Marketing

BlogRush - A Second Chance?

A few days ago, I ripped into BlogRush. I wasn’t alone. Darren Rowse at ProBlogger reported a very low click-through rate. Mashable asked the question on whether it was a traffic generator or a pyramid scheme. The general consensus was that the click-through rate sucked. So after running the widget for a couple days on [...]

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Getting Popular by Being Crap

As one that spends a lot of time online, and also pays attention (somewhat) to the national news, one pattern seems to stand out: If you are a pile of crap, people pay lots of attention.
Let me explain.
Have you seen the Chocolate Rain video on Youtube? If so, watch it. I should say, watch it [...]

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Virtual Tradeshow for eCommerce Marketers

I just recently came across this virtual tradeshow called eComXpo. I have talked before about how it is important to get out there and network. It is usually with the help and knowledge of others that you can put yourself over the top. This is a really hard business in which to be a lone [...]

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Using Facebook to Improve Your Business

It has now been established that Facebook is new, different and all around cool. But, what is it’s impact in the world of internet business. Can it help you make any money?
Internet Marketers Should Take Notice
Internet marketers are all about people. Social networks, especially popular ones, have lots of people. So, yes, Facebook would be [...]

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This Chick Gets Around! - Stock Photography

It’s so funny. Being that I work online, I get around to a lot of different websites and am involved in a lot of things. And seeing as I am in the business, I can see what other people are doing and many times know exactly where they’re getting it from. Well, stock photography is [...]

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Youtube Launches New Ads, VideoEgg Takes Notice

It really was only a matter of time. Youtube is launching new ads that appear IN the videos. Is this rubbing some users the wrong way? You bet.
Better than Preroll?
As online video gets so popular (and Youtube is the current king in the arena), more emphasis is going to shift to video advertising. Youtube, particularly, [...]

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The Art of Evangelism - Guy Kawasaki at Gnomedex

Guy Kawasaki is the original tech evangelist online. He came to Gnomedex and did a great talk. Guy is a fantastic speaker. He knows what he’s talking about, and he communicates in a clear and humorous way. He had the crowd in stitches several times. The topic of his talk? The [...]

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The Digg Effect

I have written in the past about how to use StumbleUpon to promote. Shortly after I wrote that article, I got over 10,000 page views to one of my articles on PC Mechanic in one day. Just to one article. Since then, I have hit a few other little “sweet spots” with StumbleUpon and gotten [...]

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TubeMogul Offering Video Posting to Multiple Sites

Anybody in the online video arena probably posts to multiple video websites. Or tries to. The problem is that it is usually a pretty arduous affair to get this done. You have to have profiles on each video site and then individually post to each one.
To get the most bang out of your online videos, [...]

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How I Converted a Non-Blog Site to Wordpress

This post may have a few follow-ups - because it is a big subject. However, I just last night launched PC Mechanic as a Wordpress -powered website. Easy right? Not so much. PC Mechanic is not really a blog. In fact, it doesn’t even resemble a blog. WebbyOnline (this site) is also Wordpress powered, but [...]

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