Updated April 2, 2020. While much of the content remains mostly the same, most of the tool recommendations have changed. When I first wrote this, I’d just begun my online business journey. Now I’ve been in the world of online entrepreneurship for almost 7 years. If you’re like me, you didn’t go to business school. […]
The hardware and software you choose to power your business tech stack are a big deal. Choose right, and you’re set up for future growth and expansion and scalability. Choose wrong, and, at best, you’re out a bit of money and a few weeks of time and energy. At worst, you’re out thousands of dollars, […]
It wasn’t all that long ago when I got a call from one of my mastermind clients urging me to make some upgrades to my landing page software. Back then, the thought of spending $97 on a WordPress plugin was ludicrous.Want to listen? There’s an audio version below Now, nearly four years later, my business is […]
The business world is divided. Online businesses are considered, by some, to not be real businesses. Brick and mortar businesses, though they have may have more direct access to their customers, are loosing the revenue war to their more easily-accessed online counterparts. For a while now, I’ve suspected that physical businesses, if they could implement […]
Don’t you wish you could start your own business without having to pay tons of money to get started? When I first started my online business, I tried to do things on the cheap. I built my own landing pages, piece-mealed together my own email autoresponders, and tried to grow my business without spending more […]
Do you want to own your own business? Do you want to be in control, take charge and be able to do what you want to do, how you want to do? There’s a big difference between working in your business and working on your business. Let’s look at the difference between the two and how you […]
Time is the most valuable resource we have. As a business owner, it’s important to focus on doing things that help build your business like helping customers, acquiring new ones, and doing the day-to-day tasks that move things forward. Want to Listen? There’s an audio version below =) But there are certain things you should […]
It’s tax day (or about to be) and you’re wondering what to do with your tax refund check when you get it. Instead of going on yet another over-priced vacation, you know, the ones with $10 sodas and $20 sandwiches, you want to be smart with your money. You want to know how you can […]
When I started podcasting, like many new podcasters, I didn’t know what I was getting into. Though I’d been blogging a while, I didn’t know what protocols, procedures or processes (are those the same thing?) went into producing a show. Most people don’t know this, but I made some pretty big mistakes when starting out. […]
After you’ve reinvested every dollar, and poured more blood, sweat and tears into your business than you could imagine, what do you do with your first dollars? While I love bootstrapping and even coach people on building lean businesses, I know sometimes you have to spend money to make money. If you’re wondering where to spend […]