He’s FAT, Forty and fed-up with whining about not getting results … so he’s got a lesson for all of us as he embarks on his personal journey to drop 50 pounds and reach his target weight of 190 lbs. (Whoa Jim - you really are 240?) by December 31, 2008!
I get it. Sitting on your butt in front of a computer all day raking in money from your internet businesses can really cause unsightly weight gain. Boy, do the rest of us know that feeling.
Good luck Jim! I’m with you (in spirit) on this one.
I’ve gotten a plenty of questions lately about why I think "mini" sites, simple 1-2 page websites, are better than "traditional" websites you might learn to build in school or from a website design course.
In fact, I believe "traditional" websites represent a complete waste of time and end up making small and home- based business owners give up on the Internet before they even have a chance to get started.
If you want to cash in fast on the web, stop thinking about making "web" sites and start thinking about "mini" sites.
Basically, traditional sites try to be all things to all people.
If you go to somebody’s website and you see:
"Sign up for my newsletter";
"Buy my product";
"Check out these links";
"Check out our article archive";
"Click Here for the article of the day";
"Subscribe to this RSS feed";
"Visit our blog!"
…. it just creates confusion.
In other words, visitors arrive at the site and either go nuts figuring out what to do next or, more likely, they simply click their back button - never to return. (more…)
In this timely article, Jim Edwards offers his suggestions about how you can keep your online business profitable even in a down economy. You know the economy (that’s most of us!) is seeing some tough times right now, unless of course, you are rich.
Warren Buffet, ever the Sage, says, "If you can’t afford to lose 50% of your investment, you should not be in the market. " And who among us can’t afford that.
Ok, unless you live under a rock and get you news by carrier pigeon, most people know the USA currently teeters on the brink of recession.
Though I maintain my own opinions about what this will actually mean to the average person, there’s no denying that the economy may slow down and sales may slack off a bit.
So, in order to prevent this possible downshift in the economic engine from affecting you, I offer the following advice to help recession-proof your online business.
*See It To Believe It*
No matter what you sell, you can use video to demonstrate either what you sell or the results customers should expect.
Product, service, software - it doesn’t matter. You can either use full motion video or screen capture video to "show and tell" people why and how your offering helps them. (more…)
