A just found a new website in LAUNCH mode. This platform is a live, interactive Business & Employment social network. It is different ibecause of the channels of communication and the nature of the platform.

LiveJobsCafe appears to be an unique Employment & Business Network which has two thoughts in mind; Making Money & Visibility!! Whether you are an Employer, Job-Seeker, Freelancer, Self-Employed, Education Institution, Student, Internet Marketer, Investor or Entrepreneur, here at Live Jobs Cafe we have thought of you every step of the way!

Join Live Jobs Cafe!

As an employer you can:
- Unlimited text, audio & video job posts
- Job posts are categorised by Sector, Industry & Job title
- Company profile page which will be viewed by a database of Job-seekers
- Company blog
- Can advertise your company logo throughout the site
- Can advertise your company logo for only $10 until the 31st of July 2010
- Can conduct on-line interviews
- Can view unlimited Job-seeker profile pages and text / video Resumes
- Can create groups
- Can network live
- Receive email confirmation when someone has applied for a job

As a Job Seeker you can:
- Free to join
- Can represent one’s self for a database of Employers to view
- Can upload a text, audio & video CV/Resume
- Personal blog which can be viewed by all users
- Network with people in the same industry as you
- Network live
- On-line interviews will save time & money
- LiveJobsCafe are constantly contacting companies within all sectors & Industries
- Can create groups
- Can post questions relating to work on the discussion boards

As an Internet Marketer:
- Can advertise banners from $10 until July 31st 2010
- Monthly updated PLR’s, MMR’s & Digital Products
- Network live with other Internet Marketers
- Can upload text, audio & video files
- Chat live with non Internet Marketers
- Can create groups which can be seen by all member types
- Conduct on-line meetings
- Personal blog which can be viewed by all member types
- 100Mb free disk space (more can be requested)

Reasons to advertise with LiveJobsCafe:
- Unique Interactive platform
- Interactive platforms generate huge amounts of traffic
- Targeted advertising for different sectors and industries
- Targeted advertising to Entrepreneurs & Investors
- Targeted advertising to individuals wanting to learn other ways to make money
- Can view advertisement on our site before paying
- Great exposure
- Great affordable monthly advertising rates

Affiliate program started 5th February 2010! Not many joined yet, as site has not yet launched. This is the right time to get involved. Sign up with Live Jobs Cafe, the new Business and Employment Community.

JOIN: http://www.lotcon.biz/linkto/LiveJobsCafe

Our Home Office Products Website have been updated with different subjects of interest:

Starting a Safe Home Office Internet Business
A 7 Days Crash Course on Running a Safe Online Business is offered free. Read more…

Finding a Business Niche
The word ‘niche’ is defined as: “A special area of demand for a product or service”. ‘Marketing’ is defined as: “The opportunity to buy or sell”. If you put the two words together, Niche Marketing means buying or selling a product or service in a special area of demand. Different resources are offered. Read more about finding niches.

Starting a Business Blog (packaged with Business Branding)
Afraid of starting a blog yourself? Have no time to do this? We have the solution for you! LotCon offers Turnkey Business Blog packages including Business Branding for just a low monthly rate. A package will be available to meet your needs. For a quick summary: LotCon Business Blogs We are able to deliver this through our specialized branch in Brazil.

Business Tools
12SecondCommute is an online tool and opportunity center unlike anything else on the Internet. It is being designed and built for everyone who wants to live their dream working online from home. Twelve Second Commute is your online tool and opportunity center that will make a positive difference in your life and success online. 12SC includes all the business tools and resources you need in one easy to use account. Read more about 12 Second Commute Business Tools.

Building A Virtual Corporation
Today, no company is successful without understanding that going virtual is vital in creating a dynamic, profitable venture. One of the beauties of a virtual corporation is the ability to work right from your home. No more driving to and from work, no more punching a clock, no more corporate schmoozing! The freedom of a virtual corporation is limitless – as long as you’re willing to work at it. Read more about Virtual Corporations

Internet Copyright
Protect Your Content And Avoid Infringing On Others. An accidental copyright violation on your part can result in disaster. Web pages taken down, cease and desist letters, embarrassment and even lawsuits are possible! Trying to protect your rights without really understanding them just doesn’t get the job done. It’s incredibly inefficient and risks serious mistakes. Read more about Internet Copyright

