Down-To-Earth Tips and Advice for Internet Entrepreneurs
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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New Update! As requested, the recording of the webinar is now available.
You can stream it from this page –
How to Finally Make A Profitable Website In 2012 – Webinar Live Recording
On that page you will also find the link for the special $1 trial for two weeks + huge bonus pack offer that expires January 31st at … 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.
I know the headline is a bit contradictory. Local search is still considered SEO by those near and dear to our hearts.
Maybe for you targeting people all over the world makes sense. I’m certainly not saying to forget it completely, but I read a lot blogs semi-regularly and you might be pretty well served if you started catering to … Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been involved in internet Marketing since January 18th, 2011.
Since I started, I’ve had the privilege of taking part in a number of online courses that have given me a solid Internet Marketing Education. On the other hand, I’ve also purchased courses that just didn’t live up to the awesome sales page (and trust me, in some cases, … Read the rest of this entry »
This article will talking about refining your niche, becoming an expert and the blueprint for making $100K a year from your own information product.
Last week we talked about market research and finding a “who” to sell to:
Part 1: How To Create A Product That Sells
I gave an example … Read the rest of this entry »
Six months after starting this blog back in 2005 I purchased what at the time was a cutting edge MP3 player, called an iRiver. It was a 20GB HDD MP3 player, a principal competitor to the dominant iPod.
I didn’t get an iPod because I wasn’t a mac user yet. I wasn’t a fan of itunes (I’m still not a … Read the rest of this entry »
In “The Social Network”, the movie based on Facebook’s meteoric rise to prominence, my favorite line is when the young college students sit around a Harvard dorm talking about how fast their idea took off.
FaceMash had just been coded, and the first few emails went out to friends. The hero’s dorm mates ask,
“How many people are you going … Read the rest of this entry »
This is the second part of my series on Customer Segmentation and Customer Relationship Management. If you have not read the first article in this series, begin here:
A business only exists if it has customers (in the case of … Read the rest of this entry »
Entrepreneurial ADD. That’s what I call it. Yep, you know how it goes – You sign up for one “Make Money Online” program, read the ebook, watch the videos, download the MP3s, get pumped up about all the money you can make from applying the things you learned.
Then you go and sign up to a bunch of internet Marketers’ … Read the rest of this entry »
Traffic is, and will always be, a hot topic in internet marketing.
You can have an awesome website that solves the world’s problems, has the solutions to world hunger, in addition to helping men understand women fully (can you imagine that?), but if you don’t have traffic, I would venture to say that your website means NOTHING.
Ok, I know … Read the rest of this entry »
When it comes to running an online business, it is extremely easy to get caught up in the numbers game. I’m the kind of person who is fascinated by numbers. I like to keep up to date with how things are going with my sites numerically. I’m always interested to know…
As an entrepreneur, I have somewhat of a “problem”. I tend to see opportunities wherever I look. A few weeks ago, I started learning to bake a New York Cheesecake. It turned out very well and all of my friends were very impressed. When I saw how successful my cheesecake making venture was, I immediately started thinking – I can … Read the rest of this entry »
Leslie implemented a clever growth strategy for his online business by purchasing a large forum. After making the acquisition, he immediately went to work to grow the forum and had some pretty amazing success, more than tripling the membership base.
In this article Leslie reveals how he was able to grow his forum by an additional 25,000 members and facilitate … Read the rest of this entry »
Today Leslie is talking about productivity, revealing to you what tasks he has stopped doing in his business and what three core tasks he is now focusing most of his time on so he gets rapid results. If you’re not getting things done, reading this article will help you prioritize.
When it comes to growing an online business, it is … Read the rest of this entry »
I just wrapped up watching the third video from Eben Pagan, as part of his Guru Blueprint launch. You can watch it here now -
Guru Blueprint by Eben Pagan – Video 3: Content is CASH
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Eben’s first video focused on the potential of selling information, especially … Read the rest of this entry »
Jose Gonzalez contributed a guest article on dealing with relationships and how that can impact your business. He was so impressed and inspired by the feedback he received from that article, he went out and wrote a 100 page e-book on the subject.
In the article below Jose breaks down how he created his book in two weeks, how he … Read the rest of this entry »
