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Pete Williams is a long time Aussie friend, who lives in Melbourne, and is co-founder of three bricks and mortar businesses, all of which use online marketing to get customers.
Pete’s first big business success was a telecommunications company that sells things like phone systems, which Pete and his partners grew initially without … Read the rest of this entry »
We’ve all bought into the dream.
You know the one. With the attractive pictures. Of you (or me) sipping a pina colada, resting on the beach, while cash pours into our bank accounts because we run an auto-pilot home business on the Internet.
We’ve all realized it isn’t as rosy a dream to live through.
Reality bites. Early. … Read the rest of this entry »
Outsourcing! Such a beautiful word. It’s the magical word that can almost eliminate you from your business and make life so much easier that you’ll be sleeping on a bed of roses with money falling from the sky.
When I thought about outsourcing, I thought about uncle Scrooge from the cartoon “Ducktales” from back in the day, doing his … Read the rest of this entry »
Leslie Samuel has contributed this article on a topic I know nothing about because I’ve never had a full time job in my life. Leslie on the other hand has been an incredibly productive guy, starting up an Internet business on the side while he maintains his full time job. Here’s his advice on how to juggle the two … Read the rest of this entry »
This weekend I’m attending James Schramko’s seminar in Sydney. I’ll be there for a panel interview on late Saturday and hang around on Sunday as well.
James is one of the best Internet marketers I know of when it comes to getting things done quickly. His stuff isn’t always the most polished in terms of presentation, but it’s quality … Read the rest of this entry »
Please forgive me for harping on about outsourcing in so many blog posts recently. At the moment I’m going through the process of hiring new full time workers, plus John Reese is launching his Outsource Force program and giving away free videos on how to outsource, so this subject is a bit in focus for me right now.
I read through the comments that were left to my previous post regarding the changes I’m making to how I outsource. You can read the post and the comment stream that follows it here -
Why I Am Changing How I Outsource
I noticed that there is one consistent roadblock that people refer to as the reason why they … Read the rest of this entry »
Tyrone Shum has participated in both my Blog Mastermind and Membership Site Mastermind programs. He’s special because not only did he study the materials (which is rare enough!), he went on and has built himself a successful blog and last year launched a membership site too, so he’s a real action taker.
Part of the reason he’s one of … Read the rest of this entry »
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John Jonas and I spent several months trying to connect to get this interview done, but it was worth the wait.
I was referred to him via Adam Short… Read the rest of this entry »
Several years ago when I was managing BetterEdit, my proofreading company that I sold in 2007, I was knee deep learning from Rich Schefren, taking his Business Growth System course.
Rich launched that program on the back of his most successful report to date, the Internet Business Manifesto, which featured the now famous flow chart of … Read the rest of this entry »
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 … Read the rest of this entry »
In this final piece of a four part article series on customer service we look at one of the key components of a successful Internet business – a good customer support person.
If you have been following along this journey you will remember how Starbucks taught us the importance of good customer service as a powerful tool for … Read the rest of this entry »
This is the third part in a four part series of articles on customer service.
In part one we looked at a example from Starbucks customer service, where a simple free beverage voucher left a lasting positive impression on me. You can read this article here – Reputation Management: Starbucks Offers A Simple Lesson In Good Customer Service… Read the rest of this entry »
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 … Read the rest of this entry »
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 … Read the rest of this entry »
Read previous articles in this series:
The hard work is done. After a successful prelaunch and launch process your membership site is operating at full steam ahead. You watch … Read the rest of this entry »
In my business timeline, which is seriously due for an update to account for the last year or two, you may recall I talked about the early days with my start-up business BetterEdit. If you check out the Way Back Machine archives for BetterEdit.com you will see the different evolutions of the site, including a period where BetterEdit … Read the rest of this entry »
