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I am currently accepting articles relative to the theme of Money Makers and Takers and will be posting them to the blog, if you have a story to tell, email me and let me know. I will provide a backlink to your site. This is Steven Jankowski's story.

It has to be very discouraging to have your work shut down
for 30 days. To have it happen right during the holidays ads
insult to injury for many Chrysler workers. Most Americans
are very concerned with the economic hardships we are all
facing, but people involved in the automotive industry face
especially daunting challenges.

Will Washington come through with a bailout package for GM
and Chrysler? If they do come up with one, are they going
to hamstring the companies with so many demands that the
future will still remain in doubt? Will the Chrysler 30 day
shutdown help or harm its ability to be a viable company in
the future? During the shutdown, are the executives
planning on getting rid of a whole bunch of jobs? Is
Chrysler preparing for a bankruptcy filing after the
shutdown?

There are many more questions that faithful Chrysler
employees are asking themselves because of the economic
trouble we all are facing. Many people wonder what one
person that may be a victim of decisions way beyond their
control do about it? How can people prepare for an
uncertain future if they have been involved in the
automotive industry for a long time?

One answer to that dilemna is to start a home business. An
economic downturn is the perfect time to take the plunge and
create your own home business. There is great freedom in
not depending on a paycheck and during times of economic
difficulty, many people have, in the past, found financial
success.

When people are worried about the future, and when
employment is uncertain, many people look for income
opportunities. A great place to look for such opportunities
is the internet, but you have to be very careful as there
are many ways to lose money online. The best way to finding
a good business online is to find one that you know in your
heart you can do. The business has to be one that excites
you and that has the right tools and training to help teach
you to succeed. It is also important that the product is
one that excites you and that other people will buy.
Marketing a business online is not hard, but there are
skills that you need to gain in order to market profitably.

Many people start an internet business and then promptly
lose tons of money because they spend their marketing
dollars on all sorts of marketing plans that just take their
money and don't bring them the promised sales. If you take
the plunge into internet marketing, the best way to go about
it is to go slowly and have a good mentoring program or
sponsor. Do not immediately jump into areas like
pay-per-click until you understand how to do it properly and
with clearly defined limits. Some newbies to internet
marketing may pay $4 per click when an experienced marketer
may pay $.25 for the same traffic. The difference in the
marketing costs is what creates winners and losers to the
home business game.

The very best ways to market online are to use methods that
are free such as article marketing or video marketing.
Sure, it does take time to learn how to write articles and
have them found by people online, but if you are in the
midst of Chrysler 30 day shutdown, you do have some time.
Why not profit from it?

Video marketing is also very easy to do as all you need is a
PC and a digital video camera. Many digital camera's have
video capability and there are internet video camera's
available for around one hundred dollars that do the job
rather well. You can even use the video camera from your PC
to make a video to put on youtube. If you learn how to do
video marketing, you can get lots of traffic to your new
home business for free.

When I first started internet marketing, I worked very hard
for the first month. In my fifth week marketing online, I
was able to make over $10,000. 10k in one week after only
30 days working from home! Most online marketers do not
achieve that kind of income so quickly online, but if you
can learn the skills necessary to market online, you can
achieve those income levels eventually.

The Chrysler 30 day shutdown is an event to be excited
about, but it may give many Chrysler workers the opportunity
to start their own home business. For those people, it may
turn out to be a key to a new future working from home.

Steve Jankowski is a business owner and online marketer. He
has been married to his wife Nancy for 18 years and they
currently live in Minnesota with their 4 daughters. He helps
people start their own home businesses with coaching and
mentoring. You can learn more about
(http://toptiermentor.biz) What Steve's Up To or visit his
(http://stephenjankowski.com/blog) blog.