Attributes Of Billionaires

By 23 Comments August 15, 2011

If you are following my blog postings or any of my content on YouTube or on my blog, you know that I have an addiction to analyze stuff that works. I do not have any scientific formula to this, or at least I am not consciously aware of any such formula. The things I analyze are mega successful companies,… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Become An Expert

By 16 Comments August 10, 2011

Everyone wants to be an expert. Nothing wrong with that.

The problem is that many want to become an expert overnight!

Now that may be possible in very narrowly defined niches, but even there the desirability of such ‘expertise’ is in question. We all know and respect experts as having had long, immersive and intense knowledge and experience with a… Read the rest of this entry »

9 Web Resources To Help You Accomplish Your Goals Faster

By 33 Comments August 5, 2011

In this post I will share with you some of my favorite resources on the web that I keep in my bookmark. They range from inspiration to graphics, content to money.

As an online entrepreneur, I am constantly working on web projects. I am not just delegating but working in the trenches, honing the design, optimizing conversion, testing usability… Read the rest of this entry »

The Research Is In: How Important Are Facebook And Twitter For Your Google Rankings?

By 12 Comments August 3, 2011

Today, our triangle of the most important ingredients to ranking well on Google, as suggested by SEOMoz’s search engine ranking factors report and interpreted by yours truly, will be finally completed as we drill down into how social media influences our search engine rankings.

By the way, I’d love for you to let me know how well I… Read the rest of this entry »

5 Money-Making Reasons To Get An E-Commerce Site

By 27 Comments August 3, 2011

It may seem unnecessary to post an article about the necessity of having an e-commerce website on a blog devoted to making money online. However, just yesterday I saw a Facebook post by a well-known fashion blogger, one with thousands of followers, give a recommendation to a new handbag line. Of course, I clicked through to the link and was… Read the rest of this entry »

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My Top 5 Favorite Passive Income Methods

By 64 Comments July 29, 2011

Whether passive income exists is an age old debate, which in my opinion will never be resolved. It all comes down to our individual definitions of the term.

Without “duking” out whose definition is more accurate, here are my top 5 favorite passive income avenues. No matter how you define passive income, each of these has some characteristics that I… Read the rest of this entry »

Revealed: The Secret Source For Winning Google’s Love

By 39 Comments July 28, 2011

In my last post on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com, we talked about the big fat truth – without unique, fresh, and lengthy content your blog search engine rankings are as good as dead.

Check out the previous post here:

This time I will take it a step further… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Keep Your Finger On Your Market’s Pulse (And Why You Have Probably Already Fallen Behind)

By 7 Comments July 27, 2011

Keeping “your finger on the pulse” is a phrase I use to describe how entrepreneurs should keep in touch with their niche markets or keep up-to-date with market trends in general. This is vitally important especially if you are working online. At times, when we work online, it is very easy to get caught up in your own little bubble… Read the rest of this entry »

Why Some People Succeed Against All Odds

By 24 Comments July 27, 2011

“Every dream will be challenged!”

These powerful words from a mentor of mine have been burned in fire into my memory. Rarely, a dream or goal comes true easily and effortlessly, without delays, problems or hurdles. It is far more common, however, that you have to overcome many obstacles and suffer some pain before achieving any meaningful target.

And the… Read the rest of this entry »

Blog Writing 101: How To Satisfy Readers And Deliver Top 10 Google Rankings

By 60 Comments July 21, 2011

My name is Ana Hoffman, and if I learned anything after many years of building an online empire, it’s this: the online business industry is a scary place. A place where many a mighty business owner has fallen.

Including me.

That’s right, I’ve had some online business flops in the past, until one day I realized that my business was… Read the rest of this entry »

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What Does “Eating Frogs” Have To Do With Improving Your Productivity?

By 15 Comments July 20, 2011

This is a follow up to a previous article about beating procrastination, How To Beat Procrastination When You Don’t Know What To Do Next. This is a hot topic if you are running your own entrepreneurial business and largely responsible for getting things done. Combine this with the current online world with so many distractions being just a mouse… Read the rest of this entry »

A Simple Tip To Raise Your Profile And Get You Lots Of Attention

By 29 Comments July 18, 2011

Last week, I was asked a series of very interesting and valid questions by one our readers, Malik Mirza. Malik wanted to know about ways to deal with continuity and consistency, marketing and competition in blogging.

Because there’s such a wealth of experience among the different writers on this blog, I suggested asking some of the other writers the same… Read the rest of this entry »

3 Steps To Avert Disaster When Things Go Wrong

By 18 Comments July 14, 2011

Sometimes, no matter how carefully you plan and prepare to execute a client engagement, things just go wrong. Big things, small things, crazy things, ridiculous things. Things just go wrong.

I know because ALL of the following have happened to me at some point over the last four years:

  • An irreplaceable file was accidentally deleted by an associate
  • An

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5 Effective Reading Strategies For The Busy Entrepreneur

By 18 Comments July 13, 2011

Entrepreneurs are often curious, passionate workaholics. Yes, that’s a generalization – but often true.

We want to learn more about things – our business, our world, our customers, our industry, our marketplace, our technology and other stuff.

And we each have our preferred ways of staying up to date. Watching TV. Listening to the radio. Reading books. Subscribing to magazines.… Read the rest of this entry »

How Giving Away Something For Free Can Make You Money

By 17 Comments July 12, 2011

It’s Dee Kumar here again with the third installment in my series on pricing your products. In the first article I talked about how to find the right price for your product. I gave you three of my preferred techniques, which received very good feedback from you, the readers. The second article focused on discounting strategies and explained why discounting… Read the rest of this entry »

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What Do Microsoft, Tim Ferriss, Donald Trump and Katy Perry Have In Common?

By 22 Comments July 8, 2011

I know most of us will agree that Microsoft does not make the best products. Competitors with better products have smaller market share and less influence. The operating system market was monopolized by Windows for many years while Linux and Apple had single digit market share. (Of course today it’s different with Apple coming in strong with its Apple OS.)… Read the rest of this entry »

How We Grew Our Fashion Accessories Business To Over A Million Dollars In Sales

By 8 Comments July 7, 2011

As with any company, growth happens in stages, but especially a company with physical products. Research and development, sample making, marketing the product and perhaps even handling some of the preliminary sales are some of the stages of expansion.

However, with my handbag company charm and luck, to grow our business we realized we needed to find sales partners to… Read the rest of this entry »

What Successful Internet Marketers Know (But You Don’t?)

By 26 Comments July 6, 2011

Last week, I shared with you in part one of the series, how a personal consulting client of mine, Tom, was struggling with “analysis paralysis”, and that the fear of doing something wrong in his online business endeavors resulted in him doing nothing. My suggestion was that just starting to do something is often the hardest thing, but it is… Read the rest of this entry »

3 Discounting Strategies To Maximize Your Profits

By 12 Comments July 5, 2011

This article is the second in the series on Maximising Profits with good pricing strategies. In the first article, we talked about the basics of pricing and the ‘sweet spot’ whilst also exploring three of my favored methods for finding a good launch price.

Be sure to read part one before continuing this article:

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The Day My Life Changed

By 204 Comments July 4, 2011

Almost a month ago I woke up to a phone call at 7am. It was my mother’s partner’s son calling me to tell me that my mum had a stroke and was in hospital.

She had been watching TV, heard a buzzing noise, had a seizure and started speaking gibberish. Her partner called an ambulance and although she recovered somewhat… Read the rest of this entry »

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