Here are a couple of places where you can design a shirt and not have to order any – you just get a portion of the revenue — if they sell. They are not printed until an order is made: Sell your own T-shirts: Use http://www.zazzle.com or http://www.threadless.com or http://www.cafepress.com/ Check out my favorite sarcasm … Continue reading »
Posted in September 2012 …
“Square” Business
Doing business with: generosity, integrity, honesty and dependability is what I call, ”square” business. Square Business indicates consistency of: actions, values, methods and principles. Cutting corners is not an option! Which brings me to my point, “how you get there, is how you’re going to stay there.” If a professional is “square” on his/her way up, … Continue reading »
Never be fooled again! Online traffic truth
You can discover the traffic of a well-known website and compare it to another site by entering the URL into compete.com. Or quantcast. This information is far more accurate than the charts Alexa offers, because most of the sites being measured cooperate.
Franchising the News
If you walk through restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, hair salons, or any place that has a waiting area, you’ll more than likely will see a publication called Coffee News. Oh, you never heard them? Well, Coffee News is the world’s largest weekly restaurant publication delivered FREE. It is a quick read while you are waiting for food or service. … Continue reading »
Megaphone Marketing
Here’s a question I got from a reader this week: We have a small retail shop, which opened in March this year. We were very busy, but now not much sales in-store, and not much on the new website. The website is great, and we are doing a lot of email marketing, but without the sales. Any tips or help … Continue reading »
Get good enough at the important thing, first!
When I walked in Martins and asked the sushi chef to tell me something that’s remarkable (worth making a remark about) about sushi, I was amazed at what I found. He told me that, “inexperienced sushi chefs invest months and even years, doing absolutely nothing but preparing the rice for the head chef.” He says, “if the rice … Continue reading »
Good design is good business
When Thomas Watson Jr. told Wharton students in 1973 that good design is good business, the idea seemed unrealistic, silly even. For many people, design still meant the superficial polish of nicer homes and cleaner graphics. This is the schism of marketing. That until 1995, what marketing was – was clever clothes (superficial polish) on a boring … Continue reading »
12 Ways to Get More Blog Traffic
Read 3 books and learn enough to become the expert in your field. Break news. Be timeless… write posts that will be relevant in a year. Share and become generous with your expertise so people recognize it and depend on you. Tag your posts. Use del.ico.us. Coin a unique term or two. Stay on top of your … Continue reading »
Standing up for life
Recently I was reading an article that said, “being on your butt for fewer than three hours a day could add two years to your life span, according to a 2012 study in the British Medical Journal’s BMJ Open. This is important to me because I want my readers to be educated on the most … Continue reading »
Update from Patrick on Profitable Passion – New FREE eBook!
Dear Passionpreneur, Do you have any desire to do what you’re passionate about …to make a living helping those you know, enjoy or care about? You may like the idea of getting paid for doing what you love and are passionate about. You are not alone; many people desire that. But amazingly, while a majority … Continue reading »
