Why Beginner Entrepreneurs Fail To Bridge The Gap Between Start Up And Sustainable Profit

There are internal habits of thinking and feeling that are responsible for the level of success we have as Entrepreneurs. Within those internal habits are a few specific qualities that have also held us back from our next level of success.

This can be especially dangerous when you’re a new entrepreneur if you’re not at a place of sustainable… Read the rest of this entry »

Is Shiny Object Syndrome Blinding You From Building A Sustainable Business?

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.

The Internet

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When Growth Is The Wrong Strategy

This happens to me far too often. I think change can be a good thing, but change for the sake of change is not.

The same goes for growth for the sake of growth. There is no quicker way to kill your business than to grow too fast.

When I communicate with new bloggers I always tell them to startRead the rest of this entry »

How Entrepreneurs Adapt To Change

Nostalgia is a wistful yearning for the past, an almost childish desire to have the world unchanged, constant, secure as it once used to be. It’s an emotion most of us feel for different things – but that can be deadly and dangerous for an entrepreneur to feel about business.

Because change is constant in a business environment.

Being willing,… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Stay Ahead Of Your Industry

In the first article in this series – Ask Yourself This Important Question: Is Your Business Growing Or Dying? – I talked about why the ‘be the best’ mindset is so important and why it has been the ultimate success factor for many businesses.

There were, however, a number of misunderstandings, prevalent in the comment section, which I would… Read the rest of this entry »

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Ask Yourself This Important Question: Is Your Business Growing Or Dying?

Be The Best Part 1

The recent post by Yaro seems to have stirred up some emotion between his fans. His discussion to change his business model has been based on trends and statistics, and perhaps a need to change to keep his business thriving.

You see, times change and what worked once in the past will not always work… Read the rest of this entry »

The Success Ladder: How To Leverage Each Small Success As A Stepping Stone To Greater Success

The Day I Made A $700 Affiliate Commission

One of my favorite stories to tell during interviews is my first attempt to make money selling an affiliate product.

My campaign started off as a failure as my blog post promoting the product netted zero results. I briefly doubted my decision to blog and considered giving it up for all… Read the rest of this entry »

The Power Of Purposeful Action – Krizia Blogging Case Study

This post is going to seem like a blatant testimonial sales pitch for my Blog Mastermind program, and it is, but I’m publishing this for other reasons as well.

The post just before this one was a guest article by Krizia who blogs at Eat Smart Age Smart. Her article if you haven’t read it already, was a… Read the rest of this entry »

When Is The Right Time To Begin Outsourcing?

There was an interesting discussion in the Blog Mastermind forums that began with a question about when you should start outsourcing.

The impression this particular student had was that outsourcing is the key for success, and it is something that I emphasize over and over again inside Blog Mastermind. The problem in this case was the lack of… Read the rest of this entry »

Hiring In The New Economy Requires A Proactive Recruitment Process

How To Create Recruitment Systems To Hire People Before You Need Them

I was recently asked how I hired quality editors when running my previous business BetterEdit. As I responded to the question I realized the information provided might well serve others, so I’m going to explain my system for staying on top of the recruitment process here in… Read the rest of this entry »

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Delegate or Die – How to Hire Locally to Grow Your Business

This is a guest post from Jason Katzenback, otherwise known as the current incarnation of John Cow (just like Dr Who, a new Cow is born each time the previous one quits the show)…

Have you heard the expression “No man is an island“… well perhaps to be more politically correct “no one person is an island”?

One of… Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t Wait As Long As I Did To Learn This Business Building Lesson

It’s Monday morning in Australia and I’m about to have a group meeting at my house with my team to begin work on something new.

For most of my Internet business career I worked solo – and I really mean solo.

I built my website myself, created marketing materials like flyers and posters, promoted my websites, located and managed sponsors… Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t Wait As Long As I Did To Learn This Business Building Lesson

It’s Monday morning in Australia and I’m about to have a group meeting at my house with my team to begin work on something new.

For most of my Internet business career I worked solo – and I really mean solo.

I built my website myself, created marketing materials like flyers and posters, promoted my websites, located and managed sponsors… Read the rest of this entry »

Are You Drowning, Treading Water or Swimming?

A common small business start-up formula today is to offer a product or service and sell it online. If you are reading this blog chances are that describes your situation now. Perhaps you are a freelancer with skills to sell, or you decided to have a go at selling a product online, maybe through eBay or directly from a website.… Read the rest of this entry »