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I don’t have tons of free time for my online business.

I don’t go to many online webinars from the “Pros” … I don’t host them either. I rarely send out e-mails to my list (once a month), barely do interviews or guest posting. I don’t have the time to dedicate those methods to my online business growth right now, and I think most would say those a pretty important ones.

It’s not that I don’t like those methods, or they don’t work, they can and do, but not for me while I’m being cut throat with my time, and holding to building IT Arsenal in only a few hours a day or less.

I focus mainly on those people who buy what I have on the shelf, or might, or have already. When I do promote something or get approached, I make sure I’m the winner for that person and they have the best experience possible. Service is my strength.

I’m just making something more obvious for myself that wasn’t previously. I don’t do a lot of popular business builders right now, or if I do, I ease very slowly into them, and it’s okay, there’s no right way and as shown below I can still earn an income without them.

That is something that is consistently mind blowing about business, it’s a human interaction when generally referenced. That’s it. You provide something, and someone pays you for it. There is no specific set of right ways or wrong ways. It’s also what makes it so difficult to grasp and pin down.

These revelations are landing for me as I’ve been in this (business) space for almost a year and a half down and continue to make sense of online business and what’s working for me right now. A beautiful meeting in Laguna Beach, CA helped grant perspective on doing more of what works helped too. Continue reading →

so i’ve had mild success online maybe you’re in the same boat. let’s grow them to something more than “mild”.

i’ve taken this blog, grown it, started a business, grown it, explored information products, automation and efficiency tactics, service creation, selling and marketing. i have the basics down, i understand the playing field, i have some really successful contacts and networking friends.

does this sound sound familiar to you?

i’m psyched and overwhelmed at times. i want some big wins and upward growth. how do i do that?

here’s some snappy answers, purposely short so i will, i mean you will take one to heart and go with it. Continue reading →

numbers mean a lot to internet folk, but if you have 10 people, paying you $500 a month, you’re making $5000 a month or you have 10,000 people, paying you .50 a month you’re still making $5000 a month. which is better?

more importantly, how much time do you spend (or have to spend) with those people to pay you? Continue reading →

if you think your business and your personal life should be separate, you’re probably right, but not %100. there’s a balance and a line to be drawn certainly but i believe it’s a little different for everyone and unintelligent to never let people know you’re human after all.

adding personality and personal insight to your business draws people to you, builds trust, likability, and interest. there’s an intriguing psychological game at play though, make sure to keep a few rules and you can use who you are as an advantage to building your business, don’t get personal at all, and you’re subject to how people like the pixels in your logo, get drawn in by your persuasive text, or need what you’re selling for basic life functions. unless you sell toilet paper, it’s to your advantage to have personality.

here’s my experience

i’ve seen sharing who i am invite people i’d never have talked with to ask me more about what i do, and then buy from me. Continue reading →