This morning I was sent a very pro John McCain email. I thought it was just a little bit unfair, so I decided that I would create my own version that might be a little more biased towards the left, but I still think it’s pretty accurate. p.s. Notice how the producer of the original took great care to spell “Barak” Obama’s name correctly. The Difference (Original Version) The Real Difference (My Response) Related PostsMaking Micro Credit work in the US In 2006, Muha... Read Full Story

Being an affiliate marketer is not as easy as just putting up a site on the Internet and watching traffic and money flow in. There are two aspects of making money as an affiliate that need to be considered as you proceed with your affiliate business. First, you need to get targeted traffic to your website. I say targeted traffic because if you get the wrong people to come to your website you could end up paying a lot of money for traffic that does not buy anything. Secondly, you need to ... Read Full Story

I usually try to stay away from politics (at least on my blog), but let’s face it, if I am going to blog about business and money, I cannot avoid the subject of taxes and government spending. Every year I spend about 30% of my total income on taxes. I would not give any organization as incompetent as the U.S. government that amount of money per year., so why should I keep pouring money into a fiscally incompetent system? Quite frankly, when you hold the U.S. Government accountable for the ... Read Full Story

When I think of affiliate marketing I automatically think of all of the people in the “business opportunity” sector who tell you that you can make $250,000 a year working only part time from your home with no computer skills. These people are dead wrong! Affiliate Marketing is just like any business, there is no such thing as a quick buck. In order to succeed you will need a business plan that is strategic in nature and built around some competitive advantage that will keep smarter and mo... Read Full Story

I know there are a lot of blog posts about how to start an affiliate business, but I am going to concern myself primarily with how to actually start a legal entity and deal with the tax considerations that come with it. If you are smart then you will treat your affiliate business like a real business and cover all of your bases from a legal perspective. So in order to have a fully functioning business here are the things you will need to consider. What Type of Legal Entity to Use The first... Read Full Story

Today I was surfing the net and I came across a link on a blog for what seemed like a great article about Rick Rubin’s take on the music industry. I love music, and I have the utmost respect for what Rick Ruben has to say, I think he is a pure visionary. Needless to say, I clicked on the link and was met with this Internet monstrosity. There is no easier way to piss off your readers than to force them to register to see your content. I know that it is free, but I do not want to go through... Read Full Story

Today I was surfing the net and I came across a link on a blog for what seemed like a great article about Rick Rubin’s take on the music industry. I love music, and I have the utmost respect for what Rick Ruben has to say, I think he is a pure visionary. Needless to say, I clicked on the link and was met with this Internet monstrosity. There is no easier way to piss off your readers than to force them to register to see your content. I know that it is free, but I do not want to go through... Read Full Story

This is an Executive Summary of Punk Marketing, by Richard Laermer and Mark Simmons. It is completely objective and only contains the annotated main ideas of the authors. Feel free to leave your comments, ideas, or critiques regarding the book in the comment section! Punk Marketing is an in depth look at the way the changes in the communications landscape of mainstream American society are altering marketing. No longer can companies put an ad on network television and hope to completely ... Read Full Story

When you are an affiliate market, one of the most important decisions you will make early on is what niche you want to take on. One of the first rules of marketing is that you cannot be everything to everyone, or you will soon find that you mean nothing to anyone. So when you take on the task of becoming an affiliate, then you really need to find a way to provide a unique value proposition to your customers or you will find yourself getting blown out of the water with affiliates with bigge... Read Full Story

I started my first business the summer after I graduated. I was accepted at law school and I wanted to do anything but go to another 3 years of school. I was working at an accounting firm and I was making $10 an hour doing something that they were billing out at about $200 an hour. It didn’t make sense to keep working for them. I worked all the numbers in my head, I came up with improved business systems that leveraged some simple and cheap technology that my employer was not currently us... Read Full Story