Research Others In Your Space

My first thought was to title this, “Research Your Competition”, but I decided that sounded all wrong. If you recall, back in Part 5 of the How To Make A Living In Your Pajamas series, I said: The only thing missing now is an actual web site. In the old days, that would have meant hiring a designer and spending lots of money and time developing a nice-looking site. Those days, luckily, are... read more

Create Your Own Author Bio

An author bio is a short, descriptive paragraph about you and your expertise. Generally, anyone who submits articles to article directories will be given the option to include two or three sentences about themselves at the end of the article. An example would be: Jane Doe, a graduate of Harvard Business University, is the founder and CEO of Acme Corp., a worldwide business and technology consulting firm.... read more

Do You Have A Memorable Tagline?

Let’s start with what a tagline is. A tagline is a short phrase that sums up the tone or topic of your site or blog. Emerging from the cocoon to break free… is the short phrase within the logo of this blog. It sums up both the logo design as well as the point I’m often trying to make in my posts. My goal is to help others break out of their cocoon (that 9-5 office cubicle), and find... read more

Creating Unique, Profitable Content With Web 2.0 Flavors

Lately, I’ve been guiding you gently into the process of creating a decidedly Web 1.0 flavor of content creation – ebooks. Because the world is comfortable with ebooks, you should be comfortable creating them. But Web 2.0 has brought about a plethora of ways that you can create unique, profitable content that goes way beyond the old-fashioned ebook, and you should explore them and use them as... read more

Start An eBook Today Just For The Experience

Recently, I showed you how quick, easy, and free of cost it could be to create your own eBook. The problem, of course, is the content! You have to actually write something in this eBook of yours, now don’t you? Part of the procrastination process is fear. We are afraid to try something new. We are fearful that what we attempt to create will be inadequate. I say, SO WHAT? Do it anyway. Start... read more