Top Home Based Business Ottawa

Searching for a home based business in Ottawa can be easier than you think. Make sure you have the answers to these questions below before you choose something.

There are tons of options if you look online for a home based business in Ottawa and you might find yourself being a little overwhelmed. Questions you should ask yourself are. Does this business have sellable products? Does this business have great support and does this business have an automated system? When choosing a home based business you must ask yourself these questions first to narrow down your search results.

Sellable Products:Make sure the products are in demand. If you are competing with products that someone can buy in an everyday hardware or grocery store in Ottawa then you will have a tough time making sales from home. Choosing products that you can relate to will make the selling process easier. Make sure that you benefit from your products and show others how they have benefitted your life. If you can make this relation people will believe you and trust that you have something great to sell.

Great Support:Choose a home based business in Ottawa that has great training and support. Even if you have experience with sales and marketing it is better to choose a business with a community of like minded entrepreneurs and leaders. Learning and growing yourself and your business is a must if you want to be successful with your home based business. Many businesses today come with training and support to guide you and help you along your success journey.

Automated System:Many home based businesses make you buy the products and then leave you on your own to make your own websites, product pages, ad copy, articles, banners and other marketing materials. There are some great businesses that can provide all of the hard work done for you. Choose a home based business that is the complete package. An automated business will provide you with landing pages and sales pages that convert. Some will even call your leads and close sales for you as well as write emails to your list. With an automated system you can take some of the stress away.

There are many options for choosing a home based business in Ottawa. Be sure that you know the answers to these questions and keep searching if you cannot find something that has all three answers. Remember that owning and running a business costs money, takes effort and will be stressful at times. In the end if you have great products, great support and an automated system you will be ahead of the game in no time.

Good luck! Maybe we will work together soon.

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3 Top Dog Ways to Make More Sales

Looking to be the top dog in your industry? It might be easier than you think, heck even a dog can do it. Here are 3 ways to make more sales online.


This week my parents are down south and we are babysitting their Golden Labrador retriever. I love this dog; she's always wagging her tail, snorting like a pig and making me laugh and smile. After watching her repeatedly bring me toys, drop them on my lap and stare at me I got inspired to write this post...


Sometimes it is gross when I'm trying to eat and I get this slobbery wet ball on my lap. Sometimes the time isn't right, like if I’m on an important phone call. Sometimes it is annoying if I’m trying to focus on something and these beady eyes are staring at me. (Sorry if you’re not a dog lover, but this will all make sense soon...)


Either way, Holly usually gets her way. I caved in about 70% of the time to throw the ball for her so she could bring it back and repeat the process. I could not say no repeatedly to an honest, playful happy persistent dog.

A 70% conversion rate is a dream in the online marketing world.


So what makes this annoying, sometimes gross sometimes bad timing technique actually work?


I was impressed with how many different techniques she actually tried. She would follow me around everywhere and drop something in front of me, wag her tail and stare directly into my eyes until I threw the ball.


As marketers, we need to be more like Labrador retrievers. We need to be extremely persistent and never quit!


The average person needs to see something 7 times before they take notice to it. Send emails, make calls, use social media and be consistent and persistent with your techniques. Try to get your brand out in as many ways as you can and don't stop until you are getting the conversion rates you want.

1.Follow Up:

If someone is interested but they don't return your call or answer a follow up email don't quit there. Keep following up. Maybe they will eventually find you so annoying that you will get a response just to stop bugging them, either way it's a response and you can check that lead off the list.


These days, people have busy lives so don't get offended if someone could not return your phone call. If they are a good prospect then keep trying to follow up with them, they will get back to you when the time is right.

2.Change up the Techniques:

Doing something a handful of times is not enough to test it. There are lots of options that need to be explored fully before saying "this doesn't work." What works for your mentor, is not necessarily guaranteed to work for you so explore what you can, stick to your budget and when you find the technique that works for you be persistent with it.

3.Be Visible:

If you are everywhere your prospects are looking eventually they will give in and check out what it is you have to offer.


My parent’s retriever kept bringing the ball to me throughout the day and as much as I wanted to say no, I didn't all the time. She would not stop trying until I threw it and even when I would throw it, she would keep coming back for more. She could chase that ball all day. Her persistence, follow up and technique worked wonders!


Find the retriever in yourself, spread the word about your business and don't worry about offending people. Show your true colours and be an 'in your face' type of marketer.


Using these 3 ways to make sales you will be able to be in front of as many people as you can. Make it obvious about what you are selling and what value you bring to the table and don’t give up!


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If You Don’t Brand Your Business Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later

Sometimes following trends and leaders does not always work. Let me explain. Here is an ugly example.

This picture looks like it was painted by a 12 year old.

It's a paint by number so I wasn't expecting anything amazing. I just hoped it would look good somewhere in the house except for the garage.

This is another example about the importance of branding yourself and your business.

You've heard that following leaders is inspirational, motivational and will help you get to where you want to go. This is very accurate. Following instructions and mentors and implementing what they teach is a great start. Do it as much and as often as you can. Without this type of network you will feel lost, unmotivated and probably quit.

