Converting Traffic to Cash: When and How to Monetize Your Blog

Two minutes after posting another hilarious Facebook post, you’ve got thirty “likes”. Three hours after sharing your latest blog post on Twitter, your friends are re-tweeting your best lines. You’ve been entertaining people for free for years, but with a little dedication, you can turn your words into cash by monetizing your blog. Generate Commission…

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When Has Your Hobby Become a Small Business?

You’ve been writing poetry for years and decide it’s time to share your passion with the world. With a small investment, you are able to create an attractive and unusual book and publish it on the Internet. To your surprise, the book starts selling, and you are regularly making a modest amount of royalties every…

Smart Tips for Maintaining a Successful Business in 2013

Surviving day-to-day office politics is a challenge that most individuals face in a corporate workplace. Gossip regularly takes place around the proverbial water cooler, personal belongings get misplaced, and there are always issues with efficiency that need to be addressed by human resources or upper-level management. In 2013, these issues can be addressed by incorporating…

You Don’t Have a Website for Your Business…Are You Serious?

It’s hard to believe that any business can keep its doors open today without having some sort of online presence. To my surprise those businesses exist and they make it work. Who would have thought? Awhile back, I spent the day snowboarding and as I was riding the ski lift I started up a conversation…

E-commerce Site Checkups Gauge Website Performance

New tools are available for website checkups. Performance tools assess speed, SEO, and browser compatibility. A customer leaves a slow website before the download is complete. A lack of SEO ensures customers never find you. Incompatible browsers cause customers to never return. Usability Testing Tools Testing tools to determine if your website is user-friendly include…

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Motivating Your Employees for Optimum Performance

Anyone who manages a business knows that employees need motivation to stay productive.  Simply having a job is not enough to keep people going, and many bosses out there struggle with motivation.  The reasoning often goes, “If I pay them enough, they will be motivated to work hard.”  Unfortunately most people are not very motivated…