Business Branding
Branding is about the business and how a business is different from the competitors. The purpose of a brand is to distinguish yourself from your competitors. Once you make a distinguishing impact then an advertising campaign can be much more effective. Read more about Business Branding

Trademarking
A trademark is a distinctive signature, sign or saying that in some way depicts a specific company. It is used to identify a product, a service, or an event for a specific organization. It is used to help that organization stand out from others. Read more about Trademarking

Mobile Websites
How ready is your website to leap into the mobile arena? Would you cringe with embarrassment, or glow with pride? The first thing you’re going to learn is whether or not your website passes or fails the Mobi test. If you’re like the average pre-mobile web designer (amateur or professional), your web site will promptly fail in at least 10 or 11 areas. How? Read more about Mobile Websites.

Teleseminars & Webinars
The use of virtual technology has made a powerful impact within the online sector. Trends show that many businesses, both online and offline are using the advantages of available technology to promote their business and gain customers. Both teleseminars and webinars are powerful web marketing tools that have the potential to skyrocket any business idea. Read more about Tele-Seminars and Webinars

Much more to come soon…

Fred Lotgering
LotCon Biz Solutions

Within this article today on creating a common business systems, we are going to look at different ways you can create efficiencies in running your business. An Internet business has to be run in the same manner as any other business: with an eye toward sales as well as efficiencies on your part.

The first efficiency that will talk about when on the subject of creating online business systems will be auctions. This specific auction software can be found at the following website: http://www.auctionwizard2000.com/. What makes this specific software so powerful is that you can manage many different auctions at the same time. Instead of having to manually run each specific auction that you have, you can use this software to manage many auctions. You can use this software to run auctions on eBay as well as eBay or Yahoo! Stores. If you are into free things, you can also find more software like this and the following web address: http://tinyurl.com/yqvj3o.

Much of this article has been written on specifics regarding a couple of different ways to create efficiencies if you are in certain types of businesses with an Internet. Whenever you are marketing or working an online business, you should always be looking for ways to save yourself time. If you can save yourself time, this is going to help you in the long run because you can streamline your processes so that you are making the same amount of money and taking less time, which will help you.

There’s a great deal of software out there that can help you in creating these efficiencies such as what was introduced above with the auction software. A good place to find much of the software that you might need is: http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/.
This is a great website that can help you out in your search for free software. Whenever you are seeing new ways to save time for yourself, do a Google search for the particular business product they use or business process and you should be able to bring up some sort of information or products which you can purchase help save yourself some time. If you regularly publish to e-zines, look at the following website which has software which can help you publish to many different e-zines in much less time. The web address for this is: www.ezineannouncer.com.

Hopefully this article today on creating online business systems has helped to a great deal. Much is made of running an online business but people do not realize how important and valuable a time is. If you are able to save yourself 15 to 20 minutes every day, that is an extra hour to hour and half a week which you can put towards yourself or towards creating a new product. This would allow you to have almost an extra week and a half every year to develop new products or spend more time with their family. This extra time saved is time you can give back to yourself or reinvest within your business.

Mike Paetzold re-launched his “WordPress Made Easy“. It is now fully compatible with WordPress version 2.8 being available since yesterday!

A properly installed WordPress Blog is one of the BEST traffic generation tools on the planet.

One of the most effective and proven ways to generate targeted traffic to your home business website is with a blog — not just any blog, but a locally hosted WordPress blog.
WordPress is the blog of choice for TOP internet marketers, regardless the niche or market. WordPress has numerous, high impact plugins and designs to choose from. Mike shows you with WordPress Made Easy how to cut through the clutter the quick and easy way, save time, save money and eliminate frustration — simple as 1, 2, 3 to get YOUR BUSINESS BLOG going in less then an hour!

So we just upgraded our blog to WordPress 2.8 and optimized it with plugins as described in Mike’s WordPress made Easy!

You should do too!

Success
Fred Lotgering
LotCon Biz Solutions

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Real Office Setup

Every company or business establishment have their own office space where customers or potential clients visit them to conduct business. The office is a place where all professional matters are handled and any business transaction are conducted.

