This article is for people that have absolutely no idea what a podcast is, how they can use them and why they would want to bother at all.
The Trump Blog
By 1 Comment August 14, 2005
Rejoice rejoice, Donald Trump is blogging.
The blog features The Donald as well as postings from his “circle of experts”. Can’t imagine how Mr Trump can find time in his no doubt busy schedule to write a blog and he certainly can’t be doing it for financial gain — could it be because he enjoys writing? It will be… Read the rest of this entry »
Luck in Entrepreneurship
By 7 Comments August 13, 2005
On Monday I attended the latest YNOT event with David McMahon, a founder of Fone Zone, one of the largest retailers of mobile phones (cell phones) in Australia. David’s presentation was good, while he offered no revelations for me he certainly reiterated a lot of what the business textbooks teach and showed that he has applied these principles… Read the rest of this entry »
Audio: Taking Payments Online – Part 2
By 5 Comments August 12, 2005
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Yesterday I posted the first part of this two-part podcast series about taking payments online. In this the second part I look more in depth at taking credit card payments online and complete my discussion of Paypal.com. In particular I note my experiences with credit card fraud which you… Read the rest of this entry »
Audio: Taking Payments Online – Part 1
By 5 Comments August 11, 2005
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I was meaning to have this podcast out to you last week but I had trouble recording it. I thought I would be clever and head outside for some fresh air and go for a walk to my local park and record a podcast there. Well I tried but I just… Read the rest of this entry »
Podcast Recommendation – SmallBizPod.co.uk
By 3 Comments August 10, 2005
One of my favourite activities is to view the statistics for this blog and in particular the referrer statistics which show which sites people linked through to get to Entrepreneur’s Journey. The other night and I came across a site in the UK that had linked to my blog. I followed the trail and went to visit the site and… Read the rest of this entry »
Business Timeline – Yaro Starak
By 5 Comments August 10, 2005
I went to work about a month ago to compile a timeline of my business history. It ended up taking a lot longer than I thought it would but given I was covering the last 25 years of my business life it’s not surprising. I’ve highlighted all the significant business-related events in my life including all the major offline and… Read the rest of this entry »
Cheaper than SkypeOut? – VoipBuster: Free International Calls
By 4 Comments August 9, 2005
Yet another player has entered the Internet telephoney market competing with Skype to be the next generation communication tool of choice. VoipBuster specialises in cheep international calls to landline phones using the Internet. How cheap? Very cheap. Currently advertised at “FREE” although there is a $1 Euro account creation fee, it’s hard to compete with those rates if… Read the rest of this entry »
Adidas Acquires Reebok
By 2 Comments August 9, 2005
When I was a kid I was like every other kid, stupid. I was fickle and brand names meant something to me. Brands were so tightly incorporated into the social structure of my early teen years that I would not be happy with clothes from Target, it had to be surfware from the “cool” brands like Blillabong or… Read the rest of this entry »
Formatting Email Newsletters – Should You use Plain Text or HTML?
By 8 Comments August 8, 2005
A common question asked when you first set out to write an email newsletter is whether it should be a plain text email or HTML (web page style). This is an important consideration since your choice impacts on how many people read your newsletter and how they respond to it. Let’s look at the obvious pros and cons of each… Read the rest of this entry »
Ask Jeeves Pay Per Click
By 1 Comment August 8, 2005
A third player may be joining the Pay Per Click search advertising industry. Ask Jeeves (ask.com), a popular search engine is planning on launching their own service to allow people to place advertisements within their search engine results pages. Ask Jeeves has already been making significant money running Google sponsored results ads. By switching to their own system they… Read the rest of this entry »
How I Have Made Money Online – Part 3 – Online Services and Web Hosting
By 26 Comments August 7, 2005
In this the installment of my series on how I have made money online I take a look at running my most successful web business, BetterEdit.com, and one of the most popular online business, web site hosting. If you missed the other parts of this series you can read them by following these links:
How I Have Made Money Online – Part 2 – Online Stores and Advertising
By 15 Comments August 6, 2005
Continuing the three part series on how I have made money online today I look at operating an online shop and using advertising on a hobby website to generate an income. If you missed the first part of this series you can read it here – How I Have Made Money Online – Part 1 – eBay, Garage Sales… Read the rest of this entry »
How I Have Made Money Online – Part 1 – eBay, Garage Sales and Card Trading
By 83 Comments August 5, 2005
It sounds wonderful — making money online — that’s why you are here isn’t it? You want to learn how to make money from the Internet. I’ve been doing it now since I first discovered the web in 1998. Yes in a way that makes me a late adopter of this technology. The commercial Internet has been available since around… Read the rest of this entry »
Escape From the Institutional Straightjacket
By 2 Comments August 5, 2005
Perry Marshall: John Taylor Gatto received the New York State Teacher of the Year award in 1990 and was named New York City Teacher of the Year in 1991. When the appointed evening arrived, Mr. Gatto appeared in a tuxedo in the hotel ballroom before an audience of well-fed administrators and principals, and delivered his acceptance speech.
It was
A Little Skype Trick
By 4 Comments August 4, 2005
How many times has this happened to you – you’ve told someone how amazing Skype is, you convinced them to download it and then when you go to use it for the first time you have to have a one way conversation since your new inductee to the world of Skype doesn’t own a microphone.
My mate, Scott Hunstad,… Read the rest of this entry »
Entrepreneur’s Journey Forums
By 9 Comments August 3, 2005
I originally wasn’t very keen to start another forum since I know how hard it is to get one up and running. However there are a few regular comment makers at this blog that offer feedback and have opinions so I think it’s a good time to test to see whether we can keep a forum running. One of the… Read the rest of this entry »
Entrepreneur’s Journey Forums
By 9 Comments August 3, 2005
I originally wasn’t very keen to start another forum since I know how hard it is to get one up and running. However there are a few regular comment makers at this blog that offer feedback and have opinions so I think it’s a good time to test to see whether we can keep a forum running. One of the… Read the rest of this entry »
Skype $3 billion dollar sellout?
By 7 Comments August 2, 2005
Skype Journal: Skype $3 billion dollar sellout? Is there a real story here? Robert X. Cringely adds to the rumor mill by reporting that Skype was almost sold last week for $3 billion to Rupert Murdoch who just bought MySpace for an extraordinary sum.
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$3 billion dollars. That’s an insane amount of money. Is… Read the rest of this entry »
A Day in the Life of an Internet Entrepreneur
By 68 Comments August 2, 2005
Update: There is a new 2009 version of this article now available here.
The purpose of this article is to give you a window into the lifestyle of an Internet business owner and in particular a home based business entrepreneur. The example below is a typical day in my life. If you are presently considering quitting your day job/after… Read the rest of this entry »
