How to get any successful business owner to mentor you!
It's very simple . . . don't ask them to be your mentor or coach. If you do, they will nearly always turn you down. Let me explain by first ... [read more]
It's very simple . . . don't ask them to be your mentor or coach. If you do, they will nearly always turn you down. Let me explain by first ... [read more]
I've learned through my own personal experience and by watching others that often would-be business owners cheat themselves by undermining their own income efforts. Sometimes knowingly, but often innocently, they ... [read more]
I was scanning through the news this morning and noticed an article in USA Today talking about the fact that Walmart was taking another shot at Amazon by beginning the ... [read more]
This short video (3:40) contains a whole lot of small business gems that can be applied to your situation if you care to. Warren Buffett: The Billionaire Who Never Gave ... [read more]
I'm going to give you ten statements of advice (recommendations, suggestions, reviews, endorsements, etc). I want you to tell me which (if any) are positive, and which (if any) are ... [read more]
If you could effortlessly place the very best kind of content on your blog, newsletter, or niche web site ... what would it be? After all, you do have the ... [read more]
No matter how you justify "borrowing" graphics, pictures, photographs and other digital images, copying and pasting other peoples' copyrighted creative works is almost always stealing and could get you ... [read more]
Here's a marketing tidbit I pulled out of my dusty notes from years ago . . . and it is more true today than ever before. I hope it might ... [read more]
Did you know there are both federal and state laws governing small business advertising and marketing? Here in the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission and various State commissions (depending upon ... [read more]
How are you packaging yourself? Have you ever heard or talked to an online business owner about how he is packaging himself (or herself)? Neither have I. Believe it or ... [read more]
As you begin the new year, the temptation to set money-related goals as a measure of success is very real. Don't do it. Why? You can't define success by any ... [read more]
No one likes to be the bearer of bad news. But this advice, which comes from the extensive experience of a true legendary marketer, Gary Halbert, could save you untold ... [read more]
Every telescope has two (or more) lenses, at least one at each end. The view through each end is very different. One view diminishes the target object; but the view ... [read more]
A Christmas gift for each of you . . . Years ago I came upon a article entitled "Life's Lessons" by Regina Brett, published in The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, ... [read more]
According to marketing superstar Gary Halbert . . . The first big key to making a fortune online is ACCESS TO REPUTABLE PEOPLE. What is Halbert talking about, you ask? ... [read more]
Could it really be so simple? Thanks to parents that helped him monetize his dream job, six year old Ryan gets paid for opening new toys, playing with them and ... [read more]
Here are 12 habits that, if learned and followed, will set you apart from the sea of other mediocre marketers and virtually all of your niche competitors. Why do I ... [read more]
Is there a single day of the calendar year when more people buy stuff they don't need simply because it's on sale? I like to call it "Black and Blue ... [read more]
10 instances when passion temporarily helps: You're too tired to write today's blog post but you know it needs to be done; There are too many outside distractions and you're ... [read more]
I understand that one of the attractions of the "Internet marketing lifestyle" is the supposed freedom and control that one can find in his/her daytime work. In many peoples' minds ... [read more]
In my former working life (pre-retirement) I associated with business owners and entrepreneurs very closely every day. The essence of my "job" was to help them become successful and expand ... [read more]
This is so simple you're going to wonder why it's even worth mentioning. It's not about mindset, formal education, taking massive action, or paying huge sums to be mentored by ... [read more]
Awhile back a lady member of this forum asked me how long it took me to go from being a student of online business to then teaching others what I ... [read more]
I have licensed an info product that comes with a very nice sales page. I want to put it on my WordPress site. The challenge for me is the fact ... [read more]
Were you attracted to online business because you wanted to be your own boss? Do you want to work for yourself because you're tired of having to deal with someone ... [read more]
Marketing a small business can be a daunting task for the business owner that has no previous marketing experience. I was in that position many years ago and I remember ... [read more]
Gary Halbert called himself "The Greatest Copywriter on the Planet." Was he being arrogant? Awfully. Could he prove it? Probably not. Was he being truthful? Most likely. Some of you ... [read more]
