Jun
24
2009
If you have a blog or web site, you have probably spent time trying to crack Google’s secret code. You want visitors, so you want to rank well on Google. There are plenty of SEO’s ready to tell you exactly how to do that. Some are reputable, some are sleazy, some are incompetent. Then, there [...]
Tags: google, seo. webmaster tools, web site optimization
Jun
19
2009
Of all the videos I have uploaded to You Tube, none has been as controversial as an innocuous demonstration of how to use You Tube’s Audio Swap. It has more views and comments than all my other videos combined. What’s so fascinating about that video? Well, nothing, really. It’s the topic that has blood boiling. [...]
Tags: Copyright, fair use, You Tube
Jun
16
2009
Do you shiver from a scummy feeling at the very mention of affiliate marketing? Does the topic bring SPAM, ClickBank, and Satan to mind? It doesn’t have to be that way. Advertising and marketing are essential parts of selling – cheating and scamming are not. You can keep your integrity and make a few dollars [...]
Tags: affiliate sales
Jun
15
2009
Change happens rapidly. Sometimes you go along, very successfully, doing what you’ve always done – doing what has always worked – and suddenly – BAM! – the tipping point is reached. Overnight, it doesn’t work at all any more. You are too late and too big and too invested in what you’ve already done to [...]
Tags: change, media, social media, twitter
Jun
11
2009
WordPress 2.8 is officially available for download The big news – Themes can now be downloaded and installed from within the Dashboard, just like plugins. This makes WordPress even easier to use and customize. No need to download, unzip, and upload a new theme ever again. Just browse the theme gallery, pick your poison, and [...]
Tags: wordpress
Jun
10
2009
Plantronics .Audio 510 USB Ultimate Performance Headset – New in Poly-Bag If you use Skype or Camtasia, you’ve heard that a USB headset is better than an analog headset. You may have even heard side-by-side comparisons of the two. But you’ve put off buying a new headset. Me too. My old Logitech analog headset has [...]
Tags: headset, Plantronics, USB microphone
Jun
07
2009
Do you suffer from tunnel vision? If you do, it’s probably costing you money. Let me tell you a story about how you can turn one simple thing into a half dozen revenue streams. Cindy Shebley, my partner at The Web Sellers’ Circle, recently went to a live auction in Edmonds, WA. Among other things, [...]
Tags: auctions, blog posts, eBay, photography
Jun
05
2009
Re-inventing the wheel can become one of the biggest time wasters in a one person business. If you need something, and you have no one’s experience but your own to fall back on, you may end up building a spreadsheet from scratch when a template is already available – or writing a contract, designing a [...]
Tags: business forms, excel, templates, word