Are You An Action-Taker?

A few years back I was at Ryan Deiss’ Ultimate List Building Bootcamp, which was amazing. It was the first time I saw Keith Baxter speak and he had me writing notes at warp speed. It was a great presentation on traffic generation and link building. One technique in particular stuck out to me. So ...

How to Maximize the Value of Any Information Product You’ve Ever Bought

This is a guest post from Ryan McGrath. Thanks Ryan! If you are laser-focused on your Internet marketing education, you’ve bought a ton of information products. You paid cold, hard cash for books, CDs, courses in 3-ring binders…which are now sitting on your bookshelf, unused and gathering dust. What I’m going to tell is a ...

A Story Of Two Ranked Videos 2

I’ve been brainstorming how to get my video on the front page of a google search result. And of course one way to do it is to reverse-engineer videos that have already made it. If you search google for “Magic Trick” two videos come up before any page results. Both videos have “Magic Trick” in ...

Booming Businesses In A Struggling Economy 4

Guess which business is a money tree in this struggling economy? The Dollar Tree. Their profits were up 20% last quarter. And their largest growing demographic is income earners of $100,000+. People are changing their spending habits. They’re looking for bargains. They’re saving. All of their shopping decisions are being looked at through a new ...

Glenn Beck’s Flawless Business Strategy

Let’s see if we can talk Glenn Beck without bringing politics in to it. The guy knows how to make money. He seems to be monetizing in every way possible… television, radio, live shows, movie theaters… …and he’s put out 4 books just since last September. Incredible! Personally, and again I’m not talking politics, I ...

Copywriter Pinpoints Who’s Best To Trust

Tim Ferris recently wrote “The Four Hour Body.” It’s title was modeled after the best-selling book, “The Four Hour Work Week.” Two non-fiction books, on completely different topics, and yet the same author. What makes Tim qualified to write these two non-fiction books with such large scope? Well, first, Tim’s work was fitness related so ...

Minimalist Office Space And Ikea 5

This past weekend I took a trip to Ikea and saw what I thought were opposing visions. One – mock offices with endless shelves and storage space. And two – a 235 square foot home, complete with a kitchen, dining area, full bath, entertaining space and sleeping quarters. All that, in a space less than ...

Self Discipline And Time Management

Ryan Healy just posted that he plans to release one product a month for the rest of the year starting March 15th. That’d be 10 new products. I think that’s a great challenge to oneself and I encourage my readers to think about joining him. If you’re up to it, leave a comment on his ...

Business Tips For Empty Restaurants 2

Let’s see if you’ve ever made this business mistake. A little more than a year ago I decided to try a Thai restaurant with a friend. We chose the place based on a recommendation. But quickly thought we may have the wrong restaurant. The parking lot was empty on a Friday night. Not good for ...

Ready Spaghetti SEO 9

A while back I talked about the Ready Spaghetti method: take action as a beginner and just see what sticks. I’ll talk about this more on the blog as we go, so sign up for email updates on the right if you’d like to stay updated. Back to the story… The example I gave in ...