Saturday, April 10, 2010

Characteristics of a Successful Businessman

Characteristics of a Successful Business Man

I am sure you WILL see yourself in this list of characteristics. If you don’t have some or all of these, you should work on a few of them for your own good.

Goal Setters
Everything in life starts with a goal on paper. You and your business are no exception.

Determined
The people who drive themselves harder and further once the effort gets difficult are the successful ones.

Desire
If you want financial freedom badly enough, you will enable desire when, you decide to take action and do something. Wake up everyday with energy to do what it takes to be successful.

Self-Reliant
Become the person who takes the initiative to make things happen. Don’t be the one that watch things happen.

Passionate
Identify WHY you are doing WHAT you are doing. Passion allows you to endure bad days, weeks and months, to pay the price and to stay in the game long enough till you succeed.

Invest in Personal Development
Successful people invest money in there personal development as often as needed. Training events, books, CD’s audiotapes, are the foundation of self-education.

Willingness to Work
There is no get rich scheme. Success in any home business will take time and commitment.

Teachable
Learn to listen to what works. Follow a system that work and seek advice from your support team and elements.

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Creating Successful Business Opportunity!

Creating a Successful Business Opportunity


What makes a business opportunity successful for many years?

The goals must be simple and easy to duplicate. The product you want to sell must be easy to demonstrate. You also need to provide high quality products or services that people trusted and would buy for themselves and their families.

Your business must be open to everyone. Anyone must be able to join, work hard, learn and get ahead. Anyone must be able to succeed. It must be about bringing people into the business and not keeping people out or hold people back.

A concept that can change the world is: giving everyone the opportunity to improve their lives through their own business. It is all about equal opportunity. That idea will help your business grow well into the future.

The most rewarding thing anyone can do is to help others succeed and help him or her discover the rewards of owning their own successful business.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

KICK START YOUR BUSINESS PLAN

Dear friend, the most important thing to do, if you decide to start, expand or improve your own business is your business plan. Here are a list of questions that need to be answered to kick start your business plan:




Cover / Front Page:
• What do you want to call this document?
• Business Name to use on cover
• Logo – do you have one?
• Physical and postal address
• Telephone
• Cell
• Fax
• E-mail numbers




This goes either on the cover or on the introduction page, i.e. before the Executive Summary.
• WHO ARE YOU
• WHAT DO YOU NEED
• PAYBACK PERIOD


Executive Summary:
• This is a brief overview of your Business Plan, short and as interesting as possible
and includes the following:


1. Your business concept.
2. Financial features.
3. Financial requirements.
4. Current state of your business, i.e. when it was formed, principal owners, key
personnel and major achievements.


Description of Business:

• Overview of the Industry in which you compete and operate.
• Discuss the present and future situation in the industry, the market segments, range
of products, new developments, global /national/economic trends and indicate how
you fit into the market place and how the above will impact on your business.


Discussion of your Business:

• Describe the purpose of your business
• Brief history
• Target market
• Type of business
• When it was started
• Legal structure, eg. Cc, private etc
• List of owners and experience
• How will you reach your market and refer to or explain any setbacks, losses,
abnormalities in historic information and major accomplishments.
• Description of your products/services
• Describe each of your products/services in layman's terms and their specific
features, i.e. uniqueness and how you will retain your competitive edge, customer
needs fulfilled and how you want people to view your products or services.
• Who are your main competitors
• How are you positioned relative to your competitors.
• Include any patent / trademarks / or copyrights.


Production Process:

• Describe the process of delivering a service or the production process for
manufacturing your products.
• Give a technical outline containing details and capabilities of your machinery and
equipment
• Provide a description of your location, features, floor layout, proximity to competitors,
leasing and purchasing conditions.


Your Pricing Strategy:
• Discuss what you will charge for your product.
• How did you derive the price of your product
• Where does this place you in your industry in terms of increasing market share and
profitability.


Management and Staffing Requirements:
• Give the strengths and weaknesses of the people involved in your business.
• If there are any weaknesses, explain how they will be overcome.
• Include brief CV details depicting the following:
1. Age
2. Education
3. Experience of all key personnel
4. Specify their share of ownership and what each is responsible and accountable
for.
5. Who will be making decisions.
6. Address how many people you will require and the skills they need to possess as
well as their cost.
7. Give details as to how you will recruit and train.
8. Include also a list of external support services in terms of accountants,
advertising agents, lawyers and others.


