How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000) – Part 2

In part one of this post titled, How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000), I wrote about how I came about the idea for the e-commerce website that I started, grew and sold, while on an international work-related trip.

The article goes in depth explaining the formulation of the idea, the facts… Read the rest of this entry »

The Success Ladder: How To Leverage Each Small Success As A Stepping Stone To Greater Success

The Day I Made A $700 Affiliate Commission

One of my favorite stories to tell during interviews is my first attempt to make money selling an affiliate product.

My campaign started off as a failure as my blog post promoting the product netted zero results. I briefly doubted my decision to blog and considered giving it up for all… Read the rest of this entry »

If Content Is King What Role Does Social Media Play?

In a previous post, I wrote about “How To Get 55 Comments And 98 Likes On Your First Article Using Social Media“. In the article, I spelled out the process I used to gain traction to a blog post I wrote on a brand new blog, using Facebook as the only source of traffic. This article… Read the rest of this entry »

How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000)

In my previous post, Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship?, I wrote about the various business ventures I have tried and tested over the years. One of those ventures was the creation, establishment, growth and sale of an e-commerce business.  In… Read the rest of this entry »

7 Tips To Super-Charge Your Online Communication

As I write this I’m listening to a podcast from Armin Van Buuren, the world’s number one trance and progressive DJ.

Armin is dutch, however he speaks very clear English on the podcast. During each episode Armin will talk in between songs briefly with updates on upcoming gigs and shout-outs from his listeners. I’m always impressed by how he… Read the rest of this entry »

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How To Get 55 Comments And 98 Likes On Your First Article Using Social Media

A few weeks ago I decided to conduct a social media experiment to see if I could start a blog from scratch and generate a big enough buzz to get a good discussion going. I was on vacation in Florida and had more time on my hands than I normally do, so I decided to give it a go.

The… Read the rest of this entry »

My Big Plans For 2011 (Plus What You Need To Focus On Next Year)

This will be the final blog post I publish on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com in 2010. Like most of my articles that I’ve written in the past six years, this one is being constructed in a coffee shop in downtown Brisbane Australia as I sip a lemon-lychee iced tea.

Tomorrow, likely the day you read this if you’re one of my more dedicated… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Get Coverage In Print Media

Contacting and communicating with the media is an art in itself. Whether or not your item will make the news often depends largely on the initial contact you make. In this article, we will look at the best way of approaching print media, including newspapers and magazines.

The best and most common way of communicating with the media – print,… Read the rest of this entry »

What Are You Really Doing To Change Yourself?

In my last article I mentioned there are two Tonys who I am currently receiving coaching from. Last week I wrote about Tony Horton and his P90X training program and how it helped me smash through some long-held body image limiting beliefs.

Today I’d like to discuss another Tony and what I am learning from him. Many people already… Read the rest of this entry »

How I Discovered And Changed One Of My Most Deep Rooted Limiting Beliefs

I currently have two coaches in my life and they both happen to have the name “Tony”. I’m not working with these two Tonys personally, though it feels like it for me as they “talk” to me every day.

One is Tony Horton, who you may know as the leader of the P90X exercise training program. I first… Read the rest of this entry »

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3 Limiting Beliefs You Must Eliminate From Your Mindset

I had conversations with two people in the previous weeks who were considering blogging for the first time, or at least taking it serious for the first time.

It’s interesting to speak to people who are considering this path, especially hearing what stops them from doing it. Most people never start a blog, and of those who do, very few… Read the rest of this entry »

Why Blogs Fail

Mitch is in charge of a well over six figure blog empire in the sports niche, which he started by focusing on college football in the USA.

He was one of the very first people to join Blog Mastermind. He also happens to have the distinction of attending almost every single coaching call I have done since IRead the rest of this entry »

Why People Struggle To Get What They Want

I was speaking to my home loan broker this week. I’m purchasing an investment property and he helps organize the loans to make it all happen.

My broker is good at what he does, but like many small business owners there’s a lot of latency in his operations. He was explaining to me how he had a huge database… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Manufacture Perfect Timing

I remember being on a date with a girl, sitting in my car, working through the usual date questions and chit chat. This particular girl I had met over a year prior, who I attempted to meet again numerous times but somehow we never managed to catch-up. For a while I thought she just wasn’t interested, yet here we were… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Add 25,000 Members To Your Forum – A Case Study

Leslie implemented a clever growth strategy for his online business by purchasing a large forum. After making the acquisition, he immediately went to work to grow the forum and had some pretty amazing success, more than tripling the membership base.

In this article Leslie reveals how he was able to grow his forum by an additional 25,000 members and facilitateRead the rest of this entry »

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How You Can Change The World

Today I bring you the completion of my series of articles on how you can manifest positive change in your life.

A warning, if you’re looking for strictly business or marketing advice, the usual theme of articles on my blog – this series isn’t about that.

Creating positive change in your life can certainly include financial success, but… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Make Money With Your Blog (With Case Studies As Proof)

People often come to me as an expert at monetizing blogs. Although my experience making money online is not limited only to blogs, I’ve been able to extract a lot of income from not necessarily a lot of traffic.

For example, my proofreading business was able to generate a salary level income – sometimes as much as $15,000… Read the rest of this entry »

7 Tips To Help You Become A Millionaire

Income Report: I’m A Million Dollar Blogger

Back during the early days of this blog I used to write income reports on a semi-regular basis. John Chow made the idea of reporting your blogging income popular, and before him guys like Darren Rowse and Shoemoney would show pictures of checks they had received from advertising programs… Read the rest of this entry »

Why Small Businesses Fail & How You Can Be One Of The Rare Success Stories

In a previous articles I discussed the importance of having a thorough understanding of your customer psychology. Knowing why your customers are motivated to do what they do on an emotional level means you can intimately communicate with them, demonstrating you know their problems better than they do.

In another article I explained the distinction between your Read the rest of this entry »