New here? If you’d like to be notified the next time I write something, simply subscribe to my RSS feed or sign up for email alerts. Thanks for visiting!Reading my favorite online “soap opera”, the FD’s Diary (requires free registration) at AccountingWEB.co.uk, the [necessarily] anonymous Financial Director reminded me of something I also learned […]
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That is the question asked by this manifesto (a short, free PDF document you can download) by Chris Houchens who formed Shotgun Concepts in 1997 to help small businesses. He also says, “Go to your bookshelf. Find all the marketing business books you can. Throw them out. Rinse. Repeat.” Here »
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Insert sigh … last July when the MarketingSherpa study, that is referred to in this story, was widely reported, I commented that “it will actually be of very little value if “everyone” decides to send their campaigns on Monday mornings.”
So what happened?
Well, exactly as I predicted, surprise, surprise, the “best” day has shifted, because […]
Something I stumbled across today that may be of interest to those of you who have consumer-orientated content sites. It might also allow you earn some pennies from a personal blog, but you’d need decent traffic to make anything worthwhile.
Nevertheless, people do love ecards, there’s always something different for each new event and holiday […]
Also from Wired, I just couldn’t help giggling at the idea discussed in this article, Just How Exciting Is It? Being a Brit, I can understand perfectly why a British designer, working with a computer scientist, is creating a machine that can measure the experience of thrill. I mean, since we Brits are programmed not […]
This article from Wired asks the question, “How much is it worth to a company’s bottom line to place near the top of Google’s search rankings?” I am sure this is a question we’d all like to know the answer to and, I wish the article had actually answered it, but none the less, it […]
These four simple tips from Google employee, Thomas Korte, just about sum up all there is to it to ensure that your feed is easily found by the readers who will be interested in what you have to offer.
To add to his #2 Add ping servers to your ping list, I’d suggest the simplest […]
Want to make an RSS feed to serve updates for an existing site or newsletter? One way would be to use this new script from Will Bontrager.
Quite simply, once installed, you fill in the form and the script makes and saves your feed to your server at the URL you specify. Then you have […]