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Life is a progress, and not a station.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Opportunity Knocks:
Creative Ways to Make a Living Without A Job
Teleseminars Are a Great Solution for
People Who Hate to Sell
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Valerie and her wonder dog,
"Cokie Roberts" |
By Valerie Young
Do you have a business (or an idea for one) but
hate the thought of having to “sell”? Do you love sharing information,
resources, insight or knowledge with others? Do you have a message or cause you
want to promote? If so, the solution may be as close as your telephone.
Teleseminars make it possible to share your
knowledge and experience or otherwise and get the word out about your business
to people literally all over the world. All you need is a conference or bridge
line and a message, and you can reach ten to hundreds of people at a time.
Anyone Can Conduct a Teleseminar…
on Just About Anything
Don’t think Teleseminars will work for you?
Teleclasses are a great income stream and can be utilized with virtually any
business. Check out these interesting markets that are using Teleseminars:
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Horse Training Secrets
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Aviation Services
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Book Promotion
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Real Estate Q & A
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Global Warming
As with any business, success begins with finding
a topic you feel passionate about. It could be nutrition, the challenges of
single parenting, hunting safety, energy conservation, aroma therapy, surviving
divorce later in life, urban gardening, traveling solo, baseball trivia – you
name it. There really is no end to the topics that can be turned into a
Teleseminar.
Some topics lend themselves more naturally to the
Teleseminar format more than others. It would be tough, for instance, to teach a
motorcycle repair or a cooking class purely by phone. But you could teach a
class on how to write and self-publish your own cookbook. Not an expert? Then
use your Teleseminar to interview people who are. Then, turn the recordings into
a CD set and companion booklet called “Secrets of Canada’s Top Cookbook Authors:
How to Write and Promote Your Own Best-Selling Cookbook.”
Or say you create a video series on basic
motorcycle repair at home. You could market your product with a free Teleseminar
called “The 10 Biggest Motorcycle Repair Shop Scams and How to Avoid Them.” As
long as you include valuable information in the free class, your listeners won’t
have a problem with you ending the Teleseminar with a special offer to purchase
your entire video series.
If you’re just starting out, don’t fall into the
dream-zapping trap of thinking you need to have three PhDs or 20 years
experience before you consider yourself remotely qualified to be speak on a
particular subject. If you have a passion for your topic, I guarantee you
already know more than you think you do.
Start by thinking of the three most important
things you think people need to know about "surviving divorce" or "safe hunting
practices." Then, for each of these three main points, complete the question,
“The three or four most important things someone should know about this point
are…” Before you know it, you’ll have a top ten list to form the basis of your
seminar.
7 Reasons You Should Seriously
Consider Putting On Your Own Teleseminars
Whether you have an established practice, a small
business, or are just starting out…
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Teleseminars are a great way to get your name
out to a larger marketplace and establish yourself as an expert in your
field.
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Teleseminars are ideal for people who, like
me, hate to sell but love to teach. Informing and demonstrating your
commitment to helping others is a great way to build credibility. And being
a credible source of information or assistance will ultimately lead people
to want to do business with you.
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Teleseminars are a great way to build a list
of prospective customers or clients. Once you have a list, you can continue
to find ways to share your expertise, educate them about the work you do and
what you offer, get valuable referrals, and generally connect with
prospective customers and clients.
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Teleseminars make it amazingly easy to create
your own information product for future sale. Simply by recording the call,
even a free class can be transformed into an ongoing source of revenue.
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You don’t have to actually “teach” to run
Teleseminars. If you have Larry King envy, you can host your own Internet
Talk Radio Show and interview top experts and leaders in their field. (Trust
me – it’s not as hard as you might think.)
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You can create lucrative joint venture
partnerships with other enterprising entrepreneurs who offer products or
services that add genuine value to your customers lives. The profit sharing
potential here can be enormous.
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Teleseminars are not just about making money.
They’re also a great way to promote a cause or otherwise share a message
that’s near and dear to your heart.
Experience Not Required
Setting up a Teleseminar
is a snap. There’s no need to print up flyers or pay for pricey ad space.
Start by promoting your class to your own email list. You can collect
payment yourself or through a shopping cart or merchant account.
Technology-wise all
you’ll need is a conference or “bridge line.” Once you sign up with a bridge
line service, the moderator (that would be you) and your attendees will be
assigned a dedicated phone number and pass code which you can send out to
your list via an autoresponder.
Then, when class time
rolls around,
you can hop on the couch (no need to dress up), pick up the phone, push some
buttons to get into the call and another to record the class and voila,
you’re delivering your message to 10 to 200 or more eager seminar attendees.
