Posts by Lesa Gutenkunst
5 Steps to "Making It"
During my presentation in Panama, I referred to something that I call the “Catch-22” of building your business. It refers to the problem that a lot of good folks have when it comes to recruiting affiliates to promote their products, and it goes like this. “If you don’t have any affiliates, then you don’t have…
Read More3 Beginner Lessons for Your Online Business
Last night I returned from Panama and had one of the worst customs experiences of my lifetime. First, the line-up was almost an hour long… …and then I was pulled aside for a secondary examination. All three customs agents that interrogated me were astounded I traveled to Panama for 6 days with only a small…
Read More5 Reasons Why Internet Marketing is Like High School
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon down here in Panama I wrapped up my final “how to make $100K in 12 months” breakout session at the SovereignMan.com conference, and if I may be so bold to say, the sessions were a hit. I was lucky enough to have a full house Sunday afternoon, cramming 92 people into…
Read MoreThe "I Hear Your Frustration" QnA
Live from Panama…okay, not live, but definitely from Panama, where I’m attending the www.SovereignMan.com conference, here’s this week’s Q’n’A, dedicated to a couple of your most frustrating issues. Q: Bob asks – Craig, appreciate the daily blogs. But I have a problem…I’ve been working on my product for 4 months now, and it’s still only…
Read MoreImmunity To Criticism (laugh & learn)
I’m traveling to Panama today (over 7 hours of flying plus a 3 hour layover), so I only have time for a quick lesson. But you should also get a laugh from this… Now as I’ve mentioned before, you need to have “immunity to criticism”, especially as you get more successful. Every so often an…
Read More#1 Internet Marketing Tip
I just had a nice and quiet winter weekend here in Canada, working on my Internet Independence presentation for a seminar I’m doing down in Panama later this week. Kind of nice to be locked away and making some progress on big projects. But last weekend I was out and about down at Disney World…
Read MoreUpset Readers Have Their Questions Answered
Well I seem to have upset a few folks this week – as I often do – by telling you that you MUST go to Yanik’s seminar. Turns out some folks just don’t have the funds to go and join a Mastermind group or attend all the seminars I recommend. Listen, that’s alright, I understand.…
Read MoreSEO Interview
Hey, I have a special gift for you today that will help you get more traffic to your website for free, all thanks to Search Engine Optimization (SEO). About a year ago, one of my top affiliates – Rick Porter – began sending me SEO tips for my sites. And since then he’s helped me…
Read More#1 Fact About Building a Business
Remember when you were growing up, and you would hear the phrase: “It’s not what you know, it’s WHO you know.” Well, the truth is that it’s still a fact. Possibly the #1 fact about building a business, despite that the Internet is supposed to be the great equalizer. Listen, if you want to succeed,…
Read MoreHow to Get Your Product Done
Here’s a comment that popped up on the blog this week, and it is one that I hear all the time, so I just had to address it as this week’s QnA. It’s the old, “I’ve been working on a product for years but I’m still not done” dilemma. Q: I’ve wanted to make a…
Read MoreTop 10 Business Books
Last year I read over 50 business books and this year I’m on pace to do at least one per week. But to be honest, the majority of these books would be better off as simple magazine articles. And so to save you from wasting time reading the mediocre business books, I’ve reviewed the books…
Read More$100K Affiliate Marketing
Yesterday, as I drove my rented Mazda-3 from Toronto to my house in the country, I listened to a CD interview between marketing experts, Bill Glazer and Matt Bacak. They covered affiliate marketing, and focused on the benefits, such as that you don’t need to create any products or pay for fulfillment, but you can…
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