Hi everyone,

Ray here and after just finishing a bout of physiotherapy - I just had to get this blog post out to you - as it will directly affect your moneymaking performance online this year.

I have ALWAYS said that organisation is one of the most important critical success factors when starting/running your own home based internet marketing business, and I’m gonna give you a check up from the neck up today.

Here is a picture of my home office below (apologies as I had to squash and resize the image for it to fit on the blog)

The image is deceptively small, but In the picture you will see that I operate from home, from my front room.

• NOT a swanky office to PERCEIVE my authority…
• NOT an uneccesary EXPENSE I simply DON’T need (I hire staff virtually)…
• I DON’T need to travel to “work” just a few steps from my bedroom and I am working for the day… (isn’t internet marketing all about quitting the 9-5 routine?)

I have all my “tools” of the trade layed out including:

• My Office Desk & Chair - Obviously you need these!
• My Desktop PC - Where the majority of work goes down.
• My Laptop - For when I am on the move.
• My Webcam - For speaking to JV partners, potential $2000 per month mentoring clients and other businesses direct, face to face.
• Subwoofer Speaker (optional extra!) - Often I have music on low in the background - it helps me work faster, more efficiently and better generally. (Although can be scary if you forget to turn in down on MSN!)
• My Wireless Router - The hub of the 4 PC’s laptops and kids game consoles in the house! Invaulable to me but not necessary if you only use the 1 PC.
• Wireless Keyboard - Coz I’m pretty lazy and hate wires!
• Wireless Mouse - Err, coz I’m pretty lazy and hate wires!
• Wireless Printer & Fax - Makes it easy for me to print and send important faxed documents.
• Filing Cabinet - To store all my plans and important documents.
• Phone - To phone people - JV partners, contacts, associates, customers, clients etc.
• Whiteboard - To help me plan my immediate “to-do’s” and ensure that any mindmaps or goals are staring me in the face. This way they are always there and spur you on to achieve them.
• Burning Drive - To burn your own CD/DVD’s for sale (athough I am now in the process of having Scott (my Chief content guy) automate the process using Kunaki.com (watch this space for my all new DVD products in 2009)
• External Hard Drive - To store all my critical data related to business. This are a VITAL piece of kit as I had a PC burnout on New Years Day!
• Yearly Planner - I use this to plan the week, month, year ahead making sure I enjoy time off to enable me to be more productive - work less and do more.
• Inside Filing Cabinet - Flip Video Camera, Wireless Headset, Diary, Tornado FTP transfer tool and my mobile to allow me to connect to my laptop whever I am.

Why am I showing you this?

Because getting organised IS of paramount importance! If you fail to plan, you’ll plan to fail as the saying goes - and also just even creating a nice working environment for your business can really boost your productivity and output generally.

Take a look around you now, do you have or need any of the above? Would any of the above help you move forward in your business?

As usual I would appreciate your comments and feel free to check out the links to help you order any of the above if needed. Thanks!