If you’re a Network Marketer or want to be one that has a chance at success, then you need to understand that you are part of business model that is viable and legal. If it weren’t companies like Avon, Pampered Chef and Mary Kay wouldn’t have been around for decades. Were there bad people who [...]

Over the years I have started and stopped a number of different businesses. Some on my own and others as a partner. Some as an LLC, others as an S-Corp or Sole Proprietorship. It just depends on the business situation. There are advantages and disadvantages to what business structure you choose to use. I want [...]

I have been following Larry Beacham’s teachings on Network Marketing for a while and his most recent article hit me like a ton of bricks because it makes so much sense. I read a lot of what many of the self-proclaimed guru’s put out there. There is a lot of information to sift through and [...]

I’ve been doing some reading lately and that includes revisiting the Rich Dad Poor Dad Series. I love to read. You’ll find my bookshelves lined with books on Business, Raising Children, Biographies, Personal Development, Fiction. You name it and I might have it. I also love to collect old books. Especially those from the late [...]

Most of us are experts at our chosen line of work. That is why our clients come to us for our wares or services. I would never claim to be an electrician, plumber, or graphic artist. I also never claim to be a web design guru. During the transition of this site I made what [...]

After a number of technical difficulties we’re back online and have a new site name. In an effort to head the advice of some of the marketing gurus I follow we are now www.VaNessaDuplessie.com.

While I will continue to discuss All Things Marketing and More here and the focus will also include helping you navigate personal [...]

Well friends, it is a big day for many folks in marketing. Superbowl Sunday is upon us and even if you don’t like football there are many folks who watch just for the commercials.

Today is a day where millions of dollars are spent vying for our attention and money. Who will be the big winner? [...]

As an avid user of social media outlets, I enjoy my daily dose of keeping up with my friends. Well, this week Facebook rolled out a new home page navigation style that caught many people unaware and therefore created some anxiety for folks.

Unless you watch the Facebook Fan Page regularly, which I don’t, you [...]

It has been very busy in my neck of the woods the last 2 weeks. As promoter for TheBDevent, a Business Development Networking Event for the data storage industry I have been up to my eyeballs in logistics to host 150 executives in California.

In my daily reading and scanning of the emails I get on Marketing I usually find a nugget or two that motivates me for the day.

I’ve decided to post links periodically to information I perceive to be helpful or interesting.

I’ve been following Guy Kawasaki for a few years. I found this article by someone on [...]

I don’t know about you, dear readers, but this first full week of 2010 was amazingly busy. Part of that was getting back into the schedule groove after the holiday break. I thrive on having a routine and have more motivation on a regular schedule than when the days just seem to blend and everyone [...]

Over the past few days I have been led towards articles, blogs, and discussion groups that deal with the plight of the working mom. Of course, as a multi-tasking working mom myself, I was intrigued by some of the articles I read. Many comments were about not buying in to the “whoa is me, it [...]

YOU, the small business person or individual marketer, are the reason people don’t buy your product or service. Think about that for a minute and we’ll come back to that statement.

I’ll admit it, I’m a price shopper. I love a good sale and yes, I use coupons and love to shop on EBay. I find [...]

Christmas is almost here. There are just a few days to go before all of the homemade and purchased gifts that sit so neatly under the tree and took hours to make, choose and wrap will be opened in a millisecond with wrapping paper and boxes strewn across the living room floor. Not your most [...]

With the Christmas fast approaching and presents to purchase I’ve been thinking a lot about seasonal sales and wondering if all of the marketing tactics are turning into sales. While I personally believe Marketing & Sales are partners that go hand in hand down the street towards profit (hopefully), I view them as very different [...]