Clear Steps To Grow Your Online Business!
Here's what you'll get...
- Shatter big myths about how business works, competition, what customers want...and why "do what you love" is a sure-fire way to fail!
- Get 3 real-world methods for validating your business ideas...and avoid the Number One mistake most business newbies make!
- Lock down a clear, actionable plan to move forward beyond your free Workshop!
- Get over 1 hour of free, direct training...to put you on the right track!
Web Design Tools, Services And Resources For Business Owners, Creative-Types, and Self-Marketers
Last updated on April 18th, 2019. Posted in Business Tools & Services.
If you're a business owner, self-marketer, or creative-type who wants complete autonomy—to be able to build, maintain, and control your website yourself, then you're in the right spot! Here's a helpful list of resources, tools, and recommendations to help you go further with your online projects and ventures. As I discover new resources, I'll continue to add them here, so be sure to bookmark this page, and check back often! (more…)
3 Most Valuable Things In Life (Your Most Prized Assets!)
Last updated on April 21st, 2021. Posted in Mindset & Mission.
You, me, and everyone else has three very valuable and rare assets. Let's dig in, explore, and see what these are all about. (more…)
The Future Of Small Business – Bright Days Ahead!
Last updated on April 20th, 2021. Posted in Higher Ideal.
The future belongs to small business owners. Just as many of us came from an aggregation heritage -- for many of us our grandparents, or great grandparents were farmers -- I truly believe that we're headed back to something similar...the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker...but online! (more…)
Organize Your Small Business Taxes (Clear The Mess!)
Last updated on April 19th, 2021. Posted in Additional Business Ingredients.
A big question that's very likely on your mind as you're thinking about starting and growing your online business is, what should you do about taxes? How should you handle taxes? Should you incorporate? Should you set up some kind of business license? (more…)
Meet Customer Needs – 3 Things Needed Before They Buy
Last updated on April 18th, 2021. Posted in Increasing Business Sales.
Before anyone can buy from you, they need three critical things from you. If no one's buying from you, it's very likely because you've missed one of these three things: (more…)
Social Media – Not As Critical As You Might Think
Last updated on April 17th, 2021. Posted in Increasing Website Traffic.
Social media is very often heralded as some kind of magical "cure-all"...that if businesses and brands can simply gain traction, attract eyeballs, and go viral...suddenly all their business problems will somehow magically go away...that somehow, they'll have "made it"...whatever that means! (more…)
Average Number Of Customers – Long Tails And True Fans!
Last updated on April 17th, 2021. Posted in Increasing Website Traffic.
Building an audience around your online business, your website, and the work you do and share online all begins with an article written in 2008 called "1,000 True Fans" by Kevin Kelly. (more…)
Bad Web Hosting (A Warning!)
Last updated on April 16th, 2021. Posted in Web Design For Online Business.
I talk a lot about avoiding bad web hosting companies, separating your key online services, and this sorta stuff. And recently I got an email from a student of mine who told me a bit of a horror story that ties directly into all this stuff. (more…)
Business Is Evolutionary (Growth And Change)
Last updated on April 15th, 2021. Posted in Finding Profitable Ideas.
A big mental shift takes place when we realize that the world is not static, that the world of business isn't rigid and fixed...but instead that there's more opportunity, more ideas, more ways to build a business for yourself than ever before. (more…)
Hope Isn’t A Strategy (Get More Concrete!)
Last updated on April 14th, 2021. Posted in Market Research For Online Business.
Hope isn't good enough. Hope isn't a strategy or a gameplan. You can't "hope" that your business will be successful. You can't hope that the "magical big idea" you've come up with for a "breakthrough" product or service will sell very, very well. (more…)
Find Your Target Market – Zero In And Get CLEAR!
Last updated on April 13th, 2021. Posted in Find Your Business Niche.
Let's get specific. REALLY specific. Who EXACTLY does your online business serve? What specific, narrow, niche sub-market of people who share a special interest do you want to serve in your business? (more…)
