TeenBiz - Small Business for Students

The Greatest Product You Could Ever Sell

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:03:39 -0500

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In this podcast we talk about two products. One that will make you many times more money than the other. The difference between the two is not large and you may find that you have been selling the wrong product for weeks, months or even years!

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July Free Business Idea #4 (of 4) + TeenBiz: The Course!

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:16:27 -0500

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Idea #4: Make $20 Over and Over Again

Wanna make money while you make money? That is the 4th business idea for the month of July! Tell people about TeenBiz: The Course v2.0 that is officially named "The 7-Day Startup" and every time someone you sent to the site places an order...you make $20. Send emails to friends, put a link on your blog, put ads on Google...do whatever you want, every time someone buys...you get 75% of the profits. Click here for details:

https://paydotcom.com/a.page.php?id=14910&u=rowsbydog

Secret Hidden Link for TeenBiz Listeners

The price for the 7-Day Startup is $27...but here's a little secret that is exclusive for TeenBiz listeneres. When you visit the website (http://www.the-sse.com/) click on the little house made of folded $50 dollar bills at the top...instead of paying $27 you will only pay $9! It doesn't look like a link, its just the top banner, but I stuck a hidden link in there so that TeenBiz listeners could get a sweet deal.

July Free Business Ideas #3 (of 4)

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:03:35 -0500

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Every week for the month of July get a free, super-rad business idea that you can start quickly and easily. If you spend a few hours on this idea this weekend, you are guaranteed to make some money...I did. Listen to the podcast for details!

July Free Business Idea #2 (of 4)

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:31:58 -0500

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Every week for the month of July get a free, super-rad business idea that you can start quickly and easily. Today's idea is pretty darn simple and might even help you pass your next english class. Listen to the podcast for details!

July Free Business Idea #1 (of 4)

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:49:05 -0500

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Every week for the month of July get a free, super-rad business idea that you can start quickly and easily. Today's idea takes only a digital camera or camcorder and can make you as much as $50-$75 an hour. Listen to the podcast for details!

How to Grow ANY Business in Three Steps

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:19:45 -0500

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Join the early notification list for TeenBiz: The Course V2 and get a free guide that shows you how to get a free website, autoresponder, and membership site. Use the form on the top right of this page to sign up.

Exposures x Conversion Rate x Price = Revenue
Exposures
-People who see your ad or visit your website
Conversion Rate
-Percentage of people who see your ad or site that become customers
Price
-The value of the product each customer purchases from you

EBOOK REVIEW: Kids Business Ideas

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:57:23 -0500

On the podcast last week I mentioned a new product, Kids Business Ideas, that TeenBiz listener Tessa Smolinski created. A couple days later Tessa emailed me a copy of her book to check out. To say I was impressed would be an understatement!

Kids Business Ideas is full of a lot of really, REALLY solid stuff. Tessa really has the entrepreneurial spirit and mindset.

I can easily see how someone could flip through this book and say, "man, there's nothing really new..." but they would be wrong. If you decide to give this book a try, take it slow. Chew on each idea for a few minutes and let your creativity explore the possibilities. Print out a copy and make notes on the book as you go. Do this and you WILL finish with a fat list of high-potential businesses you could start very easliy.

The only downide I saw was the formatting. It was a little bit difficult to follow simply due to the text formatting but I talked to her about it and it sounds like that is not permanent and it will be all snazzy very soon.

Check out the Kids Business Ideas website.

TeenBiz - 4/30/08

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:42:56 -0500

Three Key Skills for Student Entrepreneurs

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Marketing
-BOOK: Made to Stick - Chip and Dan Heath
Interpersonal
-BOOK: How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
Presentation
-BOOK: Beyond Bullet Points - Cliff Atkinson

Business Idea
-PowerPoint Doctor

New Listener Product
-Kids Business Ideas

Exclusive TeenBiz Access to Sendside Beta!!

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:19:14 -0500

Sendside, THE next generation of email (100% secure and ridiculously powerful) has released their Beta version by INVITATION ONLY! Seriously, go to their site and try to join...all you can do is request a membership and hope they pick you...seriously.

