In the Sphere: Money and Business
Posted on July 31st, 2009
And now we’ve reached the end of another month? How as your July? Were you able to find time out of your busy schedule to hit up the beach and enjoy some of this beautiful sunshine? Maybe you were more inclined to buckle down to get more work done in the office. For the latter, these posts on money, business and marketing may be of great interest. Have a great BC Day long weekend!
Darren Barefoot is admittedly no economist, but he’s trying to wrap his head around the HST. As you may have heard, the province of British Columbia will have a harmonized sales tax (HST) next year that combines the provincial sales tax (PST) with the federal goods and service tax (GST). There are both pros and cons to the HST and Darren provides a balanced perspective.
Raul Pacheco is an academician by trade and, as such, he has a slightly different perspective on how people are compensated for their work. He still feels that everyone that you should get paid what you are worth, but what does that really mean? For a university professor, they are paid a single salary to teach, research, participate in university affairs, supervise students, and more. Is this a fair compensation for the amount of work? How does this translate to freelancers and independent consultants?
John Bardinelli is a huge video game fan, so he reads a lot of websites that have to do with the industry. If you have visited any video game-related site in the last couple of months, you may have noticed more than a few ads for Evony. Evony appears to be a browser-based RPG or simulation title of sorts, but the marketing approach seems to be getting more erotic and less about the game these days. Is this the right tactic to improve click and conversion rates?
Neil Patel has some very sobering words to share. While he may be widely recognized as a very successful entrepreneur, Neil is also quick to point out why you shouldn’t start a business. If you think that you are getting rid of the boss, you’re wrong. If you think that you get to set your own hours, you’re wrong. Is it all worth it?
Scott Young also goes against the conventional wisdom of the Internet when it comes to running a successful business. Unlike so many other experts out there, Scott does not try to build passive income. We’ve been told that it’s best to set up a system that generates passive income, since it will keep paying you even if you put in no more work. However, Scott feels this isn’t the easiest way to make money.
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Neil Patel is one of my favourite internet celebrities. I’ve been following his career with intereswt, being a fellow South African and entrepreneur. He raises the issues that salaried employees don’t take into consideration when wishing for self-employment. Unless you’re phenomenally successful, you have to realise that it is a hard slog, and you might end up being a much bigger slave than before….
My moth of July was good, was pretty much my best month ever, no vacations here though, just solid work, I hope to be able to put in more work time in August, before I start school in September. In a weird way… my vacation will be when school starts.
Till then,
Jean