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Getting traffic on your site!

August 14, 2011 By
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OK, so you build a new website. It’s all fancy, and you put a lot of hard work into it, right? Well, why is nobody coming? Remember the old movie where there was a kind of “catch-phrase?” “If you build it, they will come.” This voice was ringing in the mind of Kevin Costner in the movie “Field of Dreams.” He built the baseball diamond in his cornfield, and sure enough, people came. It doesn’t necessarily happen that way on the web. People don’t go to websites that they don’t know about. So, how do you make sure that people know about your new site? Well, it can be a little … [Read more...]

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Do you sell e-books?

July 1, 2011 By
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I have been talking about publishing and writing books a lot on this site lately.  Why?  Because I think it is going to be my next step in making money online.  I have some subjects that I have some authority on, and I feel that I have some books inside me just waiting to get out too, so why not write some books and earn a little money from them?  Frankly, a lot of the subjects that I want to write on are based on e-mail questions that I get almost every day anyway, so why not expand on my answers, and also make a little money from answering these questions for people. One of the discussions that we have been having on this site lately is … [Read more...]

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It’s a business!

May 17, 2011 By
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In the past few weeks, I have read a number of articles on the net, on various blogs that had a similar theme.  Reading these articles really reinforced some things that I already believe, and helped me reconsider those thoughts, and as I reconsidered, I came to the same conclusion that I had already developed in the past, which was the conclusion of the authors of the articles too. Basically, the theme of these articles is about earning money online, and the fact that doing so is a business, not just a time to play around.  Many people start blogging, or some other way of earning money online, and they will put AdSense ads, or something … [Read more...]

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Good news for e-sellers in the Philippines

December 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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There is some great news for people who want to do business in the Philippines over the Internet!  Paypal is already available for Philippine merchants!  That's right, now you can send and receive money with Paypal, even if you live in the Philippines. This has been a major issue in the past.  Remember a couple of months ago, I was writing a series of articles about selling on eBay?  Well, the issue of how to get your money was the number one item that most people asked questions about or made comments about.  With Paypal now doing business here in the Philippines, this issue is now solved, or nearly solved. I just went and … [Read more...]

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Do you have to work to make money?

December 23, 2010 By
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What do you think? Do you have to work to make money? I’m not talking about earning interest on money you already have, or getting stock dividends. Nothing like that…. I mean that if you have no money and need to earn some, so you have to work? Well, of course you do! Right? Well, sort of. Working to make money I am not a rich person, I don’t have a bunch of family wealth filling my drawers with money. I have to earn the money that I need to keep my kids in school, keep dinner on my family’s table, etc. But, when I think about it, I don’t really feel like I work. I am sitting here in my office on the second … [Read more...]

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Who's going to be the Next Internet Millionaire?

December 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Have you caught it? You know what I mean.... the new reality show? No, it's not on TV, this is a show on the Internet! It's a one hour TV show that airs weekly, and it's called "The Next Internet Millionaire." The show is a reality show loosely based on shows like "The Apprentice" "Survivor" and such. A group of 12 people have been chosen to participate in the game, in which they will face challenges to determine who will participate in a Joint Venture with host Joel Comm. Comm is a long time Internet Marketer who has built up quite a name in Internet Commerce over the years, and he hosts the show. In the first episode of the show, the … [Read more...]

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To sell online, you need a shopping cart!

June 1, 2007 By

When I visit any of several e-commerce forums that I check out from time to time, one of the hottest topics is always about shopping carts.  I am not talking about the physical carts that you see at your grocery store or the hardware store down the street.  I am talking about software that you will need to install on your website if you want to sell items.  Basically, the software version of a shopping cart is just the same as a physical shopping cart, hence the name.  One is just “virtual” and not physical.  But, it serves the same purpose – it allows customers to purchase a number of items all at the same time, then … [Read more...]

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Let’s face it – almost everything is seasonal

May 30, 2007 By

No matter what kind of business you are into, most likely it is seasonal, at least to some extent.  The e-commerce business is really no different. Even though, I know that certain seasons mean that business will be down, when the downward trend starts showing up, I worry.  After I’ve been on the low end for a while and it’s time for things to start picking up again, I worry more.  Will my business just stay down this time, or will it come back as it always has?  It’s something you can’t take lightly. Fresh assorted seasonal vegetables I’ve been in business on my oldest e-commerce site for about 6 years … [Read more...]

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Do you want to sell something online?

May 28, 2007 By

A good friend of mine recently wrote me a note.  This person, I’ll call him Jerry, has been a friend for many years, and I consider him to be quite close.  In his note, he told me that he wanted to start selling an e-book online.  He wrote this book some years ago, and it is related to the business that he and his wife are in, and how being in business together was such a blessing for their relationship.  Knowing Jerry, if he says this is the case, you can take it to the bank!  He has always been very honest with me. Jerry has never had much of an internet presence.  Oh, he is on the net and he participates in some forums and … [Read more...]

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