HAVING A BLOG OR WEBSITE IS NOT ENOUGH

Few years ago John, a friend of mine, tried to convince me to chose a manual gear transmission car option as my official car. His argument was that it is those who do not know how to drive that go for automatic transmission cars. I agreed with him that many people who use automatic cars at the time had little or no driving experience. But I also discovered that automatic cars go at least 5 times faster than manual cars and with lesser effort regardless of experience. This is because the clutching and change of gear functions are automated so that the driver can assess three functions by only one action of acceleration. Automation of business processes, such as marketing and sales, is key to lasting success in business. When your business is making sales for you while you are asleep or awake, it increases your capacity. One of the ways to accomplish this is through the internet. A successful business man of our time, Bill Gates, once said if you're not on the internet you're not in business. His book, Business at the speed of thought is a must read for every serious business person in the 21st century. The priority of every entrepreneur should be more of having internet presence than having a physical presence, although the two should compliment each other. The reason is that you are exposed to the possibility of being located by over 4 million daily prospects from the internet against the limited number in your particular graphical location. However, having a blog or website alone is not enough. I recently met a friend who said he has 22 blogs but not making a dime from anyone of them. You need to approach your blog as one of the branches of You Inc. If a branch of a profit-driven organization fails to meet revenue targets enough to pay for the expense in keeping that branch, it is normally shut down. Fortunately, just like others', your blog is exposed to large enough pool to make it worthwhile profitable. Decide today to tap into this trend to accelerate your results.

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