Today I’d like to tell you about a great new competition that will:

1)  Help you get lots of free targeted website traffic to your online business website
2)  Keep you motivated for the rest of the Winter
3) Give you a chance of winning prizes worth over $1500 (including cash!)      

It’s easy to get demotivated from time to time when you are running an online home business, especially in the dark dreary months of winter! That’s why the Affiliate Power Group have organized this competition.

To enter the competition all you need to do is join the Affiliate Power Group before Monday 24th January and follow the instructions to register.

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Each week you’ll receive a step by step challenge designed to get more visitors to your website. The challenges are designed to get more traffic to your website and they come with full instructions that are suitable for newbies. You’ll receive points for every challenge you complete and at the end of the four weeks the people with the most points will win:

1st Prize: Value $631.95
- $100 Cash
- 3 month free membership of the APG (worth $109.95)
- Web Page Overhaul from Ken Troyer – Ken will critique a web page of your choice and make the changes for you to improve the look and sales copy (worth $200)
- A done for you squeeze page with a 52 week follow up series in a choice of one of at least 3 niches, including affiliate marketing (worth $97)
- 250 Backlinks (worth $75)
- Your name and a (do follow) link to your website on the Affiliate Power Group Login page listed as the winner of the APG Winter Challenge 2011. This will stay in place until the next competition, in approximately 3 months time (Value $50)

2nd Prize: Value $364.95
- $50 Cash
- 1 month free membership of APG (worth $39.95)
- 1 hour coaching call on Skype from Cynthia Minnaar on the topic of Article Marketing and/or Backlink Building (value $100)
- 250 Backlinks  (worth $75)
- Any service from WebsiteUpdateServices.com (worth $50)
- Your name and a (do follow) link to your website on the Affiliate Power Group Login page listed as coming 2nd place in the APG Winter Challenge 2011. This will stay in place until the next competition, in approximately 3 months time (Value $50)

3rd Prize: Value $247
- $25 Cash
- 250 Backlinks  (worth $75)
- Any service from WebsiteUpdateServices.com (worth $50)
- Free copy of Master Affiliate Blueprint or 3 Steps to Search Engine Success EBooks (worth up to $47)
- Your name and a (do follow) link to your website on the Affiliate Power Group Login page listed as coming 3rd place in the APG Winter Challenge 2011. This will stay in place until the next competition, in approximately 3 months time (Value $50)

4th Prize: Value $172
- 250 Backlinks  (worth $75)
- Your name and a (do follow) link to your website on the Affiliate Power Group Login page listed as coming 4th place in the APG Winter Challenge 2011. This will stay in place until the next competition, in approximately 3 months time (Value $50)
- Free copy of Master Affiliate Blueprint or 3 Steps to Search Engine Success EBooks (worth up to $47)

5th Prize: Value $97
- Your name and a (do follow) link to your website on the Affiliate Power Group Login page listed as coming 5th place in the APG Winter Challenge 2011. This will stay in place until the next competition, in approximately 3 months time (Value $50)
- Free copy of Master Affiliate Blueprint or 3 Steps to Search Engine Success EBooks (worth up to $47)

Even if you don’t win a prize, you will reap the rewards of targeted free traffic for many weeks and months to come!

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The majority of people who begin an online business from home do not have the benefit of working at it full time right from the start, for most of them it is a matter of working at their day jobs and having to build a business online in whatever spare time they have available.

If you are one of the people who needs to continue working in a job while utilizing your spare time to get your online business going there are some simple methods you can follow to achieve the best results in the shortest amount of time. Here are some tips that can help you get the outcome you want quickly.

One of the biggest stumbling blocks that many people working part time from home seem to encounter is a miles long to-do list which normally includes items that are really not necessary at all. Once you have made the decision on the type of online business you want to run, it would be a good idea to sit down and think about the essential elements involved in doing this part time.                   

Get Rid of All the Extras!

For example having a website is probably an important element for any online business, but spending time creating 10 different landing pages is a waste of your limited time, just begin with one and add more later when you have more time. This is just one example of prioritizing what is essential when designing your business strategy.

Don’t Multi-Task.

Although this may seem like a good way to get more things done in less time, in actual fact what happens is that nothing really gets properly done as you are not giving full concentration to any one task in particular. The result is that over a period of weeks you actually waste more time and achieve less than you would if you worked on one task and completed it before starting another.

Automate and Outsource as much as your budget will allow.

It can be extremely difficult sometimes to give up total control of all the necessary tasks that an online home business requires, but this type of business does take a huge investment in time so consider the option of allowing others to take over some of the duties required especially if you are only working on your business on a part time basis.

There are various ways that you can get help, for example if you decide that article marketing is a good way to promote your business there are people who specialize in article writing and will do the job for you and many of them charge a very reasonable fee. Your articles will need to be submitted to article directories for more exposure so consider using an
article submitting service to get them published on numerous article directories as this job is very time consuming.

Another task that can be easily automated is to have an auto-responder service to send out your email newsletters for you to your subscribers. This is a job that you can set up by loading a series of emails or letters into the auto-responder and setting the dates and times that you wish them to be sent.

It is a difficult undertaking to start an online business while still working in a full time job, but it is not impossible and many people have done it and succeeded admirably. So long as you set up a plan of what is required, the amount of time that you have available to work online from home and a strategy on what you will do yourself and what you will outsource or automate and be disciplined about the time you
spend working on your business, you too can become a successful entrepreneur from home.

Working from home on a legitimate online business is the ideal way to make money but there are a lot of distractions and this type of environment can sometimes be very frustrating when you need to be productive.

There are phone calls, television the children and friends who think that because you are at home they can pop in at any time. It really is not important whether your online home business involves selling physical or digital products or if you are offering some kind of coaching service, these constant distractions can really hurt your productivity and ultimately your chance of having a successful online home business.

Added to this is the possibility that because you are working from home it is easy to forget that you need to spend time with your family and have some social life as well. Luckily though there are some ways that can make your working life at home easier and allow the free time that is so necessary.

1.  Right from the start it is important for you to set boundaries if you want to make your work from home experience possible. Let your family and friends know up front that when you are in your office you are at work and they cannot disturb you unless there is an absolute crisis that needs your urgent attention. Wherever you decide to set up your office even if it is just a corner in the living room, they must understand that this area is out of bounds unless they are invited in by you.

2.  Make sure when you set your boundaries that they are in line with your priorities. If your main aim on weekends is to spend family time then let your family know this and tell them that this is their time while office time is for work.

3. Another point to remember is to let anyone in your household know if for example you will be having a meeting with a client in your office as your family needs to understand that certain ground rules will apply when these situations arise.

4. It is important that you make your office area as comfortable and pleasant as you can. Lets face it you are going to spend a great deal of time there and if you are not happy in your working situation you will finish up spreading yourself and your work all around the house. A good way to make your office a better place to be is to get rid of unnecessary objects that take up space and add to general clutter. A clean and spacious area is far more conducive to being productive and energized.

If your business is online based then papers and files become virtually unnecessary so dispense with big filing cabinets and things that take up a lot of room but are no longer needed, all they do is add to the clutter.

These are just a few ideas to help you get set up and make your legitimate  online home business conditions easier. By ensuring that your office situation is pleasant and comfortable and that everyone knows the boundaries for the times when you are working you will find that being your own boss and working from home is the best job in the world.