Many people find working at an office quite stressful. There are a lot of source of stress and pressure in the life of an office employee, whether from having to deal with problem co-workers, or nagging boss, or standards of work that one has to constantly meet. Hence, several workers have decided to quit their job at the office and turn home-based instead. Thus, home office are quite common nowadays.

Working at Home

Home-based workers or self-employed individuals setup their home office where they handle all work-related tasks. In fact, most setup their own home office where they can entertain clients and business associates at home. Many find this a convenient setup since they can attend to their work while being able to still spend time with their family.

However, the accessibility of the comforts available within your home, it is easy to fall into the wrong idea that you are not working. Hence, you need to develop a sound level of self-discipline in order to separate business from pleasure and focus on what you need to do at work.

Which is Better?

There are several considerations that one has to make before deciding whether to opt for a home office or real office instead. Each one has its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is difficult to conclude that one is the better option over the other. The best way for you to decide is to come up with a checklist of these pro’s and con’s. Then, determine whether the pro’s outweigh the con’s, or vice versa.

Also, you need to consider your own attitude towards work. If you are the type of person who had to be constantly reminded and lack the initiative to work on their own, then setting up a home office could be a devastating idea. Below are a list of pro’s and con’s that would help you come up with a decision.

Home Office: Pro’s and Con’s

Pro’s:

* You have more freedom to explore your options in terms how the direction to which you want your business to take. Moreover, you can be your own boss and do what you feel is right for your home business.
* You can achieve more financial success since you earn whatever your business produces. If you explore the ways in which you can increase earnings, you can maximize the business’ potential. Also, you can reduce other costs such as office rental, fuel usage (from driving to and from the office), and tax deductions.
* It is convenient since you won’t have to dress up just to get to work. You can have your breakfast or spend time with your family and then conveniently check your email.

Con’s:

* If you’re the type who needs to get motivated to work, home office might not be conducive for you.
* There are lot of potential interruptions at home.
* There are lot of home office considerations to make such as securing all office equipments you need at home, office furnitures, and some other operational needs.

Real Office: Pro’s and Con’s

Pro’s:

* The level of pressure and urgency motivates you to produce quality work.
* The working environment is ideally designed to make working easier for you.
* You have access to all of the equipments or tools you need to conduct your work.

Con’s:

* You have to commute from and to work daily. It becomes more difficult for those who live far from the office.
* Dealing with co-workers can be difficult for some, especially with clashing interests and personalities.
* Some people find it difficult having to be nagged by their bosses constantly.

Any new entrepreneur who has decided to set up their own home office will go through a difficult challenge of trying to put together all the important factors to build a successful home office. There are only a few basic essentials that must be given attention when you setup a home office. They are discussed one at a time below.

Home Office Desk
If you talk about an office, the first thing that comes to mind is a desk. Indeed, an office desk is one of the most essential parts of your home office and must therefore be given priority to. So, if you plan on creating your own home office, you need to start your search on a suitable desk to use.

Most office desks have shelves, drawers, keyboard trays and some other convenient features. While they are beneficial, you can opt for a simple home office desk design. You need to remember that the desk is intended as your main work space. Therefore, you need to clear the top of the desk from any form of materials. Furthermore, putting papers or files on the desk increases the probability of losing them. So, save yourself some trouble and look for other containers or space to organize your other files and documents instead of putting them on the desk.

Home Office Furnitures
Furnitures within your home office will help provide means to store and organize your work materials. Meanwhile, others are intended for your convenience while at work. For instance, office filing cabinets are quite useful because it provides enough space to store and organize your documents. One helpful tip that you can apply with using a home office filing cabinet is to categorize your documents and assign separate drawers for them. If you do not have enough cabinet drawers, you can opt to label each one to save yourself time from having to look through each one of them.

Home office chairs are another essential, but often neglected, furniture. When you work at your desk for a long period of time, having a convenient chair to sit on will spell the difference. Work can lead to exhaustion after some period of time and a comfortable chair should offer you enough relaxation to improve your vitality so you can get back to work. Hence, make an investment on a comfortable chair. When buying, look for the following features:

*adjustable seats
*backrest
*swivel base
*cushioned seat
*adjustable armrest
*substantial lumbar support

Home Office Decoration
Another often neglected aspect of most home offices is the decoration. Most people can focus too much on the materials and furnitures that the office lacks character and warmth, which is essential to motivating you at work. Consider the following tips when decorating your home office:

• Try adding ornamental plants. The color green inside your office creates a positive mood and helps energize you at work.
• Come up with a design plan for your office. It should consist of how your home office furnitures are arranged together. When doing this, consider accessibility of the items especially when you are working on your desk most of the time.

