I was raised on a tobacco farm in North Carolina by my grandmother. My parents divorced when I was 3 or 4, and my mother dropped my two younger brothers and me off to be raised by grandma. She went up north, to Connecticut where the job opportunities were better, and we saw her once…
How I Probably Gave Up Millions With ONE Heart-felt Decision
Back in 1998, the USAF had just moved me to Eglin, AFB, Florida where I had hoped to retire… and did! I had started building an internet-based business in 1996, and now wanted to create my first product. So, I decided upon a cookbook, sharing the foods and recipes that I had grown up with…
Ways That I Promote The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Program
This post was written to give those whom I signed up as ERC Brokers some ideas on what I have found effective in promoting. If you are not a broker, or are a business looking for more details, on ERC, please visit: http://ERCInsiderInformation.com Use that form for either case. Disclaimer: While these techniques are…
What Is Your Favorite Charity That Could Use A Helping Hand?
I ask because I’m a member of an organization comprised of over 25,000 business owners in the U.S. and Canada, and we are actually LOOKING FOR charities to support. Why? To an extent because we could use the tax breaks, but we are also very caring people. So, please point me to your favorite LOCAL…
12 ideas) My favorite shortcut to list building
If you ever struggle with list building, there’s just one simple ingredient you need to make it work and that’s a GREAT offer. Offer them something they can’t resist and they won’t be able to get to your opt-in form fast enough. Sure, you need traffic and stuff to that offer, but if your offer…
Free Money For U.S. Small Businesses
If You Operate A Small Business In The U.S. With A Physical Location, May I Be Of Service To You… For Free? I’ve operated a VIRTUAL business since 1996, when I decided to start my own business 6 years prior to retiring from the USAF. While I don’t have physical storefront, helping small business owners…
Do You Need Funding For A Project?
I asked that question because after being in business virtually all of my life, I am extremely well-connected. Throughout college, a 20+ year military career, and being in business online since 1996, I’ve built a HUGE Rolodex. More importantly, I’ve built some fairly strong RELATIONSHIPS. So, if you do have a project where you need…
Business Hack – A Thanksgiving Card – Try It Free
A big part of winning in business is maintaining top of mind awareness. Your customer will purchase when they are at the right stage in the buying cycle, but when they realize that they need a product, they usually buy from whatever business jumps out at them. You make sure that you are that business…
How To Double Your Sales With Three Magic Words
Those of us who have studied direct response marketing and copywriting will be familiar with how one shampoo company DOUBLED sales by just adding three words on their shampoo bottles. Those three words were, “Rinse and Repeat.” Since it was the instructions printed on the bottle, and came across as authoritative, customers started doing that…
How To Grow Your YouTube Channel Hands-Free
I thought that you guys with newsletters and/or YouTube channels would appreciate this. It’s how you can use your Aweber account, to automatically grow your YouTube channel. It’s something that I’ll be setting up in the next day or two, and only takes a few minutes of setup. IF you don’t have an Aweber account,…