Traffic Toolshop Times

Have you ever noticed how some blogs are nothing but cut-and-paste sales pitches?  You can search entry after entry and never find an original thought from the blog owner on marketing or doing business online!  Last week it was a product to help you build your list, this week an e-book containing secrets to make [...]

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Have you ever had one of those moments?  One where you hear or read the words you’ve been trying to express?  A recent post on the Bizphere blog is like that.  So, be honest, haven’t you ever wondered why those who claim to be gurus are the only ones that make money?  Or, how about the televangelist [...]

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Continuing on the theme from the July 3, 2008, post - the internet is “growing up” and internet marketing is maturing, too.  Refusing to accept these changes will not delay them or prevent them.  Business fundamentals may stay the same, but methods change, offline AND online businesses must be agile to stay competitive.
Piper Jaffray Investment [...]

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Earlier today, I was having a discussion with some other website owners on a forum that caters to internet marketing topics.  It became very evident that in this forum there was no interest in providing long-term value to your customers or members.  Making the sale was all that mattered to them.
Someone even claimed that it [...]

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There has been a lot of chatting and forum posting lately about building a list by having referral contests, offering One Time Offers (OTO), participating in JV giveaways, and so on.  Examine the results closely and the gold finish starts to peel away.
Now, let me say right here that I’m not suggesting that you should never have [...]

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Almost everyone realizes that a business must be profitable to survive.  However, in order to “make the sale” an owner can sometimes put his or her focus on the bottom line rather than building customer relationships.
The “love them and leave them” approach may work for you if you are only interested in a one-time sale, [...]

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