New sites + one updated

www.business4anyone.co.uk is a new site with added features reflecting our www.workinghours.co.uk site.

I have just changed service provider for the main Working Hours site due to the fact that RSS feeds and 'auto updating' were not working properly on the old providers site but did on the new server (1and1 hosting ... highly recommended).

Also www.business4anyone.com features the new and very successful Dropship Wholesale business if you'd like to view it.

We now host five of our major sites from the 1and1 providers as everything seems to work properly and it is easy to set up the many features.

I have enabled RSS feeds (this will be launched soon) and have also enabled the MySQL database.

I am currently experimenting with database websites and will hopefully be using these facilities in the not too distant future.

Automatic article updates are now appearing which keeps the sites fresh and the search engines 'interested', I'm informed.

You can advertise for free by going to www.business4anyone.co.uk and clicking the Classifieds link. Your ad is free for up to 90 days and is renewable after this, also at no charge for the time being. We now have over 100 fresh ads on the site so it must be working for someone, why not join them?

More updates soon.

Make Money As A Ghost Writer

by: Pamela White

Like high pay? Have self-confidence? Know food; write well? Ghostwriting may be a career move for motivated writers who are willing to write for high pay but no credit or byline.

Simply put, a ghostwriter is someone who writes a book, speech, article or editorial that will be published under someone else’s name. Celebrity autobiographies are usually written by ghostwriters and established novelists have been known to supply the plot and outline to a ghostwriter who takes the book the rest of the way to publication.

People who need ghostwriters are those who have a recognizable name or business and either cannot write well enough for publication, or do not have the time to write for publication. In a ghostwriting foodie’s dream, a celebrity chef will give the idea, notes, outlines and rough drafts to the writer who will write, rewrite, research, interview and edit the manuscript heading to a publisher.

The celebrity chef’s name and photo will grace the book cover. Her recipes and tips, and the ability to get her book in bookstores everywhere as well as the cachet to get booked on Oprah will get the book published and marketed.

What’s in it for the ghost writer? Anywhere from £100 per finished page to a split of the royalties.

Ghostwriters need to keep their connection with their work confidential, and have a willingness to work around the client’s travel and work schedules. As in every writing assignment food writers win, strong writing and editing skills are essential. Most ghostwritten books are promoted as written by the client, so a strong ego able to withstand reading the praise of the client’s writing is also a must.

When looking for ghost food writing work, be cautious with the auction sites. Neophytes bid low for jobs; you don’t want to bid a book that nets you only $1 a page. Instead, visit sites that list jobs – writersweekly.com, writing-world.com, craigslist.com – or find an editorial firm that does ghost writing and see if they are hiring out any work.

Break into ghost food writing by contacting trade magazines with your writing samples. Dazzle them with your writing and the editors are likely to match you with an executive chef or restaurateur who can’t write but will bring prestige to the magazine.

Food writers can turn their culinary knowledge into ghost writing by looking for jobs ghostwriting cookbooks for famous chefs, penning speeches for food executives, writing trade articles for food research scientists, blogging for a local culinary artist, and creating “autobiographies” for owners of food manufacturing firms and Food Network hosts. Keep working behind the scenes and you can build up a lucrative career as a ghost food writer.

Mastering The 5 Habits Of Success by Saleem Rana

The difference between success and failure is based on behaviour. Successful people adopt certain behaviours that help them move in the direction that they desire. Unsuccessful people do not adopt a specific behaviour set and tend to drift through life.

Here are a few success habits that I have noticed used by successful people. Building these habits into your nervous system will help you to achieve success

1. Keeping things neat, clean, and organized.

When there is dirt, clutter, and chaos, confusion develops. Not only do you spend time looking for things or sorting through things, you also have to deal with the frustration of forgetting to do important tasks. Order is essential to progress.

2. Taking action.

The action that is taken is actually threefold. It is first, mental action. Seeing, feeling, and believing in the goal. The second action, preparation. This is a time for study, practice, or researching what needs to be done. And the third action, is, of course, physical. Here the goal is acted upon directly because there is a clear vision, understanding of implementation, and the will to take effort.

3. Placing priorities.

Since time and energy are limited, a huge goal list often means that not a single one will be done. The best way to make rapid progress is to break the list into four essential goals. Once these are achieved, you can work on the next four on your huge list. Often people desiring to change every aspect of their lives take on too much, with the result that they quickly become overwhelmed and then tend to drop everything.

4. Seeking mutual victory.

The idea of competition is not often a healthy one. Cooperation is a much higher ideal. The win-lose dynamics may be fine for sports, but, in real life, things are often too complex to gain much from dominance. A win-win arrangement is preferable.

5. Understanding and empathy.

When we understand where someone is coming from, it's much easier to create rapport and harmony and come to a win-win outcome. Often we try to impress upon others our view before understanding what is happening with them. Assumptions are usually erroneous and only lead to failure for everyone concerned.

These are just a few habit traits which if you adopt will make your life easier.
Of course, you have to tailor everything according to what works for you. But the main thing is to become aware that success is not an accident, but a way of acting with conscious, wilful intent.

Success is not some elusive experience. It's simply a question of implementing the right mindset.

Issue 34 Working Hours Magazine

The latest issue (34) of Working Hours Magazine has been published.

All subscribers should now have their copy with 1000 home business people receiving theirs over the next 12 days.

Please get your advertising for issue 35 in to me as soon as possible. Deadline 21st October 2005.