How Does Thomas Kinkade Sell His Art Online?
Today I chatted with associate Marty Fahncke, who is a consultant and electronic marketing expert who I’ve known for a few years. We talk about the “web biz” and Marty provides some excellent tips and strategies he uses to be successful for himself and his clients. One really neat thing is that Marty has been working with famous artist Thomas Kinkade to help him sell his works online. Our discussion revolves around retail online sales and why people buy... Read More »
OnlineVideoToolkit.com Is Live - Win My Flip Camera
In this world, you have to give to get back. So when I started getting about 10 emails a day asking me how I make my web videos, I had two options. 1. Create a guide about how I do it and sell it for profit. Or… 2. Create a guide about how I do it and just give the darn thing away, for free. I choose the free route. Introducing, OnlineVideoToolkit.com. A free video guide that shows you everything I know about making web videos using inexpensive equipment. I produced... Read More »
Will Scratchback Amaze You? Or Will It Bomb?
My programmer I contracted who built Scratchback.com said to me the other day… “What you’ve created here is either going to be huge and help millions of people with websites have fun and make money online, or it’ll bomb.” He’s right. And the not knowing how it will be perceived scares the crap out of me and also motivates me. The more I stare at my web publishing Frankenstein, the more I keep asking myself if it’s too simple to really... Read More »
Online Advertising Just Got Fun - My Latest Project: Scratchback.com
You thought I was done helping others make money online when I sold BlogKits eh? Not quite. Starting today, I’m accepting only 100 beta testing applications for my latest project called Scratchback.com. The press release goes out later this week, but loyal JimKukral.com blog readers get the scoop early of course, and can apply for one of the spots early as well. I’m thinking they’re going to go fast though, so sign up now if you’ll want to have an... Read More »
Are You An Online Entrepreneur? Want To Be Successful But Don’t Know How? Here’s The Key.
I’ve been talking a lot lately about being successful online. While I don’t think you MUST be an entrepreneur to be successful online, I do think that possessing a few, if not all, of the successful habits that entrepreneurs have is very helpful. (In not just success at work either, in life too). The Webpreneur.com highlights 10 of those habits in a blog entry called The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs. A must read if you’re someone who is searching... Read More »
New BUMPzee Community Launched Today: How To Be Successful Online
You all know how much I love BUMPzee! Well, I love it even more now that I was chosen as one of the select few to manage my very own community while it’s still in beta. So what community did I make? Introducing the ‘How To Be Successful Online’ BUMPzee Community Bookmark this: http://www.bumpzee.com/onlinesuccess/ What is the community all about? The How To Be Successful Online community is for anyone who is interested in learning how to be successful on... Read More »
BigBrownBox.com Project Goes Live - Over $13k Value In The Box In Less Than An Hour
The Big Brown Box project just went live. Check it out, in less than an hour of it going live, the big brown box has over $13,200 worth of stuff in it. Including a $1700 Dell XPS gaming laptop. Want to put something in the big brown box? It’s easy, find out more here. Here are the first four items in the big brown box. Item #4: $10,000 Web Traffic Package From Jon At Wickedfire Forums! Item #3: $500 Podcast Design Consultation from David Lawrence Item #2: $1000 Professional... Read More »
The Big Brown Box Logo Revealed
We’re almost done with BigBrownBox.com. Just wrapping up some final touches on content and rules. Here’s our logo. Will you be ready for the Big Brown Box? What’s in the Big Brown Box? Stay tuned. Read More →
JimKukral.com Was Hacked!
By me. :) Please excuse the horrible link bait-ish headline, but I wanted to get your attention for a special announcement I need to tell you about. You can view the announcement at JimKukral.com. Read More →
Why Are More People Making Money Online?
