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Today’s tip is around how you pay people in your business, now I’ve got 5 rules that will make things easy for you when you’re coming out with a pay plan.

The first rule is it must be simple, It’s gotta be simple to understand because if there is any ambiguity this can cause you or your employee or contractor a massive heartache and loss of energy.

Two, you gotta reward the results you want, there’s no point in paying for something that you don’t want. A lot of people obsess about paying an hourly rate but what you’re buying is one hour doesn’t necessarily stipulate a particular result that you’d like to get for that hour. So have a look at other ways you might be able to pay people, maybe you can pay per project that way they can complete the project in whatever time they liked but you get a specific result so always reward what you want and this is especially if you have sales people.

The life of a work-from-home employee. Is it worth it?

“Why do you want to work from home?” That’s the question that every single one of my friends ask me all the time. My friends here either have their own business or works at an office on weekdays from 8 am to 5 pm with weekends off.

“Why work from home from there are tons of office work waiting for you?” Another one of their questions for me. Those questions never seems to stop or run out so I made a list as to why I opted for this life style in the first place.

It saves time and money from commuting from home to the office. In big cities where traffic is an everyday occurance, time and money is wasted just for being able to go to the office. Travel time could already be used on working on your tasks and finishing workload. Money for transportation each day could already supplement as savings. I live 2 hours away from the city, so you can only imagine how much transport time and money I can save and renting a room or an apartment in the city would only amount to the same expenses on my end.
Having Independent work ethic. Yes ,it sounds like a dream when you can work in your pajamas and messy hair in the comfort of your home but it also means that you can learn how to rely on self-motivation,self-discipline and focus. I always work better on tasks when I am on my own. This is where I see my mistakes and weaknesses that fuel me to improve head on.
Communication expert. Working from home would limit you from physical contact with your clients and co-workers but it also enhance your capabilities on communication tools and ability to communicate through 1 call. You’ll be able to learn how to convey your thoughts and reachout effectively.
Work-Life balance. You can fit the work in your home life. Flexible to work in a home office, your front porch or wherever you feel more comfortable.I personally like my home office that is located in the corner of our living room, facing the sea rather than sitting in a cubicle inside the office.
Better Health. Besides the food in the office being expensive, it also isn’t very healthy. It usually pertains to a huge amount of preservatives and unnatural ingredients for a quicker way to prepare. I ate my home cooked foods that I prepare myself and II am assured that I am way healthier now than I was in working in the office.

There are also cons for working at home but in my case, it adds less to the pros on these areas. Working at home is a choice and decision that anyone can make, whether you fit better in the office or at home.

Now, if this blog inspired you to start working from home then you’ll need to start with a good solid team to help you start your journey! Click on the colored text and it’ll redirect you to one of the best in the field.

When one of your valued customers would like to cancel his transaction, what would you do?

All thriving and scaling business now a days had situations that made them lose clients and customers. Those experiences taught them many things on areas that they need to improve on.

But what if it’s your first time to be in this situation, how will you respond? how will your counter-react the events to make sure that both sides remains professionally in good terms?

The answer to understand why the they are cancelling their transaction or subscription and what made them unhappy or dissatisfied with your services. After doing so, have a call with them or send an email with the intent to apologize and thanked them for the time they have been using your services. The tip here is to always know that we can’t make everyone happy and love our services, but we can learn from it and improve for the betterment of our next clients and customers.

So, what’s the script? It’s different when it’s during calls as you can inject your sincere feelings into it and let them know through your voice, but what about when it’s through email? How can your inject sincere feelings into written form? See a sample below on do to it.

The sample email above created for a client shows great sincere and knowledge from working with him. The impact of the loss and new learning for future improvement can thoroughly seen.

So there you have it! Feelings can be easily injected into writings as long as you use the right words. A tip in the ending is to always add a form of drip marketing and keep the contact alive for future possible connections.

Just about everyone has a PayPal account … right?

Just about everyone has heard of PayPal, many have an account for the purpose of buying and selling things on eBay and Amazon, others use this as another way of a payment method.

