Interesting article in the Washington Times, highlighting that the 2011 holiday shopping season may be the last time eCommerce has the ability to be sales tax free.

Traditional brick and mortar stores feel they cannot compete because of taxes but they are missing the boat on what is really hurting their business. They are being undercut on pricing because we have less overhead and we know how to bootstrap it better.

Take that prime location that you are paying three-times the amount for while we work wherever, whenever. All of that decorative furniture that you need to impress your foot traffic, those thousands of dollars spent on newspaper ads each month that do not work anymore, those are the main reasons why your business is failing to turn a profit.

Online commerce businesses have storage sheds for products, can work out of a refurbished barn or utilize drop shop model straight from their basement. Even with taxes in place, we will figure a way to be more streamlined with our business than those positioned on Main Street.

Taxing online stores may seem like the fix for leveling the playing field but I suspect that traditional stores will not realize that the convenience of being there when the customer is ready to make their purchase  is what has made eCommerce the most attractable.

Prior to the Great Recession, everyone yearned to be a Rockstar. Bragging about the big bling ideas while throwing crap against a white wall as the easy money rolled in.

Embellishing your mad-money-making skills and overall love of your self-made narcissism, now fast forward three years, do you still feel the same way?

You better not. Now it is time to go back to being a farmer. Earning a respectful income through hard work, consistency and sense of community support. This means giving back as much as you have received, getting your hands dirty with some labor and always provide a quality service to others as an Internet Marketer.

So many thoughts and words at this moment but it still could not honestly describe the contributions one man’s vision has given the world. As we begin to mourn the loss of Steve Jobs, let us not forget how he lived his life, as we all should.

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” ~ Steve Jobs

Congratulations to Google for discontinuing Wonder Wheel. One of their most productive tools that assist SEO and general related research of  keyword grouping research.

To find this great tool, you had to dig a little. After your initial search, you needed to click “More” to find the Wonder Wheel. A little hard to find but a wonderful tool.

It enabled you to find similar search terms that have proven to be very beneficial for things as page search optimization or keyword suggestions for AdWords.

While it does not surprise me, I do find it very disheartening. To think Google places a stronger emphasis on Recipes than something that helps the search engine process. I guess this is their way of making sure the guessing game leans in their favor. Maybe it is time to play with Bing more until I see the Wonder Wheel active again.