Most of my encounters with infomercials have happened when I’ve been ill. Why else would I be up late enough to actually watch one? After about two o’clock in the morning, the TV options narrow to half-hour “programs” about diet pills, exercise programs, zit medicine, a blanket with sleeves (like I would wear that to a football game) or a [ Read More ]
First things first: you need to read this article about recent trends in e-commerce. Go ahead; it’s not long. I’ll just be waiting here, listening to some elevator music. Okay, in case you ignored my advice and didn’t read it, here are some highlights: Online sales for the Thanksgiving holiday rose 33 percent. It’s only going to get better for [ Read More ]
“Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.” -Anthony J. D’Angelo Staying on top of technology and business trends is an overwhelming prospect to businesspeople, particularly those that grew up before the internet was a common fixture in every household across the country. Tech fluency is like any other kind of language, if you [ Read More ]
As an internet entrepreneur, you should concern yourself with staying on top of technology, internet trends, and SEO for the sake of your business. You could spend hours a day researching the different markets that apply to your business, but we don’t think staying informed should require such a time commitment. My once loathed and now loved friend, Twitter is [ Read More ]
Let me just start out by saying that I’m no internet expert. I get on the interweb to blog for PMI, read other blogs, and check my email – that’s about it. I’m a writer, so for my job all I have to know how to use is a word processor. On top of that I have a bit of [ Read More ]
In such a competitive world, it’s important to always keep yourself current with the happenings which surround your world. For example, a computer programmer will quickly fail in his profession if he never attends a conference in his field after graduating. The inside tips and tricks which one receives, to say nothing of the renewed vigor for ones work, at [ Read More ]
Like most prospective entrepreneurs, you’re probably thinking of new business ideas at least a few times per month. And over the past 5 years, you’ve probably had a few brilliant ideas that would have created an incredible lifestyle for yourself…had you just implemented them. Sure, sure…you have good excuses for not making it happen…right? Most likely your excuse has something [ Read More ]
The sports team who shows up on game day ready to play has a much greater chance for success than the team who hasn’t done anything special to prepare themselves for the meeting. Likewise, the same principle in sporting also applies to business. Preparation empowers the individual or group to excel, especially when the time spent has been highly efficient. [ Read More ]
You’re not alone in wanting more time during the day to accomplish things. Just about everyone with a desire to achieve has had that same wish…more than once. Unfortunately, that wish isn’t going to come true. We are all allotted the same 24-hour period during any given day. The difference, however, comes in how we choose to spend those 24 [ Read More ]
One of the Social Media outlets that makes marketing VERY fun is the online video king YouTube. You can really get the creative juices flowing by using this method. Many entrepreneurs rely on free methods to advertise, and YouTube is the perfect example of free advertising. PMI coaches will suggest that their students use this method in almost every case, [ Read More ]
Time, money, and a significant idea are all important factors to consider when determining whether or not the time is right to start a business. Yet although they’re important, are they essential? Most, if not all Professional Marketing International (PMI) business coaches would suggest that they’re not. And the PMI consultants have been in the business for a while, so [ Read More ]
If you’re not making money from your blog, you need to get up off your duff and make it happen. There is absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t be taking advantage of this opportunity. Sure, some of you purists may by calming yourself with such logic as “I don’t want to take advantage of my friends” or “Not everything is [ Read More ]
