Over $300,000 From A Website About Model Trains – Ian McConnell Reveals His Online Business Success Story

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The Original Blog Profits Blueprint Audio Version

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I Just Don’t Feel Like Working Today

Many years ago I lived in a share house in the inner city suburb of West End in Brisbane, Australia.

Although I prefer to live alone, I appreciated living in a share house with other people because it gave me some kind of socialization during a period of my life when I was largely spending the rest of my time … Read the rest of this entry »

An Unusual Interview With World Traveling, Book Writing, Internet Giant, Chris Guillebeau

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Can You Apply The Minimum Viable Product Principle To Information Products?

I recently listened to the audiobook version of the Lean Startup by Eric Ries.

My motivation for “reading” it is to help with the development of CrankyAds, my software startup. Lean startup principles are particularly good for a software company because of the unlimited features you could develop (given unlimited resources) contrasting with the need to just get Read the rest of this entry »

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How A Guy With A Full Time Job Built A $2,000 A Month AdSense Income Niche Site And Then Sold It For $200,000 – Patrick Meninga Tells His Story

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How A Holiday To Brazil Helped Me Climb Out Of A Creativity Rut

In my experience, one of the main reasons many entrepreneurs seek the freedom of working for themselves is because they crave variety, stimulation, and the ability to grow organically in their career. Employees who are stuck in the 9-5 routine dream of entrepreneurship as a way to set themselves free to the uncharted possibilities of a fabulous life… I … Read the rest of this entry »

How To Value Your Startup Company When Looking For Investment

Last week I began the process of looking for funding for CrankyAds.

This has been a completely new experience for me, which is fantastic, I’m enjoying the challenge and the process of learning how another aspect of entrepreneurship works.

I’ve been attending networking events and putting my feelers out in Brisbane where I live for a while, which thankfully … Read the rest of this entry »

Madeline Veenstra Explains How She Achieved Early Startup Success Combining Fashion With A Wiki

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Lies Lies Lies: What Internet Marketers Must Learn From The Advertising Industry

I was really thrilled with how my previous article, Have Internet Marketers Lost The Plot was received. It was controversial, but I was pleased to discover my suspicion was correct – new Internet marketers and the customers and consumers of high profile and established Internet marketers want more!

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6 Tips I Gave My Team To Help Them Get More From Their Content

Here is my review of what I call the six layers of quality content writing, relevant for the web, books, news or even a technical white paper. I gave these tips to my team and thought it would be worth sharing them here on EJ as well.

1. Topic Selection

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When Getting Fired Is The Best Thing That Can Happen To You

I don’t believe most businesses are planned. At least, KAS Placement (my business) wasn’t.

There were certain seeds that were planted almost unbeknownst to me at the time, but hindsight shows that they were truly crucial to my career, the careers of the employees at KAS, and those of our job seekers and our clients.

During college I took an … Read the rest of this entry »

My Tech Startup Journey: Learning How To Fund A New Software Company

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com has always been a sounding board for my own use as an entrepreneur. From the day I started blogging I wrote about what I was up to with whatever business I was focused on at the time.

Blogging is fantastic for all kinds of business reasons, but it’s also great as a tool just to write about what you … Read the rest of this entry »

How I Made My First Internet Dollar – A Passive Income Niche Site Case Study

A few weeks ago I received my first ever payment from Google Adsense in my bank account. While it was only $170, it represents a small but significant step to making money in a way that is completely independent of my time.

Making money passively has been something that I’ve been wanting to do for several years, but have … Read the rest of this entry »

How Anshul Dayal Leveraged Ebay And Small AdSense Sites To Quit His Day Job

Hello again dear reader, today we’re hearing from a friend of mine, Anshul Dayal.

Anshul is an ex-architect turned animator who worked on the Oscar winning film, “Happy Feet.” Like almost everyone reading this blog, Anshul was bitten by the online entrepreneur bug and after that there was no turning back.

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Want To Sell Ads On Your Blog? Introducing CrankyAds.com

I am very pleased to announce that CrankyAds.com, my new ad management system for bloggers, is ready for a full public release.

You can download the plugin for free from here -

http://www.crankyads.com

The plugin is currently available only for WordPress bloggers, however in the future we will have options for any website.

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The 3 Pillars To Create A Successful Information Product

Frank Kern kicked off this year with his State of The Internet address. This is a speech where Frank talks to the Internet marketing community and discusses where he thinks things will be headed for in the upcoming year.

This year was a simple speech, but I believe it has the potential to make a profound impact. For those that … Read the rest of this entry »

How I Overcame My Fear Of Public Speaking

On Saturday last weekend as I type this article, I was a guest speaker at a live event on the Gold Coast in Australia.

I spoke in front of 200 people for about an hour. I used 27 slides in my presentation, which were almost all just one picture each slide that I put together the night before I was … Read the rest of this entry »

The Power In Thinking Small When Starting Your Business

Many of us, as entrepreneurs, start off with big intentions to do big things. Although I love dreaming big and hear a lot about people thinking big, I find that there is power in thinking small when we are getting started as entrepreneurs or solo-preneurs.

Thinking small when you’re just getting started gives you permission to start where you are … Read the rest of this entry »

Does Formal Education Matter When Opening A Business?

Entrepreneurship is taught in nearly every business program at university, but does your education or your college major really factor into success when going out on your own as an entrepreneur?

If so, what types of education are beneficial to entrepreneurial success and what types are worth a second look?

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