Success Strategies For Successful People

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With your success in mind,

Steven Roddy

When you shop online at Aisle 19 they will give you cash back on all of your purchases. Hey, the Internet is creating more opportunities everyday for individuals to cut costs, entice customers and to share the wealth and this is exactly what Aisle 19 is all about. I was first invited to visit Aisle 19 about a month ago but was skeptical like most thinking that it provided little or no value. However, when my friends finally sat me down and told me to really check this thing out, I was amazed.

You can shop through various stores ranging from Walmart to Gucci to local restaurants and everything that you purchase is at a discounted price and then Aisle 19 gives you money back! My favorite example: I entered my zip code and a local restaurant pooped up and told me that I could purchase a $25 gift card for $15. I laughed…they are giving me $10 to eat at a restaurant that I was going to anyways.

The service is free and the cash back is real. If you wanted to take an extra step and promote the service to others then you could join the MLM, which is an affiliate of YTB for around $200. And if you are going to get involved I would suggest Ty and Laurima Stovell who have been friends of mine for the past nine years and have been an amazing support in my business ventures. But, regardless check out the website, change some of your buying habits and you could cash in on the cash back rewards.

Whether you are married, divorced, are the husband or wife you will enjoy these relationship quotes on marriage.

“Marriage is when you agree to spend the rest of your life sleeping in a room that’s too warm, beside someone who’s sleeping in a room that’s too cold.” ~ Contributed by E.J. Graff

“To keep your marriage brimming / With love in the loving cup / Whenever you’re wrong, admit it / Whenever you’re right, shut up!” ~ Ogden Nash

“Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning handsprings or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.” ~ Helen Rowland

The “Four D’s of marriage” according to author Fay Angus, are “depression, despair, drink and divorce.” ~
Source Unknown

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. ~ Socrates

“I just got a new car for my wife today. Best trade I ever made.” (Bumper sticker)

A man at work decided to show his wife how much he loved her, and before going home, showered, shaved, put on some choice cologne, bought her a bouquet of flowers. He went to the front door and knocked. His wife answered the door and exclaimed, “Oh no! This has been a terrible day! First I had to take Billy to the emergency room and get stitches in his leg, then your mother called and said she’s coming for 2 weeks, then the washing machine broke, and now this! You come home drunk! ~ Source Unknown

You wouldn’t try explain yourself in Spanish to a person who only speaks English, nor should you speak your love language to try and show your spouse that you love them. “The 5 Love Languages,”written by Gary Chapman will help you identify your love language and your spouses. This book has done more to help me understand my friendships, relationships, and family than any other piece of information that I have read.

What type of investment will generate a monthly or residual income? There are various forms of residual income ranging from multilevel marketing to real estate to dividends paid through stock options. But I want to discuss an option that was shown to me that takes about a $10 monthly investment and can yield you $1,000s per month. I say, “Can yield you,” because this investment is not based on the dollar amount but on your personal effort…welcome to the world of blogging.

I was introduced to the world of blogging about 6 months ago when I started stevenroddy.com. The road has been very exciting as I have watched my traffic grow by at least 20% every month and the money begin coming in on a residual basis. Soon I gathered a team of individuals around me who have several sites all making as much as $250 per day! Now, to some who are reading this post $7,500 per month may not be that exciting but to others spells FREEDOM!!

So, how is the blogging game done? Basically, you first have to find your passion. What are you passionate about? There is a guy who is passionate about Brittney Spears and had a blog completely dedicated to everything revolving around Brittney. Well, when Brittney Spears started going crazy and doing all of the publicity stunts his website became famous and he ended up on the O’Riley Factor! I was reading about another kid in high school who made over $120,000 in one month off of his blog!

So what is the process of beginning a blog? First find your passion. If you are excited about something you are not alone and there are others out there who are just as enthusiastic about it. Once your passion is identified go to GoDaddy to purchase a domain name (which will cost about $7) that is short, easy to remember, and describes what your blog is about.

Then you need to have a website created that optimized so your website can be found via Google. I have some friends who have spent $10,000 on their website only to have it not Google friendly, therefore the only people who find their site are the ones who typed in the exact address. Per their request, my team has built some of those friends new websites, optimized those sites for the search engines and have taught them how to generate traffic for about a tenth of the cost and now they are receiving hundreds of visitors a day.

Owning a website is like owning virtual real estate, only without tenants begin late on rent and destroying the property. Unlike traditional real estate where you want to purchase a piece of property in a high traffic location, in the Internet world you purchase your virtual real estate out in the boondocks and then build the highway to your property. Every post that you create is another street that is leading to your virtual property while increasing your asset.

And if you are one of those individuals who have more money than time you can pay someone to write for you. You can find freelance writers who will write articles for around $3 and then all you have to do is add some pictures and select the right key words and then you are off to the races. (This also works for term papers. lol)

In the blogging world you create your own freedom. The control is completely in your hands. You don’t have to worry about the market crashing, recession, finding customers, overhead or dealing with employees. Blogging is the best type of investment that you can make because you can make money your first month, work in your pajamas and there is zero stress attached. Can you say that about your investment?

Above you will see a paycheck stub sample from various types of companies and below I will tell you about the best accounting software that I have used.

As a business owner, understanding what monies are coming out of your employee’s paycheck for federal income tax, social security tax, and medicare tax can be pretty confusing. Furthermore, which taxes do you need to match and how much do you pay for your business taxes, etc?

The task can be arduous and when I started my first business I did not know how to even begin. Therefore, I hired a local accounting company to handle my payroll and taxes, which I found to be beneficial because I traded out business services to reduce my cost. If you have a service that you can trade out for the cost of your payroll I would suggest that you take that avenue first. Trade out is king.

But, to hire an accounting company can be pricy. Therefore to most business owners, I suggest purchasing either Quickbooks: Intuit Online Payroll or Quickbooks: Payroll Software to handle the task. Quickbooks: Intuit Online Payroll starts off at around $10 per month and doesn’t require the Quickbooks Software, but if you purchase the Quickbooks: Payroll Software then you only pay, the one time purchase price.

Before making your decision on managing your payroll know you business model. If your company makes money in large amounts at various times, then I suggest the accounting software with the one time payment. But, if you have more of a store that makes money on a daily basis then probably the monthly fee would work better.

But the best method is if you could trade out your business services to offset your payroll expenses.There are accounting firms and tax solution businesses that need advertisement, free meals, oil changes etc and are willing to offer their services in exchange for such benefits. All you have to do is present the idea.