am a member of that large group of Americans known as baby boomers, the post World War II generation. Although I only have a fuzzy memory of Howdy Doody, and am too young to have been one of the first Musketeers, I can remember transistor radios, pedal pushers, saddle shoes, and my Dad’s brand new 1960 Ford Galaxie 500. Sharp car.

How much more fundamental can you get than this? As a business, non-profit or association manager, if you don’t get your most important outside audiences on your side, you will fail.

I saw a television commercial the other day. It actually made me laugh out loud. It wasn’t funny “ha ha,” it was funny ironic. A local telephone service provider was singing its own praises about what wonderful service it provided. “Yeah, sure!” I thought. I used to live in the area that this particular provider covered, and I know for a fact their service is anything but wonderful.

One of the commandments in my free ebook, “The 10 Commandments of Power Positioning” (at http://SuccessDoctor.com/free/), stresses the importance of putting things down in writing. While it may sound somewhat facetious (especially in this overcommunicated, information-overloaded, click-happy, “read-it-as-fast-as-it-shoots-across-your-screen” world), it’s not.

I am now going to speak frankly and directly about what it takes to make money in an Internet business. Traditionally, that is not done, but I’ve pretty much had it with some of the ‘traditions’ of online business.

A lot of the time, especially in my humor writing, I am extremely sarcastic about Internet marketing. I make fun of the hype, the advertising, and some of the marketing strategies used. At times, my readers may wonder if I believe there is even a point to the whole thing.

While the Internet delivers a HUGE market of potential buyers, it also delivers a HUGE amount of competition for those buyers.

If you are into affiliate programs, what is it about your business that can make you stand out from all the other affiliates who are promoting the exact same site?

Have you heard of the preacher (there are probably quite a few of them fitting this description) who wrote in the margin of his sermon Argument weak – talk louder!’? Well, as with sermons and speeches, so with ads for your online business – talking louder won’t convince anyone if your fundamental argument is weak.

A pair of students were blocked by a state court from presenting information at a Georgia security and hackers’ conference on how to break into and modify a university electronic transactions system.

Emotional intelligence involves many separate competencies. One of them is compassion or empathy. You might think of it as ^soft.^ Well, actually some people think of emotional intelligence as ^soft.^

Have you noticed all of the advertisements on the Internet from “gurus” and people who have “made it” with their Internet business? You know the ones, they tell you how in demand they are. They tell you how they get several thousand dollars for each seminar they give. They tell you how they’ve made hundreds of thousands of dollars online. And they tell you they’ll give you their secrets and formulas for the “ridiculously low price of $99.95″!

We’ve all heard that the fear of death is second only to the fear of public speaking. That may be true, but if you’re look ing for one of the cheapest and most effective methods of promoting your service or product, concentrate on the positive results of doing a presentation.