The founder of the largest business networking organization in the world, Dr. Ivan Misner of BNI, gives the following three tips to help you hone your networking skills:

1) When talking about what you do at networking groups, focus on one aspect of your business at each meeting.

2) When asking for referrals from your networking partners, be very specific about what you want.

3) Meet with each person in your networking circle one on one.

By fine tuning your networking message you can increase your results.

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Commerce and trade on the Internet is mushrooming. People are using the Web more and more in an ever-increasing variety of daily tasks. But I bet the early pioneers of the Internet never quite envisaged such rapid growth. The Internet is having the effect of leveling the playing field to some extent. Outsourcing is creating new economies and the wealth is moving in much more varied circles in today's trading environment.

One task which many companies outsource is data entry. There are small independent firms popping up all over the place in countries like India and since they can survive on a much lower income than we in the West, they can provide a highly competitive service. We are seeing a massive increase in free data entry advertising on the Internet. There are data entry and other writing jobs in abundance online and it is Western companies driving this partnership with developing digital nations.

Are you interested in building a business to $140 million in just 18 months? If so, you might want to read the new eBook entitled “The Lazy Man’s Guide to Multi Millions’ (How I Went From Zero to $140 Million in 18 Months), recently launched by Australian businessman Dan Cavalli.

It has taken three years for Cavelli to document the steps that led him to generating $250,000 a week. This eBook documents the trials and tribulations and the onslaughts from a company that tried to ruin the business along the way.

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The Myvesta Foundation, a global social enterprise, has launched a new website to provide entrepreneurs around the world with ideas, resources and inspiration in new business endeavors. Business Idea of the Day, available online at businessideaoftheday.com, is aimed at anyone looking to create new business opportunities whether they be simple, home-grown enterprises or highly technical startups embracing new technology.

Steve Rhode, founder of The Myvesta Foundation and Business Idea of the Day, created the new website to empower individuals with little, to no funding to build upon their ideas and to foster creative thought in building new kinds of businesses that improve people's lives. Mr Rhode said:

"It is often thought that to make a difference or build a meaningful business that it's necessary to start off with a bank account full of cash, but what's more important than money is ideas. An idea can change a life, change a family, change a community and change a world. Just one idea, nurtured and grown with love and care can create better lives in distant places."

According to Mr Rhode, new business ideas are about empowerment. This empowerment can be used in diverse ways such as creating new economic opportunities for individuals needing supplementary income or helping impoverished areas needing revitalization. He said:

"Sometimes it's the simple ideas that can make the largest difference. People that never thought that they could own their own business have found themselves as budding entrepreneurs with just a mobile phone providing telephone access to local villagers. Even middle class individuals and families weighed down by personal debt can find ideas on Business Idea of the Day to create new financial opportunity to solve their financial difficulties.

Economic creativity is a vital key to help revitalize areas that suffer from a lack of investment and opportunity and rather than providing hand-outs to impoverished people, an idea and a helping-hand from a distant mentor can be more powerful. Entrepreneurs utilizing new ideas can create social enterprises that can not only operate as a fully functioning for-profit business but reinvest profits back into the business to carry on the mission of hope and help.

A business isn't just a way to generate money, it can bring about change and create positive forces to help everyday people. We aim to provide business ideas to the people, so the people can make a difference."

All business ideas are welcome and individuals wishing to contribute their ideas to the website can register at businessideaoftheday.com to become a contributor. Visitors to the site can subscribe to the free RSS feed to have regular updates of new business ideas as they become available.

The Myvesta Foundation is a global social enterprise dedicated to improving the quality of people's lives through education, services and assistance.

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