We all know what it’s like at that time of year. It’s growing colder every day and it gets darker much earlier, especially after we alter the clocks for daylight saving time in some parts of the world. It is also flu season, either for ourselves or for our children, after bringing something back from their school. Plus the relentless juggernaut of Christmas and all the stress it entails is very much in evidence – from the sudden proliferation of multi-coloured lights, yuletide music everywhere you go, malls that should more accurately be re-spelled ‘mauls’ and an explosion of festive commercials on TV. For me, the onset of fall also signals the beginning of yet another busy season of school and library visits, workshops and presentations all over the country, book signings every weekend in local bookstores and precious small time for writing.

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As a Network Marketer there is a constant need to find potential customers or “prospects” for our goods and services.

Traditionally, we were taught to initially focus on family and friends. These are referred to as “warm” leads. The goals was to get prospects to attend hotel meetings or listen to conference calls. Perhaps we made cold calls to strangers from a list we had bought from a lead generation company or even straight out of the phone book. With any of these methods there was a excellent chance we got small or no results for our efforts.

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There are a three key reasons I see as to why you might be failing in your network marketing, multi-level-marketing (MLM), or home based business.

1) Mindset and productivity – Many people join such opportunities, because they often expect to get rich quick. They do not have the mental endurance and did not realize that to have a successful business it is going to take time and a lot of effort to build a strong foundation. You will have to learn to focus on the solutions and not the problems. You will have to be very aware of what you are doing and be productive. Many people spend too much time preparing to start instead of just starting. It does not always have to be excellent, but does need to get done. You can always improve your work along the way as you learn something new, but if you’re constantly preparing without accomplishing anything productive you are never going to get where you want to go.

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Who says teens only know how to do fun things? Today, you can be the youngest entrepreneur in your community or even in the entire world; and you do not have to quit school, give up parties and friends, or even stop yourself from growing up.

Here are 3 lucrative businesses for you:

1. Take a dog for a walk.
If you have extreme like for dogs, and you would not mind taking them for a small walk around the neighborhood, then you are fit to become a dog walker. Usually, dog walkers need to only work for a few minutes every day. In fact, you can have the luxury to pick your own schedule and the kinds of dogs that you want to take. You can also choose to visit the dogs yourself or have them delivered at your own doorstep. Regardless of your choice, but, you are in for a very fantastic deal. As a matter of fact, you can charge from $15 to $20, for every visit. It can even go higher if you are only caring for one dog.

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