Essential Business Guide

Friday, May 23, 2008


The Essential Business Guide has recently been released by Diva Promotions and is now freely available to anyone interested in starting a business.

"This guide was developed to bring you some real-life advice on starting your own business. You will find that many books and websites can give you some generic information, but this guide is here to bring you the advice that you can only learn by doing.

Many of these entrepreneurs have been through stumbling blocks and have taken the time to put down some tips and advice, in the hope you may not repeat their mistakes!! "

It is an ebook full of information on business including articles on determining the right business structure for you and steps to finding your most profitable market.

Interested? Then just click on the link here and you can download it free. The file size is around 1MB. If you prefer to, just drop me an email and I will send it out to you.

The Power of Colour

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Over at Beauty Banquet I did a quiz which told me what my power colour is (indigo). Colour fascinates me, particularly the emotional and physical response we have to it.

On YouTube I found this little clip which is a poem about colour and feelings. It is well put together and will certainly get you thinking about colour in a different way.

Party Plan - the new way

Thursday, May 15, 2008

I found an interesting comment today on Small Business Ideas. Ingrid says that party plans"were the precursor to all of the Web 2.0 high tech strategies of forming networks and communities, taking recommendations from friends and just having fun." That is an interesting way to look at it.

Party Plan is still a very popular sales method in my area. We are just far enough away from the city to make certain items difficult to get. We are also within commuting distance so most husbands and many wives will leave the town during the day. For those left behind party plan seems to be the obvious way of meeting two needs - one for company and one for your shopping needs.

Most people here have access to the internet in their homes and are very used to shopping online so I am gradually seeing an increase in the online party experience. What a great blend of old and new strategies. Party Plan is no longer the old fashioned experience involving sitting demurely on your chair and listening to a presentation. They are active and involving which makes the experience a lot of fun, especially when shared with your friends.

Beauty Banquet presents Afternoon Silver parties and they are great fun. Hostesses have a very clear idea of what they need to do to get the most out of the event, including inviting lots of people and collecting outside orders. They know how to work the system to their advantage. Isn't that a great win-win situation? It just shows what good networking can do for you!

Business Mums Conference 2008

Wednesday, May 14, 2008


The annual Business Mums Conference is on again in Melbourne. This is a conference that addresses the needs of mothers juggling work and family, but the focus is definitely on building your business. The conference was created by Melissa Khalinsky of the Business Mums Network. If anyone knows about working from home, Melissa does.

The conference covers topics such as networking, self-esteem, managing accounts, email marketing and online promotions.

If you are interested then book now while the early bird price is still available. (There are daily and half day rates also available)

Theme: Brilliant Business & Beyond

Date: Saturday 12 - Sunday 13 July 2008

Time: 8.30am - 5pm

Venue: Holmesglen Conference Centre, Melbourne

Keynote Speaker: Kathie Thomas Founder of A Clayton's Secretary and author of Worth More than Rubies, the value of a WAHM.

Early Bird (closes Friday May 30)

Members - $295

Non Members - $395

Full Registration (after May 30)

Members - $370

Non Member - $470


Carnival - Living a Real Life

Tuesday, May 06, 2008


Welcome to the May 4, 2008 edition of living a real life.
As usual there were many excellent submissions for this carnival and, sadly, we cannot include them all. Here are this months selection of articles that we hope will bring some insight into living a real life.


Madeleine Begun Kane presents Crazy Aunts and Other Mad Relatives posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog.

Life. Money. Development. presents The 7 Attributes of Leadership posted at Life. Money. Development., saying, "An excellent presentation of the attributes every leader should have."

Ellen Landauer presents Natural Alternative Health CoachingHealth Freedom Coaching: addiction recovery posted at Health Freedom Coaching, saying, "While this article offers solid nutrition information that can help if you or someone you love is recovering from drug or alcohol dependence, there is a wealth of knowledge here for health-oriented people. In my research on substance abuse, I found a lot of parallels between alcohol and drug addiction and sugar addiction. If you simply want to eat less sugar, this article will help."

New Life

Laksh presents Dance in the rain… posted at Musings, saying, "About stopping to smell the grass. About living in the present"

Gary Evans presents How to Become a Money Magnet posted at Good To Feel Good.

Joshua Seth presents The Secret to Time Management posted at Joshua Seth Blog.

Mina Togonon presents Everything is just a representation posted at 24 Hour Paradigm, saying, "Have you ever felt the strong desire to be different but other people keep on coining you someone else? It's like you're caged to someone's personality eternally. Is it painful to be coined as someone that's far from what you really are? Read on as I discuss why wearing mask may or may not help us."

Michelle Sweeney presents A Letter To My Mother posted at Tonic Gifts.

Michael Bass presents Debt and Depression posted at Debt Prison, saying, "I’ve learned to focus on what I do have. I have so much to be thankful for. Don’t we all?"

Chris Edgar presents Would You "Survive" A Career Change? posted at Purpose Power Coaching, saying, "Even when we know we want to make a career change, the thought of giving up what we do right now can feel life-threatening. We can become so identified with our careers that leaving them almost feels like removing a part of our bodies. In this article, I discuss some meditative techniques for overcoming that fear and becoming able to pursue your true calling."

Frederic Premji presents 7 Questions To Finding Your True Passion posted at BlogMotivation.com, saying, "Insightful article about how to figure out what you are passionate about"

Gary Evans presents Trusting Your Inner Guidance posted at Good To Feel Good.

Joshua Seth presents Your Mind Body Connection posted at Joshua Seth Blog.


Gary Evans presents Law of Attraction 101 posted at Good To Feel Good.

theLifeLessTraveled presents Woman Joins The Peace Corps And Becomes World Traveler posted at The Life Less Traveled, saying, "Over 20 years ago Mona Sturges joined the Peace Corps. That was the first step toward a international career which allowed her to travel and see the world from a different perspective than most people get to experience. Would she do it again? Yes, in a heart beat."

Gerry Cueto presents A Skeptic's Approach to Personal Development Gerry Cueto posted at Finding a Meaningful Career, saying, "a personal story of my introduction to personal growth with a skeptical lens.. offers a unique perspective to personal development"

new life.

David B. Bohl presents How to Live with Gusto posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, "There is an ancient Hebrew teaching that upon our death, not only will we be called upon to account for our sins, but also for every permissible pleasure we refused. Mind you, this isn’t permission to act irresponsibly or immoderately."

Trying Again

Frederic Premji presents 9 Effective Ways To Get Out Of A Rut posted at BlogMotivation.com, saying, "Great article about simple methods to get back on track :)"

Where to now?



Scott.Goolsby presents Stepping Toward Compassion posted at Unapologetic Genius, saying, "Developing compassion."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of living a real life using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. We will not accept articles with pop up ads or signup forms, nor articles that are simple self-promotion. Please keep your article on topic.
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Viral Marketing - what is it?

Sunday, May 04, 2008

The Small Business Diva blog, which is full of useful business tips and information, sometimes uses clips from YouTube to illustrate her point. This has the added advantage of sharing the message in a form other than just words.

I have been hearing a lot about viral marketing lately so I thought that I would check out YouTube for some clips of wisdom.

I came across this little clip called "How to Sell Soap" which is a really simple illustration of what viral marketing is all about and how it works. It is well worth a look.



For the small business viral marketing makes total sense. Now your challenge is to take viral marketing and make it work for your own businesses.

20% Off Silver Jewellery

Wednesday, April 30, 2008


This week only Beauty Banquet is having a sale.

20% has been taken off the price of everything in the silver jewellery category on the site.

Visit Beauty Banquet today.

 
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