Beginning marketers often lament that "I'm not an expert" or "Who wants to listen to me?" Good questions to ponder . . . but don't let them paralyze you into ... [read more]
Many marketers claim that names you choose for your domain, products, and even your web site don't really matter - that you can name them anything as long as the ... [read more]
Why is it that people believe everything they read, see, or hear online? Why is it that people who are usually honest sometimes lie online? Why is it that intelligent ... [read more]
Here's a very simple and brief checklist of important questions that you can ask yourself about your new product that will increase its chances for success in the marketplace right ... [read more]
Battles are often won or lost because one side gathered more critical and relevant information on the foe than the other and therefore could attack the foe's weaknesses and vulnerabilities ... [read more]
Think of the Internet as the single greatest vehicle ever that a business owner has to send his content to the public. Pre-Internet, the options available were the media (TV, ... [read more]
I say YES! Branding enables the business owner to break through the barrier of buyer indifference. In fact, it's my opinion that small tightly niched businesses have a lot to ... [read more]
Many of us design our own marketing materials, ads, e-covers, articles, sales pages, etc . . . because we can't justify the expense of using a custom graphic designer. It's ... [read more]
No one every comes or goes at the Warrior Forum - what gives? For the last several days I've noticed the number of members viewing the main discussion forum is ... [read more]
Who doesn't want customer loyalty and repeat sales in their online business? If that's you, click away because this thread is not for you. The consumer research team of Nunez ... [read more]
Yesterday I was reading about a study that was done on FEAR and how it can be either a persuasive motivator or a paralyzing obstacle, depending upon how the ... [read more]
Over the years that I've been a member here at the Warrior Forum, I have witnessed the same sad story over and over again. Someone is down on his luck, ... [read more]
The question was posed awhile back: "Is the customer always right?" What brought this discussion to my mind was an article I read recently about Macy's department stores and ... [read more]
People love to be seduced. They want to be seduced. Don't we? Come on, admit it, doesn't your heart beat a little faster when you are charmed, flirted, lured, ... [read more]
On July 18, 1992, the first photo was uploaded to the Internet. It's been 25 years - WOW! Here's a sobering thought - In 2014, according to Mary Meeker's annual ... [read more]
Are you one of the millions and millions of shoppers that automatically assume that "expensive = high quality"? It's a common equation that experienced marketers understand and profit from daily. ... [read more]
Let me ask you . . . What do these marketing approaches all have in common? Before and after images of dieters Lifeless, straight, dull hair compared to vibrant "bouncy" ... [read more]
Successful business owners are constantly looking for new ideas, new products to sell, new and better ways to promote to their audience, and new systems to incorporate into the execution ... [read more]
Here's a simple bit of advice that might help you in your marketing. It's a principle most seasoned marketers have been exposed to but many still don't apply it. A ... [read more]
Here's what I have noticed over the course of many years in the small business development arena that I chose to make a career decades ago. Most people that have ... [read more]
I hope what I'm about to share with you will make some sense and help you to quickly become more profitable in your Internet business - whether it's a brand ... [read more]
This is not a post about copywriting - it is about an ingredient that should be part of the foundation of everything you do as an online marketer. It is ... [read more]
The great John Caples made a discovery that can help you in your marketing regardless of your niche, your product, or your service. Would you be interested in knowing what ... [read more]
How much time are you spending on increasing your conversion rate? Does it really make sense to do everything you do to find potential new customers when you haven't given ... [read more]
I read a post today on the WF declaring that article marketing was dead. If you've been on this forum for a while you've seen this declaration multiple times before. ... [read more]
You want to make money online and you have no clue where to begin. Why not go to the Warrior Forum, introduce yourself as a newbie, and ask a simple ... [read more]
I understand that some of you may think I'm splitting hairs or trying to make marketing more complex than it needs to be. I accept that criticism and suggest this ... [read more]
I received an email today from a famous Internet marketer, a name you would recognize if you've been in this game for any length of time, extolling the virtues of ... [read more]
Lots of well meaning and motivated people are drawn to online business for a variety of reasons - the dream lifestyle, the potentially high earnings, the work-at-home ability, and the ... [read more]