Risk and Reward (SWOT Analysis):

• Give a list of everything that can go wrong and go right and an outline of how the
entrepreneurial team can respond - price cuts, cancelled contracts etc.
• Give details of what the rewards the business will deliver and to whom, when and
how much
1. equity stake offered
2. dividend policy
3. return on investment
4. potential capital gains on exiting.


The Market:
Customers:
• Give a description and substantiate your specific target market and define the
characteristics of the people you want to sell to - cost, preferences, cash or credit,
quality, concerns, circumstances and their geographic location.
Size & Trends
• Define the total market size and your estimated share you intend capturing and the
factors affecting growth such as industry, socio-economic trends, government policy,
population shifts and the impacts thereof citing sources and credentials.
Competition
• Indicate where your product or service fits in the competitive environment stating:
1. Who your competitors are
2. Their estimated market share
3. Their strengths and weaknesses in terms of sales, quality, distribution, price,
production capabilities, image, service and reputation.
Projected Turnover
• Provide a projection of your sales for at least the next three years stating your
assumptions and sources justifying the credibility of your numbers.
• Provide an action plan for how you will get the customers to buy your product or
service
• How will you educate them
• What features will will emphasize
• What techniques will you employ and how will you focus your efforts.
• Describe your method of sales and the available distribution channels and whether
you will be selling direct to the public or using representatives, distributors or brokers.
Sales and Marketing
• Include a description of your strategy and list of all the selling and promotion tactics
and materials you plan to use.


Financials:

• Prepare detailed financial documents that include:
1. Historic information for at least three years in respect of income statement and
balance sheets
2. Project forward for income statement, balance sheet and cashflow in the first
year on a monthly basis followed by at least two years on an annual basis.
3. Include a summary of key ratios
4. Provide an analysis of all notable variances from previous performance, as well
as cash flow and profit break-even turnovers.
5. A sensitivity analysis for turnover drop, overheads increasing and lower than
budgeted gross margins being achieved.
6. Include effects of seasonality and business cycles, all assumptions with regard to
own contribution, amounts of loans required from whom, repayment periods and
interest rates and what will be purchased, purchasing and sales terms, what
facilities are available and what security is offered.


Supporting Documentation:
• Curriculum Vitae
• Letters of intent
• Quotes
• Floor layouts, plans or diagrams
• Organograms
• Lease documents
• Bond Documents
• Media cuttings
• Census/market research reports
• Diagrams/Charts/Tables/Maps
• Credit References
• Personal Balance Sheets of Owners
• Sales & Marketing Implementation Program



I sincerely hope this will help you to, at least, start with your business plan. Once you start something, to carry on gets easier.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Get rich slowly!

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I may use the system, according to ALL the instructions, for a full 12 months and return it for a full 200% refund, if I have not earned the stipulated guaranteed income.

On that basis I enclose ڤR300.00 for the Basic Business Package Guaranteed R25 000 income or ڤR500.00 for the Standard Business Package Guaranteed R35 000 income. I understand that there is absolutely No Risk on My Part.

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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Stress: Is It Killing You Slowly?

Stress: Is it Killing You Slowly?

“At any given moment, most of us are grappling with the burden of significant stress. And the strain is taking its toll on health, energy… and life.”

You are startled out of deep sleep by the loud buzzing of your alarm clock. Get the children ready for school. Join the rush hour journey to work in the choking traffic. Back-to-back meetings, lunch at your desk. A conflict with your boss makes you late for your son’s soccer/rugby game. Fast food restores your kid’s smiles and renews your heartburn. An hour of relaxation before dragging yourself off to bed. Before you know it, the alarm is ringing again and the process begins all over.

Health experts worldwide agree that understanding and managing stress may be the number 1 wellness issue for the 21st Century. Research has linked stress with a host of medical concerns – including heart disease, depression, asthma, skin ailments, and a wide variety of immune response disorders. Whether you live in the city or the suburbs, work at a white- or blue-collar job, live comfortably or struggle to get by – stress is a day-to-day fact of life.

When both fight and flight are futile.
The stress dilemma starts with biology.

Because life has always presented hazards, the human body is designed to react quickly and decisively to dangerous situations. Surges of adrenalin heighten your mental awareness and sensitivity and prime your muscles for demanding movement. Your pupils dilate, your breathing quickens, even your natural cooling system kicks in and you start to sweat.

