A Fresh Mindset On Retirement Income

22 November 2009

If you are like most people in the over 50 or Baby Boomer crowd, you are rightfully concerned about having saved enough to provide enough income in your retirement years. That income will be needed to allow you and your spouse to relax and enjoy your well earned retirement years. Like me, you have probably dreamed of the time when you would have more control over your lifestyle and not have to put up with jobs or people you do not care for just to make ends meet.

No, we want better than that! I decided long ago that, sooner or later, I would enjoy being the master of my own life and not having to do the things that I have had to do my entire career. I will probably never quit working entirely; I wanted to just quit having to work. I will do this on my terms!

But, I have been worried! Worried about my lack of a traditional pension, the eventual insolvency of the Social Security system, the housing market, oil dependency, the falling dollar, etc, These worries combine to have me concerned whether or not I have saved enough over the years.

Maybe you have heard the analogy that defines the word commitment It say that this morning I had eggs and ham for breakfast. The egg that produced my eggs was involved in my breakfast, but the pig was committed to it!

Well, since I have already pulled the plug and begun to draw my Social Security at age 63, I am now committed. These concerns and worries had me considering going back to work at a traditional job, but I really like the freedom of a retirement lifestyle.

Shortly after I retired last year and the immediate excitement of retirement passed, I began to feel depressed. You see, most of my daily human interaction, other than my wife, used to come from my job, and now that was gone. My feelings of self worth seemed to be diminishing. I knew that I really had to find something to do.

I began about to explore the possibilities of earning some income through various internet activities. My objective was not to Get Rich (although that would be nice!), but to dramatically reduce the amount of cash that I need to take from my investments to live on. If I can just leave my savings grow, essentially untouched, for a few years, then my confidence in the future will be greatly improved.

On the Internet, I have done several things to earn some income. I have written a book (an e book) that I sell on the internet. I have setup websites on many topics of my interest, such as power boating. Those sites host some Google ads which pay me a real small fee every time someone clicks on them. I have bought and sold items on eBay and produced videos and CDs for sale. There are just so very many ways to earn some extra cash.

The wonderful thing about this is that these things earn money in my absence, even when Im playing golf or sleeping, so my time is still my own. I am not tied down and we are free to travel at will and the cash just seems to keep coming in!

These Internet-oriented projects have not produced much more than $2,000 a month so far, but I am not disappointed. I am continuously challenged to always improve on this, and I am confident that, with some effort on my part, I will. While everybody seems to want more money, I am now worried that if I am too successful, these projects will consume too much of my time to enjoy life! That would be a tragedy.

Many of my retiree friends (as well as retiree wannabees) want to know how I am doing this. For that reason, I have created a website for people to come and to learn some of the techniques and skills that it takes to accomplish this cash flow goal. Some of my pupils have far surpassed my income level so far. Due to budgetary constraints, I have refrained from buying many of the Get Rich Quick offers that seem to flood the Internet. I think that is a good thing. One of the valuable things that we do is host a Retirement Income Forum where like minded people discuss their project, successes and impediments and get the real advice and input of others in the same boat.

There are many, many ways to earn extra retirement income on the internet and there is plenty for everybody! The World Wide Web is growing every day and maturing rapidly. I would recommend to anyone that could use some extra retirement income to get online right now and get your share!

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7 Tips To Improve Your Income

19 November 2009

Everyone says that a man with money is a strong man, and we all know thats true. You cannot have a successful business man without a suitable cash flow. If this secret is so well known, why are so many struggling businesses? When running the daily aspects of a business this kind of things, money aspects, are not so clear. We will present you 7 tips to help you improve your income.

1. Cash and Carry. Try to build a business based on cash and carry system and stay far away from worries about receivables. This is the best business plan, where customers pay when they buy leaving you only with the money. Collecting money takes a lot of your time, thats why you are almost obligated to come with new options of paying. Set your rules from the start of your business, so your partners and clients will know what you want from them.

2. Collect receivables in a very strict way. Dont let the customers pay you when they remember, go and collect your money in time. To be a good administrator of your business means to have a successful business, so create and apply a set of collecting rules. Longer wait for receivables, harder becomes collecting them. You dont need a rude attitude to collect your cash; all it takes is a strong voice behind a stronger man. A very useful thing to do is to establish a collecting date after witch you should send out a follow-up statement within 10 to 30 days from the established date. Each business has its own opinions about the perfect time. You should not send follow-up statements sooner then 10 days from the established date. Payment may be delayed by the mail, but no longer then 30 days. If you dont receive the payment within a 45 60 days term, you should notice your customer trough a phone-call. Accounts that go past a 90 day term should be taken to the next step, of collections with a method you established for this situation. Because time is money, every day that passes youre collecting term ads more costs for your business.

