Fitting the Pieces

I made a startling discovery while I was at the No Excuses Summit. I am an internet marketing leader.
This discovery was prompted by a question asked by one of the speakers early in the conference. I don’t remember which speaker it was.  But he asked, “If you are a leader, stand up.” I didn’t give [...]

I have said it before and I’ll say it again, going to internet marketing conferences is very important for the growth of your online business. Today, I am off to the No Excuses Summit in Las Vegas.  Why? Networking and, oh yeah, learning new stuff.
You’re thinking, “Yes, beginning marketers need all the training and hand-holding [...]

In New England, we have an expression – “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute.”
It seems like spring came in fast, and with spring, all the delightful changes. First the forsythia came and went, now the bright azaleas are out (that’s my fav shrub in my front yard, right). We are used to [...]

Facebook has increasingly been challenging Google in terms of weekly visits and finally, for the week ending March 13, Facebook surpassed Google; Facebook got 7.07% while Google got 7.03% of all visits to websites.  Hitwise calls this a milestone.
A look at the chart below will show how one year has brought massive increases in visitors [...]

Here is my first report from my attendance at the Renegade Live Event in Portland this past weekend (Jan 16-17, 2010). This is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg… there is so much good stuff at this conference.

By the way, here is a brief overview of what it means when Mike asks if [...]

Want to Puzzle with the Grinch?
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,
stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?
It came without ribbons. It came without tags.
It came without packages, boxes or bags.
And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before.
What if [...]

During this time when so much of the world celebrates the advent of Jesus as the Messiah, I’d like to ask, “Was Jesus a great example for home business sales and marketing?” After all, the focus of this blog is fitting the right pieces together for a successful home business. Should we study what Jesus [...]

Part 2 Of a Series Review on Ann Sieg and Her Products
Part 1 described the controversy surrounding Ann Sieg’s ebook, The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing. This article looks at the person behind the ebook.

A few years ago, Ann Sieg was a struggling network marketing newbie. Now she is considered an internet network marketing [...]

Part 1 Of a Series Review on Ann Sieg and Her Products
My online “presence” (not counting my “PBET” train-the-trainer business web site) began as a result of reading an ebook about the 7 lies in network marketing during August of 2007. How did that happen?
In 1996, Ruth signed up with a wellness-related network marketing opportunity [...]