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Two years ago, when I had been working online about a year, an online colleague approached me about writing an article for a special edition of his newsletter which was to feature successful women online. Naturally, I agreed.

As I was researching for the article, I read a statistic that revealed that women over 50 were one of the fastest growing groups of internet users. That didn't surprise me, as at the time I was approaching that "golden age" and had contact with others online who were also in that age group.

All these women were using the vehicle of the internet to earn an income online - and the numbers were growing every day.

So I wrote the article, and it was published not only in my colleague's newsletter but many others as well.

Now, two years later, I realize that the things I discussed in that article are as relevant today as they were two years ago when the article was first published - and we all know that for anything to stay current online for two years it must be significant!

For that reason, I feel that they bear repeating again. After all, there are an untold number of women - in this age group as well as younger - who have entered the world of internet business since that first article was published two years ago.

So what did I reveal in that article? Consider this...

Women of ALL ages have made a conscious decision to tackle the complexities of technology in order to achieve their own goals and aspirations, whatever they may be.

What is it about the internet that is so appealing to women? It's quite obvious, actually. The internet is a massively large vehicle for what? Communication. And what do women generally do better than men? You got it...communicate!

Look around, and you see women everywhere online. And what else do you see? Sites created by women - providing every type of information, service, or opportunity you can imagine.

Who are these women? People you know -
* Young mothers working from home in order to be there with their children
* Former corporate executives using skills learned on the job to create their own successful businesses online
* Empty nesters who find themselves embracing the technology of their children's generation
* Young women just out of school who have chosen the career path of entrepreneur and are using the internet to achieve those dreams

Each is different - but you can be sure that all these women have certain characteristics in common. They have the determination to tackle the often confusing technology of the internet, and they have the passion it takes to accomplish their goals.

And succeed they do - in large numbers!

Cathy Bryant has been marketing online since the last century! Let her show you that an old dog CAN learn new tricks - subscribe to her long-running newsletter, the HomeBizJunction Herald, and learn how you too can become successful from home: http://www.homebizjunction.com.


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Woman Buying Car Verse

What Every Woman Should Know About Buying A Car

What if there was a way to buy a car and increase your standard of living at the same time? There is...

My partner and I bought a brand new car because we wanted to increase our monthly income. Huh? That doesn’t make sense! Buy a brand new car to increase your income? Usually buying a brand new car means that your disposal income goes down not up. Hmmm, financial literacy is a dangerous thing.

It all began with a shift in thinking. The key is to understand the difference between assets and liabilities and to have your assets PAY for your liabilities, so you don’t have to.

Have you ever noticed that when you apply for a loan, the bank tells you that your car is an asset? Under the true definition of assets and liabilities, anything that takes money out of your pocket is a liability.

So, not only were our cars liabilities, but they were taking more money out-of-our-pockets every month just to keep them running. Both my partner and I owned older vehicles, which were starting to break down more often.

Then a light bulb went on. What if we could unlock the money we had tied up in our cars and buy a brand new car without lowering our lifestyle but actually increasing it? That’s exactly what we did.

We sold our cars and used the money to buy income-producing assets, which more than covered the payment on our brand new car. It is a sweet little car that comes loaded including leather interior.

Not only is the payment covered, but we also managed to take advantage of the 0% financing for five years deal, so every dollar goes towards paying the car off.

At the end of five years:
- The car will still be paid off.
- We will still have the money from the sale of our older cars, which may even have INCREASED in value.
- We will have an income stream in addition to our existing income.
- We did not have to lower our standard of living or work harder or longer to come up with the car payment month after month.

What else could you apply this strategy to - anything that you would spend a chunk of money for. So, the next time you’re thinking about buying a car or some other "liability", consider if there might be a better way.

Trudy Palmer has a solid background in financial services and is the author of numerous books and articles. Trudy is also the co-founder of betterways.net which is the only company to carry the extremely popular book called "How to Become Financially Free In One Year Or Less" located at http://www.betterways.net/rd/ac.html.


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