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The following article details my personal top 10 methods to make money from the Internet.
What makes this list unique is it’s based entirely on the methods I have personally used, so I can reveal to you what I did and what my results were. Bear in mind these methods represent ten years of working online, so I … Read the rest of this entry »
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 like Google AdSense … Read the rest of this entry »
It was post-lunch, and I was sitting on my couch trying to find my productive energy, with the air-conditioning on during a particularly hot Australian summer day (35 Celsius to be exact). Sitting opposite me was Gideon Shalwick, my partner in crime in the Become A Blogger Premium program, equally struggling to find his mojo due to the … Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been thinking lately about starting another Internet business. I’m not actually going to (right now), but I was considering my future and also what I might do hypothetically if today I decided to dedicate myself to a new project.
Over the past years of running an Internet business and studying information marketing and strategic business development I’ve come … Read the rest of this entry »
Let’s jump straight into it – if you are reading my blog then you either already run an Internet business, you want to run one or you dream about running one (or you are stalking me!). With this article I hope to help you move from the “I want to start a business” category, to the “I am running … Read the rest of this entry »
Every new business, new product or service, and new marketing approach started with an idea. So whether you are looking to create a market-busting product like the iPod, or come up with a campaign idea like the Million Dollar Homepage, there are creativity techniques that can allow you to conceive something new and turn it into reality.
There … Read the rest of this entry »
Does the idea of continuous passive income from websites you can set-up and forget about sound good to you? Well that is what niche content websites are all about. Let’s take a look at this online income method.
I was over at Ben Bleikamp’s new blog, College-Startup, where he has been writing about his efforts to create niche … Read the rest of this entry »
If you spend any amount of time reading blogs you probably have come across a blog network. Prime examples include 9rules (Entrepreneur’s Journey is a member), the largest and arguably most famous Weblogs, Inc and the recently launched b5Media.
I won’t go into the definition of a blog network because quite frankly no one really knows and … Read the rest of this entry »
For the absolute beginners to online commerce I always recommend a visit to eBay. EBay is the largest online marketplace and a perfect place to develop the basic skills required to begin trading on the Internet. You don’t have to even find a market or do much marketing. All the tools are there to build a simple sales … Read the rest of this entry »
How much niching can you handle? The long tail has been mentioned on my blog many times – the concept of millions of markets selling hundreds rather than hundreds of markets selling millions. It’s also clear that although the Internet is a global technology, the localisation factor is paying dividends and search engines are working hard to provide local … Read the rest of this entry »
Here is another business idea from Yaro’s notebook of business creativity. As usual if this idea inspires you don’t be afraid to steal it, modify it or do anything you like with it. It is completely open source and I’d love to see it put into action. Or perhaps if you know of a business already operating in … Read the rest of this entry »
Most entrepreneurs are ideas people. They are dreamers, creative types that see opportunity in daily life. I liken the creativity of business idea generation to what an artist or a musician experiences when indulging in their craft. Thinking of new business ideas for an entrepreneur is like painting a picture or composing a song, it’s a creative process with … Read the rest of this entry »
