Archive for the ‘The challenge’ Category

Interference caused by lack of planning

A week after sitting down and planning exactly what steps I am going to take going forward I am back online. The reason for being off line is I have moved my hosting account from one name to another. When I started blogging five years ago I bought the hosting account in my work url. [...]

4 Critical things I did wrong when setting up my blog

Day 61 – 304 days to go! If you have any intention of monetising your blog then getting it right at the start is critical. If you are going to invest in the time needed to build your blogs reputation, make connections, and start earning money through it then you don’t want to be changing [...]

My own personal experience with choosing a business name.

Day 60 – 305 days to go! I have had so many business names that I can’t remember them all – but that is okay because if I really wanted to know the business name, then I have a collection of business cards to remind me. It is very common for start ups to get [...]

Business challenge: Setting up an Internet business from scratch

Day 55 – 310 days to go! I was expecting this to be a breeze. I was expecting to have at least three businesses running by now. I thought that with all my training and knowledge I would be on target to set the business up and get it moving. Now I understand my client’s [...]

Words of Wisdom…

Day 46 – 319 days to go! I have been running my own business now for some years. On Friday I was at a full day coaching course. The coaches never said anything I didn’t know or haven heard from other training courses or my personal mentors. But if nothing was new then why was [...]

List of blogging tools and tips

Day 34 – 331 days to go! July 9 Today is not an article as such but rather a resource that you can use to help you get your blog started. This is a list of steps I have taken or am taking. Pillar articles: These are articles that form the foundation of your blog. [...]

How I started getting my blog known

Day 33 – 332 days to go! July 8 One of the steps that I have included in building a business is blogging. For one thing from the comments I have received I get an indication of what people’s needs and wants are. It tells me if the article is hitting the right spot or [...]

Reminding you of Website Scams to Avoid

Day 24 – 341 days to go! I had a request in response to yesterday’s post to write about any specific scams – so here are some.  Please not this is not an exhaustive list – it is only a sample. Just because something doesn’t appear in this list doesn’t mean it isn’t a scam. [...]

Internet Marketing is not a get rich quick scheme.

Day 22 – 343 days to go! We hear about it all the time. So and so did this and in 10 days he earned $645 000. This guy over here did that and earned $100 000 in one week. And then we have this gal over here showing us her bank cheque, clickbank and [...]

Next step: Surveying target audience for their needs

Day 10 – 355 days to go! Two days late according to the plan I am working on, but finally ready to launch the two survey sites I have been working on. In the end I thought it was quicker and easier to use surveymonkey.com to set up a site. Reviewing the process so far [...]