I am a terrible salesperson. I am introverted and do not often like talking to people. I have always preferred to work behind the scenes. In 2008, an unimportant series of events led me to stumble upon EBay. Of course, I had heard of EBay before and even bought a few things from the site.… Read More Why You Should Start an Ecommerce Store Today
Deciding to take the leap into self employment is thrilling and frightening and just about every other emotion bundled into one ball of energy. But, sometimes that energy wanes. You start to have a freak out. What am I doing? Why did I think this was a good idea? Am I talented enough? If you… Read More Watch These Top 7 TED Talks to Inspire Your Business Start Up
Quora is just one of many places to have your blogging questions answered. If you hang out on Quora, like I do, than you already understand the value of the mission based resource. It was co-founded in 2009 by two former C-Level Facebook employees, Adam D’Angelo and Charlie Cheever. Initially used mostly in Silicon Valley,… Read More Quora Round Up: Top 5 Blogging Questions and Answers
James has the ultimate affiliate marketing side hustle. By day, he works for a data driven marketing company that targets the automotive industry. Since the automotive industry is a turbulent market to bet on, James decided in January that he would dive into a side hustle. When An Affiliate Marketing Opportunity Knocks… While talking to… Read More How This Affiliate Marketing Expert Made $11,000 from ONE Company with No Website
Since 2008, I have been supporting my family almost exclusively with ecommerce revenue. At least once a week I am asked by my peers (people in the 40ish age group) how I work from home. They say things like, “What exactly is it that you do?” When I tell people that I own ecommerce stores,… Read More This 16 Year Old Makes More Money Than You: His Ecommerce Story
This blog post was sponsored by Benedetti, Gucer and Associates (BGA). At some point during Kindergarten or first grade, the teacher likely sat you down and asked you to conjure up images of your ideal life. He or she probably encouraged you to reach into the corners of your imagination and devise a picture of… Read More How to Finance Your Dreams
For over a year, I have been writing the “How To” Start-Up Business Blog for ProblemSolutionHQ.com, a business of which I am a partner. This article is based on an interview with Jerry Thompson, founder and CEO of OfferLogix, from his home in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Working in Costa Rica after relocating his family from the… Read More Trading Car Traffic for Cow Traffic: Living and Working in Costa Rica
For over a year, I have been writing the “How To” Start-Up Business Blog for ProblemSolutionHQ.com, a business of which I am a partner. This article about developing your software app was originally posted on that website and I have updated it and shared it here. Visit here to read the original post–> http://www.problemsolutionhq.com/blog/dveloping-your-software-application-idea-from-zero-to-launch/ PLEASE READ… Read More How To Turn Your Software App Idea Into Gold
On my never ending quest to increase my ecommerce dropshipping profits, I came across this 2 minute hack. Since the process of adding 6% back to my ecommerce dropshipping profits takes about 2 minutes, I am going to make this “how to” short and sweet. PLEASE READ MY DISCLAIMER ABOUT AFFILIATE LINKS. I founded and currently operate… Read More How I Add 6% Back to My ECommerce Dropshipping Profits in 2 Minutes
It is widely accepted among website referral traffic experts that referral links (or backlinks) from a well established website to a newer one will provide “link juice” and gradually improve the ranking of the newer site. But, what happens when your website is fairly new and you only have one or two non-social media referral… Read More Increase Referral Traffic By 10% Using Your Existing Referral Links