Home Office Computer
Computers are a must in home offices nowadays. Therefore, you need to take your time when out shopping for a computer to use at your office. It is easy to be deceived by the idea of buying the most expensive ones, thinking that it is of the best quality. However, it should eventually be determined by the nature of your work. Do you spend a lot of your time working on the computer? Or do you simply use the computer for recording data and other information?

Instead of modern features, you need to focus on functionality with buying a computer. Shop around as much as you can so you can find the kind of computer you need at a bargain price. The same type of consideration applies with buying a printer for your computer.

While we have discussed how to place the needed content on the articles, we have not discussed what to write about. This is a critical point because the subject matter of your articles will determine whether or not people will be willing to read them. If you subjects are too dull, banal, or esoteric you may not attract a number of visitors to your website. However, if the topics are original, engaging, and unique they will surely draw the attention of a number of readers. But, how can you specifically come up with a topic if you have a little case of writer’s block. Well, it wouldn’t hurt to see what others have to say on the same subject matter.

Articles directories are an excellent resource on every topic under the sun. Visiting a popular article directory such as EzineArticles.com could provide the inspiration that you need in order to come up with a number of great topics. Reading these various articles will surely provide inspiration of a starting point for further research. Often, people will bang their heads against the wall trying to come up with a subject for an article; but, it would be much easier to skim the internet looking for inspiration. This will deliver more results that trying to come up with every article idea on your own.

And, no, this does not mean you crib other people’s articles and paraphrase them. This would not be a very honest approach to developing your niche website. Instead, your goal is to look at the material as a source of coming up with your own ideas. For example, let’s say you come across an article in a directory that covers “5 Ways to Make Your House More Energy Efficient”. You read the article and you have serious disagreements. Rather than dismiss the articles, you can use it as basis for an article that covers your perspective on making a house more energy efficient.

Or, in a more positive light, you could take one of the five tips and expand a full article on it. Really, there is no limit to what you can do. No matter what idea pops into your head, you can use that idea as a means of expanding the idea into an article. Who knows? Maybe you will come up with a whole host of ideas as you do your research. All of these ideas can become the basis for a treasure trove of articles. Simply take a basic idea and expand upon it. That is probably the best way to come up with article ideas.

You could also use the article directories as a means of exploring what works and what does not work in the articles you craft. When you spend enough time on article directories, you will probably find yourself asking “How did this article ever get published?” Yes, there may be a number of poor articles you come across. Don’t ignore
them out of hand. Look at the weaknesses of the articles and analyze why they are weak. Use this reflection as a means of improving your own niche site’s content.

And, of course, you will also want to explore the good and sometimes great articles you come across. Make mental notes about what is appealing in these articles and what makes them work so well. Use them as a guide to make sure the quality standards of the articles on your niche site are high. This is important because high standards will aid in pulling in traffic.

As we mentioned, keywords are critical within the body of the text. However, there are other “spots” that the keywords can be placed in. Namely, you can place the keywords in the title of the article, headlines, and sub-headlines. These additional components of the text can also be boldfaced to draw additional attention to them.

Keep in mind, the search engines run on automated codes. That means they are programs to look for certain things in a website. Headlines and sub-headlines stick out to the search engines. This is doubly true when the headlines contain critical and illustrative keywords. So, a solid mix of distinctive headlines that contain keywords is a good search engine optimization tactic. Then there is another benefit as well. Visitors love those headlines!

When people come across a website they are not nose to nose with the computer screen. They are looking at it from their chair a foot or two away. From such a distance, it is not exactly easy to make out what is on the screen unless they look closer and read the words. That’s fine as most people will give a website a closer “look see” before moving on. There is, however, a way you can make sure that fewer people move on. Yes, the addition of keyword containing headlines will aid in catching their eyes.

