I don’t like numbers. Never have. I come from a family of accountants. Yet I appear to have been born without a left brain. My distain for numbers started in my early math classes. Math was really the only thing I didn’t “get” throughout my school years. So it should probably come as no surprise…
When I first started out online, I was totally sucked in by those stories of people who made $10,000 in their first thirty days. With a system I could purchase for just $97 today! You would think I would be smarter than that. But hey, if it’s possible that it could happen, isn’t it worth…
I’m seeing an alarming trend lately. It’s coming from clients, potential clients, and others I’m connected with both online and offline. People are spending 3 or 4 or more hours a day on social media, in hopes of growing their business through those efforts. But guess what, most of them are making about zero dollars…
A couple of weeks ago we talked about the demise of Google Reader, and I showed you how to easily switch to an equally good, if not better, Reader. Just like Google Reader won’t be missed, neither will Google Alerts. I haven’t seen anything “official” saying that Google is about to kill off its Alerts…
My Facebook news feed is overwhelmingly red right now. A good portion of my friends have changed their profile pictures to a red version of the Human Rights Campaign logo. What I find interesting about this is that there isn’t any discussion about “why” people are doing this, or what it means. Everyone that’s even…
Did you know that when you meet someone in person, you form 11 impressions about that person in the first 7 seconds? Sounds pretty incredible, but more than one study seems to bear it out. Meeting someone new doesn’t exactly mirror a potential client’s first contact with your business. But, especially when your business is…
There are two big lies that keep most would-be entrepreneurs from even starting an online business. Today, we’ll eliminate both of them. If you’re in love with your excuses, if they make you comfortable and you like being comfortable, if you like talking about change way more than doing anything about it, you should probably…
As a business owner, your overall social media goal is to build relationships with people that are beneficial to others, and to your business. Last time, I took on the seemingly popular opinion that automated direct messages (DMs) on Twitter are a spammy and ineffective way to connect with people. As I told you in that…
There are two parts to effectively branding your business online. The first is about how you look. I call this your “symbols.” The second, and often overlooked, part of branding your business online is how you make your clients feel. I call this your “stories.” Let’s take a look at how these two branding pieces…
Building a profitable online business is hard work. There is no way around that. And that’s why no matter what you buy, read, and listen to, most people will never own a wildly profitable online business. The good news is, with some focus and dedication, you can be different from most people. There is no…
