My #1 Promotion Is To Give Something Away Free
I saw a post on LinkedIn today by Mike Clough called Top 10 Advertising Tips For Small Business. I was interested in the title so I went to the site and read the article. I liked what he had to say, but for me the #1 promotion is to give something away for free. Information […]
Another What Not To Do Email
I got a junk email the other day. I knew it was junk mail the second that I looked at it. I was just going to delete it, but then I actually read it and decided it would make a good blog post. Dear Webmaster, I have visited your site http://www.lillicotch.com and found it quite […]
Time To Start Your Holiday Email Campaign
I have never been a fan of anything Christmas before Thanksgiving, but since that’s not terribly practical, I think that not sending Christmas email before Halloween will have to do. These days, many businesses will say that I’m wrong, but I am personally annoyed by Christmas advertising before November 1. Well, it’s Nov 1 and […]
Halloween Just For Fun Site – Monster Mash Yourself
Here’s something just for some fun on a Halloween. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Monstermashup.com is a site like Elf Yourself or Simpsonize Me where you can add your picture to make a cool animated video for some Halloween fun. You can also choose from several scenes. Very Cool. Enjoy MonsterMashup
Friday Just For Fun Site – Extreme Pumpkin Carving
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Extreme Pumpkin Carving is a site that features lots of very cool Jack-O-Lanterns. Some are perfect for a fun family project. Others should never be tried at home, but are great Friday Fun to look at. Visit […]
T-Mobile Could Use Some Email Marketing Help
I’m back to work today after a great visit to see my nephew graduate from Navy boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. It was a fun time even though we didn’t get to see him for long as he had to fly out to his new school in Virginia. I was catching […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Find Good Things to Do
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) On Fridays I usually try to provide just plain fun and time wasting things to do, but lately I decided I wanted to find something good and helpful to do. Then I got an email from the […]
More Problems With The FTC’s New Disclosure Rules
Yesterday I wrote about how I thought that the new FTC rules for bloggers were pretty much unnecessary and probably won’t work the way the it’s expected to. Today I’m reading where they might be dangerous, too. Mike Masnick raised some new, interesting, and alarming scenarios today in his TechDirt blog. More Problems With The […]
FTC Guidelines And My New Disclaimer
I’m sure by now you’ve probably seen that the FTC has set new guidelines for bloggers. I’ve been reading comments on both the pro and con side of the issue. Some folks argue that this is long overdue. Without specific rules people will take payments to promote products and services whether they actually like them […]
Great Tips For Local Search
The search engines in an attempt to make sure your search results are relevant to what you were actually asking for are getting more and more local. If you search for “pizza” for example you not only get a list of the national chains, you also get a list of the shops that are near […]
