Your spouse, family, and close friends have faith that your business (or blog) can become a success story. Or at least, they’re trying to keep their doubts to themselves. But you have suspicions. You thought you would’ve seen good results by now. And that’s making you question your business idea and maybe even your ability […]
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I’m really excited. Okay – I’m usually really excited – but today more so than others. Today, I’m excited to tell you about the last year at Paying for Life, which has gone from an idea to a blog with about 650 people paying attention to it. This is small potatoes in the blogosphere –
When you start a business, putting yourself out there can be kind of extremely scary. You look around at what everyone else is doing, and you wonder how the hell they were able to get so much exposure! You feel like a really little fish in a big pond, and it can be overwhelming even
If the recent recession nearly buried your company, you might want to look at your product mix strategy. Think: Luxury. Despite the economic collapse, sales of luxury goods remained steady. The number of affluent Americans (households with $100,000 annual income or more) continues to grow, up 75% in this past decade. Fourteen percent of Americans
In today’s fast-paced development world, automation and seamless integration have become essential for building efficient digital solutions. Whether you’re a solo developer, a startup founder, or part of a large engineering team, connecting apps and APIs is part of daily life. After trying multiple tools over the years, I recently came across viaSocket, and it
There is an immeasurable amount of information literally at our fingertips. We can learn anything online. I’ll say that again, because it’s hard to grasp the enormity of that concept. Seriously, right now, you can learn ANYTHING. Think of anything you wish you could do, and you can find a little to a lot of
Do you by any chance pull up your nose at the mention of Avon? The company is worth $70 billion, with sales last year of over $10 billion. How much did you sell last year? The secret to their success is surprisingly simple: in a recession, people get laid off. Those folks have time, and
Social media is considered to be one of the most important functions on the internet. It allows web surfers to share and discuss information that they deem valuable. With almost 400 million people logging into their social media accounts daily, it is a resource that should be impossible to ignore. Never in the internet’s short
“The money is in the list” has become a mantra in the online marketing circles. And though I think the statement is crippled, there’s truth to it. But it’s overshadowing the other ways you can leverage your list. Even if you don’t have thousands of subscribers, you can still get tremendous value from them. All
