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Brett Bartlett, Dynasty Toys, Amazon Sales, and Face Masks: What I Learned From Interacting With a Scammer

Update: September 15, 2022 This article is about Brett Bartlett, a professional scammer (pictured to the left, the dorky one in the back with the big cheesy smile that says, “I’ll be your best friend while I steal money from you”) who goes from one scheme to another defrauding people while pretending to be a…

Kliken Google AdWords Management for WooCommerce

Kliken Google AdWords Management for WooCommerce

I’ve been selling vinyl home decor products on Amazon for several years, but recently decided that I need to focus on getting traffic to my website’s WooCommerce store. As most online retailers know, there are several reasons not to rely on Amazon to keep your business growing, especially the inherent instability of allowing Amazon to…

Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University
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Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University

If you listen to talk radio much, you’ve most likely heard of Dave Ramsey, the radio personality who talks about money, debt, budgeting, investments, and related topics Monday through Friday each week. His show is broadcast on over 500 radio stations throughout the country to an estimated audience of over 6 million people on a…

Starting and Growing a Business
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Starting and Growing a Business

In this article, I will be discussing topics associated with starting and growing a business. As an outline for this discussion, I will be using the manual for a course called Starting and Growing My Business for Self-Reliance, published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the LDS Church or…

Pros and Cons of Owning an Amazon Business
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Pros and Cons of Owning an Amazon Business

Over 200 million people visit Amazon.com each month. Amazon’s web traffic is unique in that most of the people on that ecommerce are there with the intention of purchasing. Amazon has over 100 million Prime members, meaning they purchase a high percentage of the things they buy on a regular basis from Amazon. For anyone…

edX Courses Create Affordable Opportunities for College Credit
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edX Courses Create Affordable Opportunities for College Credit

The cost of a college education has skyrocketed from the last generation to the current one. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 1985, the average cost to finish school at a 4-year college, including tuition, fees, and room and board expenses, was $12,274 (adjusted for inflation; the actual average cost then was…

LDS Personal Finances Self-Reliance Budgeting Course
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LDS Personal Finances Self-Reliance Budgeting Course

Taking control of your personal finances is one the most important things you can do to experience the blessings of prosperity that are available to those who are willing to obey the principles upon which those blessings are based. Under the influence and in the grasp of the materialistic society in which we now exist,…

How to Register a Trademark
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How to Register a Trademark

Article Summary For entrepreneurs and other business owners, having a registered trademark helps you to protect the intellectual property you’ve worked hard to create. The process of registering a trademark usually takes a year or longer, and typically cost about from $1,000 to $5,000 using a trademark attorney. The ultimate cost depends upon how difficult…