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Why Most Internet Marketers Fail

26. August 2010

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Richard writes in with a question: “When can a person tell a blog is just about making money with affiliate sales vs. truly helping a person or business? Sometimes they sound really alike.” This is a great question. Many bloggers–myself included–run promotions for both our own and other products on a regular basis. Some blogs [...]

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oDesk Review: Is Outsourcing Worth the Effort?

6. May 2010

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oDesk review from a real user. Does oDesk work? I wrote about how to outsource around-the-house tasks earlier, but many of you (including, most recently, Christine) wanted more detail on how to outsource jobs that can be done online. I’ve definitely had success outsourcing jobs online. In this blog post, I’ll show you which tasks [...]

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Overwhelmed by “Getting Things Done”? Try This Instead…

25. March 2010

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If you feel like you’re not getting enough done in your business, but complex systems like “Getting Things Done” feel like too much of a production, I completely understand. Here’s my simple to-do system–an alternative to “Getting Things Done”–that I have been using for years. Try it yourself and you just may notice a sea [...]

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How to Read People’s Minds–And Then Create the Product They Most Desire

11. March 2010

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What if you had a secret mind-reading device that grabbed thoughts out of your potential customers’ heads and told you exactly what they would pay for that you could create? That would be pretty awesome…wouldn’t it? Unfortunately, such a device doesn’t exist (at least as far as I know!) However, you can get pretty close [...]

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How To Survey Your Customers for Free Using Google Docs

18. February 2010

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Read this post, and in just 10 minutes, you’ll have created your own survey for your customers or readers! Better yet, you will save hundreds of dollars, as you will likely never pay for an online survey tool again… It used to be, if you wanted to survey your customers or readers, you would have [...]

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