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10 Essential TED Talks for Entrepreneurs
by Curtis D. TuckerThe secret to learning as an entrepreneur is to mix equal parts of inspiration and perspiration. Hard work without a vision is futile, while a great idea without execution is similarly worthless. Check out these TED talks, you'll find the inspiration you need and the know-how to get it done. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Check out TED talks by these inspiring figures: Seth Godin, Dean Kamen, Tony Robbins, Gary Vaynerchuk, Richard Branson and others. 10 Essential TED Talks for EntrepreneursLabels: Entrepreneurship, Ideas, Teaching, Thinking
Get Help Setting Up Your Own Online Business
by Curtis D. TuckerStarting your own online business can be almost overwhelming if you don't even know where to start. One of the most successful online entrepreneurs has just released all of the information you will need to get started. Jeremy "ShoeMoney" Schoemaker has been building successful online businesses for over 13 years. For the past five years he has been working hard writing a book to help others get started online. He recently decided that there was just too much great information in his book to exclude people from reading it. He has now backed out of a major book deal and turned it into a completely FREE 12 week guide to Internet marketing. No strings attached. Enter your email and start receiving the weekly guides directly in your inbox! Week 1 - The Beginner's Guide To Internet Marketing Week 2 - Affiliate Marketing 101: Everything You Need To Know To Start Promoting Products Week 3 - Market Research: How To Crush Your Competitors And Discover Hot Niches Week 4 - Introduction to Pay Per Click Week 5 - Advanced Pay Per Click Week 6 - SEO Tips, Tricks, and Tactics Week 7 - Content Creation: How To Create Articles That Attract Users And Increase Sales Week 8 - Marketing: How To Use Social Media To Spread Your Brand Week 9 - Make That Cash: 10 Ways To Monetize Your Site And Increase Profitability Week 10 - Testing & Tracking: How To Optimize Your Site & Make Sense Of The Figures Week 11 - Building Your Team: How To Network With Others And Find Long Term Partners Week 12 - Launch Day: How To Kick Start Your Business And Manage Your Projects You really have nothing to lose! It's completely FREE. Following the link below and I wish you much success with your online venture. The ShoeMoney Internet Marketing GuideLabels: Internet, Make Money, Marketing, Teaching
Promotional Items to build your brand
Promotional Items to build your brand Getting the word out there about your business, old or new, isn’t easy. Advertising is expensive, networking is time consuming, and hiring a sales staff isn’t always an option. The term Branding is thrown around in marketing circles quite a bit, but developing a “brand” might be easy, making sure it’s well known, is the tough part. Business Cards One of the first things most new business owner invests in is business cards. Not only do they carry your contact information, but they are essentially the most intimate form of branding. They tie a company, accompanied by the visual branding (logo, etc.), directly to a person. Now their direct dealings with you will determine their perception of your brand. Promotional Products A gift can be a powerful gesture. Putting a logo on that gift is a gentle reminder of who made the gesture. If most advertising serves as a “reminder” of your product (rather than its discovery), than promotional items used properly can become free advertising to your most targeted customers. Custom Pens People use pens every day. It’s one of the most common promotional items, and if there was a downside to using pens, is that it’s been done. Go to any convention and you’ll come back with 25 or more pens. They’re cheap, useful, and (especially in the computer age) you never have one when you really need it. Promotional Tote Bags and Custom Water Bottles Promoting green living with your promotions is another nice gesture that can improve the perception of a brand. Re-usable (as opposed to recyclable) items are both appreciated, and USED. They also tend to have a larger display area for your logo… Stress Ball For something a bit more fun or even perhaps therapeutic, stress balls can be a great gift. They come in so many shapes and for so many types of businesses; a business owner can really drive home their services. And while these gifts don’t get used every day, they sometimes tend to sit on a desk displayed for the world to see. There are nearly limitless possibilities when it comes to gifts as a means for branding and promotions. Thinking about your target customer’s needs and habits is the best place to start. Then chose something that either solves a problem or fits into their every-day habits.