There are a lot of
bridge lines out there ranging from free to hundreds of dollars per month.
Obviously the more expensive bridge lines offer more features, but many of
these features are unnecessary when starting out.
FreeConference.com is well known in the industry for offering a free service
for up to 150 callers using their Web-Scheduled Standard. They also offer an
800# service with a recording option for a nominal fee. Two other free services
I’ve used are FreeConferenceCall.com
and TheBasementVentures.com.
Normally they work fine but there have been a few technical glitches with each.
Another service I plan to try out is
InstantTeleseminar.com by Xiosoft. There is a monthly fee but this includes
recording, event templates, a simultaneous webcast for those who prefer to
listen in online (this is a biggie), and a number of other bells and whistles.
If you plan to turn your Teleseminars into
information products, invest the money to have the call recorded by an outside
service such as AudioStrategies.com.
They’re reliable, professional, and deliver the MP3 file within an hour of the
Teleseminar.
I don’t want to make delivering Teleseminars sound
effortless. Anything you do to advance your dream of changing course requires
some kind of effort – period. But the Internet has made the whole process pretty
darned easy. And, hey if an avowed technophobe like me can do it…
Imagine Turning Your Annual Income
into Your Weekly Income
If you’re even considering getting into
Teleseminars, the undisputed leader in the field is a guy named Alex Mandossian.
Alex has delivered Teleseminars with many of the
world’s top leaders and authors, including Donald Trump, Stephen Covey, and Mark
Victor Hansen and has trained over 13,000 students since 2001. Over the past 12
years, he’s helped his clients generate over $203 million in sales.
Over the past few
years, Alex has transformed his annual income into his monthly income. To see
his actual numbers – and why he believes his marketing strategies can help
practically any entrepreneur do the same – scroll down to read this week’s
Featured Resource.
It wasn’t easy, but I managed to get Alex to
agreed to run a special 90 minute “Teleseminar Secrets VIP Pre-Training” this
Wednesday, December 5th. This is a free class and will include solid,
complete tips (not teasers) to help you jumpstart your Teleseminar career.
Plus, everyone who signs up will receive an
impressive 23-page workbook and a special offer to attend Alex’s next big
training event. And since I know a lot of you are still in the idea phase of
changing course, I’m also going to include my Super Idea Generator.
Whether you have a business now or are still
dreaming about quitting your job to work at what you love, you won’t want to
miss this “Teleseminar Secrets VIP Pre-Training.” Even if you have no plans to
run a Teleseminar, I guarantee it will forever
expand your thinking about turning your gift for teaching into a viable way to
make a living.
Reserve your spot now at
ChangingCourse.com/teleseminarsecrets.htm (Feel free to share this link with
others you think might benefit.)
About the
Author
"Turning Interests Into Income" expert, Valerie Young,
abandoned her corporate cubicle to become the Dreamer in Residence at
ChangingCourse.com
offering resources to help you discover your life mission and live it. Her
career change tips have been cited in Kiplinger's, The Wall Street Journal,
USA Today Weekend, Woman's Day, and elsewhere and on-line at MSN,
CareerBuilder, and iVillage.com. An expert on the Impostor Syndrome, Valerie
has spoken on the topic of
How to Feel as Bright and Capable as Everyone Seems to Think You Are
to
such diverse organizations as Daimler Chrysler, Bristol-Meyers Squibb,
Harvard, and American Women in Radio and Television.
To read more
articles about how to work at what you love without a job go to
ChangingCourse.com/articles.htm
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Life is "trying things to see if they work."
~ Ray Bradbury |
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Featured
Resource
Turn Your Annual Income into Your Monthly Income
I'm not one to throw around big promises like "turn your
annual income into your monthly income." But I recently met a guy who, through
much trial and error, has successful managed to do just that... and quite a bit
more.
In 2001 his annual income was $63,700. Three years later,
he was earning that much in a month.
By 2006, his 2001 annual income became his "hourly" income
(16 times) ... all through the revenue-generating power of his telephone.
The reason I even care how much this guy makes is that the
methods he has used to do this can be used by anyone -- especially people who,
like me, love teaching but hate selling.
His name is Alex Mandossian and he made his fortune because
he figured out that it's a lot easier to educate customers than to try to "sell"
them. And it's a lot more profitable.
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Alex
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I know a lack of marketing know-how is a big stumbling
block for a lot of my readers.
Alex is a master at marketing by teaching, at earning by
helping, and at succeeding by helping your customers succeed.
He's delivered Teleseminars with many of the world's top
leaders and authors, including Donald Trump, Stephen Covey, and Mark Victor
Hansen and has trained over 13,000 students since 2001. Over the past 12 years,
Alex has helped his clients generate over $203 million in sales.
