Investment Basics
Like most people, I began to think about retiring at about the same time as I started a family. I was relatively young — 29 at the time — and my expenses were increasing quickly. However, my income was increasing slowly, which is typical of most salaried jobs.
READ MOREDomain Trading for Fun and Profit
We’ve been talking with Marc Charles, creator of The China Wholesale Trader, about a new program for Early to Risers.
READ MOREWhy Wall Street Is Always Wrong
Some say that individual investors have no chance of making serious money. They say that Wall Street has rigged the game.
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: Gaffes Galore
Here’s another collection of errors I encountered recently in major publications: “[The scandal at Hewlett-Packard] has stunted a long search by HP’s employees for stability and pride at the patriarch of Silicon Valley companies.” A patriarch is defined literally as “a man who rules a family, clan, or tribe,” and,…
READ MOREExperiment
Most marketing people will tell you that the key to any successful marketing campaign is “testing.”
True. But there’s a little more to it…
READ MOREStop Messing Up
I’ve been struggling with a single issue in my business for eons…
Now don’t go jumping to conclusions… It’s nothing serious… In fact, in the grand scheme of things, it’s quite insignificant.
READ MOREAdvertising, Schmadvertising!
Sometimes I wish I had gone into advertising instead of direct response marketing.
I can see myself nestled in a posh Madison Avenue corner office, hauling down six figures a year, creating beer-swilling frogs, taco-eating Chihuahuas, and other madcap characters…
READ MOREHow to Have Lots of Good Friends
It’s been said that if you want friends to help you in the bad times, you have to help them in the good times.
READ MOREHow I Rebounded
I’ve had my share of failures in life and in business — but nothing like this.
READ MOREListen to Your Gut
Recently, I consulted with a student who had invested heavily in a business that was making money but involved dealing with seedy individuals.
READ MORELearning Quality Assurance
I recently had the opportunity to speak to members of the Food Processing Suppliers Association. In doing my preparation, one thing that kept coming up was food safety. One mistake can destroy a company.
READ MOREShelf-Help
Americans spend over 11 billion dollars a year on “self-help” products. But I call it shelf-help — because that’s where most of it goes… on the shelf, along with all the similar products they’ve bought.
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