Business Strategy

How Wide Is Your Marketing Funnel?

Whenever I return from an awesome marketing event, I often gain a huge new  business perspective. As Deb and I look at taking our business to the next level, it has become clear to me that the key lies in where we put our focus in the Marketing Funnel. For the purposes of this discussion, I’m going to identify 2 [...]

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Productivity Tools | Track It and It Will Grow!

OK! It’s  a variation of the classic line from the movie (Field of Dreams), but it’s true as a Revenue-Generating model for your business, as well. “Measure What You Treasure!” You can take action in your business, but if it’s not the right Action, focused on the Goals that are important to get you where you want to go…then you will [...]

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Unexpected Challenges in Life? Productive Virtual Operation Of Your Business

Often in business, we get so involved in our day to day repetitive actions that we fail to plan for the unexpected. In recent months, we’ve seen  a number of our Internet friends have their businesses interrupted  by a family crisis. This can not only be disruptive to your Revenue stream, but also, prove very [...]

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A Critical Early Step in Building Your Business!

What is the first thing most peoiple should attend to when starting their online business? Is it to… a. Get your blog up and start writing posts. b. Setup your Twitter and Facebook accounts and start making connections? c. Pinpoint the easiest way for you to start making a little money each month and take action on that. d. [...]

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Do You Suffer From This Common Internet Marketing Ailment? II Starting an Online Business

So you have an online business! But is it  actually profitable, bringing in a consistent income for you and your family? You surely aren’t alone.  Tens of thousands of people start a business online every week. Most of them will fail. That’s the hard, honest truth. But it does not have to be you! Way too many [...]

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Action Beats Perfection in Building an Online Business!

In the world of online business-building, action beats perfection every time. It’s all too easy to keep working on your product or sales page long past the time that it was good enough to publish. Sure, you want to put your best effort out there into the online world, especially if this is your first [...]

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A New Paradigm in Time Management, part 2

In this continuation from my last Blog post, let’s explore this Velocity issue a little further. A Race With Yourself No one else can walk in your shoes. You know, through a lifetime of experience, what work habits create the most productivity for you. The problem arises when we look at a number of our teachers, after  [...]

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A New Paradigm in Time Management, part 1

Every once in awhile, a new trend emerges on the Internet. It starts out as something very subtle, but then it jumps out, becoming very obvious. The latest trend is coming about as a result of  the increase in the rate of information flow to marketers having reached the point where it’s impossible to keep up…unless [...]

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Managing Email Distraction: Online Business Productivity Tip, part 2

In continuing the theme from the last post, let’s look at some solutions for email distraction. Balance Your Need for Information While Eliminating Its High Distraction Factor It’s easy! Simply set up a separate email account to use when you optin to someone’s newsletter, ezine or updates. Just go to your favorite web-based email provider [...]

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Managing Email Distraction: Online Business Productivity Tip, part 1

Would you like to spend more of your valuable time while building your online business taking action instead of getting stuck in distraction? Then you simply must manage your email effectively. There is a distinct difference between email that you want to receive and respond to daily…and email, ezines and such that you just want [...]

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