Money-Era: is there a sense in continuing?

This is my first post after a very long time of inactivity. I apologize.

Plenty of things happened. One of them was starting another website, a niche this time, aimed at providing a service. A blend of online-real life activity. Totally different than a blog, just a pure e-commerce one. It started mid-January and is aimed at local market.

To be completely frank, I have serious questions that I ask myself: shall I continue with money-era? Shall I spend more time (which I lack) on it? Is there any future here? Or shall I quit and add to statistics, that over 90% of blog do not live longer than 1 year.

I made a promise to myself that Continue reading…

How to improve PageRank?

I have been wondering what are the best link building strategies and I have been thinking how to start an effective link building campaign.  I could have just read a possible answer to my question, learning from TechCrunch how Car And Driver approached the matter of improving their pagerank. The funny thing is that I questioned myself if it would work… I wonder if Continue reading…

Social Media boosting traffic to your website

Social Media is an excellent way to boost the traffic to your website, which should convert to making more money by yourself (provided your blog is monetized). Basically there are two methods of reaching our goal, which is getting users from social media to our blog.

The first: based on the fact, that social media is all about linking and re-linking all kind of content, it fits perfectly to a link-building strategy. This is why you cannot forget about social media when getting more links to your site.

The second method foundation: Continue reading…

Chrysler story

When watching the CNN today I heard something that truly astonished me and made me think a bit about money making and how much the World can change in just 10 years. Things which no-one would ever think of really happen, impossible becomes possible. As it turns out, the life is ironic at times. Continue reading…

Twitter vs Facebook - which grows faster?

Both Twitter and Facebook are among the most popular web services in the USA, getting a lot of media attention, PR and are sometimes called “fast growing”. What does it mean? Let’s check both of them to find out how they rate against each other.

Even though both services grow very fast - as you probably read on internet in various posts or news - after taking a closer look it turns out, that Continue reading…

WeddingChannel.com success story

Back in 1996 it was much more difficult to establish an online business; there were no e-commerce platforms, no ready to implement billing systems or no software to run an internet shop on. So Tim and Ray, the founders of the business whom I introduced in my previous post about the WeddingChannel.com, decided to go with a venture capital company, which helped to create the WeddingChannel.com website. They also acquired funds to advertise to big brands right from the beginning.

The innovative approach to improve customer buying experience convinced two key industry players: Continue reading…

WeddingChannel is a brilliant example of making money online success

Back in 1997 two friends: Ray Dhake and Tim Gray got together to discuss the matter of establishing a website targeted at weddings. Tim came up with the idea when he realized how much trouble there was to find the right wedding gift. As soon as he found out that so many other people have the very same problem, he talked to his friend, Ray. They came to the conclusion that the best way to address the issue would be to built the right e-commerce site. Solving a problem of each wedding guest was the right approach to start the business.

When Tim and Ray broke down the typical wedding gift buying process to the following tasks: Continue reading…

The answer to "How to make money on cooking recipes"

When you think how to make money (online), you might consider the business case of CooksIllustrated.com. Their business model is to publish a printed magazine and expand this by providing one of the best sites with cooking recipes. The numbers speak for themselves: apart from 800.000 printed magazine subscriptions, there are additional 80.000 online subscribers, who pay $3.95 per month or $24,95 per year. Continue reading…

Generosity pays off

So when you are thinking about forming a new partnership you must make sure that your potential partner is the right person to do business with. The best approach is to trust your guts. Even if you do not know the person very well, trust your intuition. Remember the first feeling you had when you thought of doing business together. This is the most important. Keep it simple. Ask yourself if you picture that person as your partner. And trust your first answer. Do not analyze too much. Do not spend too much time deliberating. Just measure your feeling: is it yes or no? Or if it is not that obvious or clear, which way is it going? Toward ‘yes’ or ‘no’? Continue reading…

Find a partner for your business

When you think of a successful businessman or entrepreneur, there must be a sort of general image that you associate with a person like that. I always thought that people who achieved extraordinary results must be exceptional in their professionalism, posses the vast knowledge in the area they conduct business, be experts in the field. While this view is probably not very far from the truth, it is somewhat limited - I recently I discovered a new way of doing business. It allows to enter the areas which are not very well known to you. Continue reading…