And he's agreed to share what he's learned with you.
Save This Date
On Wednesday, Dec. 5th at 6pm PST/9pm EST
Join me for a live 90-minute Tele-training where Alex
Mandossian has promised to share with you how he has realized so much success by
offering Teleseminars and how he has taught others to do it too. He’ll also he
sharing his tested marketing methods to build your list from scratch.
The Teleseminar is free and Alex assures me it will include
solid, complete tips (not teasers) to help you jumpstart your own Teleseminar
efforts.
Whether you have a business idea but no clue as to how to
market it or are already in business, you do not want to miss this call. No
matter WHAT line of business you're in, from construction to chiropractor.
Dentist to software sales, farmer to franchisee, you name it, this guy can show
you how to get higher results from your marketing.
Claim Your 23-Page Study Guide
Once you register, you'll get access to an impressive
24-page Study Guide. Make sure you print out your Study Guide as soon as you
register. If you can, have it in front of you as the training begins (with pen
in hand).
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, December 5th and register
today.
Go and register now:
ChangingCourse.com/teleseminarsecrets.htm
Alex is convinced that, once they apply his
principle-centered electronic marketing strategies, practically any entrepreneur
can transform their annual income into a weekly income as he has.
P.S. If turning your annual income into your monthly income
seems like way too much to money to a) be believable or b) even just wrap your
brain around, then try thinking in more modest terms like doubling your income.
Is that worth 90 minutes of your time?
Better yet, reserve judgment until after the December 5th
Teleseminar is over. I'm 100 percent confident that just the process of
registering for this class will give you a good idea that this guy has truly
mastered the art and science of running Teleseminars, as they say, for fun and
profit.
Whether you have a business now or are still dreaming about
quitting your job to work at what you love, don't miss this opportunity to
expand your thinking and your income.
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I can't change the
direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
~ Jimmy Dean |
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If
you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
~ Lao Tzu |
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Guest
Article
Master This
7-Part Breakout Formula to Start Your Own Business
By Vicki Milazzo
Are you the rebel -- mouthy and opinionated? Do you like the thrill of change,
always eager for the next new venture? Is your idea of security to never be the
victim of a corporation's downsizing or reengineering? Are you a fiercely
independent risk-taker who can comfortably handle the uncertainty of being
responsible for your own paycheck?
Answering "yes" to all these questions put me squarely in the entrepreneurial
ring more than two decades ago, and I can honestly say I've never been happier.
Or richer. Or more in control of my life and career.
I started with only $100 in seed money and my experience as a registered nurse.
After putting in long shifts at the hospital, I worked part-time from my home
for more than a year before my business gained enough momentum that I could quit
my day job. I continued to work from home until my business income reached $1.2
million.
Did I have a secret formula? No, I was going on passion, commitment and
intuitive vision, but I do have a formula now.
If you also answered "yes" to the questions above, and if you have a passion for
the thrill and independence of being an entrepreneur
plus commitment to follow through on that passion, this 7-part breakout formula
will take you wherever you want to go.
One Part Research
First you have to know where you're going, so research your chosen industry.
Identify types of businesses that match your passionate vision and aptitude.
Explore areas that show growth potential and, using your experience and insight,
look for a need not presently being filled.
Find a successful company similar to the one you envision owning, and study how
it started and how it grew. Learn as much as possible about the
entrepreneur behind it. Devour books and
publications related to your business concept. Talk to other entrepreneurs to
discover their best practices.
One Part Vision
As an entrepreneur-in-training, you'll need
to build basic and advanced leadership skills. A successful
entrepreneur is a bold visionary, seeing what
others cannot and willing to follow that vision despite naysayers. Many
entrepreneurs never finished college, but that hasn't stopped them from owning
large companies like Dell Computer and small companies like neighborhood
restaurants and consulting firms. They relied heavily on their visions, not on
MBA programs.
Entrepreneurs handle ambiguity with ease. They get a thrill out of leading the
way into unfamiliar territory and thumb their noses at failure. Fearless
pacesetters, they are usually mystified to find they're weak at operations and
management.
That's okay. Other people can manage for you, but you must be the guiding force
that inspires your managers and staff to follow your vision. You'll shoulder
responsibility and hold yourself personally accountable for the outcome. As a
leader you have to focus on the big picture and trust others to focus on the
details. People who do it all are self-employed but not entrepreneurial.
Three Parts Action
You must also be an actor. You act and get things done by delegating,
subcontracting and leveraging other people's talents. You're innovative and
unflaggingly determined, willing to put in fast-moving 16-hour days to reap the
rewards of independence, creative freedom and unlimited financial gain.
