I recently got a chance to look at a report that another Internet marketing firm, a large SEO and web design company, gave to one of its clients. I was appalled at the level of inaccuracies in the report and the attempt to snow the client. Without getting into the list of bogus keywords the…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
How To Do Facebook Ads
Here’s a great article on making the most of Facebook ads. Just so you know, Facebook ads are a type of pay-per-click advertising. You write an ad and form a budget. Then you pay for the ads after you get clicks. However, there are some differences between Facebook ads and traditional PPC. Here are five…
Take A Day Off – Or A Weekend
Every now and then, you have to take a day off. Even Internet marketers need a vacation. Well, that’s what the family and I did on Friday. Since school is starting back up this week and the daughter had Friday off, we decided to make a day trip of it and take the grandchildren to…
Why I’m Beginning To Like Paper.li
If you’ve never heard of Paper.li, allow me to introduce you. It’s a fairly new website that allows anyone to publish their own news publication. You can become a news curator just by establishing a Paper.li edition, published daily, that republishes tweets – Twitter messages – in a new format. What I like about it…
7 Online Marketing Principles To Live By
If you don’t know, Tim O’Reilly is a pioneer in Internet marketing. But he’s more than your run-of-the-mill Internet marketer. He’s really a high technology maven, a man who first made his mark on the impression of the Internet before he started using it as a marketing tool – before anyone really started using it…
Bad Economy? Try The Internet
Read the news and things seem rather bleak. It’s the worst economy since the Great Depression. And some people believe we’re doomed for another one. Maybe so. The economy runs in cycles – ups and downs, curve balls, sliders, dips and trips … they’re all a part of the game. The old adage, “It’s not…
Twitter Or Spitter?
I’ve been saying for several years, since the first time I took to using Twitter, that the social media site is the most unique and versatile tool in the social media world. And I’ve also been saying that people who use Twitter have the right to use it any way they wish. There is no…
Goodbye Dover, Hello Adams County
As mentioned Thursday, my wife and I spent the weekend in Dover. We really enjoyed Old Tyme Days, but it wasn’t all play and no work. With my trusty mobile wi-fi, I was able to do my blogging each day from my campsite. If you’re familiar with Dover, Pa., you know that Old Tyme Days…
Heading For Dover, Pa. For The Weekend
One of the biggest tractor shows my wife and I attend every year is in Dover, Pa. We’ve been doing this one for four years. We set up a booth with her dolls, quilts, and baby clothes – which she makes by hand – and my books, tools, and extra odds and ends. We also…
How A Blog Promotion Newsletter Improves Your Marketing
What is a blog promotion newsletter? In a word, it’s an e-mail newsletter designed specifically to drive traffic to your blog. But I wouldn’t say it’s a good tool for everyone. It is a good tool if you are a small business with a good size mailing list and you are just making your first…