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Have you noticed most new businesses started today are Internet based home businesses? With the Internet expanding into more homes and major trends moving this way every day, opportunities are now available to those who have chosen to take advantage of them and create their own internet based home business. One of the advantages of having an internet based home business is the opportunity to get in the beginning of a trend that is just starting! You can use your home making it a super asset, set your own hours, become your own boss, receive tax benefits and set your own goals.
The benefits of having your own internet based home business can be amazing as the internet is always on, it works 7 days a week, 24 hours a day so you don't have to. According to Frank Feather the economic Webolution is coming – a home based economy. People search for items everyday of every hour on the Internet. The Internet is a wide-open territory full of opportunities and people are gaining expanding access to it every single day, which means your own Internet based home business can be unlimited.
The question now becomes not if it'll work, but do you have the desire to have an home business? Those who take action now will be able to achieve what they want out of life and begin to live the types of lives they've dreamed about sooner.
Current Trends and references:
Word-of-mouth marketing works, but don't just take our word for it. Here's what others have found:
- 80% of consumers trust WOM more than any other source of information*
- A study done by Harvard and McKinsey & Company found that 2/3 of the U.S. economy is influenced by word of mouth
- According to a recent New York Times poll, a "recommendation from a friend" is the most credible source of information; while "corporate advertising" is the least
- The Keller Fay Group has found that the average American mentions specific brands 56 times a week, with positive mentions outnumbering negative six to one
* According to Forrester
Research
"The reason we have seen the value of word of mouth rise so much in importance recently is the confluence of two factors. One, the American people have lost trust in large institutions of all types, and therefore don't trust official sources of information the way they used to. And two, consumers feel overwhelmed by the limitless amount of information." - Ed Keller, Keller Fay Group
70% of Americans Aged 15-34 Use Social Networks
Social networks have changed the way that people interact with each other and with media, according to an April research report released by Fox Interactive Media. The research found that the 70% of Americans aged 15-34 who engage in social networking activity are doing so during the primetime hours. According to the research data, these social networkers aren't just dabbling; they tend to use social networks more than they use other forms of communication and entertainment. According to the report, a majority of social networkers choose interacting on sites such as MySpace as their favorite activity online or offline ahead of television viewing.
Other findings:
- 40% of social networkers say they use social networking sites to learn more about brands or products, and 28% say a friend has recommended a brand or product to them.
- 69% of users say they use social networking sites to connect with existing friends and 41% say they use the sites to connect with family members.
- More than 31% of social networkers say they spend more time online in general after starting to use a social network. Posted by WOMMA
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