Growing it on your Own: Getting Your Brain Going

What will propel you into action towards getting your own venture going? Besides taking my Communiversity class, I recommend to always be on your own path of study, setting aside time to read and journal or take notes/jot down ideas when you are inspired.

Since you have the desire to be an entrepreneur, I would venture to say you have the impetus to better your financial situation. Definitely check out the Tim Ferriss book - The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. If you are working a job, it will inspire you to dramatically increase your productivity and create a lot of time freedom, and the chapter on "Finding Your Muse" is a great brain shaker about creating a simple and lucrative income stream for you.

And, if you have not yet read either of these, start with Napolean Hill's classic - Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller--Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century or The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles, which was the inspiration for the well-known movie The Secret. Those two books will get you on your way.

SEO Resources

Once you have your website up and running, the best way to drive traffic to your site without spending a penny is to optimize it - that is, making changes to your site that allow it to appear in the top rankings of a search engine. Keyword research is essential, and I reccomend WordTracker as the best tool out there for keyword research. Also, tracking your rankings is a good idea for folks who get serious with optimizing their site. AgentWebRanking is a good tracking program to use. If you are in Kansas City, consider taking my "How to Market on the Internet" class, which will give you a good intro to SEO. Otherwise, and even if you have attended my class, do as much research as you can, SEO is an ever evolving monster!