21st September 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna GunterMy fiancee and I were speaking recently about the ability to sit still in what we both refer to as a "boring" environment and just do nothing. It's a challenge for each of us, as we both tend to engage ourselves in somethin...
18th September 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna GunterI consider Amazon.com to be the Internet pioneer for establishing affiliate programs. Their strategy to permit others to sell their products for a commission on affiliate websites has single-handedly help them become an Inte...
24th August 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
I'm a 2005 Hurricane Rita evacuee and fortunately made it through a hellish evacuation process and ensuing hurricane with hardly a scratch. Running from a hurricane and dealing with its landfall isn't something I've eve...
20th August 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
Many times when you're starting out in business, or changing direction in business, you become overwhelmed with just where to start, or who you can contact for assistance. You have many contacts, have belonged to a numbe...
10th August 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
One very common mistake that online service professionals make is providing endless information on their website, blog, or ezine without asking for anything in return (i.e. selling a product or service). Now, that doesn'...
02nd August 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
The one asset that is considered to be the gold in your online business is your email list. I constantly tell my clients that their #1 goal at events and primary call to action in their online marketing strategies shoul...
24th July 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
Many business owners wrestle with this notion of "expertise", feeling certain that they don't know enough to be looked upon by anyone as an expert. I avoided that expert label as well for my first 5 or so years in busine...
23rd July 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
I love being a guest on other people's teleseminars. What I love best is the fact that all I have to do is show up and talk when someone else is sponsoring them. I'm responsible for none of the marketing and promotion a...
05th July 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
The Internet marketing industry and online business industry is fraught with fraud. There are more "get rich quick" schemes here than in almost any other industry. After all, who doesn't want to sit on home on his rear...
01st July 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
How do you treat the people with whom you do business? Many times what we forget in this online world where so much of our customer service is automated is that, in the end, we're still doing business with other people....
26th June 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
There comes a time in every online business owner's life when you will seriously consider changing email newsletter providers. Making the decision to change your email newsletter service is never an easy one. In fact, I...
15th June 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
At a conference I recently attended, I met many people and collected many business cards. As I perused the cards and spoke with the participants, it became glaringly obvious to me that many in this group:
a. did not...
06th June 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
Once you have several products or services that are selling quite well, your customer will begin to ask if you will permit others to use your product as the basis for training that they are doing. Or, if you are doing t...
04th June 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
Recently I had a conversation with a REALTOR who had paid a good chunk of change to Google for his Adwords campaign. His complaint? He got lots of traffic (and paid Google for lots of clicks) but none of them turned into...
24th May 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Donna Gunter
In the last few years, I have seen membership subscription websites take the Internet by storm. Most subscription sites offer their subscriptions for a fee; however, a handful offer their information for free to anyone w...
