The searching for ’starting an online business’ can get very confused at the massive amount of information (sometimes conflicting) that is out there. Once in a while you come across something so simple it is quite inspiring. I am quite a visual person, meaning that pictures and video appeal to me more than sounds and text. Although I devour books I am not a big fan of reading tomes of Internet Marketing articles because, in my experience, most of them are a bit too fluffy and short on substance. There are some exceptions of course, but on the whole there is a lot of re-packaged ‘advice’ on the web. Read the rest of this entry »
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Step By Step Guide To Starting an Online Business
On December - 30 - 2009
Motivational Video – Do It!
On December - 21 - 2009
The thing I like about being a motivated person is even when I am having a really, really bad time of it, I know that there is a strategy to getting out. We all know what it is, we have a chat with ourselves, check our goals, polish up some beliefs and work to change our state. If you don’t do this check out our free eBook ‘Becoming an Entrepreneur – Boot Camp’ Read the rest of this entry »
Make Meaning – Make Money
On December - 14 - 2009
Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of nine books including Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College…. and, in my opinion, he is as cool as James Bond giving you his Aston Martin Vanish. Read the rest of this entry »
Belief Systems – ‘Luck’ is Too Random
On December - 7 - 2009
I have always been a bit blessed. It is, perhaps, an odd word to use but it is the only only I could think of… ‘lucky’ just sounded too random. I mean does luck actually exist? Personally I do think so, chance random events can lead up to what we call luck, but I prefer to think of luck as ‘Where opportunity meets preparation’. In the context of today’s blog post I want to share with you how a positive belief I have always seems to have things work out… even in the darkest moments. Read the rest of this entry »
Boy’s Toys Friday – My Top Ten Cars
On November - 27 - 2009
Its Friday and time for another installment of Boy’s Toys Friday. Today I want to share a passion with you that has had me by the short and curlies since I was a boy… cars. I am not as obsessed as I was about them but I still hanker for having another sports car sat in the garage. So here is my top ten list of cars that are on shopping list: Read the rest of this entry »
The Best Tool For Squeeze Pages?
On November - 25 - 2009
In 2006 I was looking for a way to build a site that I could administer virtually by myself, so I went on to a well known freelancer site and asked for some designs. I got in touch with a designer from the Philippines and he introduced me to Wordpress. Even though the old Wordpress looks like a dog compared to the latest version, it was love at first site. Read the rest of this entry »
Building Links And How The Top Bloggers Can Help You
On November - 24 - 2009
I never really understood the link building process of an online business until I read somewhere that each link ‘is like a vote for you in Google’s ranks. The ones with the most quality votes get top billing’. This made sense to me so I went about the link building process and will be using outsourcing to keep this process going (in fact to lift it beyond my efforts). I did, however, want to see how other sites ranked on links to their site so I downloaded a link checker and started delving through. Read the rest of this entry »
8 Essential Tips To Writing A Business Plan
On November - 23 - 2009
I get a lot of questions about how to write a business plan. Who should write them, what should be included etc. There was also a question over at the Business Advice Forum about whether this should be outsourced. Having looked at thousands of plans and written many myself, I offer some tips I have picked up along the way and recommend some resources I have used for a long time that help immensely. Read the rest of this entry »
How To Outsource Your Site.
On November - 9 - 2009
Regular readers will have listened to the interview with Tyrone Shum a very successful blogger from Australia. At the time Tyrone was developing a course for those wishing to benefit from outsourcing of their online work through assistants in the Philippines. The great news is that Tyrone is close to launch and is in the pre-launch phase at the moment. As part if this you can get a free report that is packed with information. Read the rest of this entry »
Big Boys Toys Friday
On November - 6 - 2009
It is Friday (at least it is here, the time zone is freaking me out!) so I was feeling all ‘end of the weekish’ and not in the mood to write a post. However, with the move and all, I have got behind on posts so I wanted to do something. In another blog I had about hedge funds I used to do a section on ‘toys’ for hedge fund managers, it was popular so I decided to start doing a similar post here. I have created a section for it too which you can see at the top of the site in the ‘Entrepreneurs Resources’ section. Read the rest of this entry »
Buying an Online Business
On November - 5 - 2009
Buying an selling websites is a business that runs under the radar for many looking to start their entrepreneurial careers online, however just as in the offline world, the buying and selling of businesses on the web is huge and it is something the aspiring entrepreneur should definately look into, but if you have never done it where do you start? Read the rest of this entry »
Ten Professional Marketers You Should Read
On October - 27 - 2009
Here is the routine you will go through as an offline entrepreneur: Think of an idea, create a plan, find like minded people to help you, find investors, meet loads and loads of fakers and wasters, get depressed, forge ahead, get excited again, meet more wasters, get depressed, borrow money, make a sale, get excited, meet more wasters, make more sales, get really excited, meet some genuine people, get investors, bring on great employees, sack some people who are not performing, deal with them slagging you off, get depressed, make more sales, get excited….. I think you can see where this is going. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon Emission Trading – Opportunity?
On September - 22 - 2009
Here is something for you… carbon emissions. Yeah.. didn’t make any sense to me until recently either, however I have a golden rule of entrepreneurship: If I start getting random calls on a subject or certain coincidences accumulate around a subject then it is time to look into it further. Call it intuition, luck, fate or just good entrepreneurial practice, I take this kind of thing seriously. Read the rest of this entry »
