Make Free Puzzles To Keep Visitors Active On Your Site

I love any tool that encourages creativity. That’s why I’m a fan of the FREE puzzlemaker available at Discovery Education.
Discovery Education is a site offering resources that help bring a classroom to life. But some of their resources, like the online Puzzlemaker, are just as well suited to bringing your blog or web site to [...]

Creativity And Product Creation: If You’re Inspired To Make It, There’s A Market For It.

 
It’s boilerplate advice in internet marketing to say that there are three steps to product creation: find a market, find a common problem in that target market, create a product that offers a solution to that problem. Bingo. Boffo sales.

That’s fine advice, as far as it goes. But it doesn’t go far enough for [...]

Great Ideas For Creating Your Own Products Are Always At Hand

The Internet Wizards Magazine is firmly footed in the idea that great product ideas are everywhere, and that anyone can use  the internet to make and market their own products.
I do believe one of the stumbling blocks people run up against is this—that most of the information on the topic of product creation is written [...]

Product Creation Ideas Are Easily Generated By Browsing Ebay

Once you open your eyes to product ideas, they really are everywhere! A friend of mine had mentioned that her favorite doll in childhood was a "Liddle Kiddle" named "Calamity Jiddle." So this morning I spent some time browsing eBay to see if I could locate one to give her as a gift. What [...]

The Internet Opens Up A World Of Unlimited Possibilities And Profits For Creative People

You hear it everywhere on the web—the best way to make money on the internet is by creating your own products. I’d amend that to say the best way to make money, on the internet or off, is by creating and marketing your own products.
I’ve been a product creator for more than [...]

Make Stuff That Has Real Value

I subscribe to dozens of internet marketing newsletters and skim-read a couple each day, just to see the tactics used in that type of marketing. 
I’m always saddened by how many of them are trying to sell the dream that you can make millions by making crap. They often advise people to create digital products [...]

Help Wanted–Creative People To Save the Planet

Newspapers have been a constant part of my life. So my stomach twisted into knots when the venerable Rocky Mountain News closed last week. This week, those knots grew into an entire macramé wall hanging when I read Time’s list of ten major newspapers it expects to close or go digital by the end [...]