Laurie Hayes

How Do You Win At Home-Based Business? Hit The Floor Running

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion... or... it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle... or... it will starve to death. It doesn't matter... Read >

Money Sense For The Home-Based Business Owner

Like many aspiring entrepreneurs, you may have decided to break free of your job to live your dream of working from home. You're ready to seize the opportunity for freedom, unlimited earning potential and chance to live your life exactly the way you want... Read >

The Power of Testimonials for the Home-Based Business Owner

Including testimonials on your web site and in your marketing material is a great way to establish trust with your potential customers and boost your credibility. Giving a testimonial to someone else is also a good way of building your business, and ge... Read >

How Successful Entrepreneurs Handle Failure

There are many differences that separate the winners in business and life from those who are struggling and falling by the wayside. One big difference is how they handle failure. Successful entrepreneurs have a positive mindset around the experience o... Read >

The Invisible Customer

How many times have you as a customer felt as though you were putting a salesperson out by asking for assistance or interrupting them as they were engaged in a personal conversation with a co-worker or friend? I can recall times I've actually said to d... Read >

Are You Ready to Break Free of Your Entrepreneurial Rut?

When you first leave the corporate world to start a home-based business, you're pumped, assured and passionate about making your dream come true and that excitement and desire can fuel your progress for a good long while. Eventually, like all things th... Read >

Is Life Getting In the Way of Your Home-Based Business? 5 Steps to Take Today to Keep You on Track

Working from home provides the ultimate experience of freedom in many ways, but at the same time it can easily allow a freedom we take for granted - a freedom that if not appreciated, can actually sabotage our success. In the corporate world we have st... Read >

10 Important Questions You Need to Ask Web Developers Before Dishing Out The Dough

Assuming you already have a fairly good idea of what you want on your web site and will more than likely be writing your own copy or having it written for you, here are 10 questions you need answered to help you create an effective web site without breaki... Read >

What Every Home-Based Business Owner Needs to Know About Shiny Object Syndrome

One of the greatest enemies to business success is Shiny Object Syndrome. You as an entrepreneur are probably highly creative, intuitive and optimistic by nature, and it's likely common for you to have a mind full of new ideas at any given moment. You... Read >

Strategic vs. Tactical Approaches and How Too Much of One Might Be Hurting Your Home-Based Business

In basic terms, strategic refers to the "what and why" and tactical refers to the "how." Both methodologies are critical to your business success. Strategic thinking, planning, and actions reflect your ability to take into account the big pictur... Read >

The 3 Core Competencies of a Successful Home-Based Business Owner

Succeeding at home-based business is dependent on many factors including: - specific skills - specialized knowledge - an efficient and functional work space - structures and processes - ongoing learning - a strong support team and mastermind group... Read >

When the Small Stuff Matters in Home-Based Business

You've probably heard before that in order to reap the rewards of business success, you must work "on" your business, not "in" it. This is most certainly true ... within reason. Eighty to ninety percent of your time should be spent working strategicall... Read >

How to Get Unstuck as a Home-Based Business Owner

Over the past week, I had the great pleasure of speaking with three amazing individuals who recently joined my newsletter. It was wonderful to learn about their past accomplishments and future goals for their home-based businesses. Although all thre... Read >

Previous Clients Are Worth Their Weight in Gold!

As a home-based business owner, you may feel you have to concentrate all of your marketing efforts on attracting new clients and prospects. Once someone has bought from you, you may adopt the mindset that they know who you are and where to find you, so... Read >

Are You In the Right Business?

In 1910, an enlightened man by the name of Wallace D. Wattles wrote a book called, "The Science of Getting Rich." This book has been a guiding light for many of today's most successful entrepreneurs including the founders of Nightingale-Conant, world-ren... Read >