by Jennifer Xue Artificial intelligence (AI) is disrupting the publishing world. I call it "the age of the high-tech writer," because those who master these technologies are likely to succeed professionally and financially. While sceptics may disagree with using AI in...

[Note: Valuable tips for bootstrapped ecommerce entrepreneurs.] by Jennifer Xue The dropshipping business model comes with pros and cons: The major pros are the convenience, low startup capital and freedom to experiment with products to sell. The biggest con with...

[Note: Cross-cultural dexterity is key to successful remote teams in this globalized era.] by Jennifer Xue As the world is getting more globalized, so are businesses. Both face-to-face and online, leaders and managers must interact with followers and team members of...

[Note: This is an article I wrote for my client's blog based in Denmark. It discusses the misconceptions surrounding marketing automation.] by Jennifer Xue Today we live in the age of automation. This phenomenon allows many business-related activities to be automated,...

[Note: Recognize invisible unicorns. There are all around us.] by Jennifer Xue In 2017, US annual venture capital funding reached $70 billion. It was the second year after 2015 that it reached that amount. It was an impressive figure as it was a positive sign that the...

by Jennifer Xue These tips will help you decide whether an influencer marketing campaign is right for your small business and how much you can expect to pay. A small business has limited resources, which is one of the reasons why most small businesses are selective in...

[Note: This article touches predictive analytics issues, which are key to marketing performance. At the moment, I'm working on an MSc in Data Analytics and Marketing. One more postgraduate degree to help with my analytics career.] by Jennifer Xue With the rise of...

[Note: In this article, I shared about how I expanded my professional writing scope from Journalism to Content Marketing Writing.] by Jennifer Xue While journalism is collapsing, content marketing is thriving. If you already have strong writing and other journalistic...

[Note: In this article, I shared about being an INTJ and what we, INTJs, wish for in life and work partners.] by Jennifer Xue INTJs are the "architect" or the "mastermind" type. They belong to one of the rarest groups in the population, comprising only 2% worldwide....

by Jennifer Xue Hacking the growth of an e-commerce startup would take a village. And today is the toughest era to be in business, because in a split second, any leader in any market can fall in an instant. Competition is fierce, and new players continue to flood the...

by Jennifer Xue I’ve shared my journey as an immigrant and how I started and grew an online business that made me a six-figure income within a year and has since grown tremendously. Now it’s time to share how I’ve been leading my team and growing it at a sustainable...

by Jennifer Xue In certain periods of our lives, we often feel like we don’t have any purpose. It’s normal to feel that way, especially after experiencing a traumatic life event like divorce or death in the family, or being stuck in the same condition for a while,...

Embed from Getty Images by Jennifer Xue A socially-responsible business involves more than allocating a certain portion of the profit for a specific cause or expecting employees to volunteer for a non-profit organization after work. It’s a business that’s genuinely...

[Image by Twenty20.com] by Jennifer Xue Many solo entrepreneurs make good six-figure income living selling products and services online. If you’re a technical person, it’s even better, as you can create a highly-scalable cloud-based business. For non-technical...

[Previously published by Alpha Gamma based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.] by Jennifer Xue Today, the size of the global travel and tourism industry is $7.6 trillion. The stock price of Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN) as of June 8, 2017, was $1,890 and Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE)...

[Previously published by The Market Mogul based in London, U.K.] by Jennifer Xue Being a landlocked nation, Nepal faces many disadvantages, which includes the restricted resources to develop a healthy and thriving e-commerce industry. However, the 2015 earthquake that...

by Jennifer Xue 2017 is a big year for influencer marketing; Internet search for the term “influencer marketing” has increased 90 times since 2013. Influencers in the online marketing domain are becoming more powerful and attractive to brands and professionals that...

[Previously published in Forbes Indonesia, May 2017] by Jennie M. Xue According to AT Kearney’s 2016 Global Services Location Index (GSLI), India ranked the first out of 55 countries analyzed on business outsourcing destinations. China, Malaysia, Brazil, Indonesia,...

by Jennie M. Xue Today, Indonesia is a hotbed for e-commerce startups. With 2017 forecasted growth of 5.1%, we can expect to see more startups. The thing is, we cannot easily predict which ones will thrive and which ones will die. As the Y Combinator co-founder Paul...

[Previously published in Business.com USA] by Jennifer Xue Nirmal Gyanwali, the founder of a Sydney-based web design agency Nirmal Web Studio, shared with us on how being Nepalese influences his business philosophy. While it may sound more spiritual than...

by Jennifer Xue Starting a business requires a leap of faith as you need to maneuver the known and unknown risks. And one of the biggest risks is the limited resources to raise capital. If you don’t have any capital, but have a ton of entrepreneurial drive and a great...

[Previously published by Forbes Indonesia, September 2016.] by Jennifer Xue A TRUE LEADER starts conversations. It’s a soft skill that makes an organization, regardless of its size and scope. A good organization understands that a great leader makes a huge di!erence...

Published on Business2Community.com (USA) by Jennifer Xue Technologies play a major role in the evolution of business. Today, businesses operate more than by typing lists of attendance on Microsoft Word, creating rosters with Excel, and managing projects with Project....

