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Whitney Houston’s Legacy And What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Her Rollercoaster Life

It might seem a bit weird to have an article about a recently deceased pop singer on a blog about Internet Marketing, but bear with me, today we’re talking about Whitney Houston.

There are actually some very valuable insights to be drawn from the rise and fall of someone who scaled to dizzying heights of success in their industry… Read the rest of this entry »

8 Must Have Attitudes For The Entrepreneur Who Tackles A Downturn Economy

When I first started my recruitment company in 2005, companies were still paying top level (and sometimes mid-level) sales professionals (discipline I started with) $100,000 a year and up. For me, this meant that even though in my ramp-up period my business volume was low (not many customers), my revenue wasn’t, as there is somewhat of a direct relationship between employee… Read the rest of this entry »

3 Reasons Why Potential Customers Will Walk Away From Your Online Business

Have you ever wondered why it is that some online businesses thrive and continue to do so, while others just fail miserably?

It is interesting to observe the differences between successful online businesses and those that, while they have a presence, just are not profitable at all!

Knowing the reason why these businesses are successful should ultimately allow others to… Read the rest of this entry »

The Challenge Of Developing A Software Startup

I’ve been working on CrankyAds.com now for over a year, although there have been a few start-stop sessions, so it hasn’t been exactly all-steam ahead during that time.

Developing software is a lot of fun, when you have the people who can make your vision a reality. Thinking of how you want something to work in your head… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Successfully Dodge Failure As An Entrepreneur

Do you want to make your business fail proof regardless of how big your goals are or how big your challenges may be? Do you you want to make sure nothing stands between you and the goals you want to achieve as an entrepreneur?

I’m a business coach who for the last 10 years, has researched the science of successfully… Read the rest of this entry »

How Much Should You Charge For Advertising On Your Blog?

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 »

Chrome For Android Finally Sees the Light of the Day

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 [...]

Which Business Model Is Best: Selling Services, Software, Information Or Physical Products?

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 »

Why Beginner Entrepreneurs Fail To Bridge The Gap Between Start Up And Sustainable Profit

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 »

How To Win The War Against Piracy – It’s Not SOPA

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 »

How To Finally Make A Profitable Website In 2012 – Webinar Recording Now Available

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 31stRead the rest of this entry »

Can Social Media Hurt The Success Of Young Entrepreneurs?

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 »

Grad School to Google: How Larry and Sergey Became Billionaires

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 [...]

How To Fire Yourself: Chris Ducker Reveals How He Removed Himself From His 300 Employee Company

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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 »

Where Did Google Make Their Money In 2011?

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 [...]

Gmail Offline Chrome App Gets More Features

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 [...]

7 Insights Every Blogger Should Know

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 »

Google’s Campaign Against SOPA and PIPA Saw 4.5 Million Signing the Petition

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 [...]

Has Google Erred Big Time With Search Plus Your World?

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 [...]

4 Inspiring Ideas And The Entrepreneurs Behind Them

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 »