With a big move to Cali around the corner, I’ve been thinking a lot about what my new office will look like. I’m a firm believer that design is everything when it comes to position yourself to be constantly inspired. And I’m after creating a look that’s breezy (lots of open space), yet packed with the minor details that are important to me. It’s the little stuff that matters, right? So, without further ado, here [...]

You’ve got a great idea. Check. You’ve done your homework. Check. Now it’s time to take the very first step towards establishing your very own online business. You ready? It’s time to get a domain. A domain is the simple value that people will type into their browser in order to access your site. For example, mine is www.valenciamay.com. Typically the domain should contain your valuable keyword, or even your name if you’re building a [...]

Writing blog posts is a key aspect of any internet marketing business. It’s a chance to connect with your audience in an engaging way, and profit from your website. If you’re stuck in a writer’s block or are frustrated with blogging in general, don’t worry. I’m going to show you some simple techniques that you can start putting to work today, to make blogging more fun, engaging, and rewarding for you and your business. Be [...]

Maria says, I’ve just started building my list and right now I’m feeling so confused. Does it really have to be that complicated? Any tips/help for me? List building is perhaps the most crucial part of building your money funnel. But first, let’s rewind. You’re probably wondering, “What the heck is a money funnel?”. Did I catch you? We’ll, it’s simple: a money funnel is that way you set up your business so that you [...]

In the next couple of weeks me and my daughter are heading up to Los Angeles, California. Why, you ask? To look for places. Places as in a home. A home as in to move to. :) There is something so blatantly bittersweet about moving and saying goodbye to old friends and hello to new ones. But thank God for Facebook. Let’s see, Florida has been my home state for—okay I’m gonna age myself here–19 [...]

So many of us have a cell phone addiction. In fact, I would go so far as to say that most, if not all of us, have a cell phone addition. It’s placed by our bedside at night, it’s the first thing we check in the morning. . . and God forbid we go 3 minutes without answering a text. I watch it in the life of my kids, and I see it in my [...]

Yeah, we all have them. And trust me, I’ve had my fair share. They often sneak up on us when we’re unprepared, unrested, and under the pressure of to-do lists. What to do? Take a break. Really, just take a break. I know it sounds simple but you won’t believe how much a difference it can make when you step away from your computer, away from your lists, and take a walk… how much that [...]

A famous phrase frequently heard in internet marketing is that the money is in the list building. No doubt there is a grain of truth to the famous quote. But if you want to attain lasting success in your business enterprise, you should start list building a responsive mailing list. Long gone are the days when receiving email was novel; now people are typically signed up to numerous email lists. Thus, you should be imaginative [...]

Making money blogging: Does it work? It’s inconceivable to visualize a world without blogs and social networking with the recent new developments in Internet marketing. Nevertheless, several of these ideas are fairly new. Take the case of WordPress, which has millions of worldwide users even though it was merely released in 2003. When it initially became popular, people simply believed blogging as maintaining an online journal and did not think how it would become such [...]

This internet marketing newbie is ready to make some money! Successful internet marketers who make money online are often known to brag about their lifestyles, yet it is no surprise that they have better lives than many people who are stuck in 9-5 day jobs and working at low-oxygen cubicles. Do you want to make money online? If you want to take a step and start an online business while working from home, it may [...]