Matt at Netbusinessblog.com posted a detailed analysis today entitled ‘Making a Living Online - All the Cool Kids are Doing it‘. I’ve been noticing a lot of extra activity in the web business world over the last year. At first I thought it might just be because the few sites I visit were marketing themselves better or that the internet was just becoming more popular altogether. After a little bit of looking at recent traffic trends, I think it just boils... Read More »
How to Monetize Your Blog - The Entrepreneur Magazine eBiz Show
I had the pleasure of appearing on the air with Chris Malta and Robin Cowie of the Entrepreneur Magazine eBiz Show the other day. We talked about how to monetize you blog. The show was broken up into three segments, which can be listened to here. Segment 1 - Mp3 or read transcript. Segment 2 - Mp3 or read transcript. Segment 3 - Mp3 or read transcript. Blogging is one of the biggest trends on the internet right now, but a blog can do more than give you an online voice. It... Read More »
Idea Consultants Must Have A Plan & Be Able To Solve Problems
Aaron Wall over at SEOBook (that’s my affiliate link, buy the book and get me a spiff I’d appreciate it) has a good post called ‘Hiring the Ideas Guy‘. As more and more content is created there are more publishers than there are good ideas, which means publishers are hungry to spread the few good ideas that exist. What separates a profitable channel from a money loser is typically two things: ideas and execution. Righto. The reason consultants can... Read More »
Become An Affiliate Marketing Friend!
Do you love affiliate marketing? I sure do. I’ve been working knee-deep in the trenches of it since 2000 or so, as an affiliate, a merchant and from the agency side of things. Affiliate marketing has been good to me. There are many positive things happening in the world of Affiliate marketing these days. Bumpzee from Scott Jangro has literally exploded the discussion. The Affiliate Summit event has blown away everyone with its growth and amazing success. And of course... Read More »
Introducing: Ask The Blogger.com
For years now I’ve struggled with recommending tools, services or guides that I liked because I always worked for a company in a brand management type of role. That meant that I was unable to endorse Internet related products. Sure, I could pass recommendations to friends and colleagues, but that was about it. Until now. I’ve recently launched my latest website called AskTheBlogger.com. AskTheBlogger.com is built for me to answer questions from anyone about... Read More »
Jim Kukral Is Now Available For Online Marketing Consulting Gigs In Cleveland & Beyond
The video below pretty much explains it all. Essentially, some things have changed in my job status and responsibilities, so I’m now open to go out and do what I love to do, which is to help people and businesses be successful online through use of creative online marketing techniques. I’m based in Cleveland, Ohio, so if you’re a small business out there, or an individual who’s looking to get online, or take your brand online, and do it right, so that... Read More »
Free Business Idea: Bottled Bathroom Sink Water
Am I the only person who thinks the water out of the sink (not the toilet) in my bathoom tastes much better than the water out of my kitchen sink? This is both true in my new home, and the house I grew up in, as well as any other domicile I inhabited over the years between leaving the parents house and buying my own home. (Except for the college house, blech). My wife cringes when I talk about this, but I don’t care. I think that bathroom sink water tastes much better... Read More »
Cleveland Internet & Marketing Gurus Know How To Deliver The Goods
You know, I always thought I was the only Internet marketing geek here in Cleveland. Not true, over the past year or so I’ve begun to find out that many talented Cleveland people are also pushing the envelope of web technology and creative marketing ideas. Here’s mashup of a few finds just from this week alone. Cleveland’s own recruiting/HR blogging expert, Joel Cheeseman has just been featured in the Wall Street Journal. “I can work in my pajamas... Read More »
Hello, My Name Is Mr. Freebeestore!
Programming Note: Mr. Freebeestore will be on my radio show on Tuesday, Feb 13, at 1pm est. We’ll be discussing how he came up with the idea and other creative marketing things he’s working on as well. Please call in! I wrote about this guy a while back. He sold his name to the highest bidder and the auction ended a few days ago on Groundhog Day. So, who was once Scott MacDonald is now… Mr. Freebeestore! It’s official, I am now Mr. Freebeestore!... Read More »
Do It F-ing Now! - A Blog Post About ‘Just Doing It Baby’
Ok, this is a bit harsh and rough language for the kids out there, but it’s a good read. Do it Fucking Now. You want to succeed in Business and in Life? Do it fucking now. This is so true people. Do it… now. Don’t let anyone stop you. Just do it. Need more motivation? Try Zombo.com. Read More →
Free Online Marketing Radio Show: The Idea Lady, Cathy Stucker @ 1pm, EST
Tuesday’s guest (@ 1pm EST, Jan 16, please call in! (646) 915-9539) on Free Online Marketing Ideas Radio Show is Cathy Stucker, a lady with a lot of ideas. In fact, she’s branded herself as the IdeaLady.com. Should be a great show, full of free advice, so call in. More About Cathy… As the Idea Lady, Cathy Stucker helps authors, professionals and entrepreneurs attract customers and make themselves famous with techniques that make marketing easy, inexpensive... Read More »