Learn to be a marketing genius. Everything is marketing, from the way you say
"good morning" to the contacts you make on an airplane to making a sales call.
You sell ideas, products and services to potential purchasers by getting inside
their minds and creatively communicating benefits.
Above all you must grow your enterprise and make a profit. People who say, "I
love it so much I'd do it for free," are not entrepreneurs -- they're
volunteers. Most entrepreneurs are willing to start small and grow slowly, but
they fully expect to make money. There is nothing noble about being poor or
failing financially.
Two Parts Strategy
When you know where you're going and have the courage to act, the only thing
missing is the strategy for getting you there – but this is no small thing.
Jumping into business without a strategic plan is like jumping in the ocean
without knowing how to swim.
To create the strategic plan, envision your enterprise exactly as you want it to
be. Then write down your goals and objectives for achieving that vision. For
each goal, create a strategy and a target date for achieving it.
Assess your strengths. You already possess knowledge, skills and experience your
enterprise will draw on. One of my strengths is that I'm persistent and go for
it all the way. List all your strengths that apply to your enterprise.
Then appraise your challenges. They might involve market penetration,
profitability, expertise, competition or location. Challenges change as your
enterprise changes. My first challenge was getting clients to recognize the need
for a new type of consulting service. When my company grew, a new challenge
surfaced: my weakness as a manager. Without addressing that weakness, I might
have worked solo forever, never achieving the bigger vision. That challenge led
me to seek the right directors to support my vision. How will your challenges
impact your goals?
Finally, act like a CEO. Create an income and spending plan. Know where your
money is going, question every expenditure and keep the cash flow positive. That
means taking in more money than you pay out, plain and simple. Make a budget and
stick to it.
A CEO gets things done through delegation, so create a framework of people who
can help you achieve your entrepreneurial vision. Even if you work solo, you can
benefit from a myriad of talented consultants, vendors and subcontractors. From
day one I hired a subcontractor to assist me with client projects, which worked
so well that I put off hiring my first employee for ten years. Eventually I
recognized that to stretch toward a bigger vision, I needed employees. Expect
your framework to change as your vision grows, but build it only as big as you
need.
I always joke that I'm a working CEO, a style that makes things happen. But no
enterprise is unsinkable -- even the Titanic sank its first time out. In 1990 I
hit an iceberg when my largest clients dissolved their law firm. Thankfully,
through my vision, strategic plan and framework, I had the necessary lifeboats
in place. My business stayed afloat and took a new course that changed my
business forever.
After being an entrepreneur for more than two
decades, I'm happier, more alive and more constantly challenged than I ever
imagined when I started out working in my one-bedroom condo. Answering "yes" to
some simple questions about myself made all the difference. If you're mouthy,
opinionated, independent and your desire for adventure leads you to
entrepreneurship; I guarantee this tested formula will take you wherever you
want to go.
About the Author
Inc. Top 10 Entrepreneur Vickie L. Milazzo,
RN, MSN, JD is the founder and president of Vickie Milazzo Institute. She is
credited by The New York Times with creating the
legal nurse consulting profession in 1982. She is the recipient of the
Nursing Excellence Award for Advancing the Profession and the Stevie Award
(business's Oscar) as Mentor of the Year. Vickie has revolutionized the careers
of thousands of RNs. She is the author of
Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the
Career and Life You Want Now. Learn
more at InsideEveryWoman.com
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Don’t ask what the world
needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs
is people who have come alive..... ~ Howard
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Upcoming Workshops and Teleclasses
Here are a few featured workshops and Teleclasses, you'll find a complete
listing at
ChangingCourse.com/courses.htm
Turn Your Everyday Snapshots Into Cash
This January in
Austin, TX,
You Can…
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 Learn from
professional photographers the techniques they use to shoot pictures
that sell for $150, $400, $600 -- and even higher…
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Get hands-on
practice applying your new skills -- while you explore one of the
world's most enchanting cities…
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Discover how
travel photographers create a need for their photos
-- and double or even triple your photography income…
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Find out just
how easy it is to turn your snapshots into cash… and enjoy the
freedom, independence, and travel that freelance photography
delivers…
The Ultimate Money-Making Photo Workshop
January 31 - February 2, 2008
Austin, TX
Visit:
ChangingCourse.com/recommends/photographyworkshop for more details
or (866) 415-1425 or local at
(202) 370-6459 from
8:00am -5:00pm Eastern Standard Time. Spaces are limited.
Can’t Make the Live
Workshop?
