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Written by Marc on June 18th, 2008
I am very thankful that my business has been growing by leaps and bounds lately. In fact, it is nice that I have as much work as I want to do heading into the slow summer season. But the one challenge that I have been facing is the fact that I am having to learn how to manage a larger business.
Take for example the fact that I have two people working for me. Now, that might not seem too hard to manage, but it is the first time that I have ever had employees ever. What makes it even more challenging is that they don’t live in the same city as me at all - in fact, they are in a different country. I love that I have this ability (since most of my business is online) but it also makes things a little more difficult.
The …
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Written by Marc on June 3rd, 2008
Re-read the title. Got it?
Alright. One of the biggest mistakes that you can make in business is to duplicate yourself.
What I mean by this is that if you removed yourself from your business would it be able to exist on its’ own? Well it shouldn’t.
Sure, the day to day operations should be able to work without you at the helm, but it should not be able to completely function on its’ own. Sure, having your business work without you would be nice, but there is one big problem with that:
You risk losing everything.
That’s right, your sales, profits, and even the edge that your business currently has. If there is another company out there that offers the same product or service that you offer, why would they give their business to you?
A good example of why you shouldn’t duplicate yourself came to me while traveling …
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Written by Marc on April 26th, 2008
Well, it seems like it has been forever since I have mentioned anything about the One Asset Per Day (OAPD) program. Originally, I had intended to do an update each day but life has been a little busy. That sometimes happens, but that doesn’t mean that I have stopped working by any means.
Over the past few weeks I have made some other lenses and hubs on Hubpages.com. Some examples would be my first movie lens Flight of the Living Dead and one on the Flip Video Camera.
I have been making sites that are not really related to my core business to check out different markets as to whether or not they are worth entering.
But in the future, I will make a point of detailing the journey a little better - and not blaming it on “getting busy”.
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Written by Marc on April 7th, 2008
I was participating in a brainstorming call this morning with a group of women that are members of the Passion Project blog. During our conversation an interesting thing came up: there are not a lot of women gurus online.
Honestly, I had never thought of that before. When I think Internet guru, I can really only think of men such as Frank Kern, Jeff Walker, Andy Jenkins, Rich Schefren off the top of my head. When it comes to women gurus, unfortunately, I really cannot think of anyone.
What does that mean for you ladies out there?
Opportunity.
I am always big on finding the next big opportunity or idea. Well, this is not something that I can take advantage of (since I am a man), but it is a great chance for some of you women out there to take up the torch.
Whoever does take opportunity of …
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Written by Marc on April 6th, 2008
For Day 3 of the One Asset Per Day (OAPD) challenge, I decided to move away from Squidoo and do something different. Today, I decided to make a Hub Page.
The topic for the Hub page that I created was a Dragon Naturally Speaking Review. The reason I chose this topic is that I have been trying out the software for the past two weeks, and I thought it would be something perfect to write about.
It also helped that there are a large number of daily searches for “Dragon Naturally Speaking”, and not a lot of competing results (less than two million).
It is also the largest hub that I have created to date, and the creation process at the site is getting …
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Written by Marc on April 4th, 2008
Well, Day 2 came a lot later than I had been expecting. Unfortunately life has been a little hectic and I have been unable to continue the challenge. That being said, I am not going to take a break from the challenge anymore (fingers crossed).
Today, I built another Squidoo lens for the One Asset Per Day (OAPD) challenge. This one is in the health and shopping niche and it is for Stress Relief Gifts and Ideas.
I am trying a layout that I mimicked (similar but different) from another lens that I liked. The idea of this lens is to provide useful information and an opportunity for the visitor to buy stress relief gifts for …
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Written by Marc on March 26th, 2008
For Day 1 of the One Asset Per Day challenge (OAPD), I decided to go with a Squidoo lens. I have had more experience making Squidoo lenses than Hub pages, so I knew it would be a quicker process.
The topic of today’s website is Skype USB Phone Adapter Review. I decided to do a review on something I owned and had experience using.
Also, I picked this product because it is available on both Amazon.com and Ebay.com, in hopes of getting some affiliate commissions if anyone buys the Skype phone adapter as well.
Time wise, it took about an hour and a half to get the images, setup the layout, find a YouTube video, and write all the content.
I will still need to promote the …
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Written by Marc on March 25th, 2008
Over the past few months, I have seen explosive growth in my business, but I have hit a wall. You see, instead of building my business by creating more websites, I have been just riding the wave of my success. Though that has been great, it is time for me to focus on building my business.
Originally when I quit my day job back in September, my goal was to build web sites and to keep them or sell them based on the income they generated. Sadly, I haven’t sold one site at all.
Also, back in January, I made a comment on a blog, where I stated that I wanted to have 500 websites under my control by the end of 2008. Right now, I am …
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Written by Marc on March 19th, 2008
For many of you regular readers out there, over the past year, you have read many articles here dealing with real estate investing and business opportunities, with a little focus on online opportunities. I would like to think that I have brought a unique perspective to the table and with the continued traffic the site has enjoyed (even to those old articles).
But things change. Over the past couple of months, my focus has moved from traditional brick and mortar businesses and real estate investing, to online businesses. In fact, I was able to leave my job back in September because my online business has taken off.
So, I will be focusing more on the online business opportunities from now on. I will be discussing what I am doing, marketing methods, and opportunities to profit. My results that I will share will be from my experiences - not from some …
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Written by Marc on February 4th, 2008
For all of my readers out there who are in business, entrepreneurs, or business owners, what is your biggest asset? No, it is not your business, your real estate portfolio, or the twelve cars that you drive. Rather it is something that is attached to your neck. Can you guess?
Your head. Specifically, your brain.
Now, you might not be able to assign a monetary value to your thoughts, but consider this: where did you get the idea to get into business, or what product or service your business should offer?
Yes, it is your brain again.
Now, I don’t mean to beat a dead horse with this notion, but as entrepreneurs, we turn our thoughts into cash on a daily basis. Whether it be the analysis you did on an apartment block you purchased, keyword research for website marketing, or even just changing the recipe on your good pizza …
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