People ask me a lot about how to improve their success with their websites and today I've decided to share the MTMC model I've shared before, but in more detail so that you can go about creating better results from your work online. This model is quite elegant because it can be applied at a…
Category: Business strategy
5 Big causes of why small businesses fail
The term “dog eat dog” is a gross understatement when applying it to small businesses. A mind boggling fact: 80% of all small businesses will fail within the first few years of operation. This is a very sobering statistic, even if you’re not trying to run a small business. When you open it up and…
Really Lord Sugar? A digital agency?
I'm not one to commentate on TV shows, but I felt I had to chime in on the results of The Apprentice final as Lord Sugar picks his new apprentice winner Mark Wright who cleverly weaved his way through all the other contestants to finally pitch a digital agency. I'm a great fan of the…
Timing is everything
I've always been told that I was lucky when it comes to affiliate marketing because I encountered it at the right time just as it was new and taking off. If I had come across it even 3 years later I might have had a harder time making a living from it. I might believe…
How to assess a company to decide whether or not you want to do business with them - don't trust blindly
The internet is a minefield of a million services and unless they are a recognized global brand, you probably come across services every single day, wondering are these people trustworthy? It's the biggest question of them all, whether or not you are going to business with them, and this will depend on how much you…
Do what you are good out - outsource everything else
As an entrepreneur, we all suffer from this one fact that we think we can do everything ourselves. The trouble is, we can't and we are not superhuman (although many of us would like to imagine so), and it takes a lot of guts just to do something as simple as admit we are weak…
A little bit more information about the World Without Offices mission
It was back in February 2011 when I was writing my first book, "Speedlights & Elephants", that I discovered this higher mission, something that I've been building all along, but realised that if rolled out on a large scale, would impact the planet in ways which cannot even imagine right now. At the time I…
Why use magazines to do market research
There is so much information online that sometimes you don't know where to start when it comes to doing research. Whether that is research on your business or perhaps a particular area of your business, I've often found that I get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information on the internet. One source of great…
Make sure you know what you've got before you try to sell it
I was just thinking today how far cloud technology has come, and how quickly it is moving. If you think you can come up with a new idea for some clever cloud based software, the moment you look online for competitors you'll already find a few trying their luck with their businesses. It's like the…
What makes an idea good?
So I'm sitting here today with about 30 minutes to go before my taxi comes to pick me up to go to the airport, and I'm thinking to myself, what exactly makes something a good idea? We've all at one time or another recognized a good idea simply by intuition, but what does our hunch…
It really does beg the question of truthfulness
I think I might have seen one too many website where people are selling some sort of business or personal development course, and I'm beginning to question whether all these so called "experts", really are truthful in their claims. The most recent one is some guy who on the face of it seems quite credible.…
One tenth of the year has just officially passed
So what have you done with the time? Have you managed to make some plans and stick to them? Are your plans so big you don't know where to start? It's quite strange how it still feels like the beginning of the year, however the reality is that we've already had a tenth of it.…
Another New Year, more choices than ever
Do you find yourself wondering from time to time what's in store for you? Or do you spend more time creating your store and making your life happen the way you dictate it to? The beginning of the year is often-times a great time in the year because it causes us to reflect upon the…
Seminar Report Day 2 - Information is king, we live in an age of data
My mind is positively buzzing with new ideas after another day full of reminders and new insights into the world of online marketing. I’ve been in this business myself for a long time, yet there is so much more to learn. Wherever we may be in our lives, whatever we think we are good at,…
Sometimes you get so close it takes someone else to remind you of the basics
So today I’ve been attending the Ultimate Marketing Seminar run by Think Big Education and endorsed by Chris Howard. It’s been a pretty good day so far and really inspiring again to hear from knowledgeable people speaking from the mind through to the techniques. Listening to the speakers really gave me a good old refresher…