TeenBiz has secured approval for exclusive Sendside invitations which we will start sending out on Thursday, April 10, at 4:00pm ET.

So what does it take to get an invite?

Send an email to teenbizideas@yahoo.com and put the word "Sendside" in the Subject line. We will offer invitations on a first come first serve basis...so don't dilly dally.

Once you have an invite all you have to do is click the link in the email for instant access to Sendside's powerful, beta version of what is geared up to possibly be the biggest thing since Google...no joke. Talking with one of Sendside's investors the other day he said that investors everywhere all green with envy that they are not on board this big-time project.

New, Short 10 Second Poll

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:17:59 -0500

TeenBiz: The Course v1.0 was good, but it we really want to set a new standard. Version 2.0 is going to rock and fit the needs of student entrepreneurs in some really cool ways. Right now though, we need to know what YOU want so that when you crack open v2.0 for the first time, you smile big and say "this is exactly what I needed." There is a little poll in the sidebar that will help us understand what you are looking for. There are only three choices...it will take you less than 10 seconds. Thanks guys...you rock!

Free Beginners Guide to SEO

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:25:49 -0500

As alluded to in the podcast SEOMoz.org offers a free, beginner search engine optimization (SEO) course that I would highly recommend. It covers a lot of quality content:

--Keyword research
--Building friendly sites
--Link building
--Search engine operation

Plus many other topics that are worthy of your time. It will take you about an hour to an hour and a half to go through this (don't skim, print it off and highlight as you go, really study this stuff) and will be one of the more valuable hours spent on your business.

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TeenBiz - 3/22/08

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:27:54 -0500

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Basics

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Tools from Podcast
-Keyword Tool

Link Directories
-Domaining.in
-LiveLinkDirectory
-The Link Catalog
-Dmegs
-TagTooga

If you want your link to be added to the right bar on the TeenBiz website, join the TeenBiz Facebook Group and post your website link!

TeenBiz The Course...v2.0 Coming Soon!

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:07:16 -0500

We need your help and want to give you something free at the same time. We are in the process of updating (a nice word for completely overhauling) the old "TeenBiz Course" and need your input on what you want included or don't want included in the next version.

Download TeenBiz v1.0

Give us your feedback and when the new version is ready we'll make sure you are the first to get a free copy. Send your feedback to:

teenbizideas [at] yahoo.com

Be as harsh as you want, the old version has some pretty shabby parts to it so we are hoping for some really mean feedback...bring it on!

TeenBiz - 2/4/08

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:34:56 -0600

The Keys to Info Product Success

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Keys to Info Product Success
-You don't always have to innovate
-Avoid "how to make money" products
-Stick to things you are good at; unique is good
-Look to the future, see a bigger picture
-Don't leave the website and traffic to the end
-Create the headline first THEN the product

If you want your link to be added to the right bar on the TeenBiz website, join the TeenBiz Facebook Group and post your website link!

Free Stuff: Nice Backlink and $10!

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:32:10 -0600

We're getting ready to record the next podcast but didn't want to wait to tell you about a couple bits of juicy info:

First, we have officially started the TeenBiz Student Entrepreneurs group on Facebook. Plus, get a link to your site (no affiliate links please) placed in the right column of the TeenBiz Podcast site when you:

1) Join the TeenBiz Student Entrepreneurs group on Facebook
2) Are one of the first 10 people to post your link on the group page

Facebook is great for networking, you can start discussions, post links and news, and meet like-minded entrepreneurs to work on ideas with. I am planning on using the TeenBiz Group to meet the graphic designer for my next project!

Second tidbit. Right now if you go to BUY.COM and use Google Checkout to pay for your swag, they will take $10 off your order. I believe it has to be the first time you use Google Checkout with BUY.com to apply. Trey Morris let us know about this one, so props to Trey. He used it to buy "The E-Myth", a book we have recommended many times for student entrepreneurs. Heres the steps:

1) Go to BUY.com
2) Look for and add The E-myth to your cart.
3) Proceed to checkout.
4) Rather than checking out with BUY.com click on Google Checkout.
5) Fill in all of your information and go through with the order.

