BON (as it was
known) probably became one of the better known magazines of its time,
but some of that success at least was down to at least two of its
rivals. "The Millionaires Magazine" was edited and
published by David Robinson who helped me with the printing of many of
the 5 years. Network News published by Anne Griffiths was also a
source of inspiration. It was a strange marketplace. All the
magazines were obviously in competition with each other but there was a
large amount of co-operation between the editors of the publications as
well, sharing information and stories and regularly referring to each
other in their articles.
BON started in a world without the internet, but was
one of the first to go on the internet in about 1995 and that interest
eventually led to the creation of my other business Associate Internet
Promotions. Many of AIP's original customers were subscribers to
the magazine.
As the internet got bigger during the late 90s, so it
was used more and more as a source for research for articles for the
magazine. Some of this research was into scams, and it was this
sort of article that BON perhaps became best known for. One scam
in particular comes to mind - that of Body Bite/Aurum Marketing
I decided to finish BON in 1999 mainly due to lack of
time and the fact that it just was not profitable in the end. As
things went on, it was taking longer and longer to put together each
month and the number of subscribers was in decline. Other
magazines were suffering as well. David Robinson's magazine which
by 1999 had become known as "LifeTime" magazine ended a couple
of months before.
My intention was to make it into a web site, but
although I have had several attempts at that since, | just have not had
enough time to keep it up to date.
Amazingly enough I do still get requests for sample
copies, so there must be some very out of date mailing lists out there.
I am still proud of Biz Op News and what it achieved
during its 5 years. My only regret is that it was not more
profitable, but at the end of it I have now done what I was striving to
do all throughout that period of time - give up the day job and become
full time self employed. It started me off on web design which is
now my primary business interest.
This web site contains a selection of pages and
articles from Biz Op News including the Body Bite scam that we helped
expose. I'll add more as I get time.
