Category Archives: Home Based Business

Top Three Reasons To Build Your Own Lead Generating System

Michael Cole Posted on by

Leads, leads, leads, the life-blood of any business, on-line or off-line, new or old, large or small, whatever kind of business you have, if you don’t have a steady supply of fresh leads, customers, or prospects  you’re doomed to fail. Not just any leads will work though, you could buy leads all month long and still end up with almost nothing to show for it, and probably will. You will get one thing at the end of the month, a bill for all those worthless leads. More in debt with no progress to show for it. Which brings you to … Continue reading →

Change Your Thinking And Change Your World

Michael Cole Posted on by

How is your business doing? Is it growing as fast as you hoped, as fast as the gurus promised it would? Or is it stuck in neutral, engine racing, the light’s green, but your clutch won’t engage? For the sake of argument let’s surmise that you have found the right training or mentor that clicks with you and you have your different marketing systems in place. But somehow it’s just not working right. What to do? Okay, let’s shift gears for a moment, sorry about the car metaphors but hang on for a bit. What do you think is the … Continue reading →

How To Succeed At Internet Marketing Without Really Trying

Michael Cole Posted on by

Yeah, I know it’s not a very original title, I paraphrased it from a movie made in 1967, “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying“. Never saw it either. I did see an updated remake some twenty years later called “The Secret Of My Success” staring Michael J Fox. It was hilarious. Young hotshot Brantley Foster, fresh out of business school, lands his dream job in NYC. He arrives for his first day to see the company closing it’s doors for good. What now? He hits the Want Ads and is told, “Great qualifications, kid, come back when you have some … Continue reading →

The Current Recession, Your Land Of Milk And Honey

Michael Cole Posted on by

Now you must be thinking, “This guy is freaking nuts, my friends are losing their jobs, my hours have been cut, and my 401k is barely worth two thirds of it’s value from two years ago.” Think back to The Great Depression, the stock market crashe of 1929. Many fortunes were lost in the click of a ticker tape. One time millionaires, now penniless, took one last step out of their penthouse windows. They took the easy way out, the cowards way. They gave up. If you’ve read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, and if you haven’t you should, … Continue reading →

Adversity, A Tale Of Two Men

Michael Cole Posted on by

adversity-tale-men Jul 16, 2010 @ 13:02 This Post may not seem like it has anything to do with Internet Marketing, but in fact it says a lot about it. August 31, 2008 My friend Mark and I were kicking back at my place, having a few too many drinks and shooting some pool. I worked nights at the time so at about six pm I turned in for my pre-work nap. Mark would usually have a last cigarette in my smoking room before heading home. Not this day, the woman across the street from me had been messing with Mark’s head for close … Continue reading →