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Should I Hire an Employee or Bring on an Independent Contractor?

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Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com. In the United States, there are two broad categories of workers—employees and independent contractors. Employees tend to work for a single company and contractors tend to do a …

Starting a Business? You Need a Team

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Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com. There are two broad categories of work related to your business—working on your business and working in your business. If you have read the book E-Myth by Michael …

How to Generate Sales for Your Digital Products After Launch

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Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com. You might generate a large number of sales during your initial launch period only to find that sales taper off after the promotional efforts for your launch conclude. …

Tools to Help Make Your Digital Product Launch a Success

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Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com. There are several companies that produce software and services geared toward people selling digital products. Here are some software packages and services you might consider using as part …

Startup Q&A #4: Allocating Profit, Finding Service Professionals, Selling an Equity Stake, and Hiring

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How to Successfully Launch Your First Digital Product

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Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com. In order to successfully launch a product to your audience, you need to make a really big deal about your launch and give your audience incentives to buy …

How to Create Your First Digital Product

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Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com. Before you begin creating an outline, writing or recording videos, the first step to creating your digital product is writing the marketing copy you plan on using to …

Startup Q&A #3: MLMs, Business Incorporation, Pitching Investors and Angel Investing

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Automatic Income Is Now Available

Automatic Income, my first book specifically about investing, is now available. In my role as the founder of MarketBeat.com, and as an investor myself, I learn about a lot of different investment strategies. There are so many voices making recommendations in this space that it’s hard for most investors to sort it all out. I …