21st April 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
I recently read James Patterson's novel, Sam's Letters to Jennifer. Part of the premise of the book is that the main character, Jennifer, learns about the life of her grandmother (Sam) through the letters Sam has left for J...
13th April 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
I've been in business now for 7 years as the owner of a virtual company. That means that roughly 97% of my clients have come to me with no face-to-face contact. I prefer to conduct most of my marketing from the comfort of ...
08th April 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
In the past week or so, I've had three distinct occasions to speak with others about the joy of being self-employed and working from home. The first came about as a result of being interviewed by a newspaper reporter from B...
28th March 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
One of my clients was asked, "How do you know when you need help?" at a presentation she conducted recently, and she wasn't sure how to respond, except perhaps to say, "Well, you'll just know!" As generic as that answer mig...
21st March 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
Websites of service companies seem to make some common website mistakes over and over again. Part of the function of your website is to establish a relationship with potential clients and get them into your marketing funnel...
17th March 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
I'm online for much of my business day, which means I get to visit many, many websites in the process of helping my clients learn how they get more clients online. I'm also asked to provide feedback about the effectiveness ...
12th March 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
Putting all of your eggs into one basket in your business is never a good idea. Diversity is key, which means that your revenue should come from a number of clients (not just two or three) and preferably should come from mu...
05th March 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
I first became acquainted with teleclasses back in 1997 when I stumbled across the coaching community. At the time, I lived in small town in western Massachusetts, and professional development opportunities were few and far...
05th March 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
I first heard of tips sheets and tips booklets from the author of Making a Living Without a Job, Barbara Winter, http://www.barbarawinter.com, a completely delightful writer and entrepreneur who aspires to have everyone crea...
24th February 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
Making the decision to submit articles to build my website traffic has been one of the smartest online marketing decisions I've made recently. I've been publishing an email newsletter since 2001, but only started exploring...
16th February 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
I'll be the first to admit I'm the "Donna-come-lately" in this game of simultaneously managing a business and a romantic relationship. When I was married the first time around at age 26, I worked in higher education adminis...
16th February 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
Mastermind groups are nothing new. In fact, Napoleon Hill writes about them in his classic, "Think and Grow Rich", in which he defines "Master Mind" as the "coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, betw...
14th February 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
Roughly 75% of the business owners I speak with in any given town or city see little, if any, need for an online presence. They believe in doing business the way it's always been done, with local advertising, foot traffic, ...
02nd February 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
Being the goal-driven woman that I am, failure has rarely been an option for me. In so many areas of my life, from deciding on where to go to college to obtaining scholarships to pay for college to determining what I wanted...
02nd February 2006
Copyright 2006 Donna Gunter
If you look at almost any issue of nationally published women's magazines, you'll find article upon article trying to convince the American public (and American women) that you can have it all -- a brilliant career/business ...
