Month: July 2012

It’s About the Work

Going about it Olde School

You can do it the old fashion way. That way is just to go out and do it. Trial and error. You will make mistakes. You will fail more than you succeed.

You will want to quit a few dozen times if you are lucky, but at the end of the day if you are willing to grind it out you might make it.

Yes, that is what I just said. You might make it. I will not promise you that you will make it because no one except God can do that. All I can say that if you keep trying and keep learning as you go you will be giving yourself a great chance at success. You most likely will reach your goals if you keep moving forward. The one promise that I can make you is that if you do nothing and wait for the business that you wanted and the freedom that you desire to fall into your lap it will never happen. In the real world you have to hustle for it. You have to do the grunt work. You have to make it happen.


My site is designed to offer you advice on how to supply your online business and if you need it how to DIY your own website. This is a site and not a magic shop. If you want to make your dreams come true you are going to have to wake up and get to work on them.

Good luck with your website and or online business. If you find information provided here of some use to you remember to mention this site to a friend. Stumble us on Stumbleupon, add us to your google plus and if an advertiser has something of interest to you please visit them. They help to pay for the existence of this site.

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The Lone Road We Walk

The Lone Road

There are going to be times when we as business people will have to wall alone. Usually this is because we have no choice. In an idea world we are all surround by positive and uplifting people, but the real world is populated by frightened naysayers. Voice that will whisper if you are lucky and shout if you are not that you can not do it. Or perhaps you can do it, but today in not the time and the way you are going about it is not the way. These are the voice of those who know everything and have accomplished next to nothing. Give them all the attention that they deserve. I would suggest five seconds and forget about them.

At the end of the day you are responsible for how your business runs. Do not get me wrong, these same voices will be the first ones to speak up when things are going well. They will want to share the good times, but not the struggles. The road will at times seem too long. It will be bitter and it will seem as if it goes round and round in circles. But do not give up. Failure is not the end unless you allow to be. If you are willing to learn from that failure you can grow stronger and accomplish all of your business dreams.

This online business or store that you have decided to run was never going to be a walk in the park. Some part of you always knew that it would be a long road, but that part also knew that you would persist and make it to the end. If you have not made it yet have a little fate, you are closer than you think.

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Good luck guys and get back to work.

Your Go To Players

What Makes Your Business Tick?

We are in the middle of the summer movie season and the film industry has a certain way of doing business. They build their industry around what is called tent poles films. If everything else fails the profit that these movies bring in will keep the massive studios going. They are The Avengers, Spiderman, Men in Black, Batman and the Pixar films. These tent pole movies are their go to products.

What are your tent pole items? What are your go to products? What makes your online store tick? What keeps your online business afloat even when everything else is going bad?

Burger King has its Whopper and MacDonald’s has its french fries. Your business has it’s what?

Do you make most of your money from Ebay or Amazon and you just throw a bunch of stuff up for sale and hope for the best or do you go with a plan. I would suggest that if you want to support your family you come up with a plan and find a go to item. Your circus is coming to town and what is the one-act that you know will make the audience scream and gasp? What can you count on?

 

If you do not have that go to item where can you go to get it?
That is mostly up to you. I have some resources that I use. Some that work for me, but I can only suggest things. You will have to decide for yourself.

If you need help I would suggest business and or trade magazines. Yeah, actual magazines still exist and in this area they can be very useful. You can read about resources and find out about new developments in your niche. Below is a banner for a service where you can order some free business magazines. Sounds like a waste of time? Two years ago I was sitting in a doctor’s office and I picked up a beat up copy of a website magazine. Two years later I have two websites and seven blogs of my own. I wish that someone had told me about websites and the power of SEO years ago. What I am trying to say is that you will never know until you try it what resource will be the right one for you.


Okay that is it for today. Remember to stumble us on stumbleupon, recommend this site to a friend and try something new for your business. If not each day then at least one new thing a week.


A Winning Business

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

Many refer to the world of business as a playing field and those who run the biggest and best businesses on earth call it a battle field. Whether you are playing a game or waging a war the goal has to be the same and that is winning. How are you going to win today. How are you going to accomplish more than the next guy? Why will your customers pick you over the competition?

 

I believe that as an online business person it comes down to a few basics. They have not changed much since the beginning of time.

Quality of merchandise or service.

How quickly that service or product can be delivered.

The cost of the service or merchandise.

Beyond these three is the Branding of that service or merchandise. How many people know that you and or your service exist? Letting people in on the fact that your business exist is equally as important as the other basics.

“Well I sell on Amazon or I am a Powerseller on Ebay.”

Good for you, but I heard you say Amazon and Ebay. At the end of the day you are working for their business and not the other way around. Hey, I understand. I use to think that way. Now I use Amazon and Ebay as a resource to market and promote my own websites. They exist to act as a portal by which customers are introduced to the services that I offer. I refuse to depend upon them. Those companies could crash and burn, nothing is too big to fail and what if one or both decides to suspend my account or review it. This could put my business on hold for weeks or even months. This has happened to many business due to no fault of their own. A few days without a steady income can damage a small business. A few weeks can destroy it. Having your own website is very important. It is at the end of the day your own brand. My brand is cannonexcel7, I promote it each and everyday. If I treat it well my brand will help me to retire comfortably within the next ten years.

What is the name of your brand? Do you have a website? Would you like to have one. I have provide information at this site on how to DIY your own site. If you are too busy or feel uncomfortable doing it yourself then you could try the services of the company listed below. Click their banner ad and try their trial offer.


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Trying New Things

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves — to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.” Stewart B. Johnson

 

Why try new things?

This argument comes up as often when things are going well as when things are going badly. Why try new things, everything is running smoothly. This is the don’t rock the boat model of running a business.

I understand it and have fallen prey to it far too often. I spent the first half of my career as an online business person specializing in selling media. Hard media in the form of books, dvds and blurays. Anyone who has or still earns a living in this area can tell you that this industry peaked around 2008 or 2009 and it has been in decline since then. The reason for this is advancements in technology. VOD or video on demand and digital downloads of all types of media has impacted those who sell standard media. If you are having trouble understanding this look at the shape that your local news papers are in. The digital world is replacing old media and those of us who were slow to adjust watched our businesses go into decline.

The other side of the rock the boat coin are those who believe that if hey alter course that bad will go to worst. Thinking like that is borderline insanity and will be the death of your business. Change and adapt when things are going both well and do it with a greater sense of urgency when things are going badly.

If your online business is to grow you are going to have to make changes. Find new sources of supply to meet a demand that you are not even aware of yet. You are going to have to find new ways to reach your customers if your business is going to maintain its market share yet alone grow. With each post this month I will offer a link to a company or service that can help your business grow. Visit their sites and try their trial offers. Some may prove to be necessary for your day-to-day operation. Others maybe discarded after a day or two.

I would like you to check out this company, they can help you create and manage forms and emailing list. Why do I need such a company you ask? Well why do the business that do seven or eight figures in business online spend so much time having visitor fill out forms and gathering email addresses? The answer is that it is good for the long-term growth of their business.


Good luck with your online store and or business and remember the number one rule of those who have created a successful business is don’t be afraid to fail. After all how many planes did not take off before the first one did, how many cars did not start and how many phones never rang before someone was able to say “hello no, you
dialed the wrong number.”