You’re sitting down at your PC or laptop. You’ve finally caught up with the day’s tasks to the point that you actually have a chance to take a second or 10 to lean back and catch your breath for a bit. But, around the 4th or 5th second, your mind inherently starts to scour the […]
We’ve all seen the horrific news spewing daily from the talking heads on the cable news channels like Fox News and CNN for example, as well as the ‘in-depth’ analysis on the nightly news endlessly illustrating the dire shape that the economy is on. While the information is fundamentally true, the truth is that the […]
“Whether you believe you can or you can’t, you’re right.” -Henry Ford In many ways the world is naturally segregated, both socially and ethnically. And within each divide, there is a perceived class that everyone fits into in one capacity or another. One of the sad byproducts of this phenomenon is the fact that it […]
If you’re not a people person, or if you’re really only looking for a way to get your message out as cheaply and broadly as possible, you should probably stop reading here. Do you know what the difference between Facebook and Twitter is? Facebook is more like a reunion and Twitter is like a virtual […]
“No one gives a shit about what you had for breakfast.” That’s the first line of defense from all Twitter resisters. They immediately disregard the medium as a whole and reduce it down to a bunch of people pretentiously sharing useless tidbits about their daily lives. As a reformed Twitter resister myself, I know this […]
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising on Google Adwords and other networks can be one of the most time effective, efficient ways to drive decent amounts of targeted traffic to your website in short order. A well thought out plan that targets the correct visitors and caters to their needs will almost certainly pay dividends in the long […]
Eight days ago I got one of those new DROID phones – the latest do-all gadget from Motorola and Google. I finally put it down for the first time a few minutes ago. You’ll notice that there has only been one new post in the past eight days as well. This is not a coincidence. […]
Before we get going, ask yourself this: how much of the following scenario describes your web presence? You’ve got a website. You either built it yourself, or you had it designed professionally by a creative firm or freelancer. Your website functions well and looks pretty good, yet you aren’t getting any traffic. Or you aren’t […]
I just finished listening to an hour long podcast on The Third Tribe between Johnny Truant and Sonia Simone about what it’s like to get started in business and more specifically, how to make money online with little to no knowledge or resources. About a third of the way through the session, something occurred to […]
The phrase “Internet Marketing” means different things to different people. The definition can refer to a wide variety of people using the web to promote products and services, from people pushing get-rich-quick schemes to miracle fad diets like the Acai Berry ads that you saw all over the web last year. This term can also […]