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New here? If you’d like to be notified of new content, simply subscribe to my RSS feed or sign up for email alerts. Thanks for visiting!Most of us who write and publish articles on our sites and offer them for reprint, have a “standard” resource box, which generally includes our main home page URL. […]
Good vibrations for legitimate email marketers, at last, as NewScientist reports that: “An algorithm named Chung-Kwei (after a feng-shui talisman that protects the home against evil spirits) can catch nearly 97 per cent of spam.” (Via Slashdot.)
Although the wind-chimes I was advised to hang in the far North East corner of my house have done […]
My first domain was registered 5 years ago back in June and I’d been on the net between 18 months and two years prior to that, so, like Jim Edwards, I’ve also been at the keyboard for around 7 years. (Ignoring the previous 10 or so years before the Internet (yes, hard to imagine now […]
Both Adrants and MarketingVOX have mentioned this already, but I feel it is worth passing on because Blogversations Blog Advertorial Service does appear to offer a potentially interesting new means to monetize your blog. The topical matching service between advertiser and blogger helps ensure that both know of each other’s existence and I also don’t […]
Another one to get your grey cell pulsating again, if you peruse this list of Ways to Use Web Metrics from Dell Marketing Guy, Sam Decker at Decker Marketing. As you read through, you should be able to think of ways to apply those items to your own endeavors, think up some new ones and, […]
Jennifer Rice of What’s Your Brand Mantra? points to this idea and thought-provoking article, Ten Companies That Missed Great Blog Opportunities. All of these companies, the articles says, “… could have a dialog with customers, sell product, and also have some fun.” and adds “What opportunity to integrate blogs into the marketing process is your […]
Of all the things I am asked for in feedback, getting traffic has to be the number one item and, a very good percentage of mine comes from the articles I write and offer for reprint. And I would definitely echo Amy Gahran’s contention that “Content that covers the basics tends to be extremely popular, […]
You think I’m going to talk about scammers, phishers and other online predators, don’t you? Nope!
Actually, I could be talking about the real thing, because I was in someone’s house here in Tenerife once, when she moved a plate to get at something in the fridge. And curled round on this dinner plate was something, […]
All of us who publish content online are publishers, therefore it makes sense to think like one.
I’ve waited for Part 4 of Amy Gahran’s excellent series How to Think Like Publisher, before posting something, so you have links to all the parts in one convenient place. They are listed in the final part, but obviously […]
John Stokdyk, Editor of AccountingWEB’s newsletter asks, “Have you ever stopped to consider the role language plays in your business? For me, it dominates every working day. But when I look at some accountants’ websites, articles and comments, I weep at what I see - if my eyes haven’t already glazed over.”
Well, I reckon there […]