Archive for 'Business Advice'

My Thoughts on Run of Site Advertising

April 9, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Business Advice

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Well it’s been almost 2 months since I posted about how this blog has gone run of site for advertising. I thought now would be  a great time to share some of my thoughts on the whole process.

What I liked about run of site advertising was that you got a good chunk of change up front and didn’t have to worry about monetization optimization etc for a period of time. Then again this blog is basically just a hobby so any money that I do make on it is gravy and it’s already paid for itself more than twice over the initial investment I made to purchase it in November. Notice the only thing I really liked about run of site was the chunk of change up front?

What I disliked about run of site was that for some reason the minute you lock your advertising abilities people come out of …

Are You Abusing Your Mailing List?

April 7, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Business Advice

Before reading on ask yourself candidly am I abusing my mailing list subscribers? Sadly I believe that many email list admins are abusing the good nature of there subscribers. I’m going to discuss my thoughts on it and what you can do as someone privileged to have a list in the first place to use it with respect.

To begin if you are lucky enough to have a long list of email addresses of people in your niche that have opted in and agreed to receive updates from you don’t abuse it. Sounds simple doesn’t it ? Sadly I see people abusing this all the time sending updates that shouldn’t be sent alerting us about things we really don’t care about.

1) Don’t send a message every time something new happens at your website.

Listen; you may be incredibly enthusiastic about your website / blog and that’s good you have to be but …

Persistence Pays!

March 27, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Business Advice

Alright just a short note today on what I’m doing even though this is getting listed under Business Advice. The more work I do for myself the more I”m realizing that one of the major differences between those who succeed and those who do not is persistence.

When faced with something you don’t want to do how easy is it to just go do anything else? It’s super easy and path of least resistance so everyone does it and you get no where.

I’ve been grinding it out lately but the results have been worth it. I”m not the type of blogger who says I made X amount and has a good time breaking it down but I will say that the cold calling campaign has been well worth it.The reason I’m writing this post is because I was feeling down about an hour ago. Nothing was really working for me; no …

Habits and Routines - Make them Work For You

March 26, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Business Advice

Habits and routines are ultimately what dominate most of us. Most of things we do are on autopilot because they are so deeply ingrained. The irony of habits is that they can literally make or break you.

For this 30 day blogging challenge I’ve been waking up and first thing writing a blog post normally in the wee hours of the morning. I get it out of the way then get into my net “routine”. Once I”m in that routine it’s hard to break away from all the things going on and spend the time to sit down and write a quality post.

Today I got off to a much different start and if I hadn’t really focused on making this post now the day would of just drifted by in my routine. The beauty of it is if I wake up on time and get to it making bloggeries is hardly …

Cold Calling 101 - Beginners Guide

March 20, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Business Advice

Cold Calling is one of those terms that when many people here they shudder. Nothing like calling complete strangers; taking up their time and giving them a pitch while they are uninterested only to receive rejection. Sounds like fun where do I sign up?

The truth is cold calling does not need to be like that. In fact if you have a small business with an even smaller advertising budget cold calling is going to be a fact of life if you’re going to launch a successful venture. All it costs is a telephone call and most of the time if you’re calling established firms they have a toll-free number anyways.

Recently I’ve been doing some cold calling for a business of mine. It’s doing alright but with what I have to offer I want more people to become aware.

When you think of cold calling and the though to of pitching your …