If you plan to make money online it comes down to one thing: you have to sell something. When it comes down to what there is to sell it comes down to one of two things: You or Stuff. If you want to be profitable, it will come down to choosing a business model where you either sell yourself or you sell stuff. So let's take a deeper look at both, because, while I go on and on about picking one thing and sticking with it, I am almost ALWAYS in a push pull with which direction I should take. … [Read more...]
Confusion, Overwhelm and Procrastination
February 22, 2011 By 17 Comments
The three business killers... are they killing your business? Confusion This is often the first of the business killers people run into. They come online, and want to make money and suddenly realize there are so many options, and ways to make money. They start reading and reading and reading, and learning and learning and learning ~ which is GOOD. Don't get me wrong. BUT... when you're reading a bunch of different people, and they're talking about similar, but not the same things it's easy to … [Read more...]
Have You Lost That New Year Excitement?
January 25, 2011 By 12 Comments
Here it is, almost the end of January. How are you feeling? Where do you stand? I'm pretty sure 25 days ago you were ramped up and ready to go. You had big plans and were ready to tackle the world. How are you feeling now? Are you still on track? Ready to go? Taking action daily? If yes ~ fantastic!! If no ~ my guess is it's because you didn't have a solid plan. Big ideas are fantastic ~ every entrepreneur needs them. Businesses don't grow and thrive without big ideas. … [Read more...]
I Made Some Bad Decisions… Now What Do I Do?
December 21, 2010 By 7 Comments
I recently received an email from a reader. She had gotten involved in a deal where she was built a website (in a very, I mean VERY competitive niche), they were continuing to create content for her (that was absolutely TERRIBLE), and charging her monthly to keep the thing running. She told me they had told her she would make money with this website without having to do anything else. She bit. Hook, line and sinker. Because she was dumb, or gullible? Hell no, because she didn't know … [Read more...]
What Is Your Business?
November 18, 2010 By 28 Comments
Let me ask you a question... What is your business? You know, what is it that you do online to make money AKA ~ your online business model? Are you creating a website that you love that will sell things ~ be it goods or services? Are you creating product based lenses to sell things? Are you creating niche sites to either sell things or make money on ads? Do you know what you're doing? Or are you doing a little bit of everything in hopes that something will work? That … [Read more...]
Let Me Ask You This: On a Scale of 1 to 10…
October 25, 2010 By 22 Comments
1 being never/not at all and 10 being always/all the time How often does your business keep you up in the middle of the night because you can't stop thinking of all the cool stuff you want to do with it? How often do you go more than a day without thinking about/doing something in your business? How good do you feel about sharing your website with your family and friends? How proud would you be if another person online referred to you and said oh you know... Your Name, from … [Read more...]
How to Get Around Funkification To Get Back To Work
October 18, 2010 By 30 Comments
Most Monday mornings I am eager and ready to start another week. I love my work, and generally have plenty of ideas I can't wait to share. However... Sometimes, something happens and I fall into some degree of funkification. Sometimes it's as easy as giving myself a kick in the butt and saying get over it and get to work. Sometimes it's not so easy. Funkification is part of life, and something everyone will have to deal with at some point in their work at home career. So what to do to … [Read more...]
You Can’t Get Bold Results with Timid Effort
October 6, 2010 By 33 Comments
A while back... hell it's probably been 8 or 9 years ago now, I went to an Access Your Abundance workshop given by Teresa Romain. It was an excellent multiple day workshop and I got a lot out of it. The biggest thing that has stuck with me is the idea that the effort you put into something will be the exact results you achieve. Half hearted effort = half hearted results. Timid effort = timid results. I'm not good enough effort = I'm not good enough results. I've … [Read more...]
Dave Navarro is at it again…
October 1, 2010 By 6 Comments
A while back I stumbled on Dave Navarro. I found some free workbooks he had and was absolutely amazed by them. I ended up printing them all out and spending an entire weekend working my way through them. They gave me some serious insight and motivation regarding my business. In fact, they lead to writing 7 Things I Learned in 30 Days. I ended up buying his book called What's Holding You Back ~ and it too was a huge game changer for me. Well, he's at it again! Dave has a new product coming … [Read more...]
Let’s Get to Know Each Other!
Social media gives me the opportunity to get to know you better, as well as giving me the opportunity to share more of me than just the "internet marketing" side. I share multiple facets of me, and my life on social media, so if you choose to connect with me don't expect it to be 100% internet marketing... because it's not. :)