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Online Business: Spin The Plates

    Something you have to work out when you start in internet marketing is how you sort out the minefields of information and decide which ballpark you want to play in.

    If you scan through my categories list you’ll get an appreciation  for the many different ways you can create a presence online and earn an income through one or a combination of methods.

    If you are building a business, it pays to understand what each one of these areas is and does. But don’t get caught up trying them all – you’ll be doomed to failure.

    The trick is to choose one that may suit your capabilities and develop it to the point where you are employing the techniques to best effect and have started to generate an income. Then build it so it continues to generate with little extra effort before moving on to the nextRead More »Online Business: Spin The Plates

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    Take Advantage of the Super Bowl

      I’ve been watching how Barb Ling came up with an idea, grabbed some of her templates and in four days had put together an actionable information product, set up the upsells, downsells, autoresponders and affiliate programs across three platforms. I was exhausted watching her from afar doing it! I was also stoked that with laser focus one CAN be productive and profitable, even with juggling health challenges and family pressures – this is a great case study. Oh, and  was able to look at an advance copy of the product, which I did at 1.30 a.m mind you, and it… Read More »Take Advantage of the Super Bowl

      Build A Profitable Opt-In List: 3 Quick And Easy Ways

        You fully realize you now need a good responsive opt-in list. After reading countless articles, seeking expert advice and having read many success stories of people creating a solid return with opt-in lists you finally decide to make sure you have one of your own.

        Then it happens.

        Just when you think you know everything there is to know about creating opt-in lists and have followed all the advice to the letter … you still weren’t able to get enough of the right people on your list and make a profit.

        In fact, you may even be losing money.

        Perhaps you’re hiring writers or ghostwriters to help you out by creaing content. Maybe you’re incurring a few costs from that outsourcing. You may even have developed a large list, but only a very small percentage of people on your list actually buy from you, so you’re still losing profit.

        If it’s not clear now, itRead More »Build A Profitable Opt-In List: 3 Quick And Easy Ways

        Make you own Widget – And More – Easy

          Here I go again  hunting down tools that you can use.

          This looks really useful. Make Your Own Widget. This site makes it so simple to put together a widget, a mobile app, a countdown, and more.

          It’s free to join and, if you’re looking for tools for your site but aren’t ready to create your own, you can access some from others to use on your site and provide more content for your readers. Downside is that the free version loads up Google ads  hiding lots of your feed. So you’re kind of obliged to pay for the pro version – that’s going to cost you $30 a year or $4 a month. You’d have to decide if your existing platform doesn’t already give you what you need. If not, and you think a widget streaming your blog or twitter or flickr or other is worth it, then invest.

          Again, I have noi

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          Basic Successful Online Business Model

            If you decided to start a business, you have lots of options and decisions to make. Will you sell a product or a service? Will you sell wholesale or retail? Will you have a storefront or go door to door or telemarket? Will you create your own product or sell someone else’s? How many products will you have in your sales funnel? How will you manage your product pipeline? It’s no different when building an online business, either as a stand-alone or adjunct to an offline business. Many people attempting to start a business online get caught up in a… Read More »Basic Successful Online Business Model

            Productivity: Remember The Milk!

              I am loving RTM.

              I will admit it now. I am a list-maker. I am a BIG list-maker. I make mega lists and they get so big I get overwhelmed and get lost in the volume of what has to be done when.

              Robert Plank has tried to get me to stick to the FOUR THINGS philosophy.

              I’ve tried lots of to-do list systems, the egg-timer method, the pomadoro technique, Getting Things Done and all types of productivity systems like Franklin Covey, Priority Management and more.

              Here’s what I know: ALL the systems work. It’s just that we (I) do not work the system! And hence we get out of control quickly, forget things, procrastinate, end up in a time crunch and don’t get enough done. You know the story.

              Well, I rediscovered Remember The Milk after flirting with it years ago. And IRead More »Productivity: Remember The Milk!