Merlo Theodore

That’s the question posed in an online forum recently. Answers ran the gamut of the spectrum, but here are the 28 I found especially helpful, in completely random order… Become financially educated. Read personal finance management books, starting with Rich Dad Poor Dad. Learn how to budget and how to invest. Live frugally. If you’re … Read more

Have you ever suspected that marketers make secret deals with each other behind the scenes? And that perhaps they will call each other on Skype or Zoom and coordinate activities and launch dates? And maybe they work together on marketing deals, promote each other’s products and work together to maximize their profits? Well, it’s 100% … Read more

Rule number one of getting your emails opened is be the person your list knows, likes and trusts. When you’ve accomplished that, you won’t need to put as much energy into your subject lines and ‘from’ fields. But until then, try these hacks to improve your open rates and get your emails read… 1. Catch … Read more

They say you have to walk before you run… and you have to finish 9th grade before you can start 10th grade… and you have to start at the bottom and work your way up… and all that stuff. Quite true, isn’t it? Is it? Really?? When you hear something enough times, you think it’s … Read more

Of course this is just my opinion, but I think you’ll see the logic… As online marketers, if we build our business correctly then we can create money whenever we decide to do so. For one marketer, it might be sending out a terrific offer to her list and getting orders back within hours. For … Read more

According to Smithsonian Magazine, a Zambian chimpanzee named Julie stuck a piece of grass in her ear and left it there. And she did this over and over again. Why? Scientists say the “grass in the ear behavior appears to serve no discernible function.” While chimpanzees have “culture” and traditions, including unique behaviors and tools, … Read more

You drive by a restaurant and it doesn’t look like it’s been painted in a decade. The flowerbeds are full of weeds, the sign is dirty, the parking lot is full of trash… do you stop in and have lunch? Probably not, but why not? What does outside paint, weeds and trash in the parking … Read more

There is a young lady in the Internet marketing niche who has 3 separate IM type blogs. And without revealing too much (we don’t want to create direct competition for her) here are the methods she’s tried and the ones that worked in monetizing those three blogs… To begin with, she tried AdSense. But that … Read more

(So give them what they want)!! Your readers probably enjoy hearing about your latest exploits and victories. They like to hear how you made $10K in a day, especially if you give them all the details so they can try and duplicate your success. But do you know what they love hearing even more? Your … Read more

There are a lot of things in life and in your business that you can’t control. You can’t control what other people do. Or what they don’t do. You can’t control what regulations come down the pike. Or what happens to the economy. Or who or what wins elections. So what can you do? Focus … Read more