Author: Connie Ragen Green

What is Motivation? Is It a Part of Your Success? Motivation is the reason for people’s actions, desires and needs. It is the reason you act a certain way or the cause behind repeating certain behaviors and actions. Here’s the official definition, according to Dictionary.com: The act or an instance of motivating, or providing with…

Get Motivated for Success An entrepreneurs work is never done. If you are anything like me, you have a list a mile long of things that you want, need, and intend to do in your personal life and for your business. These things keep piling up over time waiting for when you are less busy,…

Shel Horowitz is someone I have admired for many years. I love how he introduces himself on his Wikipedia page…”an American author, international speaker, and marketing consultant. He has been an early and consistent popularizer of the idea that businesses can succeed by embracing principles of honesty, integrity, and environmental responsibility. More recently, he has…

Strategies or Tactics? In my latest podcast I discuss the importance of strategies over tactics as you build your online business. The examples I shared were based on my recent post on Business Strategies and Tactics that you will want to read and comment on as you continue your study of entrepreneurship. I see too…

You may have heard the phrase “list building” as it pertains to starting an online business. First, allow me to explain exactly what listing building is. Your list consists of the first names and email addresses of the people who have come to you to learn more about your niche topic. If you have experience…

Business Strategies and Tactics Many entrepreneurs and small business owners do not spend much, if any time planning for their business success. The biggest reason, in my opinion, is that they are not aware how easy this can be when they are willing to take the time and make the effort to plan out what…

Here are 10 easy, free, or inexpensive, traffic techniques you can use right now. Traffic to your website will evolve as you create and perfect each of the ten ideas below. They are not in any particular order. You can choose which one you want to focus on, but pay close attention to the sections…

SEO is an important component in the strategies and tactics you use to improve the traffic coming to your website. Using one or all of these ideas will improve traffic exponentially. But, one thing to remember is that getting traffic is to your website and online marketing is a “long game” meaning this is something…

Marketing for Non-Profits Recently someone asked me how he could help the charities and service organizations here in town to get more awareness as to the causes and projects they are involved in, both locally and throughout the world. I am uniquely qualified to answer this question due to the work I continue to do…