Heh… couldn’t help but add a little tribute to my childhood hero there, Steppers! But, honest to goodness: even His Chuckness would tell you that it takes trial and error to learn a new skill… or RE-learn it. That’s what I’m doing right now with my information product, “How to do 100 Pushups”. I still […]
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Failure is an EVENT, not a PERSON
Key there, Steppers! Okay, so those of you that have been following me know that I’m embarking on a series of “Shoestring101 Challenges”. The first Challenge was to make a thousand dollars in a service bizness in 30 days or less, starting with seed capital of less than what you might pull in with a […]
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Yay! First Dollars from My Information Product: How To Do 100 Pushups
Yay, Steppers! Just made the first honest-to-goodness money from my information product so far. To test-market, I posted on Fiverr.com that I would teach “how to do 100 pushups in a row for $5”. And there was a taker! In today’s post we’ll document Shoestring Steps ONE and TWO. By the time we get to […]
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Progress Report on My Information Product: “How to Do 100 Pushups”
Okaaaaaay. So, a few days ago I posted saying, “Ermagerd! I only have 10 days left!” Heh. I had foolishly let time slip by AFTER committing to you and the world that my second 30-day challenge was under way. I’ve got a week left; let’s see how she goes. NO, I still haven’t created a […]
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Oh, SNAP! Time to HUSTLE!
Length: ’bout 800 words, three and a half minutes to read. Well, SHUCKS. On October 3, after proving in my first 30-Day Challenge that it’s possible to: 1) start with less than half of what you might take in from a garage sale, 2) use part time effort only, and 3) make a $1000 profit […]
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NEW Shoestring101 30 Day Challenge!
Okay, so my son Pierce and I did well with our first Shoestring101 30 Day Challenge: Start a small “bizness” with less money than you could probably get by selling some junk on eBay… in our case about $67… and turn it into a small bizness project that returns $1,000 or more in profit in […]
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Make a WAY For customers to PAY
I’ve been using the Shoestring101 principles… again… to revamp an existing business: my martial arts school. So we’re getting new Students in the door, left and right. Good times.I got thrown for a loop today because I had a fairly big order to process… three new Students, their registrations, equipment, and tee shirts… and I […]
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All Work and No Posts… Makes Shoestring a Dull Blog!
First off: Apologies for not posting in so great a while. Part of the reason is how successful (and therefore time-consuming) the 30 day challenge turned out. WOW, Ladies and Gents… So, that little experiment with my son kind of BLEW UP. In a good way, that is. My 14-year old son Pierce and I […]
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WE MADE IT! (30 Day, Thousand Bucks Challenge)
Yayyy! So, my 14-year old son and I had a breakthrough in the last three days… seven jobs, some big and some small… rolled in at the “eleventh hour” and we were able to finish strong in the “Thousand Bucks in a Month CHALLENGE!” On May 9, I made the assertion that I could indeed […]
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Give me a Siiiiiign… Hit Me Baby One More Time!
In this post, an update about where we are in the Challenge and how effective Bandit Signs have been in promoting our little Screen Repair Bizness. Okay, so I haven’t posted in a while about the Thousand Bucks in 30 Days Challenge. Since we’re cutting it extremely close, I want to bring everyone up to speed. […]