Unique Entrepreneurial Business Start Ups
by Curtis D. TuckerLooking for some business ideas? We'll be posting groups of business ideas that we come across from time to time so be sure and check this blog often. Here's a fun group of entrepreneurial business ideas. 1) Chimney Sweep and Fireplace Cleaner 2) Build a Community Website and sell advertising space on it 3) Design and create unique baby and dog costumes 4) Ghost debunker - show people they really do not have ghosts 5) Clothes alterations and shoe cobbler 6) Used musical instruments - fix and resell vintage items 7) Mobile auto detailer and oil changer 8) Movie and book exchange store - help people trade 9) Birthday party entertainer - magic, music and balloons 10) Tree house building and swing set assembly service Make it happen! Labels: Business Start-Ups, Ideas
Get Artsy at Etsy
by Curtis D. TuckerThe mission of Etsy.com is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers. The Etsy community spans the globe with buyers and sellers coming from more than 150 countries. Etsy sellers number in the hundreds of thousands. Etsy requires no HTML to sell online. Setting up shop on Etsy is easy and takes only a few minutes. You can customize your shop with a banner, profile, shop policies and more. It's all done automatically and you do not have to be a webmaster. You get your own URL for your shop based on your username, http://username.etsy.com You can sell handmade goods, vintage items and craft supplies on Etsy. Etsy is not eBay. You can reach the ideal customer for your products when you sell on Etsy. Sign up for free. To start selling on Etsy, you'll first need to register for an Etsy account. To become a seller, you'll need a credit card for verification purposes. It costs 20 cents to list an item for four months. When your item sells, you'll pay a 3.5% transaction fee. What is being sold on Etsy? Candles - Greeting Cards - Belts - Jewelry - Quilts - Stickers - Puzzles - Puppets - Vases - Candy - Pet Supplies - Pottery - Comics - Art - Wallets What could you make to sell on Etsy? Labels: Business Start-Ups, Ideas, Internet, Make Money
The Best Reasons To Become An Entrepreneur
by Curtis D. TuckerThere are many reasons to become an entrepreneur and even a few as to why not to become an entrepreneur. I'll describe the best reasons to be an entrepreneur and hope they give you the inspiration to become one yourself. Enjoy the read and throw in your own ideas as to why entrepreneurship is a great way to make a living. 1) Being your own boss. There's hardly a better reason to work for yourself other than the fact that you are the boss and you call the shots. 2) Income potential. One of the top reasons to be an entrepreneur is that you are not saddles into a yearly salary. You are free to work hard and earn more money. In many cases there is no limit to the amount of money you can earn. 3) Freedom. You are free to set your own hours, free to work on the things you feel are important, free to try new things, free to experiment. There's freedom to spend more time with family. 4) Diversification. You don't have to put all of your marbles in one jar. You can start multiple streams of income, eliminate ideas that do not work and create residual income that makes you money while you sleep. 5) Excitement and fun. Doing something that you love makes work feel like play. If you can work at something that you enjoy you'll never dread working hard and waking up every day. There's excitement in thinking of new ways to make money. 6) Confidence. Showing yourself and others that you can make a living on your own merit can build great self esteem. Being an entrepreneur will help you become better leader. 7) More creativity. You will become more creative once starting your own business. You'll need to think outside the box and create solutions on the fly. Your creative juices will be in full force as you work your way through marketing, innovating, promoting and problem solving. 8) Satisfaction. There's something to be said for helping out other people. Your product or service will benefit or improve the life of another person which will be very satisfying. Accomplishing your goals and actually having a successful business brings its own satisfaction. 9) It's a challenge. Becoming an entrepreneur will be very challenging and you will run into many road blocks. You'll enjoy figuring things out and overcoming adversity. 10) Security. There won't be much security in the beginning but in the long run you will control your own fate. There are no layoffs, no downsizing and no wondering if your job is on the line. A successful entrepreneur will not only bring security to himself but can also bring security to the family and children that might one day take over the business. Labels: Entrepreneurship
Business Ideas and Cool Start Ups
by Curtis D. TuckerOne of the best shows on television today for entrepreneurs is a show called Shark Tank. This is a great show for finding fun business ideas and also seeing what others have come up with. Watch as young entrepreneurs pitch their businesses and ask for money. Be sure and note the amount of money they ask for and how much control of their companies they lose. Not only does the show give you start up ideas but the Sharks on the show give some very useful advise and they ask even more important questions. All of the Sharks on the show have made millions or billions on their own and they are using their own money to finance these start ups. When you watch the show be sure to note the questions being asked. These are the same questions you will need to answer when you go looking for financing your business. The show can give you clues as to which types of products and services the entrepreneurial gurus feel have potential. Hop on over to this page to see many of the past business ideas and then be sure to start watching the show. Shark Tank Business Ideas. Labels: Business Start-Ups, Entrepreneurship, Ideas, TV
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