There’s the old catch-22 phrase “You need a job to get experience; you need experience to get a job.” Is it true you have to go thru years of college and certifications and internships just to get some work? No. In fact you can get decent work in computers armed with nothing but a high school diploma and the willingness to work. If you think...

Being a one-man band in a business is a tough experience. You have to do everything and wear all hats in the business. It can be particular frustrating answering petty emails when you know that your time is better spent doing things that actually make money. Hiring employees is a lot of hassle. You have to deal with a bunch of legal requirements and taxes. A...

Anyone can publish a book easily. Since the early 2000s there have been web sites in operation that enabled anyone to publish just about any written material at no cost. However the trick is to make people aware of your book so you can actually sell it. This tutorial will provide you with the necessary steps for basic marketing of your written...

Google’s Gmail service is a truly powerful web-based email solution. And it is easy to assume that it is suitable primarily for, well, email. And, yes it is. But, when you think outside the box a little bit, you can learn to put Gmail to use for things you might not have thought of. Can Gmail be used as a free solution for your company’s help desk...

As you get rolling with your Internet business, you will find that it takes up more and more of your time. Eventually, you’re going to be thinking about getting somebody else to do some of the grunt work that isn’t the best use of your time. I can tell you from experience that it can be very hard to make the transition to outside labor. The following...

There is a well known Internet marketer by the name of Eben Pagan and one of his best known ideas is the concept of “moving the free line”. In short, it means giving more stuff away to your potential customers as a means to make a sale down the road. It means giving really good stuff away – stuff your customers might expect to have to pay...

One of the secret weapons of internet marketing is the joint venture partnership, often called simply “JV”. A JV partnership is where you work in conjunction with another person to promote a product on the Internet. It allows you to take advantage of the resources built up by another. For example, let’s say you have a product you would like to...

Talking about using social media for business purposes practically walks on the third rail of the Internet. A lot of people who are using social media sites like Twitter or Facebook are particularly sensitive when it appears they are being marketed to. In my opinion, the fact that Twitter users get nervous when they see a “internet marketer” use...

When you hear people say that internet video is really big right now, they’re right. Now that so many people have broadband Internet access, the common use of internet video has reached mainstream and more and more people are starting to do it. And rightly so. You ever watched television for hours on end? Even if it isn’t particularly exciting, your...

Buying advertising online is certainly a pretty guaranteed way to build up not only traffic on the Internet, but also your brand. And many times, building brand awareness is every bit as valuable as building raw traffic numbers to your website. If you’re going to explore the area of advertising, though, you need to be aware of some basic terms. This is...