A Jimmy Krug – Jim Straw Publication

Publicizing Your Offline Business in the Online World

Publicizing Your Offline Business in the Online World

Aug 14, 2010

By Jimmy Krug - I’ve been using the online world to create publicity for my offline business ventures since 1996. In the beginning, I got sucked into the mindset that doing business “online only” was the way to go. I didn’t realize how much money was sitting on the table (as they say) in my own local economy. At the time, someone I knew was selling...

My Lifelong Success System

My Lifelong Success System

Aug 14, 2010

By Jim Straw - Over the past 50+ years, I have made fortune after fortune in a diversity of businesses … direct selling, service contracting, wholesale merchandising, entertainment (I was a professional Trumpet player, vocalist & Radio Announcer), freight forwarding, import/export, retail merchandising, warehousing, real estate, electronics...

Building Your Perfect Business

Building Your Perfect Business

Jul 19, 2010

By Jimmy Krug. When I started my first business as a young 20-something, I worked a lot of hours for very little profit. Come to think of it, there wasn’t any profit at all. Not when you total in the total amount of hours and time spent trying to “sell stuff.” In the terms of dollars and cents, there wasn’t a profit at all. The real profit, however, that...

Earning “trust” in business.

Earning “trust” in business.

Jul 19, 2010

By Jim Straw. Trust … on the web (Internet), in mailorder, or anywhere else in business or life … can only be “earned.”  Therefore, to inspire ‘trust,’ you must do those things which will allow you to “earn” the trust of the people with whom you deal. To begin with, how many times have you gone to a website and...

The “Tunnel Vision Approach”

The “Tunnel Vision Approach”

Jun 16, 2010

By Jim Straw. “What is the major difference between people making an extra $1,000 per month on the Internet and the ones that make big money?” The answer is simple. — Well, maybe not so simple – but – over the years, I have observed that one of the greatest differences between those who achieve mediocre results … or no results...

Questions and Answers About Online Business

Questions and Answers About Online Business

Jun 16, 2010

By Jimmy Krug. Question: Can you still make money publishing eBooks or do you think the big craze is over? Answer: Well, I think the days of writing a “standard” ebook in crowded niche and making a lot of money are just about done for now. For instance, you can’t write a book on how to publish your own ebook and have customer’s beating a path to your...