http://www.matthewbredel.com Building Online Business Through a Blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:20:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Still trying to recover from 3 days of Las Vegas, I found myself in a lobby bar, my bad 2-megapixel camera and some awful lighting to think about my marketing observations of Las Vegas. If there was ever a king of marketing, Las Vegas wins hands-down. As much as I ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/237/las-vegas-internet-marketing-on-crack.html Of all outsourcing tasks, I feel this is the one that I know most about! For most, this should be one of the soonest tasks you start to outsource because writing content for your website or articles can be: Time consuming Not cost effective And well, most writers can write better than you The question ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/235/outsourcing-a-writer.html I finally got it!  It took a little bit longer than I expected but I received my Traffic Secrets 2.0 package in the mail yesterday.  Was it worth the wait?  Well, I got everything that I expected, and a whole lot more.  The CD-ROMs were there and ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/234/traffic-secrets-20-review-update.html Go to any guru and ask them what you need to do to grow your business and they will tell you: OUTSOURCE.    The ultimate business model, right?  You manage other people to do the work and at the end of the day, you don't do much of everything while ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/231/are-you-ready-for-outsourcing.html After meeting Rhea Perry in person at eBay Live!, I become fascinated with her story, her family and her success. As we approach her annual Entrepreneur Days conference, I called Rhea on the phone to discuss how she got there and the novelty of her popular family-oriented entrepreneur seminar that ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/230/entrepreneur-days-preview-with-rhea-perry.html In my hunt for a personal assistant, the solution was literally under my roof: My wife. This totally made sense! But how? She took care of the kids. So we did a 180 and decided to outsource the child care to a nanny (3 days per week) while my wife ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/227/outsourcing-nepotism-my-new-virtual-assistant.html I've been on vacation for the past week...the Sierra Mountains, in fact.  I've been going with my family since I was born and it is fun to share the experience with my own family and kids now, too. The lake is still the same.  The general store has not changed one ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/226/outsourcing-your-vacation.html No, this video is not about the bazillion dollars you will make if you buy John Reese's Traffic Secrets. Rather, they are the facts about the product, its popularity and what it includes. Is the Traffic Secrets 2.0 hype worth it, what does it cost, what do you get (and ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/224/john-reese-traffic-secrets-and-the-numbers.html OK, I admit it!  I "stole" the name "Evil Middleman" from Rob Crowie.  I just like it, so I went with it! So what makes a person a middle man and why are they evil? First, they are not necessarily "evil", but in product sourcing, they are a big mistake! Middlemen are essentially ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/223/the-evil-middleman.html I know this sounds strange, but one of my most powerful branding techniques originated (accidentally) from a 3 week drunken stupor in Europe while on a Contiki tour.  I never planned for this to happen, but a series of unusual events has led me to the online entrepreneur that I ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/220/how-contiki-and-drinking-branded-me.html