Can You Really Work At Home In Your Underwear Or Pjs?

What does it do for you to stay in your jps when you work??

Can You Really Work at Home in Your Pajamas?

Were you unhappy at work? Do you remember daydreaming about working from home? You are certainly not alone.

Millions of successful, professional people are finding that working at home is the answer, whether they have been downsized, rightsized, paradigm-shifted, or simply couldn’t take hearing another buzzword.

But, perhaps their dream is not as easy as they feel... and you know that.

Of course, the work at home industry is not without its own buzzwords. Like freelancing, outsourcing, virtual assistance, consulting and others which continually overlap, making the whole work at home concept very confusing for first-timers.

Perhaps even more mind-blowing and confusing than these word games, though, is the pervasive concept that everyone who works at home does so in their pjs, coffee in one hand, sugary treat in the other, and both slipper-clad feet up on the desk.

Sinple, easy, idyllic. But you know better.

Enticing as this image may be, only Hugh Hefner gets away with this trick. For the rest of us, pajamas simply won’t work, and here’s why:

Wearing pjs or gym clothes may interfere with your productivity. Choosing a blend of casual comfort and professionalism creates the best work at home wardrobe. Our clothes define how we feel and, to a great extent, who we are.

Remember that time you ran a quick errand in a pair of old sweats and a slightly ripped t-shirt? Remember how you ran into Sue from across the street and avoided her like the plague?

The same thinking applies to working at home. Sure, no one is going to see you. Sure, you’re only talking on the phone, typing on the computer, making notes on your legal pad. But YOU can see you.

When you dress for the job, you feel prepared to meet the day’s challenges, ready to present yourself as a competent professional.

Must you put on a full suit and tie? No. But pajamas aren’t going to cut it either.

If you’ve ever tried it, you know what I mean.

These four tips will help you remain comfortable and productive:

1. Always go for comfort, but not too much. No highly-starched shirts, ties, or wool that drives you nuts. An Oxford-style or Polo-style shirt is great looking, comfortable, long-wearing, (and you’re half-ready for the golf course, just in case).

2. Sweats are for the gym. Pajamas are for bed. Your office is not where you work out or take a nap. Feeling too comfortable and casual may spill over into your demeanor, and this can translate into unprofessionalism. Especially if you are just starting out on your own: you need to build professionalism into everything you do.

3. And remember your shoes. Shoes impact work attitude, believe it or not. Barefoot feet say “Relax! Take a load off!” and, while you don’t want to be a ball of nerves, a workday is not a day at the beach.

4. Shave and shower to begin your day. Grooming has a psychological effect on mental preparedness. You simply “feel” ready after a nice hot shower and a shave. And get started at a set time each day... say 7:30 AM. Especially if you're married and your wife and kids have left for much of the day. Get going because it's harder to work productively once they come home.

Still believe you can work at home in your pjs? Not if success is part of your master plan. The concept is simply more sales pitch than professional reality. At the end of the day, reality is what pays the bills.

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Charlie Seymour Jr
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This information was first offered by Charlie Seymour, Jr. at the Sales Summit for Business Development Resources seminar, where Charlie spoke on the topics of Marketing, Success, and Business Development. He modified it for you and the impact this economy has had on you.

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Work at Home Selling - What IS Selling To You?

Selling: How Do YOU See Selling - Is It Something YOU Do?

This article pertains to those of us in businesses where the client visits us or where we go to their home.

While not every example fits each of us, all examples can work if thought through and properly applied:

What do YOU think selling is? Who is a salesperson?

Is a mother, father, priest, rabbi, politician, teacher, convenience-store clerk, restaurant waiter selling anything?

Do you think "selling" is something bad, something negative, something you wouldn’t want your child to grow up doing?

Here’s my definition of selling: To find out what YOU want and help you get it. And then get you and those you recommend to do it over and over again. Period.

And with THAT definition, it can apply to everyone. The lawyer in her suite of offices, the electrician making a house call, the retail shop owner when people stop by, and the computer expert clearing the bugs away.

Selling is NOT forcing someone into a corner to buy, NOT holding a gun to his head, NOT limiting alternatives.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t show our products and services in their best light, using proper words and methods to highlight why our clients and customers might want to take advantage of what we have.

Everyone likes to OWN and most of us like to BUY, but none of us likes to be SOLD.

"Well, I sold your friend Mrs. Smith this same book last week." "Oh yeh?" your client thinks, "you’re not going to 'sell' me!"

This is important: people buy for Emotional Reasons and they justify their purchases with Logic. Happens in just about all businesses.

Remember that the First Impression is always the Lasting Impression. Begin with your best information, your best package, your most successful product or service. And showcase it in its best light, always.

The client will always remember it...and you.

So, can you use some help? Do you need to Turbo Charge Your Work At Home? Can you use more clients paying you more money for less work?

Watch this short movie to see if it resonates with you. And then let me know.

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Charlie Seymour Jr
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This information was first offered by Charlie Seymour, Jr. at the Sales Summit for Business Development Resources seminar, where Charlie spoke on the topics of Marketing, Success, and Business Development.

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Marketing Lessons: Selling Girl Scout Cookies

Marketing 101 Being Used By A Young Girl Scout? Yes, If Her Dad Is A Marketing Wiz

Want to Double your Paycheck? Look to Girl Scout Cookies

This is truly one of my favorite stories to tell.

