Posts by Lesa Gutenkunst
Internet Independence Success Story
Today’s a big day for my friend Chris. He’s come a long way towards creating his financial independence since I met him in the spring of 2003. We were both trainers at a gym here in Toronto, and as a young guy with two kids, he was already hungry to take control of his life…
Read MoreInternet Business and Hiring QnA
We start with a couple of questions on the hiring process, and finish with an answer from Rick Porter about buying a website. Question: Hey! After reading a previous article about hiring and filtering out people not following instructions, I knew I wouldn’t get a response to my email. But I was interested to see…
Read MoreAmerican Dream Success Story
Last week I received one of the best blog comments ever written on InternetIndependence.com. It contained this quote, which I thought was fantastic: “4 am – it’s not that early when you want it bad enough.” So I asked the author, Mike Whitfield, to share his American Dream Success Story with us today. Here it…
Read MoreWho You Hang Around
Recently I was listening to a CD from speaker, Nido Qubein, who told the story of the Koi fish and a marketing lesson it teaches. As you might know, a Koi fish grows in proportion to its environment. If you keep it in a pail of water, it grows only 2 inches. But if you…
Read MoreThe Test
After another crazy week of traveling I’m finally home and we’re into round 2 of reviewing all the resumes sent in from InternetIndependence.com readers last week. However, there’s one lesson that needs to be shared about the process, and you’ll get that at the end of this email. It was about “The Test”. But first,…
Read More7 Mastermind Secrets from San Diego
Wow, what a weekend. Just finished up an amazing time in San Diego – even with the legendary west coast 13-hour power outage last week. But it was all about the people. Over 27 Mastermind members from as far away as Australia, NewFoundland, and even New Zealand, came to San Diego to sit down and…
Read MoreLas Vegas Seminar
My friend Bedros Keuilian and I are doing a really, really awesome seminar in Las Vegas next month. It’s not even $100 to attend, and you’ll get two full days of fitness business and information marketing secrets. We’ve also convinced our friend John Romaniello to speak, and he’s been one of the most successful fitness…
Read MoreHow to Write 1000 Word Articles Fast
I write my best articles at odd times and I almost always get the ideas for my best articles in odder situations. For example, when I travel to the west coast I try and get up on east coast time. That meant Saturday morning I woke up at 4am (even though I fell sleep at…
Read MoreThe Difference Between Success and Failure
Hey, I’m down in San Diego for the weekend with my buddy Bedros Keuilian and his fitness information mastermind group. Rick Porter and I will be sharing some “we can’t put this in writing” secrets with them later on today… …but now I want to share a really cool email I got from a reader…
Read MoreReader Website Reviews
Now that summer is over and my travel schedule is a little less hectic (said as I leave for another 7 days in San Diego and Colorado), I’m now able to spend more time working with my Turbulence Training affiliates in my fitness business. One new feature I started with them is a weekly website…
Read MoreSales Video Update
Apparently I broke the internet last week and I didn’t send the right link for my video. Here it is…the correct link, I promise: => http://www.earlytorise.com/2011/08/30/fbs/ I also wanted to share another cool video…showing you what the smartest video sales letter guys are up to. You see, they’ve added in these little cartoon drawings and…
Read MoreOutsourcing and Virtual Assistants from Around the World
Hey, in the spirit of Labor Day, a holiday here in North America, I want to give you more practical outsourcing tips from my friend Adam Steer – he has a unique way of finding virtual help. This will help you delegate the little tasks so you can focus on your money making 5%. CB:…
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