I Just Don’t Feel Like Working Today

Many years ago I lived in a share house in the inner city suburb of West End in Brisbane, Australia.

Although I prefer to live alone, I appreciated living in a share house with other people because it gave me some kind of socialization during a period of my life when I was largely spending the rest of my time … Read the rest of this entry »

An Unusual Interview With World Traveling, Book Writing, Internet Giant, Chris Guillebeau

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This is no ordinary podcast interview with Chris Guillebeau. I say that because you have probably … Read the rest of this entry »

Can You Apply The Minimum Viable Product Principle To Information Products?

I recently listened to the audiobook version of the Lean Startup by Eric Ries.

My motivation for “reading” it is to help with the development of CrankyAds, my software startup. Lean startup principles are particularly good for a software company because of the unlimited features you could develop (given unlimited resources) contrasting with the need to just get Read the rest of this entry »

How A Guy With A Full Time Job Built A $2,000 A Month AdSense Income Niche Site And Then Sold It For $200,000 – Patrick Meninga Tells His Story

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How To Value Your Startup Company When Looking For Investment

Last week I began the process of looking for funding for CrankyAds.

This has been a completely new experience for me, which is fantastic, I’m enjoying the challenge and the process of learning how another aspect of entrepreneurship works.

I’ve been attending networking events and putting my feelers out in Brisbane where I live for a while, which thankfully … Read the rest of this entry »

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Madeline Veenstra Explains How She Achieved Early Startup Success Combining Fashion With A Wiki

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I’ve been watching the startup community here in Australia a lot recently. This is because of my … Read the rest of this entry »

My Tech Startup Journey: Learning How To Fund A New Software Company

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com has always been a sounding board for my own use as an entrepreneur. From the day I started blogging I wrote about what I was up to with whatever business I was focused on at the time.

Blogging is fantastic for all kinds of business reasons, but it’s also great as a tool just to write about what you … Read the rest of this entry »

Want To Sell Ads On Your Blog? Introducing CrankyAds.com

I am very pleased to announce that CrankyAds.com, my new ad management system for bloggers, is ready for a full public release.

You can download the plugin for free from here -

http://www.crankyads.com

The plugin is currently available only for WordPress bloggers, however in the future we will have options for any website.

It has been tested on over … Read the rest of this entry »

How I Overcame My Fear Of Public Speaking

On Saturday last weekend as I type this article, I was a guest speaker at a live event on the Gold Coast in Australia.

I spoke in front of 200 people for about an hour. I used 27 slides in my presentation, which were almost all just one picture each slide that I put together the night before I was … Read the rest of this entry »

How We Made A Three Person Partnership Work

In case you missed it, last week Gideon Shalwick and Leslie Samuel, my two partners in Become A Blogger 2.0, along with me (Yaro), hosted a live webinar.

Before I begin telling you some of the background story about how this new partnership came together and the challenges we faced, I want to make sure you know … Read the rest of this entry »

Just Released: Our Ten New Become A Blogger 2.0 Training Videos

About four years ago I partnered with Gideon Shalwick to create ten free videos to teach one thing – How To Set Up A Blog.

The videos were deliberately focused on beginners, people who wanted to follow the steps presented in a video to learn how to do each task necessary to create a fully functional, optimized and beautiful … Read the rest of this entry »

How To Sell More Ads On Your Blog

I previously explained my simple formula for pricing ads on your website. If you missed the article, please read it first here -

How Much Should You Charge For Advertising On Your Blog?

Now you know how much to charge, the next step is exactly where to place the ads on your site so you can achieve these goals -… Read the rest of this entry »

The Challenge Of Developing A Software Startup

I’ve been working on CrankyAds.com now for over a year, although there have been a few start-stop sessions, so it hasn’t been exactly all-steam ahead during that time.

Developing software is a lot of fun, when you have the people who can make your vision a reality. Thinking of how you want something to work in your head and then … Read the rest of this entry »

How Much Should You Charge For Advertising On Your Blog?

So you have decided to sell ads directly to sponsors on your website or blog.

Great idea.

I’ve made money using this method since the early 2000s. It started off as a trickle – my first ad sale was direct to a small business for $50 a month for one banner on my card game website. From that point forward … Read the rest of this entry »

Which Business Model Is Best: Selling Services, Software, Information Or Physical Products?

I’m getting old.

Well, at least in internet years.

It’s getting close to 15 years now that I have been online and had a website of my own. During this time I’ve played with all kinds of different business models. Perhaps just calling them money making techniques rather than fully fledged businesses is more accurate in the majority of cases.… Read the rest of this entry »

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How To Finally Make A Profitable Website In 2012 – Webinar Recording Now Available

New Update! As requested, the recording of the webinar is now available.

You can stream it from this page –

How to Finally Make A Profitable Website In 2012 – Webinar Live Recording

On that page you will also find the link for the special $1 trial for two weeks + huge bonus pack offer that expires January 31st at Read the rest of this entry »

How To Fire Yourself: Chris Ducker Reveals How He Removed Himself From His 300 Employee Company

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After ending his marriage, Chris Ducker packed his bags and moved to the Philippines for a fresh start. A few short years later … Read the rest of this entry »

My Most Challenging Year Part 2: A New Business Is Born

If you haven’t read part one, you can do so here – My Most Challenging Year Part 1: When Family Tragedy Strikes

At the start of 2011 I set up this blog to run as automatically as possible.

A stay at home mum friend, Steph, from my city Brisbane came on board as editor and head of new writer recruitment. … Read the rest of this entry »

My Most Challenging Year Part 1: When Family Tragedy Strikes

As is tradition here on EJ, this is my end of year post, or two posts in this case, recapping the year that was and my plans for the year coming up.

Yesterday I read over the article I wrote at the end of 2010 – My Big Plans For 2011. Things didn’t go exactly according to plan – … Read the rest of this entry »

How Jenna Bagwell Makes $100,000 Selling Virtual Goods In Second Life

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