Is Your Business The Next ‘Sliced Bread’?

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Did you know that when sliced bread was invented, it wasn't a widely-accepted invention? In fact, it was almost a complete failure, as the inventor focused entirely on the inventing process instead of spreading the word... it wasn't until Wonder came along and started marketing it that sliced bread became ...

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How to Create Products for Your Service-Based Business - Part 3

Friday, July 25th, 2008

This is part 3 of a three-part series on how to productize your service-based business. What systems can I use for my product? If you've been doing business on the internet for any length of time, there's no doubt you've bought a few info-products. As soon as you get into their funnel, ...

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How to Create Products for Your Service-Based Business – Part 2

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

This is part 2 of a three-part series on how to productize your service-based business. Find Part 1 "Are you Ready to Productize Your Business" here. Productizing Your Business: Developing Your Products In the last installment, we brainstormed your potential products, and we covered beginning your product funnel. In this installment, ...

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How to Create Products for Your Service-Based Business

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

This is part 1 of a three-part series on how to productize your service-based business. Are You Ready to Productize Your Service-Based Business? Having a service-based business is highly rewarding - you get to work with people and see results first-hand, you increase your expertise and know-how with every project, ...

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AWeber and Feedburner Unite!

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Finally, there's a good way to track your current subscriptions in Feedburner, while using the functionality of Aweber. I've been using both of these services for some time now, although separately, because I like to see all my blog subscribers in one area. This morning, AWeber announced that they're now working ...

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Does Your Business Go through Feast-Or-Famine Cycles? Your price structure may be at fault…

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Many small business owners find their business goes through 'feast or famine' cycles yearly. This is increasingly difficult to cope with, especially if you're trying to build a business in addition to a full-time job. While there can be many culprits of this feast-or-famine cycle (customer service that isn't-quite-there, seasonal ...

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The Solopreneur’s Guide to Delegation

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Working as a solopreneur is difficult, and getting help is often difficult. Finding out how an assistant (virtual assisstant or otherwise) can help you is instrumental in keeping your business successful. Delegation is the handing of a task over to another person; in order to do this, you should understand ...

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Home Business Woes

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

99% of my business is from [tag]home-based business[/tag] owners. It hasn't always been like this, mind you, I remember the days when home-business was (perceived as being) synonymous with 'living off unemployment.' And, even though TrinityJacobs has always been [tag]home-based[/tag], I've never really referred to it as such. It's been ...

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Moving Up! Virtual Assistance in the News

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

I've come across three recent articles in very reputable magazines condoning the Virtual Assistance Industry: The Chicago Tribune - Technology Links Virtual Businesses: Advances spur rise in collaborative work A good article on the benefits of administrative outsourcing and how it works from a technology standpoint. "Christine Durst, who founded the association [IVAA.org] ...

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PayPal Calculator

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

We all have to deal with those [tag]PayPal[/tag] [tag]merchant fees[/tag] every now and then, and most people don't have the experience with PayPal to know how much they're going to really receive after fees are decucted. Well, now we have a handy-dandy tool: the PayPal Calculator. It not only will tell ...

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