Internet Marketing Blog
I’m getting old.
Well, at least in internet years.
It’s getting close to 15 years now that I have been online and had a website of my own. During this time I’ve played with all kinds of different business models. Perhaps just calling them money making techniques rather than fully fledged businesses is more accurate in the majority of… Read the rest of this entry »
There are internal habits of thinking and feeling that are responsible for the level of success we have as Entrepreneurs. Within those internal habits are a few specific qualities that have also held us back from our next level of success.
This can be especially dangerous when you’re a new entrepreneur if you’re not at a place of sustainable… Read the rest of this entry »
In my last article I wrote a few of my realizations and how I plan to adapt myself in 2012.
In this sequel article I will share some of my personal inspirations, which have shaped me to become who I am, and how I think. I will also share with you one of my latest projects and my… Read the rest of this entry »
We’ve all bought into the dream.
You know the one. With the attractive pictures. Of you (or me) sipping a pina colada, resting on the beach, while cash pours into our bank accounts because we run an auto-pilot home business on the Internet.
We’ve all realized it isn’t as rosy a dream to live through.
Reality bites. Early. Web entrepreneurs… Read the rest of this entry »
It’s that time again when the old year winds down (toodles, 2011), a new year sparkles before us full of potential, promise, and possibility (hey there, 2012), and savvy entrepreneurs are preparing their 2012 business plans.
If you’ve never prepared a business plan, then this is the year I challenge you to start, no matter what stage your business is… Read the rest of this entry »
I firmly believe that some understanding of marketing is vital to succeed online.
The Internet offers us a great ability to quickly test ideas and get products or ideas out into the public for a low cost. So what I call the “barrier to entry” for starting up a business is very low, especially relative to a traditional brick… Read the rest of this entry »
There are many reasons why success took its time for me. Nearly all the reasons were my own fault.
Interestingly however, I have recently noticed that many others stumble with some of the very same issues. Thus by learning to overcome these problem elements we all have a much greater chance of success or increasing our current rate of… Read the rest of this entry »
A business built on flimsy foundations will soon crumble.
How do you know if that is your business?
Here are some clues. If your business is built on tactics and not strategies, the newest “push button” software, a “loophole” to exploit Google or Facebook or any dodgy marketing tactic that misleads people, AKA, a shiny object.
The morning I decided to write about this subject, I saw a post on one of the popular discussion forums.
It was from someone who had invested quite a bit of time and effort into building his online business, was nearing the point where it could start being profitable, but was running short of energy and inspiration to keep… Read the rest of this entry »
When I sat down to put my realizations, my “ah-ha” moment about some major changes going on in the business environment into words, I thought to myself, this might be too basic and obvious information for the EJ audience.
I will suspend doubt and elaborate my insights for people who may understand these ideas theoretically, yet run away from the… Read the rest of this entry »
We associate the term “entrepreneur” with those brave enough to go out on their own, not conform to traditional corporate standards, and who come out alive to talk about it.
Traditional corporate standards has many employees unhappy with their current supervisor, pay or some other facet of their job. Seemingly, there is a direct relationship among how dissatisfied someone is… Read the rest of this entry »
“I’m going to build a business!”
These words have a certain magical energy to them. They give every solopreneur, looking to hang out a shingle on the Internet, a sense of being on the same level as a Bill Gates, or a Donald Trump, or a Larry Ellison. The vision of a future business maven who creates an empire and… Read the rest of this entry »
In ‘Internet years’ I think I can safely call myself a seasoned professional. I have been working online for a long time now; time in which I have know many people come and go.
While I hate to use the term ‘Make Money Online’ or even ‘Internet Marketing’ given the bad reputation that they both have, this industry is… Read the rest of this entry »
I always pride myself on my ability to put the nose to the grindstone and go above and beyond, whether that effort was directed toward my blog, my work with clients, or my book.
Over the last year, 60, 70, and even 80-hour weeks aren’t unusual for me – and recently I’ve noticed it’s starting to show… and not in… Read the rest of this entry »
This weeks article is sneaking in front of the Creative Visionary series I have been putting together since my previous post. Apologies to anyone who was expecting to see the next installment, it will be following this article in my column.
The reason for the delay is because of a last minute invite to write about a Visa small… Read the rest of this entry »
Most of the marketers I see online make me shake my head in disbelief. I can’t believe that some of the biggest and brightest names in the internet marketing industry can be so naïve when it comes to marketing tactics in the twenty-first century.
Marketing – much like the internet itself – is always changing. You can’t take a technique… Read the rest of this entry »
A different hiring process is going to unfold each time you need to bring a new employee on board. One of the most crucial things to consider is the personality type you can manage best.
As someone who is 30 years old and owns a fast-growing business, I have had only one other job out of college in which… Read the rest of this entry »
You may recall a few weeks just before Steve Jobs passed on, Apple stock dropped a good few percentage points.
It wasn’t because of Steve’s death that brought the valuation down (it was factored into the stock market years ago when he first began to get sick), it was because the market expected something and then didn’t get… Read the rest of this entry »
If you have read my blog posts previously you must already know that I am not a fan of quitting your job to work online full time, at least not immediately.
With the number of internet marketers who promise the world overnight, it is easy to get caught up in the hype to pursue a dream that has been falsified… Read the rest of this entry »