How does this occur? Once again, let’s look at the example of the person looking at the screen from a reasonable distance. The person is innocuously surfing the internet, clicking on page links, and comes across a page that boldly proclaims HOW GOLD INVESTMENT IS SAFER THAN CURRENCY. This is the clear headline to the article and it distinctly tells the individual what the website is all about. That means he will stick around and read it particularly if he is interested in new and safe investment strategies. And, of course, these headlines also fit into the overall process of defining the Adsense ads. This is because they will be sending vital information to the Adsense spiders regarding what ads to display. The words gold, investment and currency will aid greatly in this regard. However, one headline is not enough to raise the odds that the Adsense headlines will display ads related to gold investment. As such, using the keyword gold investment in two other sub-headings as well as in the article itself would tip the Adsense ads’ subject in your favor.

Now, at this point, some may be asking if there really is a lot of money in Adsense?

Believe it or not, there are a number of websites that pull in upwards of $200,000 PER MONTH in Adsense revenue. Yes, there are websites that earn well over a million dollars a year from Adsense. If that is not an inspiration for signing up for Adsense then nothing is! Does this mean that all you have to do is sign up for Adsense and you are an immediate millionaire? No, it doesn’t. The amount of money that you will earn from Adsense will be based on how much traffic your website gets. So, let’s delve into the subject of traffic, SEO, and link building….

Audience is everything.
If you do not know the audience that you are targeting then you cannot begin creating a brand for a product or a company. There are many reasons that audience must be considered. Knowing your audience well will work for you in the long run.

The audience is the targeted customer base that you are hoping to reach out to for purchasing your product. Audience may include gender, age, geographical regions, and more.

The age of an audience must be considered when branding occurs. This is because if you are targeting a younger and more hip crowd they may want to see a brand that is vibrant and more hip. If your audience is older and more sophisticated then they may be looking for a brand displaying more professionalism.

Gender of an audience is often an issue if you are selling women’s clothing, men’s hats, or other items. However, when you create a brand for a man, remember that you can create ad campaigns targeting the women to purchase the products as gifts for men.

Income isn’t something that many people think about when they consider an audience when developing a brand. This is often where companies go wrong. If you are selling a video gaming system that is several hundreds of dollars in a local store down the street and the average income of families in the area is less than $25,000 a year they may not be able to afford the product. You cannot sell an expensive product to a poor audience. Also, people with a very high income may not consider purchasing a very cheap product. The value of your brand must match the income of the people you think will be your primary target as customers.

Geographical regions are also very important. Many people open businesses and try to sell products and services where there just isn’t a need. This is a good way to fail. For example, if you have a company selling snow shovels then it wouldn’t make sense to try to sell them to home owners in Florida. Know your geographical locations and which regions will benefit the most from your product or services.

Know Your Audience
There are many things about your audience that you must know when you are creating a brand. If you do not have a clear understanding of which your audience is then you will fail.

When you determine your audience it is important to narrow it down based on the age, gender (only if specific), geographical region (only if specific), income levels, and more. Your audience will be defined as something like 20-30 year old, male golfers that are left handed.

Some brands may not be this specific. However, the more you can narrow down your audience the more your brand will separate you from the competition. This means you will have less competition to worry about also.

Branding by Your Audience
Branding by your audience will allow you to be more successful with sales and develop long lasting customers that are dedicated to you. Targeting the wrong audience can cause problems with credibility and trust.

Older groups of people often want to see a brand as one they can trust. They want credibility and a professional look. If the image appears to be young or unprofessional then you may find that your revenues are lacking.

The same practice rings true with a younger crowd. If you are targeting a young crowd and your brand is too professional and comes across as boring then kids will not be interested in what you have to offer. For example, if your target audience is to sell super fast toy cars to five year old boys then you want a very exciting brand that is fun. If your brand is professional and so is your appearance it will be hard to convince a 5 year old that the cars are really fast.

Always brand by audience.
Find out what they want to see. You may even want to talk to different age groups and find out what they would like to see. This would be a good place to start.

Twitter is a hot social networking tool, but can online business owners really profit from it, or is it just a way to pass the time?

Sure it can help! Twitter is fast, free and simple way to get immediate results for your online business. You can increase your traffic today, and reap the benefits quickly.

Here is en excellent resource to get you started: The Road To Twitter Success!

There are hundreds of thousands of products you could promote as an affiliate — and you could begin making money as soon as today, even if you have zero experience, no list, no product, and even no web site of your own!

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Success!
Fred Lotgering
LotCon Biz Solutions