All this is very useful of you actually need to get out of the way of a charging elephant or the 5:05 commuter train! But the flood of biochemical and physical energy released by what scientists call the “fight of flight” response to stress can lead to long-lasting cellular damage and system-wide depletion of your body’s natural defense resources.

The silent stalkers you can’t outrun

The challenge we face today is that stress-inducing situations are now an almost constant factor of daily life. The triggers come from everywhere, and add up to an overwhelming biological burden:

Physical stress – Despite our many technological conveniences, modern life still isn’t a walk in the park.

Chronically inadequate sleep, overweight, lack of exercise, poor ergonomics during routine activities, and much more all physically strain the body’s ability to maintain wellness.

Financial stress – The volatility of the economy, the job market, and even the global political scene make money worries an issue for everyone. Bills, taxes, mortgages, insurance, education – they not only carve away at your paycheque, they also chip away at your peace of mind, with potentially serious health consequences.

Environmental stress – Many urban areas now routinely issue “air quality alerts” to warn people who are vulnerable to high levels of pollen and pollutants. The advice for those who suffer from asthma or severe allergies, as well as the elderly and the very young, is to avoid spending too much time outside.

Mental stress – Perpetually exposed to a world that never sleeps, our mental preoccupation over deadlines, job politics, future planning, and the million-and-one details of day-to-day living can add up to constant, exhausting worry.

Emotional stress – Being dependent on interpersonal relationships means that your boss’s glare, your spouse’s cold shoulder, and your children’s whining can cause your body to react with full “fight or flight” fury on a nearly constant basis.

The documented health effects of modern stress are chilling. Statistics show that deaths from heart disease and respiratory illnesses peak dramatically when temperature and air pollution are at their highest. Heart attacks are more frequent on Mondays, when job stresses loom largest. Suicides and injuries from violence tax emergency resources during holidays, when both emotional and financial stresses are at their peak. Serious immune disorders are on the rise, and research has shown that even low levels of chronic stress can compromise immune function and leave your body exposed and your health vulnerable.

Lack of control is the biggest stress of all. You’re probably aware that stress is unhealthy, and you’re doing your best to fight back. You watch your diet, you take nutritional supplements, you exercise, and you use stress-management techniques to try to manage your fast-paced-life.

But what if all that isn’t enough? If stress still has your digestion in constant turmoil, your brain operating in a different time zone, your mood swinging like a seesaw, your allergies draining the last of your energy and countless sheep don’t send you to sleep… what on earth can you do?

Fortunately, the earth herself has been providing solutions for centuries.

Out-of-nature often better than over-the-counter.

Today people are actively looking for natural alternatives to drugstore “remedies” that either doesn’t work, don’t last or come with side effects they don’t want.

Traditional practitioners worldwide have known for centuries that plants and herbs possess remarkable powers to soothe, calm, revitalize, and strengthen the body’s natural, healthy functions. In recent decades, research has consistently confirmed the amazing ability of plants and herbs to combat disease and promote health. Indeed, more than half of all the medicines we use today were originally derived from natural plant sources.

The kingdom of plants restores energy and health.

Stress is exhausting. When muscles and organs are constantly clenched, they lose their ability to function properly. That’s why your stomach gets tied up in knots, your nerves get frazzled, your temper gets short, your energy and enthusiasm drains away, and your ability to resist whatever is ‘going around” drops to zero.

Pharmacy products typically address individual complaints and offer, at best, only temporary relief. In contrast, herbal preparations provide ongoing and holistic support for naturally healthy functioning. Herbs gently rebuild and refuel the body’s biological systems to be better prepared for stressful situations. The result? You feel rested, relaxed, and full of energy, while the world looks brighter and problems seem easier to solve!

After centuries of use, the benefits offered by herbal foods are well established. These benefits fall into four primary categories:

1. Soothe stress away.

The ancient Greeks coined the phrase “an army marches on its stomach.” No doubt that’s why the Greeks exalted aloe vera as a wonder plant!

A natural pharmacopoeia in itself, the nutrient-rich and naturally soothing juice of the aloe vera plant has been used for over 4000 years to help the body cope with stress by relaxing, refreshing, re-energizing and restoring natural vitality and health. Modern research has validated the many traditional uses of this succulent plant, including its internal use to support gastrointestinal health, a strong immune system, and normal blood sugar levels, as well as helping to prevent inflammation.

2. Calm frazzled nerves.

With everyday unwell ness you can also suffer loss of sleep, libido, and stamina. Herbs have astonishing abilities to restore calmness and relaxation to the entire body systems, and even promote emotional harmony.