For the next
five days only you can try either
The
Ultimate Travel Writer's Program or
Turn Your
Pictures into Cash: A Comprehensive Program in Taking and Selling Amazing
Photographs for just one dollar.
Choose either
and pay just $1 for the test drive. There's absolutely no risk to you.
That’s because
no matter which program you choose, you'll be charged only $1 (plus shipping
and handling). And you'll have a full 30 days to look it over. If you see
the same value and benefit that so many of your fellow readers have, do
nothing. At the end of 30 days you will be charged the balance of the
program cost.
I have
personally reviewed both of
these programs and they are outstanding. If, however, you (or the person
you're buying for) doesn't love it - no problem. This offer comes with a
no-questions-asked guarantee. Simply return the unmarked materials in those
first 30 days and you won't be charged.
That means with
$1 today you can begin a completely new and exciting life. You'll have
everything you need to start your new career, and enjoy one of the most
exciting, romantic, and rewarding lifestyles there is.
Please
understand, though, that you'll have to act fast. This offer is only good
through December 8th.
Simply click on
the program that suits you best...and start, today, to revolutionize the way
you experience the world.
The Ultimate
Travel Writer's Program:
ChangingCourse.com/recommends/travelonedollar
Or,
Turn Your
Pictures into Cash: A Comprehensive Program in Taking and Selling Amazing
Photographs:
ChangingCourse.com/recommends/photoonedollar
P.S. Of course,
whichever program you choose comes with AWAI's no-questions-asked guarantee.
If you (or the person you're buying for) doesn't love it…no problem. Simply
return the unmarked materials and you won’t see another charge. It's as
simple as that.
"How to Become Joyfully Jobless"
2007
Teleclass Series
hosted by Barbara Winter
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Barbara Winter |
Learn
what it takes to live the joyfully jobless life from the
master − Barbara Winter, author of
Making a Living
Without a Job.
A
vivacious and wildly popular speaker, Barbara will address
such topics as the power of multiple income streams… how to
stop thinking like an employee and start thinking like an
entrepreneur… why starting small is the smartest (and most
profitable) way to launch your new enterprise… and much
more.
Like
mini-workshops, these monthly Joyfully Jobless Teleclasses
are interactive, which means
you get to ask questions and benefit from firsthand feedback
from the woman I call the "Muse of Self-Bossing."
This
series is free to current members of the
Fast Track Your Dream
Community members. Non-members are welcome to
attend for $19 with all proceeds going to the non-profit
micro-grant organization TrickleUp.org
*To
learn more about how you can fast track your dream of
working at what you love - and get a two month membership FREE - go to
ChangingCourse.com/fasttrackyourdream.htm
**A
portion of all revenue from this Teleclass will go to
support the entrepreneurial aspirations of impoverished
people in the US and internationally via the micro-grant
organization
TrickleUp.org
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One day your life will flash before your eyes.
Make sure it's worth watching.
~ Author Unknown |
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The View From
the
Other Side
"For
me, businesses are like buses. You stand on a corner and you don't like
where the first bus is going? Wait ten minutes and take another. Don't like
that one? They'll just keep coming. There's no end to buses or businesses."
~Sheldon
Adelson,
an American billionaire, property developer and chairman of Las Vegas Sands
Corp
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Resources for
a Change
Become
a Professional Rock Gardener
Attending workshop, seminars, and conferences is a great way to see
how people in your interest area are making a living. For example, if you
think you’d like to reinvent yourself as a professional rock gardener
there’s the “Rock Gardening for the Future” workshop sponsored by the
4500-member strong North American Rock Garden Society. Some of the nine
gardening experts and authors featured include Geoffrey Charlesworth aka
“The Opinionated Gardener,” John Good author of Alpine Plants, and Kristl
Walek owner of the Canadian seed house Gardens North. Happening March 28-30,
2008 in Farmington, Connecticut. Early registration ends December 31st.
Learn more at NARGS.org.
Good Magazine
A great example of social entrepreneurship in action is the business model
used by a fascinating new general interest magazine called Good. When you
subscribe 100 percent of your payment goes to one of a dozen non-profit
organizations of your choosing. Last year Good helped raise more than
$500,000 for non-profit partners like Room to Read, Malaria No More, and
Ashoka. Learn more or subscribe at
GoodMagazine.com
Discounted Travel for International Volunteers
This unique site offers discounted international airfare for humanitarian
volunteers. Volunteers can find places to volunteers. Nonprofits can connect
with interested volunteers. Learn more at
FlyForGood.com Check out the
Good Network for an inspiring list organizations doing good.
Note: Changing Course does not accept
paid advertisements from any of the resources listed here. This list is
provided to expand your thinking about just how many interesting ways there
are to make a living without a job!
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