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 twelve 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”

Well crap, they told me I was doing it wrong again. Twitter. I just read a new study that shattered what I’d been told about how to use the social media tool. I can’t say I’m surprised. Businesses and people are still on a journey to figure out this whole social media whirlwind. But it’s … Continue reading “Using Twitter for Fun and Profit”

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”

Donald Trump did it successfully. Southwest Airlines thrives on it. Hell, even I did it. Many great businesses have been built using friends and family. So how come everybody says “NEVER hire friends or family?” Donald Trump hired three of his children to work for his real estate company. Southwest Airlines boasts it has 763 … Continue reading “How to Make Hiring Friends and Family Work”

Last week I spoke to you about recessions being one of the BEST times to start that online business you’ve always dreamed of.  Many of today’s most successful businesses were started during recessions and depressions. I hoped my article showed you how you can be successful by taking advantage of these economic rough times. If … Continue reading “How to Create Products Customers Love”

Money doesn’t grow on trees is the saying. But I seem to have one at my house. Sound impossible? Let me explain. See a number of years ago I quit my cushy nine to five job in favor of starting my own business. I can’t believe I ever had the balls to do exactly that, … Continue reading “How to Find Your Personal Money Tree”

Before I left my cushy 9-5 corporate job to start my first online business I considered many things. •    Would I be successful? •    How would I fund it? •    What if I failed? •    Would anybody want the things I would sell? I thought about all these objections and more for a long time. … Continue reading “What's Preventing You from Achieving Your Dream?”

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”

I once knew a man who, outwardly, was a very successful businessman and a brilliant salesman. I worked with this man for many years and I always admired his enthusiasm and dedication to his business. He worked really hard – sometimes twelve hours a day and most weekends. This man was going places. Outwardly he … Continue reading “The Case of Self Sabotage”

When I was getting my first online business up and running I was very giddy. I was excited and talked about how successful I was going to be incessantly. One night at dinner when I was in the middle of another gleeful rant about the new business my wife asked me a question that stopped … Continue reading “Defining Success”

Outsourcing was once something only the big boys did. Corporations like Microsoft, Apple, and Bank of America have all outsourced some part of their business. In today’s world through advances in technology and the globalization of our work force outsourcing is something even the little guys like you and me can take advantage of. For … Continue reading “Outsourcing-How to do it the Right Way”

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”

When Christopher Columbus landed in America he declared himself the first to ever set foot in this new land. The truth is the first people to discover America came here hundreds if not thousands of years before him. If you do a search on Google you’ll find articles stating everyone from the Vikings to the … Continue reading “It Doesn't Always Pay To Be the First”

Several years ago a series of books were published that drew a lot of criticism and praise.  People were astounded at the correlations the authors found between things that on the surface had nothing to do with each other. The authors were called racist and immoral as well as heralded as true thinkers and exceptional … Continue reading “Overcoming Difficulties: The Story of David and Goliath”

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 make money from … Continue reading “Building Your Own Email List”

I knew the United States government was lying to me. I didn’t need Edward Snowden to tell me that. I just thought the lies were going to be about the existence of Area 51 or the promise of Social Security when I retire. I certainly didn’t expect that the lies the government is feeding me … Continue reading “Why 'I Have Nothing to Hide' Isn't a Good Reason to Not Care That the Government Is Spying On You”

Sometimes I get asked the question, “Does luck have anything to do with getting rich?” Well sure it does…if you plan to make your money by winning the lottery or becoming a movie star. Then yes, luck has everything to do with it. In general though, for the rest of us, luck is for suckers. … Continue reading “This Weeds out the Winners from Losers”