Down-To-Earth Tips and Advice for Internet Entrepreneurs
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:
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 »
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 … Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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 … Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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:
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 »
Entrepreneurship, like most things in life, comes in different forms, shapes and sizes. Today I want to take a quick spin from the internet entrepreneur to the small brick and mortar business owner.
As an internet entrepreneur myself, I sought other income opportunities outside the internet when I started making real money online. Because I am a big proponent … Read the rest of this entry »
When you hear the term “Mission Statement“, what comes to mind?
For many of us, Mission Statements are synonymous with corporate entities and impersonal HR departments (did someone say TPS reports?).
Yet Mission Statements aren’t just for the Kodaks and Coca Colas of the world – they can be effective tools for entrepreneurs to not only keep their … Read the rest of this entry »
This is part one of a two part series where I want to address some of the common issues that are faced by many Internet marketers. This article will focus on an obstacle I feel is stopping many people from getting started with Internet marketing. The second article will focus on proper business strategies for an online business.
A growing … Read the rest of this entry »
I’m Dee Kumar and I’m a little different from other writers here. I come from both a small business and multibillion dollar background, so my articles always take the approaches of the giants and aim to give practical advice as to how their tactics can be implemented by entrepreneurs.
If you have been following any of my previous work here … Read the rest of this entry »
Hello again, this week we’ve got part two of the Shaune Clarke interview, and I promise it’s just as packed with unusual and insightful tips for business as part one:
Why Keeping It Real Is Your Best Selling Tactic
In fact, this week, we get to cover something I’ve made a fuss about a few times in previous posts. … Read the rest of this entry »
It’s so interesting that most entrepreneurs use basic online products in their lives every single day, but fail to realize what hooked them into using those products. Even more ironic is the fact that how disconnected we have become in recognizing the commonalities these mega successful products have that make them a “mega success”.
Ok, let me be more specific.… Read the rest of this entry »
My previous articles have talked about marketing with regards to knowing your customer and refining your niche. This week I want to talk a little bit more about the mental game of business and what is required to build a successful business.
Specifically, I want to provide some useful tips for goal setting. If you are currently not setting … Read the rest of this entry »
Over the past three years my site has grown through a variety of methods, some of which I have discussed in my previous articles, and some that I’ll save for another day, but throughout, my goal has always remained the same: deliver what the readers and audience want.
As The Sports Chat Place has grown from just a handful … Read the rest of this entry »
Greetings once more fellow entrepreneur, this week I have something quite unique and extraordinary to share.
Yesterday, I interviewed Shaune Clarke, and what began as a 45 minute interview spilled into nearly two hours as we took a free fall into the mind of one of the most uniquely gifted entrepreneurs I’ve encountered.
Because Shaune shared such a wealth … Read the rest of this entry »
Have you ever asked yourself,
“Why haven’t I made it yet?”
If not, now is a good time to really look inside.
It was the year 2006, and I was a new immigrant in the U.S.A. I enrolled in a community college in my pursuit to earn a Bachelors degree. It was then that I stumbled upon a video on … Read the rest of this entry »
As entrepreneurs, we all think we are “in touch” with our target market.
When we create and offer products and services, we do so with the implicit belief that we have a good handle on what our market wants, what our market needs, and what price our market is willing to bear.
This confidence can come from researching … Read the rest of this entry »
In this day and age we are constantly bombarded with advertising and marketing. It is estimated the average person sees 5000 ads per day. The result? We ignore the majority of them. The marketing message falls on deaf ears or blind eyes. Simply put, there is too much clutter out there, and to deal with it (and in order … Read the rest of this entry »
