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Internet Independence

Recent articles related to

Internet Independence

How to Sell 500 E-books in 100 Days

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/19/2011

While talking to a big-time fitness info marketer recently, he asked me what I would do to sell 3300 copies of an e-book (on Clickbank) in only 100 days. By my math (which admittedly started going downhill when I entered high-school), that’s 33 e-books per day. Not too hard if…

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If You Are Struggling

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/18/2011

An Open Letter to Those Who Struggle With Finding Direction with a Website Business Dear Friend, I want to thank you for sending me your ideas, but also for sharing your frustrations with me. It takes a lot of courage to be that open and honest. But just as importantly,…

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My Money

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/15/2011

Received an interesting question this week…one that I almost filed under the category, “Sorry, but that is personal.” But after 5 minutes of thinking about it, I realized it gave me a great opportunity to talk about an epiphany I had earlier this year. So we’ll take a look at…

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#1 Source of Income

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/14/2011

In my Mastermind presentations, and private client newsletters, I spend a LOT of time drilling home this one important point. You really need to understand that this is where you can dramatically increase your income. I simply can’t speak enough about this component of your website business, and that is:…

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Secrets of GroupOn, IKEA, FarmVille, and Facebook

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/13/2011

Whenever I travel, as I will be to Tampa Bay this Sunday, I pick up these 5 magazines at the airport: 1) Fast Company 2) Inc. 3) Wired 4) Entrepreneur 5) Toronto Life The first 4 are great for business ideas, the last is a guilty pleasure. Most of the…

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#1 Google Search Ranking Tips

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/12/2011

Reader Grant Lofthouse sent in an excellent Google/SEO question the other week, and I passed it on to our resident expert, Rick Porter, from www.RickPorter.org. Rick starts off with a practical specific answer to the question, but his final paragraphs on the mindset of running an online website business might…

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The Day I Stopped Caring (Why I Should Be a Failure)

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/11/2011

Back in 2007, at the request of a reader in my fitness business, I created a video called “Bodyweight Butt Exercises”. The day after, when my video editor had posted it, I thought to myself, “Why did I do this? It’s so dorky.” And then I had an epiphany… It…

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SEO and Facebook Etiquette

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/8/2011

Received an interesting question this week about dealing with people that don’t like you, but before we get to the juicy stuff, some SEO tips… Question: from Me to Rick Porter in reference to a new fitness site we’re creating: Rick, one of the biggest mistakes I’ve made is writing…

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Just Get Started Already

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/7/2011

One dirty little secret about success is that you’re going to have more setbacks than home run success stories I know from experience. I’ve started at least 10 big projects this year and some of them have been a downright frustrating struggle. But I don’t give up on them –…

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3 More Tips to Get More Done – Part 2

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/6/2011

Yesterday I spent 2 hours planning out the transition into a new business (the “big deal”  I mentioned a couple of weeks ago). Looks like we’re taking over on July 18th. As a result, my workload has doubled – and I’ll be needing yesterday’s 3 time management tips and today’s…

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How to Get More Done in Less Time – Part 1

By Craig Ballantyne | 07/5/2011

Murphy’s Law has been hitting me left and right for the last 5 days…where it feels like everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Yesterday I woke up to find my 6-month old Macbook Pro not working. Maybe it was taking a holiday for July 4th, I don’t know,…

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Choosing to Succeed

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/4/2011

Last week, someone wrote in telling me to stop being so positive because “not everyone will succeed”. But you know what? That’s the beauty of it. We have NO idea who will succeed. And who am I to pick and choose who to motivate and inspire? After all, who would…

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