Although networks are great, copying your leaders every action will not always get you where you hope to be. There will be times where eventually you will end up having to think for yourself and you won’t be able to find answers to all of your questions at the snap of your fingers. Following others is only a start. You must stay true to yourself, your wants and desires and stay focused on your goals.

There will never be another Donald Trump or Jim Rohn so leave a piece of yourself in all the work that you do or else you will just be another marketer or a wannabe with nothing special about you.

Let's use this paint by number as an example. I followed the numbers and paint colours perfectly and expected it to look like the picture on the cover. What I ended up with was pretty much awful. The colours didn’t match the ones on the cover, the depth and perception were off, the moose looks like a rock and the water looks like the sky. If pretty much looks like forest vomit.

This is because I was painting without thinking. I paint to relax and I thought I would end up with what was on the cover of the box so I wasn't really too concerned with the outcome.

Well like life, the expected outcome doesn’t always happen. I was too busy following too carefully the lines and colour combinations that I didn't even take the time to look at the full effects of what I was doing. I was doing what was recommended. This gave me an average product in the end. Nothing average is good enough for me.

....which is why I'm going to come back to this painting later and do things with my personality my way.

This painting is weak because I didn’t try. I expected great results without really trying or thinking about it. There was hardly any effort in the work I put in. I didn’t brand the picture or even try to make it unique.

Think of the people you look up to. Are you copying exactly what they are doing? Try to take a step back and make sure you are figuring things out on your own and you would be okay if that person stopped training you. Would you be able to stand on your own 2 feet?

Are you able to take advice, implement it and be original about it? This is where the gold mine is. You will generate much better sales if there is something unique about you or your business. You will be remembered and stand out amongst your competition. When the competition copies, you should be copying plus making it better with your personality, unique skills and brand.

You're not going to win the race if you do exactly what someone else is doing. Never forget to brand your business. Take advice from someone you trust, put it in a blender with your personality then implement it.

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How to Overcome Your Fear of Failure: an Extreme Example

I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with the story about the mountain climber Aron Ralston who got himself stuck between a rock and a hard place. The book came out a few years ago and the movie 127 Hours recently went into theaters. I watched it the other day and couldn't help but relate it to the importance of successes and failure in internet marketing. Bare with me, this example is a little extreme but will teach you how to overcome your fear of failure.


Whether you’re walking your dog in the park, mountain climbing or investing into a new business, they can all be considered risky. It is rare that something bad will happen but you can never be 100% sure that something bad won’t happen.  All we can do is hope for the best, have some hope and prepare for the worst.


Even if you are neurotic and you think you have a 5 year daily schedule for every possible failure in the book. There are always circumstances beyond our control that we will not be prepared for. It is the leaders with hope and motivation that find the answers, overcome failure and get back up on their feet the quickest.


Aron Ralston had enough water and food for a few days even though he planned on only being gone for a few hours. After traveling miles through the Utah canyons he unfortunately found himself fallen into a crevice with a boulder trapping his arm. There was no way to move the boulder, he was completely alone and it soon became a life or death situation.


He spent 5 full days overcoming elements, hunger, thirst, mental breakdowns and physical pain. After examining each supply he had in his climbing bag he attempted each one together and separate to help free his arm. He tried things that seemed impossible just to eliminate the 1% chance that it might work. When most people would quit, he never gave up. From chiselling a giant boulder with a dull knife to using ropes as a pulley to try and get the boulder to move, every possible option was explored.


You might know what happened next. Aron ran out of food and water and was completely exhausted. He knew he only had one option left. He endured the pain and risked his life to see his plan go through. He had something to live for, he had hopes and dreams and was not going to let this boulder get in the way of his life.


Aron walked out of that cave with one arm and attempted the 8 mile trek back to his car, a journey that would likely kill 98% of people. He was luckily saved a few miles out by some other climbers. He survived a treacherous battle of life and death.


The point of this story...


Keep your eyes on the prize and know that failure will creep into your life. Things will hold you back whether it’s friends, motivation, boulders or even Facebook changes. There is always something that will be pulling you in the wrong direction or not let you move ahead, maybe its finances or lack of free time.


Try to accept that failure will happen and keep working on finding something that works for you. Whether it’s a new lead generation technique or starting a whole new business. There is always a new option that needs to be explored.


When you do not know what options work you need to try absolutely everything else. Not everything is going to work for you but in order to discover what does work you need to discover what doesn’t.


Try not to see failure as a step back. Look at it as a leap forward. You have eliminated an option that doesn’t work and now you will not waste time on it again. It is time to move on to something new and learn from past mistakes. It will only make you a more knowledgeable person in the end. The more you try the closer you will be to finding the method that had only 1% chance of working and you will end up in successville.


It’s a matter of changing your life and making it better. It’s a matter of achieving your dreams. What is stopping you and how will you be able to overcome it?


I’m not telling you to cut your arm off. If that’s what you got from this post I apologize for not making it clearer. I know this was an extreme example of relating a life or death situation to internet marketing  but I hope I got the importance of how to overcome your fear of failure into your heads.


Lark Miller


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