There are over 200,000 new blogs created each and every day. Yet less then 0.001% of those will last longer then 3 months. Perhaps you know the feeling, you start with excitement for the new project researching great themes for your blog and brainstorming names. You spend time creating your first blog post, which is [...]
April 19, 2012 By 8 Comments
5 working rules for entrepreneurs and startups to live by
Welcome to perhaps my shortest post yet. 5 working rules for startups and entrepreneurs to live by: 1) Do something that scares you every day… If you have been putting something off or just feared doing something, then get through them one by one. You will be surprised just how much you learn and [...]
April 4, 2012 By 8 Comments
10 things I learned about getting your story to journalists
I have been very fortunate these past weeks to attend some very well organised events within the centre of Birmingham. The first was Launch48 which was well documented in this article: 10 Things I learned about a new startup. The second, which I attended today was Launch: Meet the Gaming Press. Launch Gaming event was [...]
March 30, 2012 By 4 Comments
Business Focus: BeHiring.com Innovative Recruiting Startup
Welcome to the new feature where I look at a business in-depth. This ‘Business Focus’ aims to inspire and motivate you within your business, whilst giving you answers to issues that you may be facing too. We start with a very innovative startup within the Recruitment Industry. A startup that within a few intense month [...]
March 26, 2012 By 10 Comments
Validating niche ideas – How to check that your niche ideas are actually as good as you think they are.
This article is the second in the ‘Finding Profitable Niches’ series. You can read the first article here: Finding Niche Ideas – 5 Ways to generate ideas In the first article in this series I discussed 5 ways to generate great niche ideas. This article takes it one step further and now that we [...]
March 23, 2012 By 22 Comments
10 Things I learned about a new startup
Many of you will know that over the weekend I pitched an idea at a launch event, won both backing and a team, then had 48 hours to produce a working business before presenting it on Sunday evening. Yes, 48 hours from concept to production. The event was called Launch 48 (Birmingham) and it brings [...]
March 12, 2012 By 13 Comments
Finding Niche Ideas – 5 ways to generate ideas
[box type="yellow"]This article is part of a series on how to ‘make money blogging‘. Click here to read all articles in the series.[/box] What is a Niche Before starting any venture, you have to decide which particular group of customers, or market you will service. Dentists for example serve people who are conscious about oral health. Business [...]
March 8, 2012 By 12 Comments
6 Different Styles of Presenting in front of a Camera
Welcome to a new feature which I have temporarily names: ‘Your Questions Thursday’ – (I’m sure I’ll find a super cool alternative soon) The premise is simple. I get asked a lot of questions, so each Thursday I will set about answering them. Todays question deals with a question I was asked a few times [...]
March 7, 2012 By 8 Comments
Protecting your site – How someone attempted to Sandbox my Sites
Here is a story all about how, my site got flipped turned upside down, all because I had the guts to complain, about an unscrupulous seller whose service was lame. Actually, I started writing this post and then thought it would much more interesting to hear the story directly, so I recorded it. Welcome [...]
March 4, 2012 By 10 Comments
Rank Tracker SEO Software Review – Part 1 of ultimate experiment
I wrote last week introducing this 6 month-long experiment with SEO PowerSuite tools. If you missed that article you can read it here: SEO Powersuite Experiment. SEO Powersuite is actually a combination of four tools, which can be purchased individually. Better still, they can all be used for free to give you a real taster [...]
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