WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world. It is free, open source and has thousands of powerful plugins to improve functionality. And there are thousands of free WordPress themes as well, letting you change the look of your web site in a few moments.
I love WordPress and use it for many of my web sites. In the past, I used to use free themes, but not anymore… Continue reading! »
All of a sudden, there seems to be a huge amount of social media “experts” all happy to take your hard earned money to get your Facebook business pages working for you.
One of the major focuses most business owners seize on is getting more Facebook “likes.” Facebook now gets more traffic than Google, so it makes sense that it should be a good site to market on. And if lots of people “like” your Facebook business page, that’s good, right?
Nope, it doesn’t mean a thing…. Continue reading! »
When I go into some of the Internet marketing forums, there area a LOT of people talking about “article spinning.” But is it really useful?
Article spinning is a technique used to try to improve ranking in the search engines. It involves taking articles and rewriting them multiple times so that they look like they are unique articles. Then the articles are often sent to article repositories to provide backlinks to the author’s sites. This is done in the hopes of getting the author’s web site to rank higher in search engines.
Within the articles, words are replaced with other words and the syntax reworked to attempt to make the article unique. Some people hire low cost overseas workers to spin their articles, others use automated article spinning software. Continue reading! »
Here is a great web cartoon by Anthony Raymond that illustrates the funny way people think about learning to market online.
Enjoy!
Design by Openwork.org – Creators of the coolest Keyword Tool ever made: Keyword Researcher
In the past, I would have walked away and you would have lost 1 customer. Unfortunate, but not a huge impact to your bottom line in the short term. But today is different.
When beginners start out wanting to learn how to make money online, they often think that making money online means they have to be in the
“make money online” niche. So they buy tons of reports, success blueprints and “secret” formulas from Internet Marketing “Gurus” and then try to apply the principles to teach others how to make money online.
I can’t build a house. I am lousy with tools, unlike my father who was a carpenter. So why would I start offering myself as an expert on building houses when I KNOW I don’t have the skills? Similar, if someone is just starting out in Internet marketing, how could they possibly think they are qualified to teach others how to make money online?
Beginners are confusing learning how to make money online with the niche of selling products to people wanting to learn how to do the same thing. This creates a flood of “clone” newbies all trying to make money by selling affiliate products. This niche is incredibly hard for newbies to be successful at and is the worst possible choice for their first niche market. Continue reading! »
Image by Bramus! via Flickr
Everywhere I look, I see “newbies” struggling to make money online. They have hard drives full of Internet guru’s “secrets” and “blueprints” they have purchased but they are unable to make any of it work. The newbie posts in forums become increasingly desperate as their frustration level rises.
f.lux Review
Whether it is to play games, Skype family and friends or to do research, many of us use our computers late in the evening. But most computer screens aren’t built to be viewed at night, their brightness is set up so that you can easily read material on your screen in bright daylight. So when you use your screen at night, it is the same brightness as in the day. Continue reading! »
Raptors, Wine and Internet. What do they have to do with each other? Let me tell you a story…
My wife took a a large government project over the summer that ended mid-August. The hours were long and it felt like our summer was nearly over and we hadn’t had much time together. Just before the end of the project, my wife was thinking about what could we do in our last bit of summer to make it feel like a holiday.
Harris Hawk with trainer
She noticed on Groupon a deal where we could watch a raptor demonstration along with a wine tasting. Raptors are birds of prey like hawks, owls, eagles, vultures and falcons. She knew I loved birds and birds of prey and I enjoy taking nature pictures, so she thought it would be fun for me. (Yes, I know I am a lucky man, but that is another story.) The Groupon deal gave us coupons for half price, so she purchased the package. Continue reading! »
