When I was in high school, it blew me away to realize that some of my friends had never left the region. Some had never left our home city. Traveling was part of my development. I wouldn’t be the same person if I’d never left my home city. If you’re wanting to experience another culture, starting a business would be …
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 …
Affiliate marketing isn’t as easy as marketers want you to think. They want you to believe that within a short period of time, you’ll be living the four-hour workweek dream and making everyone jealous. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Only ten percent of affiliates drive ninety percent of the traffic and sales. The rest are just hanging on …
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 …
Stickers are things you put on the back of your computer or your notebook in school right? They’re something the dentist gives you to make you feel better after they rake your mouth. How then are stickers useful for a business? You’re not going to be putting stickers on your cash register. Nobody is going to see the stickers you …
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 …
It’s the turn of the decade. We’re entering an era in which business could boom if things cook outright. But you must act or you’ll lose out. This might be something you already understand. You’re sitting there ready with cash in hand to invest. What’s holding you back? You’re drawing a blank. You might have a notebook chock-full of new …
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 …
It’s difficult to find skilled tech professionals who can execute even the most menial IT tasks. The number of job openings for technology professionals is staggering. More than 700,000 positions sit open and ready for even the least educated and most qualified tech person. Thus competition is fierce in the world of tech recruiting. If you’re not offering top dollar …
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 …
Search for anything related to marketing or SEO in Google, and you are likely to come across a website, blog post, podcast or video that has Neil Patel in it. I’ve personally had the pleasure of being friends with Neil for over ten years now, and it’s been awesome to watch what he’s been able to do with his brand …
