Recent articles related to

Internet Independence

Recent articles related to

Internet Independence

Doing What is Right For You

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 07/1/2011

Someone sent me a question earlier this week that really irritated me, and I almost decided to answer it in today’s mailbag, but then I went for a nice bike ride yesterday afternoon, remembered my 12 rules, realized it wasn’t worth it, deleted it from my mental energy bank, and…

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Website Design for Search Engine Optimization

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 06/30/2011

Google makes me laugh. Apparently they name their updates silly things like: a) The Farmer Update b) The Caffeine Update c) The Panda Update Weird. Anyways…every time the Big G makes an update to their search algorithm (i.e. how they rank webpages in their search results), there are always “loopholes”…

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penny into millions

Turn a Penny Into Millions

By Craig Ballantyne | 06/29/2011

You can turn a penny into millions by following this system to ramp your internet business into a 6-figure or 7-figure high-operating venture.

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Less Traffic for More Sales

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 06/28/2011

Thanks for your feedback on yesterday’s 12 rules. As you can see, I try and start off each week with a “mindset”-style article to challenge your thinking before we get into some really cool tactics. Speaking of which, we’re going back to Rick Porter for some website traffic advice today.…

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what to sell

Knowing What to Sell (and Upsell)

By Craig Ballantyne | 06/24/2011

Knowing what to sell is just as complicated as knowing what to use as upsells in the checkout process, along with which affiliates should be selling what.

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9 Steps for Your Product Launch

By Craig Ballantyne | 06/23/2011

One of the best business books I’ve read in the past 2 years was “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs“. In it, the author chronicles how Jobs prepared to release the Ipod and Iphone (and eventually the Ipad).  Essentially, how he did “offline” product launches. Thanks to his product launches,…

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Spend 80% of Your Time on This

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 06/22/2011

Recently on my travels to NYC and Florida, I had a chance to sit down with the owner of a billion-dollar business. Let’s call him “Tom” for the purposes of this email. Tom’s a guy I’ve been learning from for almost a decade, and to be able to sit down…

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How My Brain Works in the Shower

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 06/21/2011

Like most people, I get a lot of great ideas in the shower. (This happens because we are not focusing on trying to come up with ideas…and that’s why you tend not to get many great ideas at your work desk.) Unfortunately, ideas in the shower often turn into slippery…

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How My Brain Works (Part 1)

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 06/20/2011

I’m a lucky man. Creativity come relatively easy to me. Unfortunately, a lot of folks struggle with idea generation. So let’s take a look at the techniques I use to create content. I know that if we dig deep inside my brain, there will be a few things you might…

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37 Word Solution for Internet Marketing

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 06/17/2011

I think I’ve narrowed this whole “internet thing” down to 37 words, and I’ll share those with you today. But first, a few quick answers to important questions. Question: My site was hacked not too long ago. I got it fixed but now I see they are trying to hack…

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Inspirational Website Business Interview

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 06/16/2011

What a crazy past 48 hours it has been. I’m down in South Florida with my business partner Matt chasing a deal…we’re trying to buy a website business that I’ve wanted to run since 2003. It’s been a serious roller coaster ride of emotion.From skeptical to highly enthusiastic to deeply…

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The Toughest Question Ever

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 06/15/2011

This is one of the most valuable emails I’ll likely ever send you, but… …it comes with a warning. And I give you this warning because I am genetically-deficient in the art of “beating around the bush”. In place of that, I was given a double dose of the “straight…

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