Thats all for now, the new podcast will be coming out very soon. If you haven't done it yet, please use the poll in the right column to tell us what you want to learn about most on TeenBiz in the upcoming months!

Don't Settle! You CAN Do It!

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:52:25 -0600

I received an email this week from an enthusiastic 15 year old TeenBiz listener who wanted to know how feasible it was for him to consider starting a web design business. At the end of his email he said, partly as a joke, "Who knows, maybe I'll just end up flipping burgers in college to make some extra money instead."

Going off of the last podcast, this is one of the things we will face over and over again...settling for the "norm". All your friends work normal jobs, all your friends make $8 an hour, and starting your own business is hard and will take a lot of work. So why try? Because you are different, you can do it, and its worth it. Because this 15 year old is trying and already thinking about his future tells me he has a bright one.

I recently found a video of Steve Jobs' (the guy that helped start Apple and Pixar) giving a commencement address at Stanford University. Towards the middle of his address his said this:

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Take the last two words of that quote and carve them into a big slab of rock and mount it by your bed so you see it every night. Don't settle for something you are better than. Simply by the fact you are reading this blog and listen to TeenBiz podcasts shows that you are different, you have a desire to try, and you are way ahead of your peers.

Let me say it again...DON'T SETTLE!

Now is the perfect time to start a business, you have little to lose and everything to gain. Get out there and get started on your business right now. As Warren Miller says, "If you don't do it this year, you'll be one year older when you do."

TeenBiz - 1/4/08

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:05:20 -0600

Four Things That Will KILL Your Business in 2008

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#1) Fear - Everyone feels it, what you should do about it.
#2) Doubt - The universal entrepreneurial enemy, how to overcome it.
#3) Trying to Do It All - What parts of your business you shouldn't be working on.
#4) Time Killers - Video games, movies, sleep...only in small amounts.

Merry Christmas...Free Video!

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:41:33 -0600

It's Christmas time, the time for giving. So we decided to share a freebie with you that really is something special. Many of you may have heard of StomperNet, they are famous for some pretty rad free content. Well, they've done it again with their "Going Natural 2.0" videos...trust me, they are well worth the time it takes to watch them. So, we didn't create the content, but we are telling you about it...that counts as a gift...right?

What you learn from these videos:
-How to double conversions
-How to double traffic
-How a visitors eyes move around your page
-How to create a smooth course for your visitors eyes
-How to make your page better...period

Stuff this good shouldn't be free...but it is! So here is the link:

Free Videos:
http://www.stompernet.net/gn2/index.asp

Hope you enjoy, best of luck with your businesses and Merry Christmas!

TeenBiz - 12/17/07

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:52:09 -0600

3 "Secrets" To Becoming an Expert in Your Field

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Books
-No one our age reads books, if you do, you'll be ahead of the pack
-The E-Myth: Michael Gerber

Blogs
-Subscribe to a couple but not too many, don't bog yourself down
-CopyBlogger
-Dim Bulb

Podcasts
-Great if you can find you on your field, learn on the go
-Internet Business Mastery

Tell us the story of your business and we may feature it on an upcoming show. Email us your story to teenbizideas AT yahoo.com Happy Holidays!

New, Free Productivity Tool - Toggl

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:15:48 -0600

I had been looking for something like this for a while. An online time tracking program that would help me see where I am spending most of my time and also help me track the time I spend working on design and marketing projects for clients. I found a few, self-hosted systems and pricey options but nothing that really worked for my needs.

Then a week and a half ago I found Toggl, a free, web-based time tracking service.

They aren't paying me to say a word of this by the way, this is something I absolutely needed and their product fit my needs like a glove. Tracking my time has helping me immensely in a few ways.

First, knowing that it is tracking my time for a specific project helps be stay on task and focus on that one project. No more skipping to YouTube every few minutes to watch another vid.

Second, I can look back and see where I am spending all my time and evaluate if my time could be better spend elsewhere. Sometimes, I get into a mode where I don't realize how much time passes, like when I am deep into a site design project.

