business

Thank God Its Monday!

by Brad Smith on September 10, 2010 · 0 comments

Have you ever heard anyone say “Thank God It’s Monday?”  No doubt you’ve heard the phrase “Thank God its Friday” thousands of times, but you will rarely find people in the average workplace who look forward to Mondays.  Instead, Mondays are dreaded.  You rush around Sunday night, trying to pack in those little chores and [...]

OBZ Episode 1 – Just Starting Out

by Brad Smith on September 4, 2010 · 2 comments

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I’m pleased to offer my first episode of the Online Business Zen podcast which is focused on helping you start, market and build your own successful online business. I intend to publish this every other week initially. OBZ1 – Just Starting Out.mp3 Length: 22 min, 35 sec In this week’s show: Goals for the Online [...]

Do You Have the Motivation to Start a Business?

by Brad Smith on August 25, 2010 · 0 comments

As I was winding down the last few days of my day job to start working full time as an internet entrepreneur, I was frequently asked what I was going to do next…?

Why You Don’t Need to be Thomas Edison

by Brad Smith on June 9, 2010 · 2 comments

The world we live in is full of myths, and one of the most popular is that to create your own product you need to be an amazing inventor like Thomas Edison or a physicist like Albert Einstein.  The fact is that nothing could be further from the truth. Some time ago, I was on [...]

The most important element for someone starting a new business is passion – if you love what you do it will come though in everything you do, and your passion will sustain you when times get tough. The man in this video has a passion for soda pop that is unbelievably inspiring, and has led [...]

When I left my day job to pursue my online business, most people I told laughed and told me “good luck.”  One person even walked away thinking I was pulling his leg.   However, those that stayed with the conversation for a minute started asking me how I managed to pull it off?  How did I [...]

Rekindle Your Dreams

by Brad Smith on May 9, 2010 · 2 comments

If you ask a group of 1st graders how many can sing, dance or paint every hand in the room will go up. If you ask the same question to a group in Junior High School less than half of the hands will go up. We slowly lose touch with our dreams and passions as we become adults.

Build Online Communities, Not Web Pages

by Brad Smith on May 8, 2010 · 0 comments

Network

The amazing thing about the rise of the internet is that one can now instantly find information on just about any topic.   There are 2.1 million pages on “raising worms”, 874,000 articles on “tongue piercing” (including videos), and 654,000 pages on “Shetland ponies.”  One has to wonder where all of the worm growers got their [...]

Welcome to Online Business Zen

by Brad Smith on April 18, 2010 · 0 comments

Celebration

Imagine if you owned an online business that worked for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even while you sleep.  What if you could create your own lifestyle, and escape the demands of a regular job?  Even if you like your job, imagine adding another stream of part time income based on [...]