The recipient of June’s Project Jump Start ‘09 is … (imaginary drumroll)
David!
Congratulations, David! You’ll hear from each of us shortly. All of us involved with Project Jump Start wishes you the best of luck, and we hope that your online endeavors and your ideas and dreams turn into something big!
Stay tuned. We’ll [...]

Posted on June 25th, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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No matter how small our tiny little microbusinesses might be, we still need to let people know that we exist. Of course, the standard, tried-and-true way of doing that is by advertising. Since our businesses are of the virtual, online type rather than the brick-and-mortar type, it only makes sense that we should [...]

Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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I was going to begin this post with a question, which was going to be: Would you like to be considered an expert in your field?
Then I changed my mind. Instead, I’m going to ask you this:
Do you even HAVE a “field” in which you might like to be considered an expert?
Before you [...]

Posted on June 15th, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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If you are a regular reader of my blog, there’s a good chance you either own your own website or you plan to do so someday. And very likely, you are either monetizing your site by showing ads, or you are considering it. The ad market is in a slump right now, along [...]

Posted on May 28th, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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The following post is only my opinion, and it focuses on a population in the United States that I believe is often overlooked, especially in the political process. I have no information about similar populations in other countries, but if you do, feel free to share in the comments.
We have many names. Some [...]

Posted on May 26th, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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The recipient of May’s Project Jump Start ‘09 is … (imaginary drumroll)
Jeff Stern!
Congratulations, Jeff! You’ll hear from each of us shortly. All of us involved with Project Jump Start wishes you the best of luck, and we hope that your online endeavors and your ideas and dreams turn into something big!
Stay tuned. [...]

Posted on May 25th, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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This is a guest post from a good friend, Dave Dugdale, also known as SolarDave. Dave is a man of many talents, with his latest being that of a home rental expert. Here he gives us all a couple of great branding tips so watch, learn and enjoy.

Transcript:
[Two Places You Might Not Have [...]

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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The following is a guest post from Ben Johnson of Logoinn, custom logo design service provider based in UK.
One of the most crucial activities when crafting a marketing and branding plan is to get a logo for your company. A well-designed custom logo communicates a message to the public, conveying what your business is [...]

Posted on May 18th, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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Over the last year or so, I’ve written guest posts or contributory posts on several sites across the web. It occurred to me today that some of you might benefit from those postings, because they focus on topics that I don’t tend to delve into very much here on this blog. So I’ve [...]

Posted on May 12th, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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Search Engine People proposed a Blog Spring Cleaning Day each year on May 1st. I love this idea, but I think it should be expanded beyond blogs, so I’m going to call it Blog and Site Spring Cleaning Day. Whatever type of web property you own or manage, take some time tomorrow to [...]

Posted on April 30th, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
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