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I’m ditching my Blackberry! This Nokia N97 looks amazing!!

“Guru’s Guru” Rich Schefren at one of his seminars

So I listened to a webminar by Russell Brunson and Rich Schefren the other day about ways to monetize an online business. While some may not apply to ecommerce, I jotted down those that do, and I’ll post it here to share.

Some of these ideas I don’t know Continue Reading »

Susan Boyle at “Britains Got Talent”

Britains Got Talent 2009 Susan Boyle 47 Year Old Singer

Go check it out and seriously, stop judging a book by its cover and stop being cynical. =)

2008 has been an eventful year for our business. We have grown our sales revenue by over 100% and have acheived our goal in growing sales and providing better customer support through the implementation of Continue Reading »

After a daunting 16 hours of plane ride, I arrived at Cincinnati Ohio on Black Friday, the big shopping day after Thanksgiving. The reason I’m here is for the Continue Reading »

MyPopcornMachine.com’s new look!

Hey, just to let you guys know that we have done a redesign for our MyPopcornMachine.com website. We have added several funcationalities to it to improve your shopping experience.

Check it out and give us some feedback!

I’m glad to announce here that Guillen Global has sold one of our ecommerce site WholesaleCollegeTextbooks.com to the former CIO of Lehman Brothers Asia and Barclays Capital Americas Nick Themelis. This is to consolidate our ecommerce portfolio, and we’ll thereafter focus more on our concession equipment and pet supplies business.

Here is the official press release

To our customers, thanks for your continual support this couple years, we had a great run and hope you guys enjoy the site under the new management!

If you don’t know who Gary Vaynerchuck is, he should really check him out. He’s the frantic voice (and face) behind the wildly popular video-blog wine Library TV, where he reviews both expensive and inexpensive wines with a flair only he can bring (he calls it bringing the ‘thunder’). More than a great Continue Reading »

Want to save some time? Try back flipping into your jeans!

In my last post, I talked about taking some time each morning to gather yourself before the day (and to plan it out). I stick by what I said – about how it helps to make a to-do list (and a not-to-do list). But those work best when you have too much energy, and too much motivation. What if you’re struggling with either of these? What if you have trouble getting going, or you have trouble figuring out what to get going on?

Well then, I have some more morning advice Continue Reading »

In my last post, I wrote that God is right… that Sunday is best taken as a day off. Well, I don’t know exactly who to give credit to on this one, but I’ve discovered something else about taking time off. Namely, that you should take some each morning. What do I mean?

Well, I think most people start work by launching right into the task that feels the biggest or the most-pressing. This might be effective in getting that task done, but once it is, what next? Do you have a plan for the rest of the day? An ordered list of what you’d like to get done? A list of what you’d like to avoid? Well, probably not. After the first task is done, you probably feel unclear about exactly what to do next, and in what order. You probably Continue Reading »