If you are like me, your parents said to you at some point to be careful about your selection of friends.  The maxims “you are who you are with” and “guilty by association” are more than just words.  They are truisms that are time tested and are revealing of the another fault of human nature: “no book should be judged by its cover”.  The question is, how can you make your association or affiliation pay dividends?  One of the best ways is through affiliate marketing.  It is simple (notice I did not say easy) and can be very rewarding if you use a little common sense in your approach. Read the rest of this entry »

I just finished Keith Richards’ autobiography “Life” and it was a great read.  Especially when he discussed the development of his songs and how he actually came up with the song ‘Satisfaction’, which his peers voted as the greatest rock & roll song ever written.  John Lennon himself once stated that it was the only song he and Paul McCartney wished that they had written.  Adding insult to injury is the fact that Richards wrote the song while sleep walking.  How awesome is it to say that you can write the greatest rock & roll song ever – in your sleep?  If only it were that easy in business.  I know, there are many tall tales out there of dynamic people in the business world who can execute difficult challenges seemingly “in their sleep”.  But, there is one thing that will keep awake the most dynamic business person – customer service issues. Read the rest of this entry »

Is there anyone who hasn’t at least thought about making money online?
You have – right?
You know it has to work because there are just so many people in it and every time you turn around there’s another offer in your email to get you started. You would really like, no make that you really need, the extra income that can come from an online business don’t you?

So what’s stopping you? Read the rest of this entry »

Traditionally, social exchange theory is a psychological and sociological perspective that explains social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties. That is basically a long winded, academic definition of simply trying to get the most value you can in any type of activity you are involved with that has you paying money or receiving it for a product or a service…fast forward to 2011 and social networking. 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 »

Be The King of Your Own Jungle

I love the zoo. The animals are so incredibly beautiful and seemingly docile that I often want to reach out and pet them the same way I pet my dog. I never do. I am more than aware that those animals are wild at heart and even though they are in the zoo, they are not domesticated, although they’re safely controlled by their cages and zookeepers…it’s sort of like watching people in office cubicles isn’t it? 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 »