Traditional Media Doesn’t Get It
Want to hear why traditional media just doesn’t get it when it comes to blogging? Have a look at this post on The Viral Garden called New York Times shows how out of touch it is with bloggers. It’s not just the media that doesn’t get it either. Established businesses think that they are getting […]
Why Site Owners Don’t Really Want SEO
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the best thing going, right? Kind of like “Why don’t we slice the bread before we put it in the package?” Have a look around the web these days and see how many sites ignore SEO completely. I used to wonder why that was and then one day I realized […]
Time To Think About Christmas?
Well it’s almost Labor Day here in the US and so it’s time to start thinking about Christmas. Or is it too late? MediaPost’s Email Insider tracks all things related to email marketing and this year the emails with Christmas mentions have started already. They were seen this year as early as August 14. If […]
Building a social media course
Currently I’m building a series of social media classes designed to help businesses who want to get into social marketing. Things like facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ can be very useful, but also very intimidating for businesses. My idea is to have a series on ongoing classes that will help businesses improve their market and […]
How To Use Craigslist To Find New CLients
I recently got in touch with a high school classmate of mine. Barb Girson is an International Direct Selling expert, trainer and coach who recently set sail with her own business called mysalestactics.com. We had a few emails back and forth and an interesting conversation about where we have been and what works in promoting […]
Should I Have A Blog Or Newsletter?
I often advise my customers that the best way to add more content to their sites is to start a blog and/or a newsletter. Of course, most of these people are busy running their business and many don’t think they have enough time to do one let alone both both. So the question is which […]
Some Random Thoughts on Wednesday
When sending email for marketing if you offer some good free information along with your ad it’s much more likely that your recipient will open it and read it. Plus if they know from experience that there may be something useful for them in your mail they will be much more inclined to look at […]
Is Anyone There?
Here’s an interesting thought. Many companies are very concerned about how well their marketing message is getting to and is received by their customers. They are tweaking this and that to help their efforts be seen and acted on by their audience. What happens next? How well do you respond? A company called Hornstein Associates […]
Should I Clean Out My E-mail List?
I have written before about how e-mail marketing is still going strong. A year ago when I started this business I would have told a client with a new website that if they wanted to start a blog they could use that to replace their e-mail marketing efforts. Well live and learn. E-mail marketing is […]
