Donna Gunter

6 Quick Ways to Stabilize Your Business with Multiple Revenue Streams

The old adage, "Don't put all of your eggs into one basket," is especially true in today's economic climate for any business. Just as you would never let all of your income be derived from one or two clients, creating a diversified business where you have... Read >

6 Proven Strategies in Helping Introverts Easily and Effortlessly Market Themselves

"I hate to market myself" is a very common complaint I hear from many of my clients. Some are introverts, who are naturally averse to self-promotion, while others just don't realize that they also wear the hat of Marketing Director when they start their o... Read >

10 Proven Methods to Promote Your Free Client Attraction Device

Your client attraction device, also known as an ethical bribe or free taste, is the information that you give away on your site in exchange for a visitor's name and email address. I call it a client attraction device because it helps to build your list. U... Read >

How to Double Your Blog Subscribers with These 4 Best-Kept Secret Blog Marketing Strategies

Many blog readers still prefer to get blog updates via email, despite the popularity of RSS feeds, I know that I'm one of those, since I have 21,000+ unread blog posts in my Bloglines account. Most RSS readers don't provide subscriber statistics, so ther... Read >

Video Marketing: How Introverts Can Get More Clients Online with Screencast Videos

Even though videos are one of the hottest Internet marketing strategies today, I have been very slow to jump on the video marketing bandwagon. Why? Because making a talking head video of myself is about as enticing as dipping my body in honey and watchi... Read >

Signature System: 5 Proven Steps to Creating a Signature Program That Attracts Clients Like Crazy!

If you teach what you know in some way (as a speaker, author, coach, trainer, or consultant), you'll soon discover that no one buys training, consulting or coaching. They buy a solution to their problems. So, rather than trying to sell your service (a gro... Read >

5 Proven Tactics to Uplevel Your Client Base

I hear from clients constantly who say that their clients can't afford to pay them, or that they're constantly besieged by requests for "pro bono services." Don't get me wrong -- helping those in need is an admirable part of any business plan and busines... Read >

Recurring Income Tips: 13 Examples of Continuity Income in a Service-Based Business

Tired of the day-to-day struggle of chasing one client to the next? Want a better way to run your business that enables you to better predict your monthly income? One of the best ways to stabilize your income when you're a self-employed service profession... Read >

Marketing Tips: The Internet Marketing Secret That Stops Small Business Owners in Their Tracks

All of my clients are exceptional at the service they provide for their clients. However, many of them come to me for coaching because they're having a hard time filling their practices and finding clients. Almost without fail, they tell me that this is... Read >

How to Get 95% of Your Clients from Internet Marketing

I've had an online business since 1999, and I started it from my rural, East Texas hometown where the reigning industries are bass fishing, forestry and timber, banking, and education, none of which are markets in which I have any interest in working. So... Read >

Copywriting Tips: 13 Steps to Creating the Perfect Sales Letter Template

Once you have created an information product, you may think you've completed all of the hard work. Unfortunately the most challenging piece of product creation is yet to come -- the creation of the sales letter landing page where you talk about and sell... Read >

Article Marketing: 7 Essential Elements of an Article Resource Box That Gets Clicked

Distributing your articles to various article banks and directories online (what I refer to as article marketing) won't work for you unless you have a well-developed resource box. A resource box is the bio information about the author that appears at the... Read >

Copywriting Tips: How to Market Benefits vs Features

One of the most difficult concepts to grasp for online business owners who are writing their own sales copy is to write about the benefits of your product/service, rather than the features. Even though this skill is critically important, I would guess tha... Read >

What To Do If Your Facebook or Twitter Account is Hacked

Unfortunately, this scenario is a reality for all of us who use social networking -- it's not a matter of IF your Twitter or Facebook account will be hacked, but simply WHEN. I've been on the receiving end of messages from my friends whose accounts have b... Read >

Business Planning: Your 17-Point New Year's Business Inventory and Cleanup

A new year always brings New Year's resolutions, as well as the urge to purge things from your life and business and begin anew. I caught the decluttering bug between Christmas and New Year's Day this year and removed from my office many boxes of physical... Read >