We don't always realize what lessons we are transferring to our kids, but when my younger daughter had Girl Scout Cookies to sell and she didn't want to traipse all over town like all of her friends (because she saw that they were not very successful), she sought some help.

We chatted about what her option were for selling this annually-available product, and here's the story.

When my daughter, Liz, was about 8 years old, she had LOTS of Girl Scout cookies to sell.

It those days, kids didn’t park in front of a grocery or convenience store and hawk their wares to every passerby. They canvassed the neighborhood door-to-door. And they went by themselves down the quiet suburban tree-lined streets, something no parent would allow these days. (Ahhhh, pity that things have changed THAT way!)

When Liz and I chatted about the task in front of her, she told me some of the kids would be selling lots of boxes and she just wanted to get rid of hers as fast as she could.

(Whoops... maybe she should have thought about all the joy she'd bring all the people who were fortunate enough to purchase cookies from her, but moving on with her task was utmost in her mind!)

So… what to do?

1. MARKETING was the act of putting notes in people’s door to tell them that she would be stopping by the next weekend to let them have their boxes of delicious Girl Scout Cookies… BUT they could preorder and send her a note and a check.

2. MARKETING was leaving a note in their door when they weren’t home the following weekend, letting them know that they had missed their chance BUT… Liz would rush their order to them once they called her.

3. And SELLING was either face-to-face when she was at their home OR over the phone when she told them that in addition to their favorite Thin Mints, she could also offer them the smooth and delicious, chocolate-covered, peanut butter-filled Tagalongs. And she often sold more when doing that.

Dan Kennedy writes in his Ultimate Success Book, “Here is the harsh reality every adult should come to grips with as quickly as possible, every young person should be taught: one year, three years, and five years from now, the particular job (task) you do will not have appreciably increased in value. YOU will either have stayed the same in value or increased in value through your own initiative; that’s the only way.”

If you have not increased in value at some point, your employer can’t or clientele won’t pay any more - regardless of inflation. It is at that point that your economic status shifts into reverse. Your income stagnates or declines.

The gradual decline in your buying power as a consumer will prevent you from saving, investing, and creating financial security or erode what you have already accumulated. And your vulnerability to layoff, termination, or replacement increases.

This is true of the self-employed business owner as well. If you are not increasing your value to your customers, if you are not making yourself indispensable to them all over again, every day, then you are declining in value to them. You are either increasing in value or declining in value.

If you really would like to double your paycheck, simply take action to triple your value!

One of three things will absolutely happen: one, your present employer will respond with raises, bonuses and advancement; two, a new employer will find and grab you; or three, you’ll discover some entrepreneurial opportunity and move on to writing your own paycheck.

And if you already own a business and would like to double your paycheck, simply take action to triple your value to your customers. Your compensation will always catch up to your value.

And who knew such a lesson was available from an 8-year-old Girl Scout selling her cookies to her neighbors.


Charlie Seymour Jr
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Google Looks To Purchase Twitter

Will Google Buy Twitter? It might be best for all of us if it does!

Twitter seems all the rage - from people's computers and their texting cell phones.

And if YOU want to Turbo Charge Your Work At Home, Twitter should be in your arsenal.

As I said before, I have several accounts, so here are some examples about how I am using Twitter:

1. I have an account at Twitter/UltimateWAHDads Be sure to follow me there. And when I post information, it's about marketing, dads working at home, tips and tricks for attracting more people to you. (See Below: Build A HUGE Twitter List)

2. I'm also on Twitter as PhotoCharlie. I have an extensive background in photography and I share my ideas with those following me. I also have several photography-related products that people want to learn about, so I share information about them too.

3. And still another of my accounts is what I call my Personal Account. I follow a few information marketers but few others. And nearly 100% of the messages I sent out (tweets) are inspirational quotes from people who are famous to one degree or another. (Inspirational messages fit very well in my life of encouraging others, so I like to send them out on Twitter AND, at the same time, update my status on Facebook.) If you want to follow my personal Twitter account - Click Here!

I have 10 Twitter accounts based around various keywords so that when I "tweet," I am consistent with the information I deliver. I don't send messages about photography to my marketing list, etc.

Build A HUGE Twitter List Before The Rules Change

Bill's way of building a huge list is magic. If you want to see what I said about it on our new site, UltimateWorkAtHomeDad.com, Click Here To Play The Video Testimonial on UltimateWorkAtHomeDads.com!

With the possibility that Google may purchase Twitter, NOW is the time to build a huge list, before the rules change.

How can you build a list quickly, especially when you're starting out?

Usually it takes months to attract lots of people to follow you. But my buddy Bill created a way that cuts that time way down. And most of the list building is done on autopilot.

Why, as a business person, do you care? Why do you want a large list?

As I wrote before, think of Twitter as lots of short conversations that you get to listen in on. When you hear some people speaking about (let's say) "work at home marketing" and you have information that could help them, wouldn't it be nice to be able to contact them when your information was ready?

How can you build a HUGE list using Bill's methods (that have built a list of over 25,000 for Bill!): Find Out More About Bill's Twitter Traffic Machine - Click Here!

So, how can YOU build a Huge List?

Click here now: UltimateWorkAtHomeDads.com For Work At Home Marketing and then click on the video - this is the system I am using to build 10 lists at once, and I highly recommend it.

If you are going to work from home, you need all the tools you can get, and this one is a great one!


Charlie Seymour Jr
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