Posted on January 9, 2012 1:17 AM
"When you are through changing, you are through." - Bruce Barton Change is inevitable. Apart from death and taxes, change is the only thing in this life that we can count on. This past year has found me in the midst of much change. After a number of years as an author, speaker and entrepreneur, I have spent the last year quietly reassessing my life. Taking some time away from work, I've been tending to... Continue Reading
Posted on September 13, 2011 6:43 PM
One year ago today, I weighed in at 225 pounds with a 40-inch waist. With just a 5'10" frame, I was unhealthy and on the road to very bad things. Today, I am 170 pounds with a 32-inch waist. I've never felt better in my life. And people continue to ask me what plan I followed. It's simple. Eat less and move your body more. Common sense, right? However, there are some things I did... Continue Reading
Posted on August 17, 2011 3:37 PM
Is it really possible to get rich online? Of course it is. It's possible to make a lot of money online and offline if you successfully market your products or services. But is it as simple as point and click? Can you just hang a shingle and expect business to boom? Of course not. There is NO get rich quick. However, there are tried and true methods of building a legitimate business in today's world... Continue Reading
Posted on June 6, 2011 8:02 PM
In a recent blog post I had mentioned that I was both selling of some of my biggest internet properties and at the same time looking to acquire more sites. This led to a conversation with my VP of Ideas Dan Nickerson about all our mutual internet properties and the need to create a "simple" marketplace to introduce domain sellers and buyers. Sure there are a number of domain marketplaces online, but they can be... Continue Reading
Posted on April 25, 2011 8:18 AM
Facebook can be very frustrating. Early on, I accepted every friend request that came my way. I was being social, right? Shortly after hitting my 5000 friend limit, my account was suspended. After creating a bit of a hullaballoo (don't get to use that word very often), my account was re-activated. Then came pages. Now I had a place to send people who wanted to follow me. The numbers quickly grew. But my Facebook stream... Continue Reading
Posted on April 6, 2011 6:54 AM
If you've read KaChing or my other materials, you would know that I am a fan of making money SOPS.
SOPS?
That's an acronym for:
Selling
Other
People's
Stuff
Affiliate programs have been around for fifteen years now, and I've been participating in them ever since Amazon launched their program many years ago. Continue Reading
Posted on February 22, 2011 10:58 PM
One of the questions I'm most often asked is how to do search engine optimization properly. Very soon, I will be revealing our turnkey solution that you have been waiting for. But in the meantime there is something very simple you can do if you blog on Wordpress. This is especially powerful if you use the Socrates Theme, but it works great for all themes. While we have optimized the Socrates layout for better indexing... Continue Reading
Posted on January 14, 2011 12:36 AM
In the last year my company has had a lot of success with Clickbank, the world's most trusted digital marketplace. We currently have a half dozen products in the Clickbank marketplace and they generate a steady income for my company. One thing all those products have in common is that they were all setup, launched and managed by my VP of Ideas, Dan Nickerson. Dan has become an expert at the rapid development and launch... Continue Reading
Posted on January 10, 2011 4:26 PM
If you are a chronic consumer of information about Internet businesses and making money online, but have yet to do so yourself, this post is for you. What are you waiting for? Lots of people are waiting for that perfect idea, or maybe for a way to find extra time. Here's the thing: no idea is perfect and in the time it just took you to unnecessarily check your email for the fifth time in... Continue Reading
Posted on January 8, 2011 10:54 AM
You've made your website, done the SEO, created content that people like and optimized your ad systems. You're getting visitors, those visitors are clicking the ads and your site is finally making some serious revenue.
So what do you do now? Continue Reading
Posted on December 17, 2010 1:38 PM
If you've been using AdSense for Search, you'll know that last year, Google shut it down. If you wanted to continue to offer your users a search function -- and earn revenue from ad clicks when those users conducted their searches -- you needed to use Google's Custom Search Engine and attach it to your AdSense account. Continue Reading
Posted on December 7, 2010 12:03 PM
Apple's Game Center continues to gain traction with iPhone and iPod Touch users. After all, what better way to kill time waiting for the bus or at the airport than with an endless supply of video games at your fingertips? However, only a handful of the 200-plus games in the Game Center have true multiplayer functionality. That is rapidly changing thought, partly with the help of one of InfoMedia Inc's sister companies, Digital Future. Continue Reading
Posted on November 24, 2010 11:40 AM
(Written by guest contributor Dan Nickerson)
In preparation for writing this article I thought I would look for a great quote about learning from your mistakes. You know what...that was a mistake, because honestly there are a ton of them online. They all boil down to one basic principle: You can learn far more from your mistakes than from your successes. Continue Reading
Posted on November 23, 2010 11:15 AM
(Written by guest contributor Joel Ownby) Accepting payment online for your products and services sounds like a pretty simple endeavor, and at a low level it is. Understanding what is happening behind the scenes is an entirely different proposition. Understanding the nuts and bolts of payment processing will grant you the ability to provide better customer service, generate more accurate cash flow and projection data, help you to better understand technical issues involving payment processing... Continue Reading