Archive for January, 2012

Do You Own Your Web Site Design

Your web site has been up for a few months and you are making money hand over foot. While surfing sites one evening, you are shocked to find a competitor using your design. You find out your designer sold them the same design. They must be breaking the law, right? It all depends on whether you ow…

Are You A Lone Ranger Why Going It Alone as a Business Consultant is Not Always a Good Investment

I work with people who have left the corporate world and have established or want to establish themselves as Independent Business Consultants (IBC) in their area of expertise, whether that be HR, Marketing, IT or sales.

One of the most common assumptions many of them make is that they don’…

Email Newsletter Marketing Is Alive and Well – The Case for Continuing Newsletter Efforts

With the arrival of syndication or RSS technology, many claim the email newsletter is dead. Not true. Newsletters continue to offer companies a marketing tool that allows them to build and retain relationships with their clients.

RSS complements, not replaces the email newsletter. Some read…

You Are Invited

Business card size works well for invitations
to special events.

What do you visualize when you think about invitations? More than likely you are thinking about a wedding or a party. You may even think about a verbal invitation that is extended to you for a business event. Invitations come…

Are Affiliate Riches Within Your Grasp Discover How to Cash in Starting Today

There is some speculation about how much money you can earn online without your own product. Although marketing your own digital product on the Internet can be very lucrative, there is no reason why you and I can’t profit mightily using creative methods that offer real value to Internet surfers….

Home Equity Is it Time to Cash Out and Move

During the last five years, home prices have increased nationwide. In some parts of the country, notably California, home prices have doubled or even tripled. The median price of a home in the Los Angeles area is now nearly $450,000 and in the San Francisco area, the price is approaching $600,000…

Buying e-Books on eBay

eBay is the world’s online marketplace, that enables a diverse and passionate community of individuals and small businesses to trade on a local, national and international basis. Founded in September 1995, eBay provides a platform for the sale of goods and services to more than 135 million regis…

Publicity – Polls and Surveys Are a Great Path Free Publicity

When I search Google News for “surveys,” I get nearly 50,000 results. When I search for “stocks,” I get about 54,000. The media love polls and surveys.

Here are just a few headlines in the news as I write this, generated directly from surveys:

Survey: CEOs cut expectations of econ…

Selecting Your Work At Home Business Opportunity

I started looking for viable work at home opportunities back in 2001. It was a time consuming process, but in retrospect, I give myself a pat on the back every month when I cash the check from my home based business. The purpose of this article is to perhaps help others make their selection with …

Media Savvy – How To Manage Your Time To Gain The Best Media Coverage

Did you know generating positive media coverage is four times more effective than advertising? Getting exposure in the media is far-reaching, utterly credible and free. As an added bonus you may well attract an audience that you never anticipated.
But talking to reporters can be risky and threate…