Ricky Nelson and Your Home Internet Business

by Stephen Beck  

I am not the type of guy that thinks before I act. I follow the "shoot first and ask questions later" philosophy. This is great if you take criticism and rejection well. Unfortunately I am not that type of person.  

I am also not the type of person who likes to get in other peoples business. If they want to know what I think about something, I will let them know. If they need my advice on something, I will tell them but I do not give it unsolicited.  

In the home internet business world you will encounter a lot of people who are more than willing to share their opinion with you. They will tell you everything you are doing wrong in your internet marketing business. Many times it will seem like they criticize your every move.  

There are plenty of critics for you as an owner of a home internet business to point out your flaws. They know every mistake you make practically as soon as you make it and are quick to tell you about it. Some of them even make accusations against you based upon what they perceive to be your hidden motive behind the business decisions you make.  

It is hilarious to read an email that is 2-3 pages long from a stranger as to why I am doing what I am doing. The type of insight that these people must have is truly amazing that they can read my mind. I wish I could read minds like that!  

It all reminds me of a song that I enjoyed when I was a kid by Ricky Nelson. Ricky was the son of Ozzie and Harriet. For most of his career he wrote a lot of malt shop 50's type songs, but in the 70's he made a shift in his music. One time in October of 71, he performed at a Rock n Roll concert that was held at Madison Square Garden. He had a completely different hairstyle, different clothes and his music was different as well.  

In the middle of the show he got booed by the audience. Surprised and discouraged, Ricky left the stage. Later on he shared his thoughts:  

"I went to a Garden Party, to reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again.  

When I got to the Garden Party, they all knew my name, but no one heard the music- I didn't look the same.  

But it's all right now. I learned my lesson well. You see you can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself."  

This became the song "Garden Party" and it made Ricky a fortune, going gold and selling over a million copies. The album cover features Ricky in a black and white tux, holding a guitar in defiance and confidence.  

Ricky correctly pointed out "you can't please everyone, so you gotta please yourself." I also believe you should add to this "you gotta please the Lord."  

The key lesson that I learned from Ricky Nelson is to be true to yourself. After all, if the critics knew what they were talking about, they would be building their own home internet business instead of criticizing yours!

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Are You Looking For A Christian Home Based Business?

by Stephen Beck

There are a number of different money making ideas that you can implement if you are looking to start a Christian home based business. While you can certainly own a business that allows you to promote products that advance your faith it is not necessary. The key is that you have a business that reflects values of your faith and not contradicts the principles of your faith.

One option is to start a Christian home based business that offers for sale pdf ebooks or actually physical books that deal with Christian topics and principles. While you can certainly write a book from scratch or hire a ghostwriter to write one for you, there are a number of options available to you if you do not want to create a complete new work from scratch, like tapping into the public domain.

How do you tap into the public domain? All you have to do is find a work that is in the public domain that is related to Christianity or Christian principles. Next, you make some slight changes, modifications, revisions or additions to the work. This in affect makes it a new work. Now you can sell this product under a new copyright as your own product.

So what constitutes whether something is a part of the public domain or not? The public domain consists of any creative work in which the original author or creator no longer has an exclusive copyright to the work. This usually consists of works that were created many years ago where the copyright has expired or works created by the United States government.

For example, the King James Bible is considered part of the public domain. What this means is that you can take the text of the Bible, use it to create pdf ebooks or physical books and sell them for profit as your own book. This is how many of the study Bibles are created. They simply contain the biblical text with additional study comments.

Suppose you do not want to go through the process required to write an ebook or physical book even if it is based on a public domain work? You can still make money online by promoting other peoples products as an affiliate. The way this works is a company that sells a product will pay you a commission if you can refer other people to buy that product. When they buy that product you get paid.

Even if you do not want to sell Bible or Christian related works, you can also start a Christian home based business that simply has a basis on Christian principles. One example of this is a network marketing business. In this business model the way you make the most money is to meet certain sales goals and help others meet those sales goals by serving others. Just make sure you research the company and be sure it is not a scam.

There are many moneymaking ideas available to you if you are looking to start a Christian home-based business. Just decide whether you want to sell Christian products specifically or have a business that is based on these values.

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Godly Children Without All the Sacrifice

My husband posted this last month so I'm passing it on to you.
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I am on a quest.

I want to find a method, a system if you will, to raise my
children with the least amount of effort possible.

I want to raise children in such a way that it doesn't cost me
any money, doesn't cut into my free time and doesn't require a
large amount of work.

And I want good results too.

I want godly children who are obedient, polite and who love God
with all their strength. But I don't want spend a lot of time or
effort on this. And I certainly don't want to be out a lot of
cash. I just want it to happen naturally.

In fact, if someone had a program that would guarantee this or
maybe even some children already like this that I could just
assume responsibility for...then I would be REALLY interested!

Then I could have all of the results (and all of the rewards)
without all the sacrifice. I could have godly children and I
wouldn't be out any time, money or effort.

How cool would that be!

Hopefully, you are as horrified with the ideas above as I am. And
if you are not disgusted with the idea of raising godly children
without all the muss and fuss of sacrifice, you might as well hit
the unsubscribe button right now!

Now, why the rant about raising children on a newsletter about
starting your own online business...?

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