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Where are we now?
Friday, 12 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | No Comment

I thought I’d wrap this week up with a quick review of what we’ve covered so far this month and also what we’re going to be talking about in the next few weeks in the …

Do you want to retire rich or do you want to retire dead?
Thursday, 11 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | 6 Comments

Yesterday I was reading my Twitter Feed when I spotted a link on @breakingnews quoting a story on CNN Money that 43% of Americans have less than $10k saved towards retirement
The CNN story refers …

Wednesday Wisdom
Wednesday, 10 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | 6 Comments

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I Will Teach You To Be Rich
March is Money Month and the Wednesday Wisdom’s during the month of March are dedicated to the personal finance books which have shaped my life …

Control Your Debt (part #2)
Tuesday, 9 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | 5 Comments

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This is the second part of a two part post on controlling debt, which is the first step to finanicial freedom.
In the first post we looked at the  difference between Good Debt …

Control your debt
Monday, 8 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | 10 Comments

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In The Secrets of Becoming Rich we talked about the six steps to creating a solid foundation to build your wealth. In case you’ve not read the six steps, you can catch …

The secrets of becoming rich
Friday, 5 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | 16 Comments

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How to make your millions…
Making money is quite a simple process in theory, but like all the best journeys the road is not always straight forward.
In this post we look at the …

Wednesday Wisdom
Wednesday, 3 Mar, 2010 – 23:26 | 10 Comments

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Rich Dad Poor Dad
March is Money Month and the Wednesday Wisdom’s during the month of March are dedicated to the personal finance books which have shaped my life  and will undoubtedly help …

How to get rich – What does it all mean?
Monday, 1 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | 18 Comments
How to get rich – What does it all mean?

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We have all heard the term rich. But what does it all mean?
There are books on how to get rich, classes  or internet articles on how to get rich that are headed …

March is Money Month
Monday, 1 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | 5 Comments
March is Money Month

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Making The Most of Your Money
By now many of you who set yourself goals or made New Year’s Resolutions have either forgotten them or are struggling to achieve them.
This month, we are …

How to make a difference using Twitter
Friday, 26 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 26 Comments
How to make a difference using Twitter

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From time to time we feature guest posts from cool people changing the world one step at a time. At the the end of January we announced that 6aliens.com writer Ben Lumley …

Wednesday Wisdom
Wednesday, 24 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 14 Comments
Wednesday Wisdom

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Some people publish a weekly round up of stuff they’ve read on the net which has been instrumental or useful to them in the past week. I thought I’d do something …

10 businesses you can start in your pyjamas
Tuesday, 23 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 14 Comments
10 businesses you can start in your pyjamas

Wouldn’t it be great if you could replace your daily commute with a simple trip to your spare room.

Here are 10 business ideas which you could start in your pyjamas.

So, what’s your problem?
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 16 Comments
So, what’s your problem?

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This post was inspired by a comment from Eleanor at Give A Brick in response to a guest post here from Eric at Bluepop13.
Eleanor said :
“I love asking questions to …

What’s going on?
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 0:47 | 4 Comments
What’s going on?

A lot has happened over the last month on the site and I thought I’d share with you some of the highlights and also point to what’s coming up over the next week and …

The Aweber Code – and why you need to promote it
Wednesday, 17 Feb, 2010 – 12:00 | 18 Comments

I have just read a post on build that list about an exciting new product launching on clickbank, concerning a product we love at the Big Red Tomato Company – Aweber.
Aweber is a fantastic email …

You never know what a blog will lead to
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 22 Comments
You never know what a blog will lead to

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Yesterday I talked about how to monetise your blog. One of the things I said was that when you build a community on your website some unexpected things can happen.
A few …

How to monetise your blog
Monday, 15 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 6 Comments
How to monetise your blog

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Many blog owners try to monetise their site from day 1. However, the longer you hold out to monetise your site the more opportunites will come your way.
In this …

How Leaving Great Comments Adds To More Than Just The Conversation
Friday, 12 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 12 Comments
How Leaving Great Comments Adds To More Than Just The Conversation

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From time to time on a Friday we feature guest posts from cool people who are changing the world one step at a time. Today’s guest post …

Creating Inspiration
Friday, 12 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 3 Comments
Creating Inspiration

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Creating Inspiration
My dad must be a patient man. When I was a small boy on a long drive, I always used to ask “are we there yet?” – The …

How to hold Effective Meetings
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 2 Comments
How to hold Effective Meetings

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Many of us spend much of the working week in meetings, but are often dissatisfied with the use of time and will often say the vast majority of meetings …

Charity benefits from 4 Hour Work Week
Tuesday, 9 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 5 Comments
Charity benefits from 4 Hour Work Week

We recently asked our readers to explain why they would benefit from having a 4 Hour Work Week and offered the prize of a copy of Tim Ferriss’ “The 4-Hour Workweek” to the most worthy …

Tom beat Blue Monday
Monday, 8 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 3 Comments
Tom beat Blue Monday

We recently ran a promotion here on bigredtomatocompany to counter what psychologists refer to as the most depressing day of the year, Blue Monday, January 18th.
Anyone signing up to our newsletter between 18th-31st January was …

Stickier than glue
Thursday, 4 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 16 Comments
Stickier than glue

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My wife called me the other day and told me that someone she worked with was telling her that a family out shopping in an Asda store in Thurmaston, Leicester had …

Become a Fan
Monday, 1 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | 17 Comments
Become a Fan

I’m trying to build a community here on www.bigredtomatocompany.co.uk for those who want to be a better leader or lead a better life. Whether you are the owner of a one person …

Aliens have landed
Friday, 29 Jan, 2010 – 6:00 | 12 Comments
Aliens have landed

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Many of you will have read the excellent guest post by Ben Lumley writer at 6aliens.com last week. It was fantastic and got a great response. Thank you Ben for taking …

1000 True Fans part 2
Thursday, 28 Jan, 2010 – 6:00 | 15 Comments
1000 True Fans part 2

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In the first part of this two part post we looked at how to grow your revenue via the concept of 1000 True Fans. In this post we focus on how to …

How to do more by doing less
Wednesday, 27 Jan, 2010 – 6:00 | 19 Comments
How to do more by doing less

How long is your task list? Do you add more items than you take away?
Chances are your task list is out of control. In this post I examine how you can achieve more by doing …

1000 True Fans
Monday, 25 Jan, 2010 – 6:00 | 12 Comments
1000 True Fans

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Many of us spend countless hours trying to attract new business, when in reality that new business could be staring at us in the face.
Our existing customers.
If you could get …

How to make a difference whilst making your fortune
Friday, 22 Jan, 2010 – 6:00 | 23 Comments
How to make a difference whilst making your fortune

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From time to time on a Friday we feature guest posts from cool people who are changing the world one step at a time. This is a guest post by …

10 Blogs to watch in 2010
Thursday, 21 Jan, 2010 – 6:00 | 34 Comments
10 Blogs to watch in 2010

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This post was going to be my 10 favourite blogs of 2009, however as I started writing the post, I couldn’t get the list down to 10, so here is my list …

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