Monthly Archives: November 2008
Which is Better: Page Rank or Traffic
I frequently get asked about the relative importance of the Page Rank of a website versus the traffic to the website. This becomes especially important if you’re looking at revenue sources for your online business or if you’re looking at …
Why People Are Rushing To Start Businesses
Yesterday afternoon I was interviewed by a franchise related magazine and was asked my opinion on why so many people were starting businesses now since being let go from their regular work. I was also asked what advice I would …
Feel It In Your Bones – Will Keith Kellogg
If it were not for the ingenuity of W.K. Kellogg, the world today might never know flaked cereal. A master marketer and inventor, Kellogg revolutionized the breakfast food industry when he decided to start his own company and sell toasted …
Business Lessons From The Gym
This week’s Entrepreneur University comes thanks to Debra Gould. Debra is an internationally recognized home staging expert also known as “The Staging Diva.” Today Debra shares her lessons learned from the gym: “I belonged to a gym for years and …
SEO Advice – VUW's School of Information Management
It's time for another SEO Advice post! Last week, I offered free SEO advice to Teach and Still Grow Rich . I'm going to continue my SEO Advice series today by helping out another YoungEntrepreneur.com blog reader Mus, from VUW's …
How To Reward Your Team
One of my favorite HR books is 1001 Ways To Reward Employees. It goes through 1001 ways that you can recognize your team starting from ideas that cost no money to others that start getting more expensive. One thing I’ve …
Do It Your Way – Satoshi Tajiri – Pokemon Founder
In March I did a profile of Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokemon (Work Irregular Hours To Find Inspiration – Satoshi Tajiri). I wanted to continue the story today by sharing one of Tajiri’s closely held beliefs: Do It Your …
How To Write An Effective Business Proposal
This week’s Entrepreneur University comes thanks to Andy Marken. Andy has worked in front of and behind the TV camera and radio mike. Unlike most PR people he listens to and understands the consumer's perspective on the actual use of …
SEO Advice – Teach and Still Grow Rich
It's time for another SEO Advice post! Last month, I offered free SEO advice to 21st-century-boy.co.uk. I'm going to continue my SEO Advice series today by helping out another YoungEntrepreneur.com blog reader Kimmoy Matthews, from Teach and Still Grow Rich. …
1 in 12,500,000 Spam Emails Get A Response
A new study from a team of researchers at the University of California in Berkeley revealed that the response rate of spam emails is 1 in 12,500,000. The researchers manage to get into the Storm network, a network which hijacks …
Never Back Down – Warren Buffett
He challenged the conventional teachings at business schools. He’s a 25 Top Visionary, one of the Top 24 Most Powerful Men In Business, and advises people to hang out with people who are better than you. I wanted to add …
How To Do An Annual Business Checkup
This week’s Entrepreneur University comes thanks to Dave Turkin. Dave is the president of Accessible Business Consultants, a full service business consultant that has over 32 years of experience working with small-medium size businesses. Dave shares his advice on how …
Alexa Rankings Become Increasingly Innacurate
On Thursdays I usually discuss Google and ways to get your website ranked at the top of the search engine. Today I wanted to change course a little bit and talk about Alexa. If you’re not familiar with the company, …
Obama For Entrepreneurs?
Well America has a new President, Barack Obama. Some of Obama’s plans for small business include: - Increase the minimum wage and index the rate to inflation so that it goes up every year - Wants to eliminate all capital …
Business Lessons From Poker – Guy Laliberté
In July I did a feature on Guy Laliberté (Stick To Your Dream – Guy Laliberté), founder of Cirque Du Soleil. I wanted to expand on that profile today by sharing how Guy compares running business to playing poker (Guy …
The 6 Biggest Mistakes Entrepreurs Make When Growing Their Businesses
This week’s Entrepreneur University comes thanks to Dianne Crampton. Dianne is an Executive Leadership Coach and Team Building Consultant and creator of the TIGERS team development model. For the past twenty years she has helped leaders and teams achieve goals …
