Good free lesson on marketing
There’s a new free ebook from Google called Improving Online Conversions for Dummies. They lean toward adwords, but that’s how they make their money. If you’re interested in buying or selling ads from your site, it’s explained well. There is another benefit, too. You can learn how visitors are probably going to behave on your […]
Take better pictures
A really good photography post on WIRED How-to wiki, called Take Better Flash Photos. It’s a really good lesson. I love the ping-pong ball idea. Learn to Take Better Flash Photos
What should I write about
The best way to make your site and business more popular online is to keep adding new content. The first thing I’m always asked is, what do I write about? You can write about anything you want. I always quote Matt Cutts (a Google guy) “What do you know that no one else does?” Some […]
Is Your Business On Google Places
Google Places is a great way to promote your businesses online presence. It works well even if you don’t have a website. Business owners can have a listing on Google’s local database. So when potential customers search for you on Google.com or Google Maps they also see your ad. Your business name, location, hours of […]
Android On A Windows Phone
Several months ago I bought my wife a new HTC-HD2. They were having a great sale at T-Mobile and I couldn’t resist the price, even though I thought my non-techie wife, Nancy would like Android much better than Windows Mobile 6. Neither of us liked the OS very well. It was not user friendly and […]
Google Small Business Blog
Here’s a new blog called Google Small Business. It’s new, but looks like something that may provide valuable information for most any business. I’ve already seen a couple of new tools that I plan to check out. I recommend subscribing to Google Small Business
People Still Buy From People
Sometimes I do my best thinking while out for my daily walks, sometimes it’s just silly stuff. Today there’s an old expression running through my head. I used to hear it quite a bit in my past lives, but I don’t much anymore, “People buy from people”. It’s probably because so much shopping is automated […]
Find Out What Your Visitors Want (and give it to them)
It seems that whenever I speak to people about websites they are always more concerned with traffic and how to get more visitors than anything else. It doesn’t seem to matter that if their site looks bad or is not very user friendly, any traffic that they do get will probably leave right away. I […]
Good Security From Verizon, No Really
Several years ago I wrote a post called Verizon and “Good” Security where I was very critical of their asking me to click on a link in their email to log in to their site and verify my password. I refused and they sent me the email several more times. I haven’t thought about that […]
Promoting Your Site On Google
Matt Cutts who is one of the faces of Google recently gave a great interview to The WordPress Podcast with lots of good tips on how to properly promote your site. This is about an hour long, but well worth a listen. The beginning is a bit tech-ish, but hang in there it gets good. […]
