Archive for the 'Case Studies' Category

  • Why Red Box Works

    Why does RedBox work?  That’s what I asked myself tonight when I rented a RedBox movie for the very first time. I’d just left a Blockbuster where you know you’re going to pay almost $5 for a new movie and $3 for an older movie. Plus tax of course.
    RedBox compared to Blockbuster is Aldi’s compared [...]

  • The New Localism

    Just the other day, I was reading an article about how Dell computers is pulling out of North Carolina. Now that state had invested heavily (actually they had given the local taxpayers’ money!) to this out of state business to entice them. States keep dreaming these big businesses can be “bought” to move once, but [...]

  • 5 Lessons I Learned About Building a Home Based Business While Watching a Master Violinist

    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 that [...]

  • The One Thing Necessary To Succeed

    “Big Al” Tom Schreiter is a multi level marketing guru. He teaches others how to succeed in a MLM business. Whatever your business, it’s a point worth remembering.
    During his Power Marketing and Promotion training, Tom asks the people attending this question: “How many of you could recruit 100 people to your down [...]

  • How To Make $500 If You’re A PLR Pro

    Here’s a way for you to make an extra $500 and promote your business if you have a proven track record of making money with Private Label Resale rights products (PLR).
    That means you have purchased PLR from other people and used it to make money for yourself.
    If what you’ve done is unique enough (James Jones [...]

  • Quit Your Day Job: An Etsy Case Study

    I’ve referred to Etsy.com before. It’s the online store for crafts people. Here’s a case study of how one of their people has built their business online using that online storefront. It’s FancifulForm
    This is a great case study. Here are some of the highlights. Lauren uses Etsy to earn extra money while putting himself through [...]

  • Turn Local Beer Into Quick Cash – Stump Markus

    Imagine this…
    … You print out several copies of your website and walk into your local bar.
    You casually slip your printouts next to the friendliest bunch and walk away.
    Minutes later, the bar is buzzing.
    Everyone is grabbing cash out of their wallet and want to buy from you.
    Wouldn’t that be cool?
    I’d like to show you how to [...]

  • Is Markus Allen The Most Negative Guy Around Or What?

    I guess ol’ Markus did his own mystery shopping one day and got on some online marketing chat anonymously.
    He had a chance to talk and asked people what they thought about “Markus Allen” (himself).
    Well, one guy piped up and said “THAT MARKUS ALLEN IS THE MOST NEGATIVE GUY I’VE EVER HEARD!”
    I guess that got ol’ [...]

  • The New Mailbox Money

    I’ve got friends who live near Nashville, TN. They talk about the music business and everybody dreams of writing a song or the lyrics of a hit single. You write one good song and before you know it, you can go out to the road and open your mail box and find what they call [...]

  • The Man Who Lived On Five Dollar Bills

    A friend of mine told me the story once about a man who for a short time literally lived on the five dollar bills and checks he received in the mail. Now he wasn’t a bum or anything. He had known the heights and the depths of the “professional network marketer lifestyle”… a kind of [...]