A Must for Your Marketing Arsenal
When it comes to running an online business, most entrepreneurs do it with a website full of text — interesting/useful information combined with ad copy. But as we’ve seen recently, video is coming of age online. And it can be a great way to: Provide your customers with great content…
READ MOREHow to Get a Good Job Now… Even If You Are Fresh Out of College
Liam O’Reilly, a recent graduate from the University of Maryland, told The New York Times that he had applied to 50 employers
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: What Hath Wrought Wreaked?
I found the following three sentences via online search. Can you spot anything wrong with them? “The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has wrought havoc on sea and on land.” “China’s exports began to fall in November as the global recession wrought havoc on the textile, toy,…
READ MOREOil and Gas Profit Play
Yesterday, I told you that there is a class of investments that can produce gains that far exceed their risk level. I gave, as an example, Chevron and Exxon, which returned, respectively, an annual average of 19.9% and 10% over the last decade. Then I told you about another type…
READ MORE“Mastermind” Style Conference
The first time we mentioned the “mastermind” style conference we are planning for 2011 was back in November, at our Info-Marketing Bootcamp.
READ MOREIs The Modern Portfolio Theory Wrong?
Is it possible to make low-risk investments in the stock market and still earn high returns? The Modern Portfolio Theory says no. The theory states that the lower the risk of an investment, the lower the expected return. But that might not always be the case. There is a class…
READ MORELooking at the Markets? Look Up!
2011 looks like it will be a great year in the markets. While we are still very early in the first quarter, the S&P is already up 2.9%. And this is just after the fourth quarter of 2010, when the S&P rose 10.2%. If history repeats itself, the stock market…
READ MORENo exaggeration
With the Internet, first-time entrepreneurs can easily get in on the lucrative import-export industry. And that’s no exaggeration. The days of traveling to China to find a manufacturer are over. And you don’t have to order a shipping container full of goods to sell back in the U.S. Valerie Johnson…
READ MOREAn Ideal Business for First-Time Entrepreneurs
There is a website that is used by 8 million qualified and screened members from almost every country on the planet. They aren’t just browsing. They are entrepreneurs. And they consider the site to be an indispensable business tool. It’s a clearinghouse and meeting point for the import-export industry. And…
READ MOREFeeling Wealthy — Easier Than It Sounds
One of the tasks that is always on my to-do list: “Come up with some original new essay ideas for ETR.”
Not an easy job.
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: A Bad Spell
Long before the Internet, jokes, lists, fun facts, and the like were circulated on old-fashioned paper. This sort of material was wryly dubbed “photocopier folklore” by Alan Dundes, a scholar who specialized in the phenomenon and compiled his discoveries into a series of books. One such item I recall was…
READ MOREProfit Opportunity, Part 2: The “Smart” Play
Yesterday, I discussed the dramatic rise in the “smartphone” and tablet PC markets around the world. In the third quarter of last year, shipments of smartphones rose 95% to an estimated 81 million units. And tablet PC sales are expected to increase by 57% a year for the next four…
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