In the past months we have covered a number of marketing concepts with some excellent resources. This month’s article focuses around list building and tracking Continue reading “Building Your List And Tracking Your Actions-Key Elements To Your Success” »

FREE Website Builders are a PAIN and NOT for Business

FREE Online Website Builders are used by Small Business Owners That Just Don’t Know Any Better . . . So Here’s the Knowledge

What Good is FREE Hosting if it’s on a Sub-Domain

Hopefully this will save at least a few small business professionals from having to learn the hard way.

They are not actually FREE if you want your own domain name instead of your site having a web address like www.YourBizName.moonfruit.com. This is a sub-domain and good luck with ever having it Continue reading “Build Your Own Website For Free – JUNK” »

Why Spend Time On Free Online Marketing and Promotion

Simple Answer: It Keeps Paying Off after Your Time Spent

And Because It Is FREE! And Because it Works!

Now I’m making an assumption here. That assumption is that if you had the budget to pay for marketing, advertising and promotion Online or Off Line, the word FREE or Zero-Cost in this post’s category title wouldn’t Continue reading “Is Zero Cost Online Marketing for Real” »

Just Because Business Tools or Knowledge is Free Online, Doesn’t Mean it’s CHEAP!

Even if the lunch is FREE, it still costs you the time it takes to eat it. And therein lies the rub with a LOT of free tools and resources available online. It can be extremely time consuming to determine Continue reading “Business Tools and Resources, Does Free Mean Cheap” »

I have upgraded 6 of our WordPress Platforms to WordPress 3.0 Thelonious.

Do Check Out the Video

I am extremely happy and proud to say every single theme still runs flawlessly but now there are SO many more cool features.

I can’t wait to see the onslaught of new plugin modules that are built to take advantage of all this new POWER!

Check out the video . . .

Continue reading “WordPress 3.0 Thelonious is Here and Gettin DOWN!” »

“Goal Setting May Work For Other People, But Not For Me” . . . . WHY NOT?

Knowing what you want is one thing, devising a plan to get it is another.

Goal Setting – I’ve Heard It All Before

Continue reading “If Hard Work is ALL it Takes, More People Would be Successful” »

Focus – Avoiding the Online Research Rabbit Whole – FREE Software

Do You Get Lost Doing Online Research?

If we’re not careful to stay focused when doing research online, we all have the potential to be just like Alice in Wonderland by falling into extremely TIME CONSUMING, (Or Time Wasting) adventures Continue reading “Staying Focused While Researching Online to Stay Productive” »

Planning to Achieve Your Goals Means REAL Planning

To Plan or Not to Plan – That is the Question – It’s Your Choice

(NOTE: This article assumes you are not achieving your goals or your wouldn’t be reading it. If you are not achieving your goals, this article will provide a solution as to how you can achieve your goals.) free small business personal goal achievement system

Self-assessment and Business Ownership

What questions should I ask myself to see if I have what it takes?

In order to successfully start a small business, it is important to realistically appraise your strengths and weaknesses. It is important to be honest with yourself; an accurate self-assessment of your skills and experiences will allow you select business opportunities that Continue reading “Can You Really Run Your Own Business?” »

If You’re Customers/Prospects Can’t Find You Online They’ll Find your Competitors!

The Following Is All Common Knowledge In Case You Missed It:

• The U.S. is quickly approaching 200,000,000 MILLION Internet Users.
• 92% of Internet Users have searched Online before buying locally off line.
• The Internet is the primary source of consumers finding/researching local businesses – 60%.
• Just having a website is not enough if it can’t be found in local search engines. Continue reading “Is Your Business Visible Online?” »