My Perspective by Marty M. Fahncke

The following question was posted this week through my Midweek Momentum webinar: Marty, I am looking at creating some additional income from home through an already established online business. I’ve recently heard about “My Online Income System” & “Independent Profit Center (IPCP)”.  Are you familia

This question was posted on my Facebook wall today. The answer was a bit more extensive than I wanted to post on Facebook, so I’m reposting the original question (along with my answer) here for all to read and comment… Question: Is there a difference between non-profit and not for profit?  I would l

Today’s post, a replay from my Midweek Momentum webinar series, is a lesson about the six Principles of Influence, as outlined in the book Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Dr. Robert Cialdini. I sincerely believe that these Principles of Influence will help you become a better marketer, co

I’ve kept my previous Funny Friday posts to topics that are mostly business or marketing related, but this one is just too funny not to share. . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In case you were wondering, I share no resemblance whatsoever to the people portrayed in this v

It seems everywhere you turn lately, you’re hearing about “Pinterest” Have you asked yourself: What is Pinterest? Why should I care? How can I use Pinterest in my business? How do I get started using Pinterest? If you said “yes” to any of these, you’ll want to watch this video replay from the Midwee

A cool story out of Florida today where 14-Year-Old Willow Tufano is making headlines because she just purchased her first real estate investment property using funds she raised buying and selling items on Craigslist. Read the full story HERE Every day I hear from people how “tough” and even “imposs

Yesterday I did a short interview on KLZ 560 AM in Denver, Colorado.  (Also broadcast in St. Louis, Birmingham, Minneapolis/St. Paul and streaming online at http://www.560thesource.com.)  The broadcast was a business talk show called The Experience Pros with Angel and Eric, and the topic was Social

I just read an awesome post from Rick Webb called “Lay off the Social Media Experts”.  (The alternate headline when it hit my inbox this morning was “Why you should stop hating on social media consultants”, which I actually like better) The article contains some very good explanations why it usually

“How do I get more traffic to my blog?” is a question I get several times per week. My usual response: “Consistently write interesting, and compelling content. You should be blogging several times per week, at least” “But what can I possibly blog about? I can’t think of anything good” is the standar

A new website just launched called Your Social Colonic that promises to analyze the posts of all your Facebook friends and identify which ones are “toxic”. I’ve been slowly and strategically reducing the number of connections I have on my personal Facebook, favoring instead to have most of my connec