Third, it helps me break down my "to do" list. Knowing I will be working on one task as a time forces me to break up my list (either in my head or written down) into managable, measurable parts so I can take them one at a time and don't get overwhelmed with all the things I need to do.

We're students, and we don't have a lot of time; tools like Toggl will help you make better use of the time you have.

TeenBiz - 12/1/07

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:12:26 -0600

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6 Reasons to Include a Phone Number on Your Site

1-It shows you are legit
2-It gives computer illeterate visitors an easy way to contact you
3-Lets the "internet scared" offline ordering options
4-Tells your customers you aren't afraid to talk to them
5-Answers question on the phone is almost always faster than email
6-Builds business communication skills

Ways to Use Camtasia in Your Business

-Teaching, create video tutorial products to sell
-Selling, take visitors on tour of your products selling points
-Supper, startup and troubleshooting guides to helps buyers

When a Need is Not Demanded

Sometimes, just because something is needed, doesn't mean that it is demanded

TeenBiz in Top 100...Twice

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:29:49 -0600

The Bootstrapper Blog just released their Top 100 Entrepreneur Podcasts and lo-and-behold, we we're #19! Bootstrapper is a great resource that puts our many different "Top Lists" and I was psyched to see TeenBiz show up on their latest! Check out the Boostrapper List.

I was also excited to find that TeenBiz made the Top 100 list for Small Business Trends recent top entrepreneur podcasts list! Small Business Trends is a very deep resource for small business owners that includes internviews, reviews, and news. I feel lucky that Anita Campbell (the editor and host of SMBT) included us in her list. Check out Small Business Trends and you'll see why I suddenly feel so cool.

Get Camtasia Studio 3...FREE!

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:54:27 -0600

Almost Too Good To Be True!

You read right, TechSmith's powerful screen capture software that normally sells for $300 is free for a limited time! Now, put your pants back on, it isn't their latest version, it is only version 3, but once you download and give it a try you will quickly see that version 3 is hardly lacking. Here's the goods:

Download
Click the link below to download Camtasia 3:
http://download.techsmith.com/camtas...

Register
Once you have downloaded and installed the software, it will ask you if you want to register, click the link below to obtain your registration key, but hurry, no one really knows how long they are going to keep this up!
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/pcpls.asp

I got so excited about the announcement I scrapped my old screen capture software and will be rerecording a few tutorials that will surely find their way to TeenBiz here in the next couple of weeks! Plus, a new podcast is on it's way about how to use Camtasia to make a pretty penny online so that this software doesn't sit on your computer like a that bowl of mac is you never finished last week.

Free Web Traffic and List Building Tools

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:42:33 -0500

We have received some emails recently regarding the best ways to get free traffic to you site. While free traffic often doesn't convert as well there is one new method you may want to try...

Instant Buzz Toolbar
Instant Buzz is the brainchild of Mike Filsaime, one of the most trusted internet marketers around. Basically, you put a small bar at the top of your browser that shows a short text ad, every page you visit earns you credits that you can use to have your own ad displayed!

Traffic Swarm
Similar to instant buzz, another simple way to earn some free advertising credits.

We have also had questions regarding the best way to quickly build your email list. Giveaways (you give away a free product if they join your list) are a common way to get a list quickly started. Some recent ones to join...

Viral Marketing Giveaway
Brett Ingram's VMG6 is the latest in a long line of quality giveaways.

Marketing Central Giveaway
Another giveaway you can use to build your list.

PLR Wolf's Giveaway
Not as popular as the others but still nice.

PLR Vault Giveaway
We personally used this one with surprisingly good results.

Hopefully these help, if you have any questions, email us at teenbizideas [at] yahoo.com!

TeenBiz - 6/28/07

teenbizideas@yahoo.com (DGB) — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:29:26 -0500

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Doubling Your Income
-Repeat/Return Customers
-4 Ways to Get 'er Dun
Patience
-Sometimes the money comes at the end
Business Idea
-Logo cleanup