Last month I attended the National Achievers Congress event where Robert and Kim Kiyosak, of ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ and ‘Rich Woman’ respectively, appeared with the rest of the Rich Dad advisors.  Listening to them share their stories and advice, especially Kim and Kathy Heasley, was inspiring! And to say it was brilliant is really an understatement! I left empowered by the education and on a mission to make my mark on the world as an entrepreneur!  

I recently wrote an article on the rise of the entrepreneurial  nation, but as Kim Kiyosaki is hosting a Facebook chat event tonight at 8pm BST on her group ‘Rich Woman’, I thought I would turn my attention to women in business and why now is the time to get  going in your entrepreneurial endeavours!

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Words from the Budget (Wordle.net)

What a week for the UK! England are through to the last sixteen; although now facing Germany on Sunday! This should make for an entertaining and sentimental game!  C’mon England!

And of course, we had Cameron and Clegg announce the details of the emergency budget on Tuesday.  The cuts announced aren’t only warranted but desperately required in order to slim down our horrendous economic deficit which currently stands at about £160 billion.

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“Going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old frontier.” 

 Great quote by Paula Nelson, bestselling author and entrepreneur!  What are your thoughts on starting a business? Is it something that brings out the hebe-jeebies in you, or excites you…into action?

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An Introduction to Affiliate Marketing

Welcome to the third part of this Wealth Creation Series!

As mentioned before in my other posts, wealth creation is an ongoing theme for this blog: Becoming Financially Savvy. and this series has been created to specifically to introduce to you, the reader, to various vehicles one can use to create an income, be it passive, residual or leveraged.  For further information on this series click here – http://bit.ly/bYcrdH .

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Welcome to the first part of the Wealth Creation Series, to find out more about this series click here.

What is Internet Marketing?

Internet marketing or online marketing, as it is otherwise known, is big business and is becoming an important part of most, if not all, businesses in order to raise the profile of a brand as well as increase sales. This is irrelevant of whether a business is done completely online, partly online, or completely offline.

“If your business is not on the internet, then your business will be out of business.” — Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder

 Essentially, internet marketing is using the Internet to do one or more of the following:

• Raise the brand  and profile of a company, thus attract more/new customers
• Communicate a company’s message about itself, its products, or its services online.
• Sell goods, services, or advertising space over the Internet.

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Since I started my journey in ‘becoming financially savvy’, I have been reading a lot more financial orientated publications, such the FT and Money week.   Today Money Week sent out the following report, and it added much weight to what I already believed to be the case…the recession is not over and there is more economic woes to come.

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