Re: 7 Common Internet Marketing Mistakes That You Should Avoid

["Norm Mugford" <1alarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank Olson" <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> gertrude harvey wrote:
>> 1. Doing business online using the wrong type of legal entity.
>> If you use the wrong business structure, you can be held personally
>> liable when things go bad. In some states, this can include a
>> successful plaintiff going after your house, your car, and your
>> personal bank account to satisfy a judgment against you.
>
> Is that why Bass lists "Bass Home Electronics" as "Inc"??
>
>
>> 2. Letting your web designer steal your online business.
>> If you don't know what you're doing, your web designer can (and will)
>> steal your Internet business. You'll have paid for a website and own
>> absolutely nothing.
>
> Heh...  right...
>
>
>> 3. Doing joint ventures without the right legal protections in place.
>> Although a joint venture (JV) is a great way to grow your online
>> business, if you don't put the right protections in place at the
>> beginning, you're opening yourself up to lawsuits, theft, and even
>> government investigations.
>
> Makes sense.
>
>
>> 4. Sending out e-mail that accidentally makes you a spammer.
>> Chances are that you're illegally sending unsolicited commercial e-
>> mail (spam) to people and not even knowing it. Did you know that the
>> U.S. Government is now extraditing non-citizens, hauling them into
>> court, and putting them into federal prison for spamming?
>
> So, "spammers" and "guys that wave fake guns around" could be sharing the
> same cell??  Gasp!!
>
>
>> 5. Not knowing intellectual property law basics.
>> If you don't know your rights and responsibilities under intellectual
>> property (IP) law, someone can steal your stuff and you won't be able
>> to do anything about it. Or worse, you might accidentally violate
>> someone else's IP rights and get sued for it. This happens all of the
>> time.
>
> Are you paying attention Robert Bass???
>
>
>> 6. Outsourcing work without protecting yourself.
>> When you're outsourcing to a web designer, copywriter, article writer,
>> or programmer, you could be setting yourself up to pay their taxes,
>> worker's compensation, and even unemployment compensation. They can
>> leak your confidential information to your competitors and even claim
>> ownership of the work that you paid them to do!
>
> That's like #2, right??
>
>
>> 7. Doing illegal business around the world.
>> Just because you have a website doesn't mean that you can do business
>> with everyone. Did you know that it is illegal to do business with
>> some companies and individuals? If you don't know who they are, you
>> can open yourself up to criminal prosecution by your government. Don't
>> become an accidental felon!
>
> "Your government" isn't interested in what you're doing online (as long as
> it's not illegal or exploitative).  Is it "legal" to list your company as
> being "incorporated" when you're not, by the way?
>
>
>> http://marketsecretrp.blogspot.com/#
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>
> Thanks "Gertrude".


Thanks Frank......I learn something new every day.
One question though....Is it true that BAss is just an accidental felon?
Or just lies like a hamburger?

Norm Mugford