Archive for the 'Case Studies' Category

  • Do You Need To Give Away Free Stuff Online?

    They say if you want to be successful online, you have to give away stuff for free. Is that really true? If you’re not careful, not charging for your stuff is a surefire way to bankrupt yourself. Today on my weekly talkcast called Stump Markus, I’m going to give you my take [...]

  • Online Trading as Home Based Business

    As people are looking for any way possible to generate a significant income from home, they are looking to Online Trading as a home based business. This isn’t exactly new. In fact, people were selling these information courses before the internet had really “taken off” ten years ago.
    What’s changed in the last decade are [...]

  • Track Keywords, Trends, and Customer Satisfaction With Twitter

    If you’re in a major corporation and want to nip unjust criticisms in the bud, it’s wise to use Twitter. You can of course use other tools like Google Alerts. In fact, one CEO I know personally monitors Google Alerts for comments about his company Thomas Nelson Publishers and if they say anything negative, he [...]

  • Opportunities in Recession … Adrian Ling

    I’ve already mentioned some ideas to help you sell more in a recession.
    Adrian Ling has a good post on Opportunities in Recession.
    He mentions a variety of opportunities that exist online and off line. You may agree with them, or may not.
    But one thing he suggests is worth building on … learning a tool and maximizing [...]

  • Wall Street “Credit Crisis” Rings Hollow

    Here’s more on the NON Credit Crisis.
    NFIB’s monthly member survey says there’s very negligible damage thus far.
    Other data indicate the economy’s in better shape than during a similar crunch in 2001.
    According to the NFIB’s survey, the No. 1 issue among small business owners is inflation. Of those surveyed, 18 percent said rising prices, from surcharges [...]

  • Free Publicity For Pre-Retiree Biz Owners

    The fine folks at Rat Race Rebellion may be able to give you some free publicity if you are a PRE-RETIREE and have started your own business to generate a second income. Here’s the details. Contact Chris TODAY 9/30/2008 ASAP through the contact form on their website above!
    We are working with a reporter who is interested in [...]

  • Workforce Management Creates Successful Home Agents

    The number of work at home call center agents continues to rise. The trick is how to manage them appropriately… for company profitability and to attract and keep the best agents. That’s no easy task.
    You can get lots of agents easily enough.
    You can keep things profitable easy enough.
    But doing the above while making sure the [...]

  • Those Copywriters

    I just got done reading a well written, very “conspiratorial” sales letter for a new piece of software. It was for something under $20 but you’d have thought they were selling the original plates from the US Treasury so people could print their own money.
    After I was done reading the “you’ve got to scroll down [...]

  • Small Lenders Hope To Collect Some Dough – Literally

    Cake Maker David Glass Seeking Loans From Customers
    If a local business you patronized and “loved” needed a cash infusion, would you lend it $2000 a year for $120 in free product? (Keep in mind that’s a 6% return in name at least when your local bank may give you, what, 3% at most right now?)
    I [...]

  • Tempted By Foreclosure Bargains? Think Again…

    MarketWatch warns that those distressed properties might not be such a bargain.
    This is a helpful article… basically you need to “do the math” before you buy.
    One question I’d ask after reading it though is… “How do you know you’re at the bottom?”
    If you could predict that, you’d be a millionaire. The only way to really [...]