Why You Need to Make a Facebook Fan Page

by Neil Patel on December 4, 2009

Facebook is the second most popular site on the web according to Alexa. With over 350 million members you would think that a lot of companies and individuals would be leveraging it by creating fan pages, but they aren’t.

About a month ago I decided to create a Facebook fan page, so I enlisted Jeff Widman to help me out.

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Within the first few days of inception I thought I would have hundreds of fans because I have over 2000 friends on Facebook. Sadly, it wasn’t the case. If you want to get friends over to your fan page, you have to do a lot of manual work, such as inviting all of your friends. [click to continue…]

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How to Hire a Good Designer and Developer

by Neil Patel on December 2, 2009

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Finding a good web designer and web developer isn’t easy. For the past 6 or 7 years I have been through two-dozen designers and a dozen or so developers. For the first few years I made a lot of mistakes when it came to choosing talented employees or contractors, but for the last few years I haven’t made any mistakes.

You are probably wondering what changed, right? Well after making bad hiring decisions that cost my business partner and I over 6 figures, sooner or later you figure out what too look for and where to find talented employees.

So lets dive right in and get started with finding a good web designer. [click to continue…]

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The 7 Harsh Realities of Starting a Business

by Neil Patel on November 24, 2009

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Every week I have coffee, lunch, or even dinner with a few entrepreneurs. I get to hear about their so called revolutionary business idea, how great their team is, and how much more money they need to take their business to the next level.

After doing this for a few years, you tend to get tired of hearing all the bullshit that comes from most entrepreneurs.

So for all of you entrepreneurs out there, here are the 7 harsh realities that you need to know if you want to be successful. [click to continue…]

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How Being a “Patel” Made Me Somewhat Successful

by Neil Patel on November 19, 2009

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I was watching The Real Housewives of Orange County yesterday and I was shocked to hear that 4 out of the 6 housewives are broke. I couldn’t find their salaries, but if The Real Housewives of NYC are getting paid $30,000 an episode, the Orange County ones must be making more.

Even if you account for the recession, there is no reason why they should be having financial troubles. The only conclusion I could come to is that they are spending all of their income, similar to how 78% of athletes go broke.

Now I don’t want to be judgmental because it is their life and they can live it how they want to. But the first thing that came to mind when I saw this was that if they were a “Patel”, they would have never ran into these situations.

There are a lot of reasons why many Patels do well, but the main reason is that we are cheap.

The main reason I think I am somewhat successful is because of what my parents taught me at a young age. They didn’t groom me into being a businessman, but instead they just taught me what their parents taught them.

Here are some things I learned as a kid that helped me down the road: [click to continue…]

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How I Got Started In Blogging

by Neil Patel on November 16, 2009

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In 2006 my business partner and I were running an Internet marketing agency called ACS. We were looking for new channels that would not only drive us more clients, but would also create additional revenue streams.

After brainstorming for a while we decided that I should start blogging. Our logic behind starting a blog about Internet marketing was that it would help brand myself as an Internet marketing expert, which would help us bring in more clients.

In addition to that we thought that if we could build a large enough blog about Internet marketing, we could then make additional money by selling ads. [click to continue…]

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