Posts by Jason Holland
A Quick Way to Put Your Business on the Map
Online video gives you a way to establish instant rapport with your prospective customers. Something about seeing and hearing you talk to them shortens the time it takes for them to know, like, and trust you. (And that, as you well know, is a big part of turning them into buyers.) And it’s easier than…
Read MoreA Must for Your Marketing Arsenal
When it comes to running an online business, most entrepreneurs do it with a website full of text — interesting/useful information combined with ad copy. But as we’ve seen recently, video is coming of age online. And it can be a great way to: Provide your customers with great content (in a way most of…
Read More“Mastermind” Style Conference
The first time we mentioned the “mastermind” style conference we are planning for 2011 was back in November, at our Info-Marketing Bootcamp.
Read MoreNo exaggeration
With the Internet, first-time entrepreneurs can easily get in on the lucrative import-export industry. And that’s no exaggeration. The days of traveling to China to find a manufacturer are over. And you don’t have to order a shipping container full of goods to sell back in the U.S. Valerie Johnson was a college dropout looking…
Read MoreAn Ideal Business for First-Time Entrepreneurs
There is a website that is used by 8 million qualified and screened members from almost every country on the planet. They aren’t just browsing. They are entrepreneurs. And they consider the site to be an indispensable business tool. It’s a clearinghouse and meeting point for the import-export industry. And its members do about $6…
Read MoreJumpstarting Your New Life Part 2
When you start an info-publishing business — or any business, for that matter — there are many things you don’t know. And that includes plenty of things you don’t know you don’t know. Many new entrepreneurs even miss the “obvious” strategies that would propel their ventures forward. The speakers at our Info-Marketing Bootcamps made plenty…
Read MoreJumpstarting Your New Life
Andrew Lock was a recent immigrant to the United States (he and his wife brought only two suitcases with them) when he went to his first Internet marketing conference. He wasn’t an attendee. He was working at the back of the room as the AV guy. But out of the hundreds of people at the…
Read MoreWorld’s Least Expensive Investment Portfolio
In this week’s Insider, I’d like to try something a little different. I want to give you a second chance…
Let me explain.
Read MoreGeneric Programs, Generic Results
We’ve all seen the ads online and even on TV. So called Internet gurus promoting “complete business in a box” systems. They give you products to sell, built-out landing pages and websites, and plenty of sales copy templates. And you have dozens of niches to choose from, from dog training to selling the same system…
Read MoreThe New Way to Buy Low and Sell High, Part 2
While she was an MIT grad student in 2004, Gauri Nanda came up with a fun little idea that married technology and design: a clock radio that would jump off your nightstand and run around the room with the alarm going off. Not even the most determined could stay asleep. Gauri built a prototype, posted…
Read MoreThe New Way to Buy Low and Sell High, Part 1
I’m going to tell you about a great way to make an extra few hundred — even a few thousand — dollars a month. The economics are simple: Buy low (very low), sell at below-market prices, and put the difference in your pocket. Yes, you’ve heard of this business model before. But I can bet…
Read MoreNo More Resolutions
It’s New Year’s Eve. Are you considering some resolutions for 2011?
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