FEATURE ARTICLE

…I started my home business:

To earn my income while looking out at a view like this.

This is Saikung Harbour. Saikung is a residential and fishing town on the Eastern side of the New Territories in Hong Kong.

The countryside is spectacular and there’s an endless supply of fresh seafood. I’m not there yet - but I will be.

About this blog:

I dislike the over-hyped claims made by so many online businesses seeking to attract new business owners.

You CAN make money online, good money, but it takes patience, perseverance and work.

Unfortunately those are not good selling words, so they’re seldom used in the material promoting online business opportunities. Further - there are no magic systems that will make you rich by this time next week, either. If there were everyone would already be rich!

So this blog is intended as a resource for people who are thinking about making the break, or who’ve already made it but been let down by over-hyped claims in the past – just as I’ve been.

I post articles once a week that either reflect my experience or my views on running an online business. They’re all intended to provide encouragement or practical support to people who have recently started working online.

I’d love it if you joined in the conversation with comments about your own experiences!

To save you having to remember to come back each week why not subscribe either to my RSS feed or to get updates by email..? That way you’ll always be up to date with my posts.

Check out the links next to my picture and subscribe through whichever option works for you!

Finally – hang in there! Don’t give up – if you keep at it success will come.

Thanks for visiting and keep well,

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Google Chrome - First Impressions

I installed Google Chrome and took it for a trial run today.  I wouldn’t call it a test drive, I need longer for that.  Just a trial run to get a feel for what it’s all about.
Here are my impressions:
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I don’t often write posts on this blog about a product or service I’m promoting.  So this is an unusual post – at least in that respect!
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September 8, 2008 | Read the story »

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How To Create Wealth

More details on the Mortgage Acceleration PLUS program, which is now in soft launch…
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September 21, 2007 | Read the story »

Global Warming

An Inconvenient Truth

This is off topic, I know, but it impressed me so much I wanted to write about it…
Over the weekend I watched, quite by chance, the film of the book by Al Gore:  An Inconvenient Truth.
Actually, although the first time was by chance, I watched it twice more – because it’s very powerful and extremely [...]

June 10, 2008 | Read the story »

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To Follow or Not To Follow

In all my posts about SEO I’ve written about the importance of writing for people, not the search engines.  My point being that what you actually want is for people to read your site, or blog, and to like what they read, because people will buy from you – the search engines won’t.
I saw a [...]

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