Archive for August, 2009

When people decide to join an affiliate program to make extra money, or to have a full time job, they often do so with illusions and no idea of how the affiliate program actually works. Read the following top 5 mistakes people make when it comes to choosing an affiliate program and avoid these mistakes [...]

There are two type of people in the world. Those who see the glass half empty and those who see it half full. This experience was heightened for me when I had lunch with an old colleague from work and he began to complain about how only rich people could start a business. I thought [...]

Have you ever been in moment where you realized that your perception of something would never be the same? Well that’s exactly what happened to me when I attended BB Kings Restaurant to hang out and listen to a violinist for an upcoming CD release. Much to my surprise I walked away with 5 lessons [...]

Since today is the day Twitter croaked for a couple of hours, step 0 is to make sure Twitter is working? What I did was to post on FriendFeed which posts to Twitter so the posts will be up when Twitter’s back or use Hoot Suite to schedule tweets later. Chris Brogan tells how to [...]

Here’s an interesting and cheap lesson in search engine optimization. It’s from ABC News no less: Banned and Buried by Google: 6 Search Engine Showdowns 1. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison for hidden text code 2. BMW for showing the search engines different content than the customer – “Although the Web site might give ordinary visitors [...]

Building any kind of business takes time, money, energy and focus. Obviously some businesses take more or less of each ingredient. Internet businesses are no different than a traditional brick and mortar business, except for the fact that they can cost substantially less to get started. That’s why they are so attractive to a lot [...]

As you’ll recall, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is worried about bloggers who get compensated for their recommendations but don’t disclose the fact. There’s even talk about severe penalties to bloggers for not disclosing something as simple as an affiliate link. If that’s such a crucial issue to the safety of the American populace, where [...]

It is quite possible to make money running a day care. Often you can begin earning in your home per state law just to “test the water”. If you like it – you may be able to turn it into a genuine business. Here are some thoughts on making money that way: For anyone who [...]

It doesn’t have to be unpleasant or messy, but it does have to be done. You may be well on your way to building a full-time home-based business or may just be tossing the idea around right now, but having a clear understanding of your current and future financial commitments will play a MAJOR role [...]

Be honest with yourself. Are you one of those people that believe that you just don’t have the time to get your home business up and running? You’re not alone. Many people I talk to claim they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. They wind up defeating themselves and [...]