For example, caraway, German chamomile, liquorices, ginger, and mint are all known to relax and soothe the digestive system, even reducing spasms and preventing flatulence. Chamomile, St. John’s wort, passionflower, damiana, lemon balm and skullcap can counter irritability and sleep-robbing restlessness, and promote positive mood. Herbs such as elecampane, nettle, bayberry, elder, thyme and aniseed can promote clear, relaxed breathing, support a healthy response to pollen and other allergens, and even help keep lungs free of spasms and restrictions.

3. Boost Vitality.

Many herbs are called “adaptogens” because they assist the body’s natural ability to resist stress and maintain energy and vitality. Many herbs are well-known supporters of core body systems, such as the circulation (cinnamon, capsicum), or kidney and liver function (liquorice, astralagus, damiana, schisandra, dandelion). Herbs such as saw palmetto, capsicum, oats are invaluable for supporting libido and healthy male functions, while red sage, Chinese angelica and wild yam are known to regulate the menstrual cycle and support vitality and balance during hormonal fluctuations.

4. Boost Immune Power.

Since so many health issues are connected to the proper functioning of the body’s natural defense system, herbs associated with boosting immune function are becoming more and more sought-after. In fact, while antibiotics are proving increasingly ineffective against the “bugs” of modern life, a wide range of herbs have been consistently shown to support a strong immune system. Well-known immune boosters include: elecampane, reishi mushroom, astragalus, celery, St. John’s wort, Chinese angelica, and saw palmetto.

You CAN break the grip of stress on your life. Seize control of your own well being with Nature’s stress relievers: Herbs! Ancient Wisdom, Modern Stress Solutions!

Why settle for so-so health, when you can enjoy superior energy and vitality? Stress, aging, hormonal imbalances, mood swings, environmental challenges, and declines in immunity can all keep you from feeling 100%. In contrast, daily wellness- that state of feeling at your absolute best each and every day- has been strongly associated for centuries with the daily use of herbs. Modern science now confirms that herbal preparations offer synergistic solutions to the health challenges that come with modern life. Choose to feel your best. Choose the following alternatives today:

Aloe Vera Plus

Aloe Vera Plus offers a solution to daily stress – refreshing and re-energizing the body, naturally. Aloe Vera Juice – Pressed exclusively from the inner leaf of highest quality aloe plants, Aloe Vera Plus offers the benefits of over 200 naturally found and nutritionally useful constituents.

Boosts aloe’s benefits with “nature’s energizer”, ginseng, plus chamomile to calm and relax.
Great naturally occurring flavor – No bitter aloe rind, pure lemon flavor, and the “glycemic edge” of naturally occurring fructose sweetening for quick and sustained energy.

Feminine Herbal Complex

Promotes calmness and comfort, relieves low mood, and supports the physical and emotional aspects of a healthy menstrual cycle with red sage, St. John’s wort, vitex, wild yam, lady’s mantle, Chinese angelica, skullcap, dandelion, ginger and liquorice.

Masculine Herbal Complex

Helps maintain energetic balance, promote general strength, heighten masculine function, and support a positive outlook with saw palmetto, oats, celery, damiana, and yarrow, St. John’s wort, skullcap, astragalus, and capsicum.

Optimal Life Formula

Helps increase stamina, strength, and endurance, promote immune function and circulatory health, and support life-long wellness and vitality with reishi mushroom, astragalus, celery, oats, red sage, damiana, St. John’s wort, Chinese angelica, cinnamon, and liquorice.

Herbal Respiratory Formula

Eight synergistic herbs to support and enhance the respiratory system.

Herbal Rest & Relax

Unique blend of Chinese herbs to enhance sleep and promote calmness.

Herbal Digestive Complex

Herbs and nutritional components to optimize digestive function.

All the above products are food supplements and not medicines. As with any medical condition, we advise you to please consult your medical practitioner. The products can be ordered from: JG Benade. benade@mwebbiz.co.za

Price List as from 16th May 2009 till further notice:

Feminine Herbal Complex 60 Tablets R284.00
Masculine Herbal Complex 60 Tablets R284.00
Herbal Digestive Complex 60 Tablets R284.00
Herbal Respiratory Formula 60 Tablets R284.00
Herbal Rest & Relax 60 Tablets R284.00
Mind Enhancement Complex 60 Tablets R303.00
Aloe Vera Plus 1 litre R142.00

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