Running a business requires two things: time and money. What if you only have your time to give? Can you still run a successful online business? I say you can. I run an information driven business. My business model includes sending out weekly articles to friends who wish to learn how to run a more … Continue reading “Building Your Own Email List”

I consider myself an entrepreneur. In the course of my business career I have started three independent internet marketing businesses. I don’t have any plans to start anymore at the moment, but if the right opportunity arises I will. The question at that time will be do I buy an existing business or do I … Continue reading “Should You Start or Should You Buy a Business”

It’s very rare for a new business to be introduced and immediately dominate its competitors. Usually that takes years, sometimes even decades to achieve. Like I said it’s rare, although not unheard of. Take Google for example. When it came online in 1998 it shot to the top as the world’s most popular search engine. … Continue reading “How to Become Not Only Successful but Dominate Your Competition”

I’m fortunate to know a lot of successful people. My friend Kyle runs a multi-million dollar promotional company. He built it from nothing a decade ago. He was working for someone else, when he saw an opportunity in the stock market and capitalized on it. My friend Will did something similar. He saw a lack … Continue reading “Ten Reasons I Succeeded in this Business…And You Will Too”

Most “How to Start an Internet Business” guru’s will tell you that it takes time to build a business. That you shouldn’t expect to make any profit from your business for the first year or two. That sucks. Who wants to slave away at their day job and then come how tired and drained and … Continue reading “Building Your Business When You're on a Budget”

Today I want to dispel a common myth about starting an online business. I’m not sure where or who started this rumor originally. I’m actually amazed it’s endured this long and is still considered to be a valid excuse for delaying starting your own internet based company. Sometimes when I talk to friends about money … Continue reading “The Number One Myth about Starting an Internet Business”

I hope your weekend was better than mine. I spent the majority of my Saturday in my front lawn. I hauled bag after bag of mulch and soil from Home Depot to my house. I was on my hands and knees pulling weeds, spraying fertilizer and planting seeds. By the end of the day my … Continue reading “Why Removing People from Your Email List Will Make You More Money”

Many people want to be their own boss and run their own online business, but most of them fail very quickly. I’ve been there too, my friend. Even though now I run multiple online businesses, one of which makes over a million dollars a year I have to admit that I wasn’t always so self-assured … Continue reading “6 Classic Business Mistakes That Can Collapse Your Business”

Three weekends ago I saw the movie Olympus Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler. I don’t know if you’ve seen it or not so I won’t tell you how it ends (people were clapping) or about the twists and turns it took to get there (the twist is great). I will tell you I really liked … Continue reading “The Right Way to Launch”

Tell me if you’ve heard this phrase before; “The money is in the list.” Email marketers like myself live and die by this line. And after ten years in the business I still find it true today. The popular phrase refers to subscriber lists. Email marketers make their money by growing a list of subscribers, … Continue reading “Building an Email List in the Fastest Possible Way”

You receive this letter from me each week because you’ve told me you are interested in starting your own internet business. So what’s stopped you from doing that thus far? Money. That can’t be because I’ve told you about opportunities that cost less than $100 to get you started? Not enough time in your schedule? … Continue reading “It's Never Too Late to Get Rich”

This month is the sixth anniversary of me quitting my cushy 9 to 5 job. I told my boss I was sick of working FOR the man and instead I wanted to be the MAN. Since then I have started four online businesses and helped dozens more get off the ground and up and running. … Continue reading “Top 5 Mistakes New Businesses Make”

You know you want to. You want to stop worrying what your boss thinks, make more money, be happier, forget about playing office politics, get more flexibility in your schedule and be your own boss. But starting a business is scary and risky. At least that’s what everyone tells me. Maybe that was true for … Continue reading “Want to Start A Business? Find Your Niche”

Long time readers know I got into email marketing about a decade ago. But what you may not know is why I’ve stayed in this business for so long. That’s the story I’d like to tell you today. For those of you that don’t know, email marketing is the process of selling through email messages. … Continue reading “How Email Marketing Helps Small Businesses”

My wife and I were at the local branch of our bank the other day. We were there to open up a checking account for a new business we are starting together. As we were introduced to the gentleman that would be helping us, he conversationally asked what type of business we would be opening. … Continue reading “How to Deal With Haters and Naysayers”

Always wanted to start your own business but not sure you can afford to start one? Stop worrying and get started. Starting your own business, whether on the side or full time, is a great way to turn costs that you would incur anyway into tax-deductible expenses. It’s possible to reduce your taxable income all … Continue reading “11 Everyday Expenses You Could Be Writing Off If You Owned Your Own Business”

Of the many perks working from home affords me, one of them is never dreading coming to work. I don’t spend all day Sunday thinking about how I don’t want to go back to work the next day. Those that do are on a surefire path to getting burned out on the job. A new … Continue reading “8 Ways to Avoid Feeling Burned Out On the Job”