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Here is a fascinating home business idea. If you have something interesting, entertaining or valuable to say, why not sell it? A new service called Ether (http://www.ether.com) provides an innovative and easy way to sell what you say to others that need or want you expertise.
Here is how it works;
You sign up for your 1-888-Ether phone number with an 8-digit extension that is unique to you. Then set it to forward calls to your actual phone number - your cell, home, work, or any other number. You set your own hours as to when Ether will forward calls to you.
Decide how much is your time worth? $75 an hour? $15 for 15 minutes? $30 per call? Whatever you like. People will only be able to call you when they've prepaid your rate. Ether takes care of all the billing and payment processing and sends your fee via direct deposit or check. Ether takes a 15% commission with no monthly fees, no setup fees, and no connection fees.
Everything is taken care of by Ether - the phone number, billing, and payments. All you have to do in market your expertise, let people know what you are offering and give them your dedicated 1-888 phone number.
If it can be offered over the phone then you can set up a home business through Ether and sell what you say. Pretty cool. This could provide a new way of doing things for life coaches, business coaches, consultants, stay at home moms with an expertise in something, legal and tax advice, diet tips, astrology - you name it. The sky is the limit.
Now Skype has entered this arena with a beta version called Skype Prime (http://www.skype.com/products/skypeprime/). The service is very similar to Ether: sellers set a price, fixed or per minute, find buyers for their service, and Skype handles the rest. Of course, instead of using phone lines, both sellers and buyers use Skype's voice over IP platform. The downside here is that Skype charges providers a 30% commission - twice as much as Ether's 15%. The advantage of Skype Prime is it's 171 million registered users from around the world.
Now all you have to do is figure out what you want to say, spread the word, and wait for the calls and money to start pouring in.
If you start using Ether or Skype Prime, let me know how it works for you.
Until next time,
Be Great!
MB
My friend, JP Maroney tagged me a couple of days ago from a tag he had received with a simple question...the top 5 reasons why I blog? Good question. Here is my response.
1. Fun and Entertaining. I am passionate about finding new small business and home based business ideas and presenting them in a quick, fun and entertaining way. A blog is the best way to do that.
2. Personality. A blog shows your personality and your expertise. People begin to feel like they know you and that builds trust - always a good thing when marketing.
3. Fast Exposure. Blogs showcase you and your business quickly, much faster than a traditional or static website. Blogs get indexed quickly so people can find your site easily on Google, other search engines, and blog directories.
4. New Ventures. New Friends. A blog will expand your reach to people who are interested in what you are doing which can lead to joint ventures, affiliations, and sometimes just new friends from around the globe.
5. Interactive. A blog allows you to interact with readers, get feedback, involve them in your ideas and build relationships, which is really what marketing is all about.
And now I tag;
Shaune Clarke
Cheryl Mclaughlin
Yaro Starak
Shirley George Frazier
Rich Brooks
For those of you who missed last night's tele-conference on how to brainstorm truly original moneymaking ideas with passion and imagination and Walt Disney's Secret, You missed a good one. We gave away hundreds of dollars in prizes complements of Ace Hardware to help them promote their Dream Ace contest where they are giving away a fully stocked Ace Hardware Franchise to one lucky entrepreneur. While we believe the all the prizes from last night's call are gone, you can still enter the Dream Ace contest free for the next several hours. The entry deadline is 12:00PM tonight, January 31st so you will have to hurry. Go to www.dreamacehardware.com. Thanks to Ed Forteau at http://successrainmaker.com for putting this tele-conference together at the last minute.To listen to last night's tele-conference replay, click the play button below
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