Excel is, without a doubt, the most versatile productivity tool available. It can do everything from number crunching to graphs and charts as well as intricate form layouts. One of the most practical everyday uses for this functionality is keeping track of your personal finances. If you have found a program dedicated to this functionality, [...]
11 Tips For Easy Product Returns
December 26, 2008 by 2 Comments
We all know that when you buy some software, a gadget, a piece of hardware or anything else, it is nice to know you can return it should there be a problem and (hopefully) get your money back. However, being a smart consumer means understanding the issue from the retailer’s perspective, too. Here are some [...]
Day 2: Using Social Media Strategically
December 18, 2008 by Leave a Comment
We continue laying out your Internet strategy. In this video, I am going to talk about social media. In the last video, I talked about using a blog. But, using social media sites is incredibly important for building up word of what you’re trying to do on the Internet. If you think these sites are [...]
What Counts More, Education Or Experience? [Tech Jobs]
December 12, 2008 by 5 Comments
You’ve heard the old Catch-22 phrase, “You need experience to get a job, you need a job to get experience.” But if you were to pit education vs. experience, which counts more on a résumé? Which is the one more likely to get you an interview?
3 Things You Can Expect To Screw Up December 25 and 26
December 5, 2008 by 2 Comments
Christmas Day is the same day it is every year, that being December 25. And the day after is obviously December 26. There are a few tech-related things you can expect to have issues with those two days. 1. Cell phone traffic will spike. Everybody is calling everybody. Most wireless carriers can handle the traffic [...]
Day 2: Creating Your Web Presence
December 2, 2008 by Leave a Comment
We continue laying out your Internet strategy. In this video, I am going to talk about blogging. If you want to build up an online presence, you need a blog – even if you don’t know it yet. I’ll walk you through the reasons why and give you some tips to get started. [hidepost=1] [flv:http://3daymoney.s3.amazonaws.com/Day2_Blogging.flv [...]
Day 2: Creating A Product To Sell Online
November 26, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Today, we start Day 2 of our “3 Day Money” series. I have a series of FIVE videos for Day 2 (keep in mind that these videos will be released later as part of another project). These FIVE videos, together, outline a broad strategy for setting up an online business, bringing in traffic to your [...]
Browse Smart On Your Servers
November 23, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Whenever you are doing work on a server, security should be at the top of your list. For obvious reasons, a server is the absolute worst place to have a malware infection. To help minimize the risk, you should always be smart with your browsing habits. If you are working on a Windows Server OS [...]
Making Money Online: Is It Realistic For You?
November 21, 2008 by 3 Comments
As many of you probably have noticed, our premium PCMech University program is comprised of two main themes: becoming a power user of technology and putting the Internet to use to generate an income and put money in our pocket. But, you might be asking yourself: Is the idea of making money on the Internet [...]
What Can You Sell? [Google]
November 16, 2008 by Leave a Comment
In my last specific demonstration on finding a market and finding something to sell, I’ll show you how you can use Google to check out your market. This is a search engine (of course) which means they’ve pretty much got the Internet covered. Also, their Adwords program means people are paying Google to reach different [...]
What Can You Sell? [Clickbank]
November 16, 2008 by 2 Comments
In this video of our series on “3 Day Money”, I’ll give you a walkthrough on how you can use the Clickbank marketplace to do market research and discover products you can sell. It is also a great way to check out your potential competition. [hidepost=1] [flv:http://pcmech.s3.amazonaws.com/3daymoney/Clickbank.flv 576 360] [/hidepost] [hidepost=2] Click Here to Download [...]
What Can You Sell? [Amazon.com]
November 15, 2008 by Leave a Comment
In the last video, I outlined several different ways to find a market to sell to and get ideas on what you could sell to them. In this and the next few videos, I wanted to specifically show you how to use some of these different resources. In this video, we’ll look at how you [...]
A Talk By Gary Vaynerchuk
November 7, 2008 by 3 Comments
Gary Vaynerchuk is an internet celebrity well known for his work in the area of wine. However, he is an expert in the area of social media as well. In a sidewalk chat given up in New York City, Gary gives a great talk on the new world of social media and how it has [...]
What Can You Sell? (Finding a Market)
November 6, 2008 by 1 Comment
As the next video in our series, let me seek to answer (or at least begin to) the inevitable question that almost everybody has: What can you sell? You know you want to make money on the Internet. But, you haven’t the slightest idea what you can sell. What would anybody buy from you? Plus, [...]
4 Key Parts To Any Successful Business
November 5, 2008 by 1 Comment
In this series on “3 Day Money”, I am going to walk members of PCMech University through the basics of online business. I’m going to approach it from a plain-English perspective and I’m going to cut through the hype. My aim is that, once this series is completed, you will have a good, overall outlook [...]
