A Good Company Blog
I think that one of the best promotional tools that a company can have of blog, provided they will play by the rules. Serve your visitor first (not your company) Provide something of value Use your own list Opt-In only No Spam The Viral Garden keeps track of business blogs and it’s interesting to see […]
Is There A Duplicate Content Penalty?
I was reading through a list of 12 things that you can do to improve the optimization of your site. I read one through ten and I thought they were all good ideas, some I thought I might try. Then I stopped when I got to number eleven. “You can repurpose other’s copy for your […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Amazing Real Time World Clock!
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) The Amazing Real Time World Clock that shows current world statistics for time, population, diseases, and much more. You have the option of displaying the stats by the year, month, day, or starting from the current time. […]
Help For Buying Pay-Per-Click Ads
I don’t usually venture into the PPC arena because, as I tell my customers, buying clicks can work very well, but if you’re not willing to do the work to track and analyze all of the data you’re probably just wasting your money. It’s pretty easy to see how much you are spending, but do […]
A Great Reason For An Open Source Solution
A new customer asked me the other day “Oh! One more question….so you’re doing my hosting and all that. What happens if you win the lottery and move to Tahiti? Do I only have to find a new host, or what?” I often wonder why my customers don’t ask that question much more often. After […]
Blackhat SEO “Expert” Goes To Jail
I have written many times before about using tricks to get your site to the top of the search engines. See this, or just search this blog for SEO. I believe that it’s always harder, but better to do it right. I read last week about the CEO of Traffic Power getting jail time and […]
Is Email Marketing For You?
I believe that email marketing is still one of the best lowest cost ways to reach your customers. If you don’t believe me have a look at your inbox and see just how many of the biggest retailers in the world are trying to reach you. I believe that every business should have some kind […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Word Perhect
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Word Perhect is a spoof on the word processor. It’s a very funny flash animation that will let you write on scraps of paper that you find in your pocket and more. I especially like the tips. […]
Great Free Tool – htaccess Generator
If you have a site and don’t know what an htaccess file is you should learn about them This is the file that controls how a browser visiting your site is allowed to behave. It controls password protected pages, default pages, error pages and much more. I found a site called cooletips.de and they have […]
You Need Good Product Photography
For most people when they visit your site that’s pretty much all that they know about you. Especially for a small business with few or any brick and mortar locations this first impression means everything. That means if you are selling a product on your site you need to have good clear professional looking photos […]
