The Riches in the Niches
Well, at the risk of turning this infrequently-updated blog into a series of Dilbert re-runs, I hereby offer yet another: The marketing thought of the day is this: Start in the niches, but do so...
View ArticleOne MILLION Emails!
A little while ago I found myself chatting with someone who was describing to me their marketing plans & strategies. The word “million” was getting dropped quite a bit, though it was always in...
View ArticleSEOPressor Review & Conclusions
I’ve been using SEOPressor for several months now, since just after it was released, and I thought it was about time for me to do a proper SEOPressor review. To start with, I’ll go over what SEOPressor...
View ArticleWe Don’t Shoot Elephants – HostGator Jumps on an Opportunity
A few weeks back, news hit the internet that Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy.com had shot an elephant in Africa and was apparently quite proud of the fact. Stepping aside from whether or not that was...
View ArticleEasyAzon Review – First Impressions
If you’re looking for a nice easy way to integrate Amazon listings into your WordPress blog, then EasyAzon from Chris Guthrie is your answer. I’ve used WordPress for many websites over the past few...
View ArticleSelling Amazon Products on WordPress With EasyAzon
Selling Amazon products on a WordPress platform has never been easier for bloggers than with the introduction of EasyAzon, Chris Guthrie’s new plugin. I’m always on the lookout for new ways to...
View ArticleCan I Use EasyAzon for Autoblogging?
There is a fairly persistent segment of the internet marketing community that is enamored with autoblogs, and I must admit that I’ve tried my hand at them from time to time as well. I’ve made a few...
View Article69,281 Useless Visitors From Google Image Search Results
Some time ago I thought it would be cool to apply some SEO principles to some of the images on my sites, to see whether or not I could rank them in the Google Image search results. Well, I managed to...
View ArticleSEO With Dilbert
Here’s another Dilbert classic for you – this one on SEO. Given all that has been going on lately in the search engine world, with the Panda / Farmer update and all the rest of it, it often feels like...
View ArticleThe 10 Cent Lead Gen Scheme
The other day I got a sweet email from PayPal telling me I had just received money from iSocial Academy. 10 Whole Cents worth of money! So anyways, I opened the email, and here’s what it said: Now I...
View ArticleSeth Godin on 2012
I’ve been reading “All Marketers Are Liars” lately, by Seth Godin, so when a friend sent me the following interview with Seth, I watched it with interest: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJj_WHCdLtQ...
View ArticleGoDaddy – Home of the Brutal Slip-Sell
I’m coining a new term: slip-sell. (No, I haven’t done even a tiny amount of research to find if this has been used before. I’ve not heard it before, therefore it is new according to my perception of...
View ArticleGoDaddy’s Discount Domain Club… uh, DISCOUNT?
So a while ago, actually September 29th, 2011 to be exact (I just looked up the receipt) a Godaddy salesrep talked me into joining their Discount Domain Club. Previously I had a reseller account that I...
View ArticleScamworld: Watch this
As someone who has been on the receiving end of the boiler rooms, the live seminars, the mentoring programs and all the rest of it… never once making making back 5% of what I “invested” I can certify...
View ArticleAre you there for your email list?
I do a lot of email marketing, so naturally I end up paying attention to what others are doing with their emails, and how they’re doing it. Well this morning I received an email from Perry Marshall – a...
View ArticleMiss C from Birmingham
Miss C from Birmingham – Hit and Run driver caseMiss C was involved in an accident with a hit and run driver who smashed into the back of her stationary car at traffic lights. Julie won an award of...
View ArticleOwn Personal Injury Claim or Hire a Lawyer?
Personal injury claims cover a wide variety of situations and different types of accidents. You may have been injured in a car accident, by slipping and falling on someone’s property, or bitten by a...
View ArticleWhy Do We Develop Certain Irrational Phobias?
Under normal circumstances, fear triggers a natural fight-or-flight response that allows animals to react quickly to threats in their environment. Irrational and excessive fear, however, is typically a...
View ArticleMy Favorite WordPress Plugins
I’ve mentioned before that I absolutely love wordpress. One of the biggest reasons I like WordPress so much is the availability of plugins. Plugins are these cool little bits of bespoke software...
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