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I have been in San Francisco, USA now for 3 days, and as an entrepreneur, this city has got my mind working in overtime. Touring San Francisco up and down 24/7 has been incredible, and at the same time, I feel like I am in an entrepeneurs paradise.

In my opinion, this entrepreneurs paradise also known as San Francisco should be tagged: “San Francisco - creating your future”

Why?

• There are must millions of people and this points to one topic - consumerism. I would be interested to know the amount of money spent in one day in a city like this. From the number of people who live here, to the number of tourists, there is just opportunity, opportunity and opportunity.
• As I walk through the city, I am amazed at the massive billboards that are covered in advertisements from massive mulitnational corporation companies that have become household names. The exposure to your target market is incredible.
• The land of opportunity - it has been said that America is the land of opportunity, and I think that saying is correct. Walking around San Francisco gives entrepeneurs so much inspiration and motivation. So if you have an idea, give it a go.

Tomorrow I will hopefully head out to Palo Alto, Mountain View and Silicon Valley. These areas have become famous and epitomise opportunity and success for many internet entrepeneurs and Web 2.0 start-ups. I am very excited to check out these areas.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I will be blogging throughout my travels, and relating experiences to my specialised entrepeneur, marketing, Web 2.0 and networking topics. Travelling should bring some new inspiration, insight and ideas into my blog.

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Have a great entrepeneurial day and I hope you are as excited about these upcoming blog posts as I am.

Remember the main lesson from this blog post about San Francisco and all the opportunity - “Just give it a go!”

Hello fellow entrepreneurs,

I am going to be travelling for the next 2 months. So if you don’t see a new post here for a few days, it’s because I have not had a chance to get to a computer in wherever I am. But rest assured, there will still be some great posts over the next little while.

Here are some reasons why travelling is great for all entrepreneurs:

• Exposed to different cultures
• Identify opportunities in foreign markets and countries
• Learn about other ways of doing business
• Meet people (other entrepreneurs, business partners, clients) in person
• Ability to bring your world experience into your business and entrepreneurial world

I am really excited for my trip, and look forward to writing some great posts along the way that will cover the different entrepreneur, marketing, networking, and web 2.0 experiences that I have along the way.

For those interested in where I am travelling, I will be in the USA (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas), Mexico (Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Isle Majures, Oaxaca, Mexico City) and Canada (Montreal, Toronto).

If you have any suggestions of places to check out while I am in any of these amazing cities, reply to this post and let me know. If you would like to meet up, send me a message.

I look forward to bringing some great travelling experiences to my blog.

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It is no good to talk about ideas that you are never ever going to do. You can have a brilliant business idea, you can have a million marketing ideas, initiatives and goals, but essentially you have nothing if you do not take action.

On ‘The SmallFuel Marketing Blog’ I read a post called, ‘The First Priority of Small Business Marketing.’

It is spot on and straight to the point. There is no point talking about something and not acting on it. Look at all the successful businesses around you, all your mentors and hero’s in anything and everything. Entrepreneurs, movie stars and sportsman.

How did they get to where they are?

They took action. They had an idea, a thought, a dream and a goal, and they took action to achieve it.

As a small business, it is often hard to get the ball rolling. Often challenging to actually kick something off and take the initiate to make it happen. But when you do, you will see the difference and reap the benefit.

For Small Business, the marketing priority needs to be to take action and get it done, give it go.

Give it a try. Think of one thing you have on your ‘wish list’ that you have wanted to do but never get around to it. Take action!

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The .au domain name has registered its one millionth domain name today. This is just one of many milestones in internet history. It is amazing, that 5 years ago, the tally was only about 250 000. It just shows the massive domain name industry and growth of the internet.

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