Based on his experiences as a business owner and consultant, Anthony McCune presents his top 10 tips for starting a successful business...
Monday, 19 January 2009
Friday, 16 January 2009
"That Will Be 50 Dollars!"
Posted on 12:32 by Unknown
This morning, I took my cereal, then was going to walk upstairs to my office to work.
My son came into the kitchen on his scooter (it was -17 outside, so he is riding it inside) and told me that he was a taxi, and would take me as far as the foot of the stairs.
So, I grabbed the back of his shirt and walked with him as he rode on his scooter - slowly, so my cereal didn't spill.
At the foot of the stairs, I thanked him and started up.
He came running up behind me, with his palm outstretched:
"That will be $50 dollars!" "$50 please!"
At least he then took pretend money ;-)
He seems to overcharge a lot - at my parent's house last month, he played with my old McDonald's Fisher Price play set, and he charged me $50 for a happy meal! ;-)
My son came into the kitchen on his scooter (it was -17 outside, so he is riding it inside) and told me that he was a taxi, and would take me as far as the foot of the stairs.
So, I grabbed the back of his shirt and walked with him as he rode on his scooter - slowly, so my cereal didn't spill.
At the foot of the stairs, I thanked him and started up.
He came running up behind me, with his palm outstretched:
"That will be $50 dollars!" "$50 please!"
At least he then took pretend money ;-)
He seems to overcharge a lot - at my parent's house last month, he played with my old McDonald's Fisher Price play set, and he charged me $50 for a happy meal! ;-)
Thursday, 15 January 2009
My Third Book is Now Available On Amazon.com
Posted on 11:48 by Unknown
My new book Sudoku Fun, Volume 2 is now available from Amazon.com
Maybe Starbucks Will Now Be Less of a Guilty Pleasure...
Posted on 09:15 by Unknown
| A large study now shows that drinking 3-5 cups of coffee a day in middle age reduces your chance of getting Alzheimer's by 60-65%. |
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Making Passive Income With Minimal Niche Sites
Posted on 15:40 by Unknown
My passion is finding simple lazy ways to accomplish my goals.
For example, one of my dreams is to visualize myself collecting passive income from a lot of different static websites.
It's another form of diversification. It may be hard to hit a home run with a super popular site, but it should be easier to hit multiple "singles".
Lots of sites consistently earning $10 - $100 can add up.
As a first attempt, I put together four simple informational sites:
Make Money By Creating Websites and Selling Them
Developing Static Websites in Wordpress
Super Affiliate Success Tips
Discover a Free Method To Drive Traffic To Your Website
For the first site, I signed up with Weebly, which let me set up the site free, using their site building system.
For the other 3 sites, I modified the minimal text website design I used for my Stock Trading Riches website - which I created using Mozilla's free SeaMonkey suite.
I monetized these four sites with Adsense and a few affiliate offers. Then, I drove traffic to them through social bookmarking and article writing.
I ended up taking down the four sites because I decided to discontinue using Adsense as an income stream. The four sites were not making as much money as my Stock Trading Riches site - which sells my investing book.
So, I realized that most of my profits and satisfaction have come from selling my own expertise and products.
I don't consider the sites "wasted" because this is the beginning of a learning process and I'm sure I will go through more sites and iterations before I end up with a system I can run with.
For now, the end goal is still to have a "automated machine" system where I collect passive income from sites. But now I think the sites should be selling my own products to brand and build up my business.
For example, one of my dreams is to visualize myself collecting passive income from a lot of different static websites.
It's another form of diversification. It may be hard to hit a home run with a super popular site, but it should be easier to hit multiple "singles".
Lots of sites consistently earning $10 - $100 can add up.
As a first attempt, I put together four simple informational sites:
Make Money By Creating Websites and Selling Them
Developing Static Websites in Wordpress
Super Affiliate Success Tips
Discover a Free Method To Drive Traffic To Your Website
For the first site, I signed up with Weebly, which let me set up the site free, using their site building system.
For the other 3 sites, I modified the minimal text website design I used for my Stock Trading Riches website - which I created using Mozilla's free SeaMonkey suite.
I monetized these four sites with Adsense and a few affiliate offers. Then, I drove traffic to them through social bookmarking and article writing.
I ended up taking down the four sites because I decided to discontinue using Adsense as an income stream. The four sites were not making as much money as my Stock Trading Riches site - which sells my investing book.
So, I realized that most of my profits and satisfaction have come from selling my own expertise and products.
I don't consider the sites "wasted" because this is the beginning of a learning process and I'm sure I will go through more sites and iterations before I end up with a system I can run with.
For now, the end goal is still to have a "automated machine" system where I collect passive income from sites. But now I think the sites should be selling my own products to brand and build up my business.
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
How To Understand A Trillion Dollars Deficit
Posted on 15:24 by Unknown
| I like this Time article, especially the example with seconds. It really shows the magnitude difference between a million, billion, and trillion: 1 million seconds = 11.5 days 1 billion seconds = 32 years 1 trillion seconds = 32,000 years |
My Trading System Outperformed the S&P 500 Over the Last 4 Years
Posted on 12:33 by Unknown
From 2005-2008, my system outperformed the S&P 500.
My system returned 13%, 14%, 22%, -40%. That comes out to an average annual return of - 1.475% over the 4 years.
According to the Vanguard website, the S&P500 returned 4.91%, 15.79%, 5.49%, and -37%. That comes out to an average annual return of -5.2% over the last 4 years.
My system involves rebalancing each stock position on a yearly basis, according to my formula. It is detailed in my book "Stock Trading Riches" (available from Amazon.com).
You can read more about my trading system book on its website...
My system returned 13%, 14%, 22%, -40%. That comes out to an average annual return of - 1.475% over the 4 years.
According to the Vanguard website, the S&P500 returned 4.91%, 15.79%, 5.49%, and -37%. That comes out to an average annual return of -5.2% over the last 4 years.
My system involves rebalancing each stock position on a yearly basis, according to my formula. It is detailed in my book "Stock Trading Riches" (available from Amazon.com).
You can read more about my trading system book on its website...
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