You're a mentor, whether you know it or not
Donna Maria reminds entrepreneurs that they are mentors, 24/7, whether they know it or not.
DetailsSocial media strategy made easy
Donna Maria shares one of Jason Keath’s tips from Indie Business Breakfast: Charlotte.
DetailsCollaboration nation
Donna Maria shares the inspiring story of two entrepreneurs who collaborated to create a new mutually beneficial relationship in both life and business.
DetailsThis week's #indiechat: marketing tips
Donna Maria shares the chat stream from #indiechat for the April 8, 2009.
DetailsGive 'em somethin' to talk about
Donna Maria shares the importance of going beyond giving customers just a product or a service, to giving them an experience.
DetailsIndie Cafe: April 6, 2009
Donna Maria shares the live video stream and chat from the April 6, 2009 edition of the Indie Cafe, a bi-monthly event exclusively for Premium members of the Indie Beauty Network.
DetailsFour steps to writing your book
Donna Maria summarizes tips from this week’s Indie Business Radio Show guest, Sophfronia Scott, author of “Doing Business By the Book.” Sophfronia offers 4 great tips to help you get your book from concept to reality.
DetailsIndie Beauties at the 2009 Georgia Spring Fling
Donna Maria interviews Regina Mowrer (Dr. Flower’s Essentials), Kelly Bloom (Southern Soapers), Jennifer Kirkwood (La Dolce Diva) and Evelyn and Debbie Shepherd of Goode Scents about the Indie Beauty products they offer.
DetailsOptimize your website for free
Donna Maria shares a simple and effective way to use your email newsletter to drive new traffic to your site year after year after year.
DetailsHow to buy online advertising
Donna Maria shares tips to help you make the most of your online advertising budget.
DetailsGet paid for what you deliver
Donna Maria shares how easy it is to charge a flat fee for some products and services to create more efficiencies for buyers and sellers and new mutually beneficial business relationships.
DetailsA lucky happenstance
Donna Maria shares the cool collaboration between two Indie Beauty Network members who met at the social networking site and worked together on a new project.
DetailsCreate a new opportunity today!
Donna Maria encourages readers not to wait for new opportunities, but to get out there and create them!
DetailsPeople in glass houses …
Donna Maria interviews Melanie Notkin, the Savvy Auntie, about her experiences with sponsored Twitter conversations for the Walt Disney Company.
DetailsScale down to scale up
Donna Maria summarizes tips from this week’s Indie Business Radio Show guest, Marc Kramer, author of “The Small Business Turnaround.” Marc advises that sometimes, a business needs to scale down in order to scale up.
DetailsNorth Carolina Startup Blog Goes Indie!
Donna Maria announces her new column in the North Carolina Startup Blog, and syndication of the Indie Business Minute.
DetailsHow to Land a Job as a Social Media Director
Donna Maria interviews Internet marketing and social media expert Jason Keath about what it takes to get a job or start a consulting buisness in the rapidly expanding social media industry.
DetailsBe 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.
DetailsYour 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.
DetailsThe crock pot business
Approach business growth from a “crock pot” rather than a microwave mentality.
DetailsThe changing of the guard
Donna Maria encourages Indie Business owners to use technology to create their own media outlets.
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