Chris’s company throws off a 37.6% net profit, every month. And when I say net, I mean NET. This is the money left over AFTER all business expenses, all salaries (including his), after depreciation, after interest and after taxes. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention his company does over $1M… every quarter. Just in case you haven’t had your coffee yet, that is $4M a year business, with a net profit of $1,400,000 every year. Like clockwork.

With enough Margarita’s Chris grabbed my arm, and with a slight slur (Margarita’s will do that to you), told me the “secret’ to his success: Recurring Monthly Fees.
Recurring monthly fees are the secret to predictable, profitable businesses. It works for Chris, and it works for me. Now, you need to do the same. more

Over the past few years I have started a handful of web-based businesses and consulted a 100 or so. No matter what size company I was working with I noticed that there are were always 8 things (if not more) you could do to improve it.

Hopefully you are already doing some of these 8 things, but if you aren’t, here they are: More

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PUKSHOP focuses initially on Caribbean influenced music and videos and is being coined as your ‘one stop shop’ for World music, videos, podcasts and related merchandise,” explains Konata Alleyne NLPUK Events and Media Manager. “ This includes Soca, Calypso, DanceHall, Reggae, Zouk, Parang, Pan, Compas, Cadence, Soukouss, Reggaeton, Merengue and Salsa.” During the last quarter of 2009 its focus will be expanded to cover Latin American and Africa music,videos and related merchandise.

“We are satisfying the need for an easy to use and dedicated avenue for Caribbean music here in Europe and other Caribbean Diasporas around the world,” Nigel Guy (BMG Partnership) tells SiliconCaribe. “It is our goal to become the foremost authority in the UK and Europe for Latin American and Caribbean music downloads and entertainment by offering the most extensive selection on music and ringtones in these genres” adds Guy.