Kari St.Louis

It is normal to be confused when you first hear the term “viral marketing.” You’ll be relieved to know that “viral marketing” has nothing to do with computer viruses.  It is a term to describe marketing your business with things that can get passed around the Internet, such as eBooks, podcasts, forwarded emails, and more.

When done correctly, viral marketing can be very cost-effective and easy to implement. To get started, take a moment and think about your target market and what they would find helpful.  To get the most out of your viral marketing, try to create something that your target market would enjoy so much they would want to share it with their friends.  Hopefully, the people they share it with will also share it with their friends, and so forth. Read more

The Internet has opened up new doors for entrepreneurs who want to start their own business.

No longer does someone need to be skilled in a certain area or have a big investment in order to “set up shop,”  A person can take the skills they already have and for a nominal fee, put a website up and start their business.

The benefits of having a web-based business are amazing.  Thanks to the Internet, people with disabilities who were once unable to work, mothers who stay home with their children, and even children themselves, are now able to start their own businesses.  With the power of the Internet, they can reach global markets in ways only top companies could have in the past.

It is no secret that people who do business over the Internet are also more likely to feel most comfortable marketing their business online. This can be a big mistake, as they could be missing out on lots of local clients. There could be someone in your neighborhood right now looking for the type of product or service you offer.

If they don’t know you exist, they can’t hire you.

Here are some tips on how to market locally: Read more

Everybody knows the phrase, there are multiple ways to skin a cat, but not many entrepreneurs believe that there are multiple ways to earn an income. Robert Allen was probably the first person to coin the term, “multiple streams of income” and it is in fact a brilliant strategy to get rich and stay rich.

Creating multiple streams of income has become a reality for entrepreneurs all over the world because of the opportunities that the Internet has created and here are just some of the many ways to help you get started building your income portfolios. Read more

Blogs are popular ways to create an online presence for personal and business reasons. You can build a blog for free and begin posting content right away. But, what good is that content if no one is reading it. Here are ten ideas to bring in the traffic your blog needs to survive.

Of all the successful blogs on the Internet, hundreds more have failed. Running a blog is like running a business website. Unless you are willing to put the time in and treat it seriously, you won’t be blogging long. Read more