An Online Graphics Toolset
Your websites look like 1999? There’s a fix for that! Here’s a list of the tools I use to clean up, spiff up, and general make my websites pleasing to the eye. All of them are totally free, just cool stuff you actually need and can use. Great for using in conjunction with our new ‘Online Mastery’ course. –>Read On
Got a book to publish?
Leanpub, a new web application found at leanpub.com, is based on a revolutionary idea:
Imagine that authors can actually make money writing books.
The way that Leanpub accomplishes this is to empower authors to apply Steve Blank’s Customer Development and Eric Ries’ Lean Startup principles to the process of writing and publishing a book.
Specifically, Leanpub allows authors to self-publish and sell their books–while they are in-progress. This lets authors determine if there is a market for their book and build a community of readers around their book. This community building is vital, since it not only helps authors build buzz around their books but also helps them get real feedback from real readers who are invested in the success of the book. –>Read On
Freelance Writing Reality Check
Freelance writing is an attractive vocation because it affords the freedom of a work-from-home opportunity and it is also possible to do it entirely online. Add to that, a real passion for the written word and you just may have an explosive formula for motivated success.
Take a look at the following tips on how to write online for a living:
Compare Different Writing Sites
There are countless writing sites online. Several of them are full of merit, others take some getting used to and the rest have as much potential of earning you a dollar as if you were to meditate on a stone until it turned into gold. Do your research before you start filling out registration forms and choose two or maybe even three sites to start sharing your attention. You can divide and conquer, but splitting your focus too much might just end up to be a waste of valuable time. –>Read On
9 Ways to Gain Expert Recognition
No matter what business you are in it always helps to be seen as an expert. If you were calling someone to fix a drain or sell your house you would approach the person you saw as most credible and reputable in that area of expertise.
To become an expert takes hard work and experience. It can involve study or the honing of practical skills. It demands high standards of work. But after all this effort will you be perceived as an expert? If you feel you’ve earned the mantle of expert but are not recognized as one, here are nine ways to start establishing your reputation.
Home Business v’s Home Job
Image by Kaptain Kobold via Flickr
You have to make a change – you know this. Kid number 4 has come along or the commute is killing you, whatever, you want to work from home but what the hell do you do about it.
There are 2 broad camps, as inferred by the title – start a home business or work from home on someone else’s business.
Now for some of you the choice is simple, that little entrepreneur synap starts firing and you’ve been working for the ‘man’ for 20 years already – time to go-it alone. For others the thought of going out there without a safety net and a steady paycheck is a little too much to consider.
