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Promote Your Website With Social Networking Published on 31/08/2008

There was bound to be a mechanism the blended so many site promotion tools into one package and now it's here. The advent of sites like myspace has allowed the blending of blogs with forums and instant messaging mechanisms that take a more comprehensive approach to site promotion. Understandably there have been some concerns about a social network system like this, but the premise provides...

Making Money Beyond the Ruts of Mundane Published on 25/08/2008

There's safety in the rut. Think about it, you're on a familiar path following a track that has a beginning point and an end point. Traveling back and forth on this rut each day provides a sense of safety if not adventure. If you travel to various locations along the Oregon Trail you can still visibly see the wagon tracks carved in sandstone rock as one wagon train after the other followed...

Top Ten Ways to Improve Any Money Making Idea Published on 25/08/2008

I've been kicking around some radical ideas in my brain about how to make money. The way I have it figured you can use these ideas for virtually any wealth enhancing idea and they can be applied to virtually every circumstance. Top ten ways to improve money making ideas. 1. If you're making a product make it better than it has to be. Quality means a lot in any economy, but always when...

Is Website Design Really That Important? Published on 24/08/2008

How important is your website design? It could be you have a very specific look and feel in mind for your website and that vision can only be forged by a master web designer. But what if you have an ecommerce store you'd like to open and you require a simple, yet customizable web hosting and design solution? What if you want a professional look, but have a limited budget? For those just...

The Four Point Consumer Connection in Ecommerce Published on 24/08/2008

Ecommerce is essentially the art of meaningful connection. When online businesses perceive their role as merely seller they are liable to find themselves in a 'disconnect' with their customers. Connection # 1 - Know Your Customer The best step in connecting with your prospects is to learn what they want. This generally involves research and being willing to ask questions. There will be...

Failure Can Be A Stepping Stone Published on 17/08/2008

World famous poet Emily Dickinson had more than 1,800 poems published. High school and college classes around the world have studied her work. Did you know that only seven of those poems were published before she died? Dickinson had no real understanding of the impact her work would have on generations to come. Most people think of the poet as an incredible success, but the truth is she...

Money Making - In Defense of Capitalism Published on 17/08/2008

The classic tale of Robin Hood finds a man with good intentions robbing those who are rich in order to allow the poor to live another day. This is a romantic story where the guy gets the girl and the world is set right in the end, but how does it work itself out in reality? Robin Hood is a sympathetic nod to socialism at worst and represents vigilante justice at best. Those who read the...

Web Branding Letting Your Humanity Shine Through Published on 17/08/2008

It wasn't so long ago that advertising was mostly filled with unrealistic scenarios that attempted to convince the buying public that a better life was available if they were just willing to purchase a product. You could be better looking, have a better home, enjoy greater friendships and never gain weight if you simply used an advertised product. Of course this was never stated, but was often...

Web Branding Does Not Need Perfection Published on 17/08/2008

Web branding is antithetical to the notion of perfection. Sometimes the best web branding advice is to let your humanity leak onto the web page. Life's messy and perfection is not a trait known to mankind. If you make a mistake admit it, laugh about it, make fun of it, allow others to comment on it - in the process you will find prospects looking at your website or blog with an appreciation...

Moneymaking Off the High Dive Published on 11/08/2008

The idea of moneymaking can be a bit like thinking it would be fun to jump off the high dive at the swimming pool as a kid. You watched others do it. While they survived and seemed to enjoy the experience you were not at all certain you could do the same. Jumping off the high dive was for other people - not for you. You just knew somehow, deep inside that you were not going to make it if...