So you have decided to sell ads directly to sponsors on your website or blog.
Great idea.
I’ve made money using this method since the early 2000s. It started off as a trickle – my first ad sale was direct to a small business for $50 a month for one banner on my card game website. From that point forward… Read the rest of this entry »
One of the pet peeves about Android that its veteran users have had since its early days is its default browser. Its lack of features have prompted Android users to switch to better alternatives like Dolphin. But that may soon be a thing of past because Google has finally introduced the Android counterpart of its [...]
I’m getting old.
Well, at least in internet years.
It’s getting close to 15 years now that I have been online and had a website of my own. During this time I’ve played with all kinds of different business models. Perhaps just calling them money making techniques rather than fully fledged businesses is more accurate in the majority of… Read the rest of this entry »
There are internal habits of thinking and feeling that are responsible for the level of success we have as Entrepreneurs. Within those internal habits are a few specific qualities that have also held us back from our next level of success.
This can be especially dangerous when you’re a new entrepreneur if you’re not at a place of sustainable… Read the rest of this entry »
In the wake of the recent trashing of the SOPA bill and the collective uproar that surrounded it, I’d like to investigate a few things relevant to us as online entrepreneurs, creativity and ownership.
Just in case you have been living under a rock and don’t know what I’m talking about, the US government recently tried to… Read the rest of this entry »
New Update! As requested, the recording of the webinar is now available.
You can stream it from this page –
How to Finally Make A Profitable Website In 2012 – Webinar Live Recording
On that page you will also find the link for the special $1 trial for two weeks + huge bonus pack offer that expires January 31st… Read the rest of this entry »
I’m always amazed that interns at my company can do so much with the web. I’m even more amazed at the limitations social media has put on young aspiring entrepreneurs and how it hinders the necessary fundamentals to start a business.
If you want to open a B2C (Business to Consumer) company, than yes, social media helps. In B2C,… Read the rest of this entry »
This exceptional infographic not only knocks it out of the park graphically but the story keeps you interested and entertained. It is the story of Google creators, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The infographic shows you how they went from Stanford to billionaires, over the course of 16 years. (Select Image to Begin) Created by Online [...]
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After ending his marriage, Chris Ducker packed his bags and moved to the Philippines for a fresh start. A few short years later he was married again with a new… Read the rest of this entry »
The Google numbers are in, and the empire went from 32.2 billion to 37.9 billion since the beginning of last year. The latest infographic on the subject shows us just where Google made it’s money and which keywords were the most popular. © 2012 WordStream, a Provider of AdWords and PPC Management Software. Need help [...]
Remember the Gmail Offline Chrome app we talked about that lets you work on Gmail in offline mode? Well, looks like it got better with more features. You’ll now see a Settings button specifically for the offline app where you can change certain settings. As you see in the screenshot above, Gmail now gives you [...]
What is more important: quality or quantity?
The easy answer to this long and heated debate is both are very important – and I’ll give you that, they both are, but for free content I am in the quantity camp. Go ahead and paste me and leave 1,000 comments telling me I’m wrong – I don’t care, I will read… Read the rest of this entry »
I’m sure each one of you would agree that yesterday was an unprecedented day in the history of the Internet. A huge number of major sites, like Wikipedia, WordPress, WIRED, Reddit and many more were on strike protesting the draconian SOPA and PIPA acts and were blacked out as a result. Google did its part [...]
Have you started noticing more of Google+ in the results when you search Google while you are signed in to your Google account? Like, Google+ status updates and photos of those who are in your circles and are saying something relevant to your search query? An example of that can be seen in the screenshot [...]
In my last article I wrote a few of my realizations and how I plan to adapt myself in 2012.
In this sequel article I will share some of my personal inspirations, which have shaped me to become who I am, and how I think. I will also share with you one of my latest projects and my… Read the rest of this entry »
A few weeks ago I attended a seminar for entrepreneurs held by Justin Herald.
Justin has made tens of millions of dollars in the clothing business, having launched his first brand, Attitude, with just $50 to his name. He was named Australian Entrepreneur of the Year back in 2004 and has written a stack of books on… Read the rest of this entry »
If you think that you are a proud owner of your own online business, think again.
We are often ignorant of this harsh truth, yet it’s there – lurking behind like a thief at night.
This truth hit me on the head a few weeks back when Twitter shut down my empire of some 130K followers.
Then, as… Read the rest of this entry »
If you haven’t read part one, you can do so here – My Most Challenging Year Part 1: When Family Tragedy Strikes
At the start of 2011 I set up this blog to run as automatically as possible.
A stay at home mum friend, Steph, from my city Brisbane came on board as editor and head of… Read the rest of this entry »
What do you love? (WDYL) is an all-in-one search page created by Google that lets users conduct a search for a single query across multiple Google services (the ones that are searchable). The homepage, as you see above, is clean and simple and just wants you to enter your query without really giving you an [...]
The issue of duplicate content is a rather contentious one in the world of Search-Engine Optimization. There were for many years – and perhaps still to this day – myths floating round about duplicate content penalties.
Essentially, folks were told that if they produced duplicate content then they would be punished, and many thought that this meant you could… Read the rest of this entry »
