so many links, I just clicked out of ebay entirely, and didn't go back for a while. I did stay with ebay, but only buying.

After I was involved with ebay for a while, I decided I would really try to sell. Hey, everyone else was doing it, why couldn't I?

I will give you 7 very helpful tips, when you are starting to sell on ebay.

#1: Go to your local bank and open a free checking account. You will need it. I don't want anything I do in cyberspace to mess up my actual checking account! It takes a few minutes, and could easily save you a lot of aggrivation in the long run!

#2: Sign up with PayPal. This is a must! More and more ebayers use PayPal, for buying and selling. It is the safest way for money transaction on the net.

#3: Get a GOOD digital camera. I don't mean to go out and spend a thousand dollars on a camera, my first one was 50 dollars. You can even find a good camera on ebay for less than that!

#4: Take good pictures. If you are selling clothes, take a picture with them grouped together, then sepatately. This costs a little more, but is well worth it, as it brings more and higher bids at the end of your auction!

#5: Proven fact all ebayers must know. End your listing on Sunday noght, between 9pm and 12 pm. This is when most ebayers are on, and you get both the buyers looking for the 'what's new' listings, and the buyers who are looking for that perfect deal, the last minutes of the auction.

#6: Ship worldwide. Why? Simple. Quite a few sellers won't go to the additional 'trouble' of shipping worldwide. (trouble being you have to fill out a paper for the Post office) This takes about a minute of your time, and a lot of my sales have come from overseas!

#7: Treat each and every customer you have as your friend. Actually, they are-they are the reason that you're in business, right? Wrap their item with care, enclose a personal thank-you note, etc. Just one simple extra step from you can bring many happily return customers, and word-of-mouth customers!

There are so many tips and tricks to the 'ebay trade'. And some sellers may get mad at me for telling you these secrets, but I don't care. I finally became successful, and these are only a few of the things that I have learned, through my trials and errors with ebay.

Good Luck Selling!!
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Haze Williamson Spehar is an accomplished ebay seller. Items ranging from handmade to vintage, and currently ebooks. Visit her at http://www.hazescrochet.com

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Haze_Spehar

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