The Fast Easy Cheap Startup?

August 21, 2009

There’s a saying in project management that you can get any project done quickly, high quality, and inexpensively … pick any two.
I’ve recently been experimenting with different models for starting up an Internet business, looking for the one or ones that are fast, easy, and cheap — and profitable.
One I’m working on right now that’s [...]

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Which Is Better? (Survey)

August 21, 2009

Would you rather have 100,000 Followers on Twitter, or 1,000 Friends on Facebook? Why?

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How NOT to Market Your Internet Business Fast Easy and Cheap

August 20, 2009

Fast, easy and cheap ways to reach [i.e., market to] lots of people online do not include the following:
Google AdWords (way too expensive)
Traditional Search Engine Optimization [SEO] (too time-consuming and takes too long to see results)
Knowledge networks like Wikipedia (also too time-consuming)
Tagging networks like Digg and Stumble Upon (you have no control)
Virtual worlds like Second [...]

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Coming Soon – Fast Easy Cheap Internet Business Startup Videos

August 19, 2009

I’m preparing a series of videos to show you what I think is the fastest, easiest, cheapest way to start making money on the Internet.
The formula is very simple, and all of the parts of it are free.
I’m going to show you how to work it. It’s not hard, and it’s not complicated.
I’m also going to reveal [...]

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Turn Your Social Media Thinking Upside Down

August 18, 2009

Steve Sponder’s blog is about “thoughts on how social media is disrupting the conventional marketing model”.
Recently he posted a single slide from a PowerPoint presentation given by Matt Dickman that perfectly epitomizes what is wrong with virtually everyone’s use of social media, especially Twitter, to try to market their (or other peoples’) products:
The Formula Has [...]

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Ryan Deiss Million Dollar Napkin Continuity Program

August 17, 2009

All of the BS hoopla surrounding The Big Launch aside, Ryan Deiss’s “Million Dollar Napkin” concept bears looking at for ideas about how to create an Internet business.

The Marketing Funnel – where prospects, typically from many sources, are fed into the marketing machine.
Everything begins with a Self Liquidating Offer (SLO) – low ticket offer
One step [...]

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IKEA to Take Over GM

August 16, 2009

Business Update …
Just Announced: IKEA to take over GM
IKEA has announced its intention to take over GM and sell cars at greatly reduced prices.
“Some Assembly Required”

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Rise Up! Chris Brogan Nails It

August 14, 2009

I really don’t like doing negative posts like the earlier one about Ryan Deiss, even when I feel they’re necessary. That’s why I’m happy to be able to bring your this uplifting post today!
Shamless plug (for somebody else): I strongly recommend that you read and subscribe to Chris Brogan’s blog.
I liked this post so well [...]

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Guru Domination Blueprint

August 13, 2009

OMG Here We Go Again with Another Overhyped BS IM Product Launch!
Title: “Guru Domination Blueprint”
All the “right” trigger words, but strung together they’re gibberish, as if they had been created by one of those 3-column “executivespeak gibberish machine” spreadsheets
“The Guru’s Secret to Massive Online Wealth”
Why don’t we ever get anything reasonable, like “the guru’s secret [...]

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Too Busy for Social Media?

August 12, 2009

Even though I have a schedule that’s usually packed to the rafters, relatively recently I decided to experiment with “social media” — specifically Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Some of you are shaking your heads, going, “Duh! It’s about time, dude.” Others of you are shaking your heads, going, “WTF? That’s a waste of time.” So, for [...]

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