There’s an old saying that say to be considered an expert you only need to know one more thing than the average person. In other words it’s all relative!
Everyone can be an expert at something as we all have talents. Believing in our own ability and having the courage to admit to being an expert is one thing that often holds back budding entrepreneurs.
Have you experienced the brain picker yet?
You know, the well meaning friend who just has a ‘quick question’!
It’s an age-old dilemma – on one hand you want to be helpful (they are friends after all!) but on the other hand the knowledge you have collected over the years has cost you a small fortune to gather and well frankly, you don’t want to give it away for free.
I’m sure everybody has probably heard of the 80/20 rule. If you have or if you haven’t you need to read on – it could potentially change your life. It is fundamental to every person whether a business person or not!
Now don’t be put off if you’re not a big fan of numbers. The 80/20 rule, although based on mathematical foundations, is more of a concept. But just in case you want the history here goes…
What does the KISS principle mean to you? Here are few ideas on how it applies to your website or blog design.
Opt-ins are the life blood of your business. You can have the most successful blog in the world, in terms of visitors reading it, but if they don’t opt-in to your mailing list you are losing the opportunity to convert those readers to clients.
We have all heard the saying ‘The money is in the list!”, right?
Well it may be a cliche, but it’s true.
So how do you make sure you get people to opt-in?
To be successful in marketing and consequently selling and making money, you need to have a marketing mindset. That means you need to think a little differently to the average person. You need to be receptive to growth and learning new skills and banish any negative thinking or fear of failure. You need to be […]
Having an online business requires a definite skill set. Your customers are buying from you ‘sight unseen’. In order for them to do that it takes a certain level of trust. Trust that you should have built up with them, prior to them purchasing from you.
So just how do you go about building that trust?
“If you build it – they will come”
Well that might be true of a baseball field but it’s not necessarily true of a blog or website. You may have the best site in the world with the most amazing products but if nobody knows about it you are simply whistling in the wind!
If you are doing the same thing over and over again, you should ideally take the time to write a ‘How To’, step by step guide so that you could easily pass the task off to someone else.
Now, you may not want to pass the task off to anyone at this stage in your business because you’re not ready or funds don’t allow you to. But getting into the habit of writing down your systems is a great way to eliminate disorder and chaos from your business.
One of the essential pages that every blog should have is an About Me page.
But surprisingly enough it is one page that is sadly lacking from a lot of blogs.
If you’re a new blogger (and also a blogger with a budget!) you will know how important it is to get eyes on your posts without breaking the bank. We don’t all have huge marketing budgets for Pay Per Click campaigns or paid adverts.
So how can you get some QUALITY free traffic to your blog?
I created this infographic to summarise 10 ways to get more eyeballs on your blog!
So you’ve decided to try your hand at network marketing!
Good idea – it’s a great business model and there are a lot of excellent opportunities out there.
You sign up and the first thing they offer you is your OWN website. Find out why you should avoid using your MLM replicated website at all costs!
There’s an elephant in the room and for me it’s blogging and religion!
Would you still do business with me if I was a different religion to you?
Would you?
I may be your ideal customer. Every ‘tick box’ checked EXCEPT the religion one!
