January, 2011 Archive

No More Important Lesson Than This

Read what this guy writes. Now read it again. Now bookmark so you can read it later. Whenever you reach the point where you're very successful, nothing that got you there will prepare you for cashing out the equity in what you've built. Nothing. And the danger is that because you are so wildly successful, you'll think you can do this, too. You can't. You'll fail and you'll leave a ton of money on the table. Charlie's article should give ... Keep reading »

Making Money with Price-Comparison Sites

This is the second in a series of articles on online business models written from the perspective of the person using it. In talking with at least a hundred successful online business owners the past few years, it has become apparent that there only a very few basic building blocks of an online business. As with DNA, though, there is an endless array of how those building ... Keep reading »

SEO is Overrated

I talk to a lot of people who see search engine traffic as a magic bullet for their business -- both online and offline. They think if they can just rank well in The Google, all their problems will be solved. (Most of the offline businesses seem to think that they're the only ones who have figured this ... Keep reading »

More Free Business Ideas

Starting tomorrow, I'm going to be reviving my Free Business Ideas series.  Follow that link for full details, but here's why I'm doing it: Chasing new ideas is severely handicapping my other businesses.  I'm ADD anyway, but it's especially bad when there are so many great ideas out there for making $100/day.  Giving the ideas to you will keep me from pursuing them and keep me focused on what I should be focused on. And since some of you won't ... Keep reading »

You Need Some Link Control, So You Can Get Paid

How do you build a great reputation?  By delivering real value and treating people right.  Jeremy Schoemaker always nails both of those, and with his new product, Link Control, it looks like he's delivered yet again. The purpose of Link Control is to make it easy to find the best-performing link for whatever affiliate offer you're running.  Obviously you can do that manually, but ... Keep reading »

$1,000 a Day from AdSense

This is the first article in what I hope will be a series of articles on different online business models.  In talking with at least a hundred successful online business owners the past few years, it has become apparent that there only a very few basic building blocks of an online business.  As with DNA, though, there is an endless array of how those building blocks can be arranged.  So ... Keep reading »

Great Things Elsewhere – January 4, 2011

When I find something great that is also relevant to the topic here, I will do one of two things with it.  If it's something I have a lengthy comment on, I will post it in the News & Links section along with my comments.  If I don't have anything of substance to say, though, it goes in the "Great Things Elsewhere" section of the sidebar.  Once I have ten "Great Things," they go out ... Keep reading »