eBusiness Tips: Common Sense Prevails
Today I’ve chosen some wise words from ’round the web that showcase some basic common sense thoughts that often get lost in the everyday quest to become ebusiness savvy.
Competitive Advantage
Pop quiz: Over the next three years, what is the number one skill that will be needed by marketing professionals? Answer: An ability to entertain.
>> Follow Mark Schaefer
Link Building
Content development will continue to be crucial but where you place content will be key. Article directories are still OK to use but drive little in the way of link popularity or syndication. Developing relationships with key bloggers, journalists and ezines will become crucial. Look also to topical online communities and the answer sites to find authorities to host your content.
>> Follow Debra Mastaler
Increasing Income
Where to Find a Self-Employed Professional Level Income
If you are going to earn the average income for Portland, Oregon, that means fifty-five thousand dollars a year. How might that much money be generated by an entrepreneur like yourself? Fifty-five people paying $1,000 over the course of a year. This could be $150 per month for eight months, or $250 per month for four months.
>> Follow Mark Silver
Characteristics of Success
Why are some people more successful than others?
Successful people are students for life. They are constantly acquiring specific knowledge in their business or field – as well as a large storehouse of knowledge on all sorts of other topics. As a rule, the more you learn, the more you earn.
>> Follow Bob Bly
Planning
How To Write A Foolproof Marketing Plan For Your Blog
A study released by Babson College found that formal business plans are worthless. Instead, make yours a manifesto for your life. Use pictures, music, crayons – whatever it takes to inspire you.
>> Follow John Haydon
Tags: Bob Bly, Debra Mastaler, ebusiness tips, entrepreneur, John Haydon, Mark Schaefer, Mark Silver
| eBusiness Tips: Common Sense Prevails | |
 | Today I’ve chosen some wise words from ’round the web that showcase some basic common sense thoughts that often get lost in the everyday quest to become ebusiness savvy. Competitive Advantage Get Out Your Dancing Shoes Pop quiz: Over the next three years, what is the number one skill that will be needed by marketing [...] |
I am an eBusiness Coach, Web Developer, Internet Marketer, SEO, Inbound Marketing Consultant, and General Web Geek, making my living from home.
If you feel my blog has contributed to you in any meaningful way, and would like to throw some loose change into a tip jar (metaphorically speaking), a click on the donation button below would definitely be appreciated.
Great list Donna!
Donna – thanks so much for mentioning my post! The Babson study about the value of business plans I thought was very interesting. Sometimes, I tend to overly focus on planning, when I should be focusing on execution.
I think we all have that problem now and then.