Previously published by CrowdInk (Australia) by Jennifer Xue Three important business skills that I wished I had learned in college are pitching, effective execution, and pouring acrylic paint onto the canvas. These skills are so valuable for me today that I can’t...

Very happy to announce that BookBoon.com (Denmark) has published my latest ebook titled "White Paper Writing for Business," which is downloadable immediately. This title is now available for a price $8.99 per download. Check from time to time for the free...

Published by Startup Savant I migrated with two pieces of luggage to the United States after graduating from college in Southeast Asia. The destination was the sunny San Diego with its famous Coronado Hotel and The Sea World. I was as sunny as this sunny and vibrant...

Published by Forbes (Indonesia edition), August 2016 The World Economic Forum in Davos in January revolved around four issues: automation, China, emerging markets, and Brexit. Due to its scope, the automation issue is likely to matter the most to the human race and...

Published by CrowdInk (Australia) I commute between San Francisco, Jakarta, and Singapore regularly and being an urban person, I love seeing gardens and parks in the city, as they provide the much-needed peace, tranquility, and fresh air in the midst of a hectic life....

Published by CrowdInk (Australia) “There is no such thing as perfect. Nobody attains perfection. But if you keep trying, you grow and evolve, and to me that’s the point: To be a better person today than I was yesterday; to become the best possible version of myself.”...

Published by Business.com (2.9 million page views per month and 30+ million network members) Storytelling is a great instrument to hack the growth of business with stronger brand awareness, increased traction, and increased revenue. Many successful entrepreneurs have...

Published by Influencive (more than 1 million page views per month) I was a millionaire and in a split second, I wasn’t. Now I’m on my way back up again. This time around, I have clarity on my path, things to do, people to meet and befriend, and how I must take good...

Published by Influencive John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was a Pulitzer Prize winner, a Nobel laureate, and a writing guru, whose works are still making splashes today. He was born in Salinas, dropped out of Stanford, and worked as a manual labor before becoming a huge...

A recent interview with CrowdInk.com about my "millionaire mindset." She has experienced the ups and downs of the global economy and after experiencing a painful divorce, she’s now back on track to hack the growth of her businesses. She has started several online...

Dear Friends, I hope to find you well this summer day. I'd like to share a happy news with you. It's about the relaunching of my online publishing venture StyleCareer.com, which I founded in 2003 with 100 ebooks.  It has been praised for helping thousands of new...

Published by Business.com Family businesses in developed and emerging markets are thriving, and many of them have become market leaders. We can expect to see more family businesses leading the market in the future. READ...

Published by SiliconValleyGlobe.com The Internet of things has arrived at the next plateau. Now you can dine on an interactive table. The screen is sensitive enough to respond to gloved fingers, waterproof enough for you to spill coffee on, and durable enough for you...

Published by Influencive In my previous article, I discussed the ten habits I adopted that turned me from penniless to a millionaire several years ago. I’m now in a good place in life, still growing and preparing myself for explosive growth. READ...

Published by MotivationGrid Not everyone is born a “people person." Me included. I tend to shy away from the spotlight when there are many people around. However, I love people and am attracted to them. I find their stories fascinating and continuously learning from...

Published by Care.com I became a parent overnight when my cousin Tina* was hospitalized for four months. Her daughter, Ella*, was four years old and had no one to care for her. Tina's parents had passed away and her ex-husband wasn't fit to be Ella's guardian. As...

Below is my Grammarly weekly report for the week of June 13-19, 2016. The total word length is sufficient for one full-length book or two short...

Published by Good Men Project Gun violence is a human rights issue, a legal issue, a health issue, a taxation issue, and, above all, a conscience issue. Liberal gun usage causes death and misery. And it costs a lot of money to taxpayers. We can’t just wait for a stray...

Eric made my day. He quoted me in one of his articles on The Big Escape titled "How To Land Your First Guest Blog Post (Even If You Don’t Have A Website)." Here is what he quoted: Jennifer Xue sites (sic!) the art of pitching as the sole skill that would’ve made the...

Published by Startup Savant Wow. Without confidence? Is it a typo? No, it’s not a typo. Confidence has been overrated for so long that we have been internalizing it religiously. We taught that being confident is a sure way to success. No, the sure way to success...

Published by Dumb Little Man I wished I had known about this super useful skill in my 20s. It would have saved me a lot of time, resources, and head-and-heart aches. It would have propelled me faster to millionairedom and punditry. Yeah, no one ever taught me about...

Published by Good Men Project Children, who will of course eventually become adults, were programmed early on at home. What they see, hear, and perceive will remain forever imprinted in their minds. The thing is, not everyone’s home is happy and joyous all the time....

Published by Positively Positive Living to the fullest requires more than enormous energy to do things from A to Z. Small things, like waking up in the morning, going to work or school, and eventually going to bed at night may look like routine, yet every single...

Published by Influencive I came to the United States with two pieces of luggage after graduating from college in Southeast Asia. I was alone with no friends nor relatives. My intention was to study for graduate school in San Diego, but then life got in the way so I...

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Published by MotivationGrid The popular definition of “growth hacking” is a process of rapid experimentation across a range of marketing channels to identify the most effective ways to grow a business. In other words, experiment more and if you need to fail, fail fast...