For the newbies out there, you might be shocked to know that it only takes a few minutes to create an account! Just 8 easy steps and you’ll be able to create your very own PayPal account.

The 1st step is to sign up on the PayPal website or install an app. Both ways are technically the same, so choose the best way for you.

There are 2 basic accounts that you can choose from:

Standard free business account – This account is free but would permit you to use the Paypal payment system on each and everything you checkout. This mostly resembles the old version of the PayPal premier.
Pro Account – This account would give you full access and control over your payment system compared to the free version but it’ll cost you $30 per month.

The 2nd step is to create your email and personalized password. Make sure that the email you’ll use for this account is valid and the password input is a strong and reliable one as the account you’re about to create is connected to your financial information.

The 3rd step is to make sure that all information that you input are your legal name, real address and current mobile number. False information would make your account invalid and would only cause problems in the future.

The 4th step is to add in your credit or debit number. You will have an option to add this now or later. A tip on this step is to add this right away as you fill up the form, this would save you time and effort. If you choose to add it later, it’ll ask you again when you try to use the account the first time.

The 5th step is to enter your bank account information. This step is optional for those who would like to use PayPal on receiving money or to transfer it in their bank accounts instead.

The 6th step is for you to decide if you would like to apply for a PayPal credit. If not, just click on the “No thanks” to proceed to the next step.

PayPal Credit is an open end (revolving) credit card account that provides a reusable credit line built into your account with PayPal giving you the flexibility to pay for your purchases right away or pay over time.

The 7th step is to verify your account by confirming from the email sent to you by PayPal.

The 8th and the Last step is to link your credit/debit cards or bank accounts to your new account if you haven’t done so yet.

Linking your bank account – If you plan on sending or transferring money from PayPal to your bank, this step is needed.
- If your bank is on the list, you can automatically link your bank account.
- If your bank isn’t on the list, then you need to list down your routing and account number. After that, you’ll need to wait for 24 – 48 hours for the confirmation.
Linking your credit or debit account – If you plan on buying or selling things online, it is important for PayPal to have this information. Without it, you cannot checkout from the websites you choose to purchase from.

And there you have it! 8 easy steps for creating your very first PayPal account.

The sources and images above are from wiki-how and PayPal official websites.

Flooded emails? With an easy 5 step trick, it’ll be as organized and as clear as your day!

Just about everyone had encountered this problem in the past. Some are even facing the same problem on a daily basis.

It’s the work that never ends! It piles up everyday whether we like it or not. Even during your vacation days or times when your sick and out of your work zone. In the long run this would exhaust your time, especially on emails that aren’t a high priority and if you do skip the task even just for a day or 2, it would overflow your inbox and it’ll be a pain to sort out in the future.

So how do we prevent this situation? Easy, there are 5 steps to the trick on managing your email efficiently.

1st is the prioritization of emails from a level of ” Must-read to trash”. With this, you wouldn’t even need an app or a tool, just by using the extra features in your email such as labels and filters, you can differentiate the emails from High priorities to low.

Using the build-in labels, you can set that all receiving messages will go automatically through each specified folders in your inbox. You can label those folders such as Finances, clients, updates, social media, promotions and etc. In this way, you can choose the folders of the highest priority and leave the extras that doesn’t need to be read urgently – like social media updates for example.

2nd is to make sure that you have a specified time to check your email. Whether it’s the first thing in the morning or late into the evening – trick to this step is to make it minimal and focus on the high priorities especially when your pressed on time. We wouldn’t want you wasting your day just to check your email every hour now don’t we?

3rd is to skim through less priority yet fast emails that only requires a speedy and short responses. For example, if there’s an email that you can tackle for a short 2-3 minutes than answer those fast and move on to the next, that’ll save you a good amount of time. Remember to archive those answered message though, that way it’ll clear up your palette.

4th is to focus on the important and long emails. After you have cleared up the short and less important, you’ll have an ample time to reply to the long ones!

5th and the last step to this trick is to maintain this steps daily. They say that it takes 21 days to change a habit. So by following and doing this steps everyday for 21 days, there’s bound to be some changes in your habit and in your flooded emails!