Stop Being Lazy and Run Your Business
by Kara Kelso and Anita DeFrank
http://www.DirectSalesHelpers.com

This may be harsh words, but they need be said. Over the past few
months we've noticed an epidemic of laziness. It needs to be stopped!

Let us explain a little more.

Quite often we see a post on a group or message board for someone
looking for free advertising. Nothing wrong with that I suppose, we
need all the exposure we can get on our sites. Not paying anything
for it is even better. These posts are always followed by a slue
of "me too". Again, this is understandable.

Now here's where the laziness kicks in.

In the past few weeks we've made some posts in search of link
exchanges, articles, submissions, and partner exchanges. In other
words, free advertising in exchange for several sites. The response?
Slim to none.

What happen to all those who wanted free advertising? Did the
word "in exchange" scare them away? If it did, then that's a shame.
They all had the perfect opportunity to promote their business, but
passed it up because in required them to do something. Something
other than handing over their link of course.

Even worse, you tend to see the same people asking same questions on
many boards. Questions such as "how do I promote my business?" or "I
need to advertise, where do I start?". The answers are written all
over the place, yet they aren't being read. Either that or it's
being ignored because "it looks too hard to do".

Everyone seems to want that magical way to drive hundreds of
visitors and sales to their site, without spending the time or
money. Let's put this to rest once and for all - there IS no easy
way to build your business. It takes time and/or money to build a
solid buisness. What's more, no one is going to do it for you.

So while it may sound harsh, get to work! Put those suggestions and
ideas for promotion to work. Get more involved with projects others
are asking help for. Don't spend all day surfing boards looking for
the easy way to succeed. The only place you are going to find
success is within yourself!

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Kara Kelso & Anita DeFrank, owners of DirectSalesHelpers.com strive
to help women succeed in direct sales. For additional help with your
direct sales business, visit http://www.directsaleshelpers.com