Here in Vietnam, as I write this, we've got less than 2 hours left of 2015. I can only hope that your 2015 was as good as mine. Falling in love again beats just about anything else that I can think of.So when your local clock strikes 12 midnight on December 31, if you're alone, or perhaps with kith and kin, take a moment to highly resolve to yourself that your most treasured dream shall yet come to pass, and that you will stick with Wealthy Affiliate.Auld Lang Syne.PS Vi and I are going

If most people don't shop on the internet, but rather cling to their old habits, and those that do shop price with the big boys, how DOES a little guy or gal a) Get noticed, and b) establish their place as an authority figure in their niche?One answer that might work for you is to become a hybrid marketer---that is, to actively work both sides of the street--the offline world as well as the online world. Certainly, the online world can be pursued and marketed via SEO optimization, great con

It seems to me that people live lives as rituals performed, and that includes their shopping and buying habits. Because of inertia, they don't do anything differently until it's proven to then that it is EASIER to do something in a new way, like to shop online instead of in person, over the phone, or by mail order. That they missed out on a lot while they were discovering the now-easier, is immaterial. After all, at the time the not-online shopper thought it was easier to go to the mall.But

Formerly, we pointed out that the Internet was a very poor place to do, business, noting that in the 3rd quarter of 2015, just 7.54% of all US retail business was transacted on the Internet.To wonder why this is so is to take the first step in ultimately crafting a successful online enterprise. First of all, we should put the Internet's history as a commercial medium into perspective, and realize that it was only from about 1995 that online retailers had the ability to transact, and customers t

Since we are all committed to the success of an online business venture, we may imagine that nowadays everyone shops online. Well, they do, don't they?No. Not at all. For the 3rd quarter of 2015, e-commerce sales comprised just 7.54% of all US retail transactions. What does that mean? Putting it one way, it means that fully 92.46% of retail transactions occurred outside of the world of ecommerce.So--let's get defensive for a moment. Why would anyone in their right mind not use the intern