This is the backstory to one of the most epic and iconic pictures in internet marketing.  When I cashed this check it was accompanied by a $350 unemployment check.  My

The share of Americans working from home has been growing at a steady rate. In 2000, 3.3% of Americans worked from home. This last census shows that now 5.2% work from home with many more splitting work between home and the office. That’s the dream, right? Get up. Make coffee, eat breakfast, relax a bit, pull out your laptop and …

Are you one of those people who when someone tells you, “don’t quit your day job,” you say, “Well…I wouldn’t.”? You’re one of the lucky people in this world who loves their job. The problem with jobs we love is that they don’t always pay the best. Maybe you’re working in a non-profit or you’re a teacher. These sectors are …

I once had a typing teacher in high school who thought I sucked at typing. She would stand over my shoulder and watch me type. Naturally, I’d mess up, start to look at my fingers while I typed, and feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. She’d say something about not looking at my fingers …

We’re busy. We don’t have time to cook and eat. We’d rather just eat and run. And besides, 50 percent of Americans hate to cook. It’s a chore. If they could afford a cook, they would. But instead, they choose to eat out when they can afford it. This is why the restaurant industry is booming. We’ve seen an increase …

Tesla recently moved all their sales online. And Telsa knows what it’s doing. They understand that running a showroom takes overhead and that overhead can be expensive. It’s entirely possible to run a car dealership online. And it’s probably the best decision you’ll ever make as an aspiring car dealer. 85% of car customers would rather start and or complete …

The number of people employed by warehouses grows by about 22% each year. This number indicates that the warehouse business is booming. With eCommerce giants like Amazon and Walmart expanding and millions of little guys getting in the game, we need more warehouse space and more logistics solutions. Now is the time to get into the warehouse game. If you’re …

Affiliate marketing can make you a lot of money if you’re good at it. But you’re nothing without the people who check out your site. Affiliate marketers essentially give away free information. And yet some people feel slighted when they find out you’re making money off of your recommendations. This is especially true with affiliate review sites. On top of …

Entrepreneurs are natural dreamers. They see a problem and they dream up a solution. But sometimes those dreams pop when adversity hits and reality takes hold. Barriers crop up and funding doesn’t come through. That kickstarter campaign you worked so diligently on failed. You realize the dream was just that, a dream. How then do you suss out the feasible …

Your traffic has dropped to a trickle. You’re hardly selling a thing and nobody has clicked a link in ages. You’ve optimized everything. You’re even ranking for a few keywords. You should be getting some traffic. And then your cousin, whom you hate and who has zero mouth filter, pipes up and says, “Cuz, your site is crap. I can’t …

Investing in allocating new customers can be up to 25 times more expensive than retaining customers. If you’re constantly losing customers and needing to replace them, are you really getting your money’s worth from your marketing investments? Surely not! This is a symptom of bad customer service. It very well could mean you’re ignoring your customers once they’ve bought your …