Posts tagged Online Business
5 Ways To Sell Your Digital Goods Online
There used to be a time when the only way to make a living as an author or musician was to go through publishing houses and labels that would help you create the work, package it, distribute it and sell it. This way still exists but with the disappearance of book stores and physical music…
How To Grow Your Online (Teaching) Business Without Becoming a Self-Promoter
Leaving the Sinking Ship I’ve heard many times from my colleagues that they feel society doesn’t give enough respect to their teaching efforts and that this is reflected in their salaries and in the way schools are organized. Classes are over-filled. Budgets are cut. Staff is overworked. This is why many teachers are looking for…
A Roadmap to Online Teaching Jobs [VIDEO]
Okay, well… It’s more of a subway map, but I’m happy to report that I’ve found the time to create a little video again. Its purpose: To spread the word about online teaching in general and clarify a few of the concepts portrayed in my recent book How To Teach Online Without Selling Your Soul…
We Want Service. Not Products!
Three months ago I wrote: “People will eventually have to adapt to the fact that in order to make a living, they have to be willing to serve.” Not the government. A company. Or a church. But other people. Directly. Now, when I think of the “service industry” I always think of a barber. You…
Leadership, Business, and Animal Spirits
The Spiritual Core As readers of this blog may be aware, I am a person who has thoroughly read and studied Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. I even wrote a book explaining the terse passages at some length, with less arcane language, though I’d be kidding if I said it was successful; I just…
BP Oil Spill: A Disaster of Leadership and Strategy
A Failure In Leadership This article is based on a historically important article in the New York Times on the BP oil disaster. I will be referencing this article. Point of Failure #1 The article, which is important and should be read in full, walks us through publicly known (though not all well known) data…