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No. 160: Perceived Website Beauty Won't Guarantee Success (Hint: The Value You Offer Matters Most - 2 Real Life Examples)

September 22, 2014

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!What if you could do web marketing that yields superior profits, at low to zero cost? We all want that! This write-up uses 2 real life website case studies to explain what you need to do, and why. Example 1: […]

Entrepreneurship

3 Strategies You Need, to Achieve Business Promotion Success

September 20, 2014

The key to business promotion success is to - as INEXPENSIVELY as possible - get your target audience to notice - and eventually pay conscious attention to - you on a continuing basis. One business owner who excels at doing the above is Richard Branson. For years, I have deliberately studied him in developing ideas […]

Entrepreneurship

Critical Thinking Can Save You Money (True Story)

September 19, 2014

"Even when you can afford it, you can get MORE done with LESS money, if you learn to apply Critical Thinking. Do NOT fall into the habit of throwing money at your problems or goals..." - (me to my kids) Here's how 2 of my sons used critical thinking to solve - at ZERO cost […]

Career Development

You Can Increase Your Profits Without Raising Your Prices (Here's How...)

September 18, 2014

Decide If You NEED To Read This Article (Take A Quick Quiz!): This article features my Layman's Business Variable Costs Control Systems Awareness Quiz™ below. If you answer NO to even ONE of its seventeen (17) questions, there is a good chance the information contained in this article can help you. Layman's Business Variable Costs […]

Career Development

To Perpetually Achieve Noteworthy Success, You May Need To Be Moderate In Your Humility

September 17, 2014

I once read the following quote in a magazine, and it really hit home with me: “In all things, apply moderation - including moderation” - Anon There is, in some societies, this issue of “humility" and how important it is for a person not to appear “proud” or “arrogant”. I believe it is sometimes taken […]

Entrepreneurship

You Need to Know Your REAL Friends - Accepting Help Indiscriminately Can get you Exploited

September 16, 2014

When you first begin your business, you will likely be often short on cash. Those periods might force you to have to depend on others. If you accept unsolicited offers of help from just about anyone who makes them, you can set yourself up to be ripped-off or exploited causing you major suffering/setbacks. Read this […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 159: 5 Key Reasons Competent Experts Struggle to Make Profits!

September 15, 2014

Many competent experts struggle to find/win clients. To make matters worse - in serving few clients they win - these experts often fail to demand adequate remuneration! I used to be like that ...years ago...but NOT anymore. I used my suffering to drive myself to find a PERMANENT SOLUTION...which is what I now share below. […]

Entrepreneurship

How to Avoid Wasting Money You Spend On Adverts

September 13, 2014

I sent huge amounts of my working capital down "newspaper advertising drainpipes", when I first started out, because I did not have a proper understanding of the important considerations for deciding on how and where to place my ads. My thinking about advertisements, and how to use them to attract business for myself was terribly […]

Career Development

Defeat Traitors Using Compassion (Hint: Welcome a Judas into Your Life!)

September 12, 2014

FACT: You can be a genius and still fail due to a "close friend's" betrayal. This week, I'm teaching my kids about this. "Et tu Brutus?!" Caesar's famous exclamation is one of the classic examples of how great people responded to discovery of acts of betrayal by those closest to them. In my personal opinion, […]

Career Development

To Succeed More, You Need a Real World Understanding of the Meaning of Intelligence

September 11, 2014

We often hear (or read) this word - "intelligence" - being used in different situations by different people e.g an intelligent "writer", intelligent "student", intelligent "speaker", intelligent "artist", PLUS on a less approving note, an intelligent THIEF ! 🙂 In this article, I advocate the adoption of what I consider ONE all embracing,and real-world relevant […]

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