By James Chittenden Your website is beginning to show traffic but needs more traffic in order to boost sales. To do that right now will require you to evaluate and compare your web traffic against successful competitors, so that you can learn what they are doing right.  Enter Semrush . Semrush provides market insights, which help you Read More

Visitors will stay on your site and read content IF your site is easy to use…on ALL devices. Maybe your site looks great on a desktop or laptop, but on a mobile device or phone, you look like this: As Form Web Design says, “…mobile is not the future, it is the now. Meet your Read More

What is it? Drop shipping is a simple online business that can provide a good living for those who are skilled at e-commerce and marketing. The model itself is simple. A drop shipper markets and sells products online. However, the products are manufactured, stored and shipped by the manufacturer. It’s a win-win. The manufacturer benefits Read More

By James Chittenden Crazy ideas in the hands of imaginative people who know how to get things done can change the world. The biography of this once obscure government employee offers a road map to make yourself and your descendants wealthy and to make history. Yes, a side hustle can become a new industry. “Any Read More

“You can make your life whatever you want it to be” — Wally Amos Wally Amos isn’t the sort of entrepreneurial hero you are used to. He’s more like the rest of us. He didn’t start a tech empire from a dorm room at Harvard. He has little formal education, much less an MBA. His Read More

Novice business owners rarely price correctly. Many new businesses underprice in an effort to win new customers and community goodwill. Others price high, but fail to provide enough value to justify the price. Underpricing means a lot of work and expense for less revenue. It means you are underpaying yourself. You didn’t start your own Read More

By James Chittenden If you just lost a corporate job, or are about to, we are sorry for your misfortune. If this has been your career and you knew little else, this is a tough time. It is even worse if you have a family, and people depending on you. You are feeling pressure, rejection, Read More

If the coronavirus affects you, family, friends or employees, there is nothing more important than recovery. Coronavirus has halted social activity and commerce around the globe, fast. It is time to plan for the possibility that social activity and commerce will resume fast. Why? In China, coronavirus patients are recovering and resuming their lives. Temporary Read More

If you have a great boss and a satisfying, well-paying job that is 100 percent secure, stop reading now. Oh, you’re still here? Even if the above is true, your great boss could be replaced by a bad one at any time. Bad bosses are a major cause of employer turnover. According to a Gallup Read More

How does it feel when a good situation rapidly turns uncertain? You may have had a steady paycheck, contract, or supply chain with a large “reliable” company, institution or government. After watching large gatherings, contracts and jobs vanish on short notice due to coronavirus, you are unlikely to ever take these things for granted again. Read More