by Many people write to me and ask me for low risk business ideas. To me, the least riskiest businesses are on the web. You don’t need to pay for rent of a physical space, need fewer licenses and typically have to pay fewer employees. That takes quite a bit of financial risk out of…
by An overwhelming number of people who write to me asking about how they can start a business, ask specifically about how they can start a business with no money and not funding. Of course, it is much simpler to start a business with money, but many people start successful businesses without any money. In…
by This article has two sections. The first is on how to plan and start your business in general. The second is a tutorial on how to start a trucking business. Here is a step by step tutorial on how to start a business. Here is a tutorial on how you can write a good…
by Most entrepreneurs shy away from doing paid marketing because paid marketing is precisely that: paid. But just because you have to pay does not mean that this money will be senselessly risked and wasted. In this article I will explain how to take the risk out of your paid marketing efforts, and how to…
by Just about every business has a sales funnel, and improving its sales funnel to improve the effectiveness of how it converts people into paying clients can mean the difference between life and death for a business. In this article I will explain what a sales funnel is, and how you can improve the sales…
by Many people write to me and tell me that they have a great business idea, but they are not sure what to do next. Then they ask me how I can help. I often do help, but because this is such a common question (I get per week at least) I will try to…
by Word of mouth marketing is one of the first things that most entrepreneurs think about when they begin to plan their marketing efforts. There are a few points that we need to address immediately. The first is that you need to get people into your business through channels other than word of mouth so…
by Direct marketing is a great methodology which gives me a chance to tie in many of the marketing themes about which I have been writing and creating videos. Those themes are choosing the right marketing platform to reach your target audience, measuring the results of your efforts with analytics, and having a deep understanding…
by This blog post is going to be slightly different than my usual blog posts. In this post I will discuss a topic that has more to do with overall productivity than a particular actionable business technique. In this article, I will explain how clutter in your work area decreases your productivity, and go over…
by I realize that this is a beginner topic if you already have a website. But many people who are just working on creating their first site ask what is website hosting, and why website hosting is needed. In this article, I will explain what website hosting is, how it works, and why it is…