Re: 7 Common Internet Marketing Mistakes That You Should Avoid

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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?


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Thanks "Gertrude".