Midnight blog post

It’s just clicked over to midnight, happy Wednesday everyone. I’m absolutely buggered at the moment and about to head to bed but I feel like having a quick blog rant.

Lately I’ve been connecting with a lot of entrepreneurs. I’m having a great time, meeting new people that all share the same drives and passions that I do. It… Read the rest of this entry »

Feedburner – Please update your RSS

I’ve converted all feeds from this site to FeedBurner. This allows me to collect some statistics on all you wonderful people that subscribe to my blog via RSS or feedreading software.

FeedBurner provides quite a variety of services. I’m only sampling a few to see how it works. Most importantly though it allows me to podcast through my current… Read the rest of this entry »

Making money from newsletters without writing them yourself

I’m sure you have heard many online marketers touting the benefits of having a newsletter. I have used newsletters in the past for many sites. I’ve used them as a source of revenue by having advertisements embedded within the newsletter content. They are also effective as a means to keep a site sticky – to “anchor” clients and bring them… Read the rest of this entry »

Making money from your website using advertising

You have managed to get your website to that magical point where you have established popularity, traffic, loyalty and a community of fans. Your site contains a wealth of information, resources and services that you provide free because that’s just the kind of person you are. You may not have intended to make money from your site but now that… Read the rest of this entry »

Quick Ad break

Just in case you needed a quick laugh, Ross Mayfield in his Grokking Yahoo blog post linked to this rather funny Ad for Grokker.

I just like to say that I’m all for supporting viral marketing .

http://budurl.com/entrepreneursjourney

YNOT Recap

Last night was the latest Young Network of enTrepreneurs (YNOT) event, featuring Adrian Di Marco from Technology One (Tech1) which is a Brisbane based software firm. Tech1 is one of Australia’s largest software firms specialising in enterprise management software (you know, the type of software the big business use to manage all their departments, employees etc). They… Read the rest of this entry »

You get what you pay for…

There’s a lesson I’ve re-learnt many times in my life. My father tried to teach me this lesson a long time ago but I was stubborn and persisted in learning the lesson myself, again and again and again.

I have a general tendency to always look for a bargain. Whenever I make a purchase, especially high ticket items or services,… Read the rest of this entry »

You get what you pay for…

There’s a lesson I’ve re-learnt many times in my life. My father tried to teach me this lesson a long time ago but I was stubborn and persisted in learning the lesson myself, again and again and again.

I have a general tendency to always look for a bargain. Whenever I make a purchase, especially high ticket items or services,… Read the rest of this entry »

Marketing to Students: Poster Advertising 101

This is another article I compiled for publication on Student-Marketing. The site is still in development and I hope to be going full steam ahead by July when second semester starts in Brisbane.

The information I’m about to present must be understood within context, otherwise you might be wondering what’s going on if you duplicate what I do and

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Personalised promotion

I went to my letter box today to collect the mail and I had a rather unique advertising flyer card from ANZ bank:

Talk about a personalised promotion! They must have produced a unique poster for every customer and with a name like mine they won’t be able to replicate it for other customers like possibly for “Dan” or… Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.supersecretaffiliate.com/banner/ej468

Top 10 Poster Tips

This is an article I wrote for Student-Marketing that I thought I should reproduce here for anyone undertaking a poster advertising campaign.

Top 10 Campus Poster Advertising Tips

Here are a collection of very basic tips you can implement in any poster advertising campaign you currently run.

  1. Test your poster performance by using different posters. Don’t just stick

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iTunes Australia delayed

AppleInsider: “An unsigned agreement with one major record company has halted the launch of Apple’s iTunes music download service in Australia.

A source told The Courier-Mail yesterday Apple had planned to launch an Australian version of its iTunes music store last Thursday, but the launch was thwarted by one unnamed major record company that refused to sign an agreement in

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A little inspiration…

For those of you that might be struggling to make the leap and start an Internet business here is a little inspiration for you -

NashuaTelegraph.com: “With great care, Sadie Rose Zavgren handcrafts striped fleece hats using a pattern she designed herself. Each hat takes about an hour and a half to make, and each one is a labor of

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A little inspiration…

For those of you that might be struggling to make the leap and start an Internet business here is a little inspiration for you -

NashuaTelegraph.com: “With great care, Sadie Rose Zavgren handcrafts striped fleece hats using a pattern she designed herself. Each hat takes about an hour and a half to make, and each one is a labor of

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Time Management and Perceptions

Over at the YoungEntrepreneur.com forums there is a discussion about time management. Another member posted a link to an article by Steve Pavlina titled Do It Now. It’s a lengthy article so set aside a good 20 minutes to digest it, or if you are like Steve, maybe you only need about 10 minutes. Steve’s article recounts… Read the rest of this entry »

http://yttrk.com/?a=149685&c=10137&s1=7017

Online ads surpass dotcom boom

Australian IT: “US internet advertising surged 33 per cent in 2004 to a record $US9.6 billion ($12.3 billion), surpassing levels seen during the early web boom.

Online advertising will grow at a similar rate in 2005, according to new data.

The figures bolster reports from individual advertisers who say they are moving more of their marketing budgets online as consumers

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Franchising: Buying Your Way Into Business

For those budding entrepreneurs located in the USA that may be struggling to come up with an idea or find a business to start I’d like to point out another business blog that may just be your muse. Dane Carlson operates the Business Opportunities Weblog which besides being a great general business blog also contains a massive back catalogue… Read the rest of this entry »