We’ve talked about website pet peeves before.  It’s a subject that’s actually talked about ad nauseum, but for some reason the message doesn’t appear to be getting through to those who need it most.
The glory of being an independent consultant or freelance business owner is that we do have the autonomy (in most cases) to [...]

Most people can suffer through unprofessional looking websites if they’re able to easily get to the information they’re looking for. But there are some web design tactics, many advocated by marketing gurus, that can cause people to leave your site.
Forced Registration
Sites use this tactic to get visitor’s contact information before letting them see the good [...]

Sparkplugging is continuing our tradition called ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’. Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers. We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog! If you do, please link back to this post so we know where [...]

I get email often from people who are putting the advice of work-at-home experts to use, but aren’t finding the success. I can relate to these emails filled with frustration because I was there too…in fact, sometimes I’m still there.
If you’re struggling to find the right work-at-home option or to make it work, here [...]

Sparkplugging is continuing our tradition called ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’. Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers. We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog! If you do, please link back to this post so we know where [...]

Seven Important Success Factors to Include on Your Direct Sales Website
In continuing with our discussion about company sponsored replicated websites, while we previously discussed what not to do, it’s equally as important to talk about important factors to include on your direct sales corporate, replicated website.
One could read these seven success factors below and consider [...]

Many direct sales companies are becoming more web-friendly by providing their consultant base replicated websites.  A replicated website is basically a website template that gets copied at the home office for consultants to use.  Most of the time, that website template has information that can be changed with unique information for consultant (URL, name, welcome [...]

Years ago I had the privilege of hearing former four-star general Colin Powell speak.  Mr. Powell is a very wise and intelligent man. I took away many priceless insights from his presentation, including one invaluable resource that he shared with us.
He said he checks this website daily.  Since learning of its existence, I too use [...]

Yesterday I posted about finding good deals on niche advertising space. As soon as I finished reading I knew I needed to come back and share a profit tip for website owners who operate niche websites.
If you have a niche site with a respectable amount of traffic and good rankings in the search engines [...]

Have you ever known someone so intimately that you missed the obvious?
I know, that’s a deep question to launch a blog post with isn’t it?  Don’t worry – I’m not delving into the area of human relationships here.
I’m going to dig into our relationship with our website.
Since you created your website, you know it pretty [...]