Nicole originally asked if she should pay for online advertising before her products were ready. Nicole followed up with this question: Did you mean that I should pay for traffic after I do this even though my services aren’t ready? I expect a 6/1 launch date (I hope!), so do I wait or perhaps pay [...]

Before I get back to Part 2 of the answer to Nicole’s follow up question on pay-per-click advertising just a quick head’s up that StomperNet is opening up to new members for just a week. If you don’t know about StomperNet, it’s a (THE?) membership site for successful Internet Marketers. It’s definitely not cheap, but [...]

Nicole at Picknick’s Brain follows up with:
Did you mean that I should pay for traffic after I do this even though my services aren’t ready? I expect a 6/1 launch date (I hope!), so do I wait or perhaps pay for some text ads on Google, now? A 125×125 ad here or there? What [...]

John Jones III http://www.10minutes.org asks:
When should I consider a business coach, if at all?

Great question, John.
Since I am a business coach, you’re probably expecting me to say, “John, if you’re serious about your business, you should have a coach. In fact, all business owners should hire a coach.”
Nope. I’m not going to say that. A [...]

Lizzie Flynn wants to know: “How much does your ‘brand’ reputation matter right now and in the future? For instance, my brand is my name, so what is the importance of my name’s reputation?”
Great question Lizzie, and great foresight as well. Your instincts are probably telling you that brand and reputation go hand-in-hand [...]

Nicole Asks: I just launched a new design of my website. I am new to all of this. My primary goal is the business, not the blog, so I’m combining social networking with traditional advertising. But, I don’t have my services offered up yet as it’s requiring some programming that won’t be done until the [...]