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Are You on the Twitter Blacklist?
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:33:42 +0000
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Lately the whole Twitter thing has gone spastic as social marketers and more mainstream users have discovered Twitter and scrambled to get on the bandwagon. Now there’s nothing wrong with using Twitter to build great relationships with new and existing friends and business associates, in my humble opinion. However, there are some who [...]a
Are You on the Twitter Blacklist?
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Is Your Website Hot, or Not?
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:24:31 +0000
Here’s a curious and possibly useful new tool, if you use it with a grain of salt. Command Shift 3 has created a rating site that lets you peer into the mysterious depths of the collective web psyche. It’s a little like Google Zeitgeist for web site design, but more specific and less useful. Now you [...]a
Is Your Website Hot, or Not?
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My Linkbait Experiment, Holy Mackerel!
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:27:36 +0000
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A couple weeks ago I seriously riled some folks up. It was fun, but now I want to show you why I did it and how perfectly my fiendish blog-traffic-linking plan has unfolded so far. If you haven’t yet, definitely read my recent post about misusing five words. If you’ve already been there, you [...]a
My Linkbait Experiment, Holy Mackerel!
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What Makes a Video Viral?
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:39:26 +0000
So what do you think? Is this a viral video, or not, and tell me why you think so. At the very least, I guarantee this one will brighten your day!
If you’ve wondered about viral videos and maybe even thought about how you might make one of your own, check out the interesting discussions over [...]a
What Makes a Video Viral?
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If You’re Getting Banned, You’re Doing Something Wrong
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:54:51 +0000
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This is only the beginning. It’s going to get much, much bigger.
Social marketing is all the rage right now and if the signs are to be believed, this is a mere taste of the future. Part of social marketing involves joining various online communities in your niche and adding value to those communities.
Social [...]a
If You’re Getting Banned, You’re Doing Something Wrong
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Five More Misused Words That Make You Look Like a Dummy
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:37:53 +0000
Are you making these mistakes? Proper word usage will make your writing efforts powerful and effective and build credibility with your audience.
Day-before-yesterday I read a great post over at skelliewag.org that stirred up an excellent discussion about whether or not it’s important to write well online. I’m not a great writer myself and, in fact, [...]a
Five More Misused Words That Make You Look Like a Dummy
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Become a Black Belt Blogger with the Brilliant Authority Black Book
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:29:35 +0000
So, grasshopper, you seek the holy grail of site popularity? Indeed, you are not alone. And you must prove your worth. You must wait, on your knees, in the rain, for many years. Maybe then we will teach you what you wish to know. If you beg. And fetch us some green tea from time [...]a
Become a Black Belt Blogger with the Brilliant Authority Black Book
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The Electronic, Dynamic, Interactive Business Card: Do You Have One?
Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:39:41 +0000
I’ve been talking to some friends who own small businesses recently and they all wonder what this whole blogging thing is all about. And when I start to explain, I inevitably start describing all the benefits of blogging and end up likening it to an electronic, dynamic, interactive business card. Of course, it’s much more [...]a
The Electronic, Dynamic, Interactive Business Card: Do You Have One?
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Very Interesting New Beta Program
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:32:26 +0000
One of the main things we want to do as bloggers and publishers of information is to create a network of links leading back to our sites. The Web 2.0 social thing has certainly created an initially interesting opportunity to do that, but that was a secondary benefit to the social sites’ primary intent.
Now there [...]a
Very Interesting New Beta Program
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11 Reasons You Should Build Your Next Website with WordPress
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:18:17 +0000
Many of my clients have been clamoring for web sites. Right now. Practically while they wait, even. Now that’s just crazy talk.
Or is it?
Setting this blog up has given me ample opportunity to spend lots of time working with WordPress and learning many of its ins and outs.
As it turns out, building a site “while-you-wait” [...]a
11 Reasons You Should Build Your Next Website with WordPress
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