Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com. If you’re having trouble coming up with ideas for potential niches, there are several strategies you can use to come up with ideas for your niche: Consider Your …
Keyword Research Should Not be a Consideration in Choosing Your Niche
Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com. Many other resources that talk about niche selection suggest that you choose a niche based on whether or not you can rank in Google for keywords in that …
How to Choose a Niche with Willing Customers and Strong Advertiser Demand
Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com. Not all niches are created equally. Readers will have a much higher propensity to buy products and services in some niches than others. In some niches, customers might …
Why Choosing a Business Niche with Existing Competition is a Good Thing
Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com As you begin to evaluate different niches, you will immediately notice that there are already people creating content and selling products and services in just about every market …
Why Niching Down Too Far Will Doom Your Business to Mediocrity
Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com A common piece of advice given by Internet business gurus is that you should “niche down until it hurts.” The idea is that you should pick a small …
MarketBeat Recognized as Fastest-Growing Company in South Dakota by Inc.
Sioux Falls, SD, August 17, 2016 – Inc. Magazine has ranked MarketBeat No. 529 on its 35th annual Inc. 5000 list, an exclusive group of the fastest-growing privately-held companies in the United States. MarketBeat was ranked as the fastest-growing company in the state of South Dakota, based on its three-year revenue growth of 729%. The list …
Don’t Choose Your Business Based on Profit Alone
Below, you will find an unedited excerpt from my new book about building Internet-based businesses, Online Business from Scratch. To receive updates about the book, visit www.fromscratchbook.com In 2015, I attended a conference for software entrepreneurs called Microconf (www.microconf.com). One of the speakers, Patrick McKenzie (www.kalzumeus.com), told the story about how he launched his online …
Business Growth Day by Day is Now Available
My newest book, Business Growth Day by Day, is now available on Amazon in Kindle e-book, paperback and audiobook formats. Get your copy here. —- Want to start or grow a business, but aren’t getting any traction? Worried that you chose the wrong business idea? Entrepreneurship is a hard game to play, but it doesn’t …
My 10 Favorite Business Books (Of All Time)
As you might know, I read a lot of business books. There was a good five-year stretch where I was reading anywhere from 3-5 business books per month. By now, I’ve pretty much read every best-selling business and entrepreneurship book that’s been released in the last 15 years. A lot of people ask me what …
Thought Leadership: How to Become Well-Known in Your Community through Content Creation
Three years ago, the name “Matthew Paulson” meant almost nothing to anyone in the Sioux Falls business community. I didn’t go to any business networking events. I rarely made it a point to meet with other entrepreneurs and business owners. My name never made it into the Sioux Falls Business Journal or any other local …