3. Receivables Funding. Apply a program that involves accounts receivable funding. Factoring of accounts receivable its a very good way to keep the cash flowing. Factoring programs are very used by businesses that work with government agencies. If your clients are small businesses or individuals you may find it more difficult to apply an accounts receivable funding program because there are more risks to assume.

4. Suppliers. Negotiate terms with your supplier to help delay the outflow of cash payments. Usually you can delay the payment until the end of the month or even up to 60 days. This allows you a little advantage of working with their money on your projects. Also this delay will end (hopefully) just when your clients pay, so you can pay forward to your vendors. Some companies prefer the route of forwarding, giving you the opportunity increase your offers without having to invest large amounts of money in more products.

5. Deposits of customers. Have your customers pay a deposit before starting your work. This will help you cover the first costs of the project. More and more companies use this method of funding. It reduces the risks of nonpayment because you already got some upfront money.

6. Permanent credit limit. Implement a credit account through a lender to help you keep a floating line of your cash. Especially if the sum of savings form prompt pay discounts is bigger then the financing charge of the lender is smaller then the suppliers charge for late payment.

7. Save founds. Create a hard time funding source. Most businesses have ups and downs in their activities and an efficient cash management can be quite difficult. Put some money away during your top times to help you in harsh times. We all know this sounds a little bit hard, but its very easy, take a percentage of your monthly earnings and put it in a savings account.

You may find all of these 7 tips useful for your business, or just 1 or 2, but remember that anything you do to improve your cash flow will raise your business. The worst thing you can do is sit back and hope for the best. See all those CLOSED signs in the shop windows? They hoped and they lost. Be smart, do your best and keep your business at a pro level.

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A Fresh Mindset On Retirement Income

13 November 2009

If you are like most people in the over 50 or Baby Boomer crowd, you are rightfully concerned about having saved enough to provide enough income in your retirement years. That income will be needed to allow you and your spouse to relax and enjoy your well earned retirement years. Like me, you have probably dreamed of the time when you would have more control over your lifestyle and not have to put up with jobs or people you do not care for just to make ends meet.

No, we want better than that! I decided long ago that, sooner or later, I would enjoy being the master of my own life and not having to do the things that I have had to do my entire career. I will probably never quit working entirely; I wanted to just quit having to work. I will do this on my terms!

But, I have been worried! Worried about my lack of a traditional pension, the eventual insolvency of the Social Security system, the housing market, oil dependency, the falling dollar, etc, These worries combine to have me concerned whether or not I have saved enough over the years.

Maybe you have heard the analogy that defines the word commitment It say that this morning I had eggs and ham for breakfast. The egg that produced my eggs was involved in my breakfast, but the pig was committed to it!

Well, since I have already pulled the plug and begun to draw my Social Security at age 63, I am now committed. These concerns and worries had me considering going back to work at a traditional job, but I really like the freedom of a retirement lifestyle.

Shortly after I retired last year and the immediate excitement of retirement passed, I began to feel depressed. You see, most of my daily human interaction, other than my wife, used to come from my job, and now that was gone. My feelings of self worth seemed to be diminishing. I knew that I really had to find something to do.

I began about to explore the possibilities of earning some income through various internet activities. My objective was not to Get Rich (although that would be nice!), but to dramatically reduce the amount of cash that I need to take from my investments to live on. If I can just leave my savings grow, essentially untouched, for a few years, then my confidence in the future will be greatly improved.

On the Internet, I have done several things to earn some income. I have written a book (an e book) that I sell on the internet. I have setup websites on many topics of my interest, such as power boating. Those sites host some Google ads which pay me a real small fee every time someone clicks on them. I have bought and sold items on eBay and produced videos and CDs for sale. There are just so very many ways to earn some extra cash.

The wonderful thing about this is that these things earn money in my absence, even when Im playing golf or sleeping, so my time is still my own. I am not tied down and we are free to travel at will and the cash just seems to keep coming in!

These Internet-oriented projects have not produced much more than $2,000 a month so far, but I am not disappointed. I am continuously challenged to always improve on this, and I am confident that, with some effort on my part, I will. While everybody seems to want more money, I am now worried that if I am too successful, these projects will consume too much of my time to enjoy life! That would be a tragedy.

Many of my retiree friends (as well as retiree wannabees) want to know how I am doing this. For that reason, I have created a website for people to come and to learn some of the techniques and skills that it takes to accomplish this cash flow goal. Some of my pupils have far surpassed my income level so far. Due to budgetary constraints, I have refrained from buying many of the Get Rich Quick offers that seem to flood the Internet. I think that is a good thing. One of the valuable things that we do is host a Retirement Income Forum where like minded people discuss their project, successes and impediments and get the real advice and input of others in the same boat.

There are many, many ways to earn extra retirement income on the internet and there is plenty for everybody! The World Wide Web is growing every day and maturing rapidly. I would recommend to anyone that could use some extra retirement income to get online right now and get your share!

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