Interview With John McLeod, Card Game Enthusiast And Internet Business Expert

John McLeod, the owner of www.pagat.com

We recently caught up with a friend of ours to see how he was doing with his hobby/website on card games (www.pagat.com). What he shared with us was quite an elaborate and encouraging story that we wanted to take the time to share with you. His inspiring tale reinforces what we’ve been saying on our site for quite some time – you can turn your hobby or interest into an internet business. This is John’s story:

John decided one day that he needed a place to put all this information so it was available to everyone, and he didn’t have to keep cluttering up his spare room with stuff. The year was 1995, and the internet was still in a fledgling, but John saw the potential, and began loading all of his playing card information onto web pages, and then assembled those pages into a website. Read the rest of this entry »

Internet business and the value of the blog are terminally linked forever.  In fact, you probably started blogging even before you got into running a business on-line.  But as time has moved on, and your business has picked up, you’ve lost the excitement you used to feel for posting to your blog and have begun to see it as more of a task than a pleasure.? Read the rest of this entry »

Many people decide to build a website and jump right in and get their site up and running. But there are some things that a person should consider before they get their site up and visible on the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

As any aspiring entrepreneur knows, making a living from your online business can be difficult. Running a home internet business takes time, effort and a lot of dedication to make it flourish, bringing you enough of a passive income opportunity to support you financially and enable you to leave the daily corporate grind, in favour of working from home. However, the success of thousands of people who have done exactly this suggests that it is still more than possible to create a viable online home business, as long as you have the right strategy in place to ensure success. Read the rest of this entry »

Website design…

People can spend months and months on getting their website design perfect.

We have known websites which are just full of text but they still make huge profits.

And we have come across websites that have been designed by very talented designers…but they make very little income for the owner.

Why? Read the rest of this entry »

Have you heard of an auto responder but are not sure what it is or why it is something you might want for your business? Maybe someone has recommended it to you but because you did not understand its purpose you have avoided dealing with it? Well, avoid the auto responder no longer as this article is here to help you figure out its purpose and why it is something that you will want to use with your business. Read the rest of this entry »

Pay Per Click (or PPC) advertising can help you to drive new sales leads in the right direction, straight to your website’s product lineup, for the cost of less than a cheeseburger lunch. However, it can also be all too easy to lose yourself and a fair amount of money in the process. Read the rest of this entry »