Be where your customers are

Donna Maria suggests that one of the way to “be where your customers are” is to target social networking sites where they hang out and engage with them there by starting conversations based on posts that you re-publish at other sites.

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Your action-oriented website

Donna Maria shares advice that websites are not about pretty pictures, but about attracting the right people and motivating them to take desired action.

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Vault Episode #144: Faythe Levine [Podcast]

The Vault is an archive of my first podcasts so there is a record for you to enjoy. Welcome to the Vault Episode 144 featuring my interview with Faythe Levine, the author of “Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY Art, Craft, and Design.” Faythe has traveled the globe, conducting interviews with artists from diverse backgrounds.…

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Make yourself findable

Donna Maria encourages Indie Business owners to beef up their online branding efforts to make it easy for everyone to fin them when mentioned online, even without a live hyperlink.

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Black Enterprise Magazine features Indie Business advice

Indie Business is featured in Black Enterprise Magazine in an article about how to use online video to boost your business botton line. The article features 8 specific ways you can use video and at least one is bound to be perfect for your business. Kudos to others featured: Robert Campanell of Blastro, an aggregator of…

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Lurk and learn

Donna Maria encourages Indie Business owners to “lurk and learn” new technologies, embracing the advances and what they can do for their business, instead of avoiding them for fear of doing the “wrong” thing.

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The buzz starts with you

Donna Maria encourages Indie Business owners to invest time in making people feel special, and shares how doing so helps create buzz for your business.

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Vault Episode #143: David Bullock [Podcast]

The Vault is an archive of my first podcasts so there is a record for you to enjoy. Welcome to the Vault Episode 143 featuring my interview with David Bullock, the managing director of The White Bullock Group and co-author of “Barack Obama’s Social Media Lessons for Business.” David brings an engineering perspective to social…

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Your true "net worth"

Donna Maria shares thoughts on the true meaning of “net worth,” and how it’s more than mere numbers reflected on a few pieces of paper.

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Do you believe in miracles?

Donna Maria shares her perspective on giving away no- and low-cost, value added products and services to attract people to your website.

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