Hi Nicole. I'm a work at home mom, and I know I should invest in my business, but I can't cut through all the hype. What tools do YOU personally spend money on?

Here are the items I pay for monthly. Of course I often buy products as well, but these are just the items I pay for month after month.

1. Virtual Assistants – $1000
   I outsource much of my day to day work to my wonderful Assistants.
2. List & Traffic
   This is Jimmy D. Brown's coaching group. I've learned more from Jimmy than I have in some of the courses that I've paid a ton of money for. Plus, Jimmy is honestly one of the nicest men on earth, so I really enjoy learning from him.
3. Aweber
   This is the autoresponder that I rely on to send you all the ecourses and newsleters you receive.
4. Mom Content
   This is a PLR service that provides me with recipes and articles each month that I can use on my websites.
5. WAHM Cart
   My shopping cart for all my ebooks that I've written. It also runs my affiliate program for me.
6. Mom Hosting
   Unlimited hosting for all my websites.

Whew! I know it looks like a lot, but, honestly it costs a lot less money to be successful online than to start a franchise, for instance. I know with the holidays coming, you might be making a wish list for Santa. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather get something for my business than ANOTHER picture frame.

If you're in Direct Sales, perhaps you'd like some advertising or leads for Christmas. Or maybe a table to take with you to Expos? The next time someone asks you what you want for Christmas … you'll be ready!

If you have any questions about the products or services above, just ask.

Have a wonderful week!
Nicole

I am really excited about this year. Are you? Do you feel passionate and eager about having a fresh start? Are you setting new goals and planning ways to achieve them? Do you feel in your bones a sense of excitement that this year your business is going to reach new heights?

I hope so. If not, then I hope you'll take a second look at what you're doing and figure out where your true passion lies or what you can do to reclaim your excitement. You deserve to be excited about your business, and look forward every day to another opportunity to share your product or design more webpages or recruit more team members. I know I run to my computer every morning! Do you?

As usual, I have some new freebies and information for you. Enjoy!

First of all, if you haven't signed up for the ecourse on growing your newsletter list, then I hope you will. It's at

NEWSLETTER TIPS AND ADVICE

Newsletters (aka List building) is an important part of making money and keeping happy customers. There is a right way and a VERY wrong way to communicate with your list. Are you growing a list of people who look forward to getting your emails or are they just clicking the ‘delete' button?

I also need to share with you something that is really impacting my business. I hear of new products every day that I could offer you and I skip most of them. I don't tell you about products that I don't personally use — or have highly recommended by a handful of my very picky and much respected friends.

Well, there's a new program that I signed up for and I've gotta tell you that I'm more excited about this than I have been about anything recently. And, the thing is that it's super-cheap (which I know we all appreciate).

If your business is online — if you have a website or blog and are trying to make money, then please take a look at this program. I'm definitely sold. In the 48 hours since I've joined, I have had SO many ideas spinning through my head that I can't even grasp them all.

If you can give up one family trip to McDonald's each month, then this program is paid for and your business will benefit.

Here's the scoop – LIST & TRAFFIC

Now, because I like to be completely honest with you, then I want to say — who should NOT sign up for this program.

If you are brand new to online business and want hand-holding, then don't sign up for the course, yet. It is a self-taught course, with videos and audios, and, although there is a forum, it's not for someone just starting out.

So, for you, I'd recommend this ebook written by my good friend –

101 FREE AND LOW COST MARKETING IDEAS

It's a better, less overwhelming starting point for someone brand-new to online business.

A lot of people have been asking me what hosting I recommend. Here are my favorite programs that I use – START A WEBSITE

Also, I wanted to let you know that I'm having a contest on LadyPens.com — a Race to 10,000 articles. Check it out here – LADY PENS CONTEST

And, before I overwhelm you, I have two last things….

Feel free to claim these twenty-five free articles that you can use on your website or blog (except you can't submit them to article directories). – FREE ARTICLES

AND – I have many new free ebooks available at FREE EBOOKS — many of them will be brandable (coming in the next few days) so you can MAKE MONEY by giving them away. Hold your horses… more info on this coming soon.

Are you excited about the new year now? I know I sure am! Feel free to pass this message on to your friends. The more, the merrier.

I look forward to reaching new heights in 2006 with you.

Nicole

PS. Don't forget to check out Jimmy D. Brown's program if you're interested. I promise you it'll knock your socks off. Plus, after you join, you can email me with questions and I'll answer them in my newsletter.
LIST & TRAFFIC PROFITS