Archive for May, 2006
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Nothing beats a personal recommendation. Personal referrals are so potent, in fact, that marketing companies try to harness their power every day. "Friends and Family" type discount plans are their attempt at monetizing something that should come quite naturally. A 'word of mouth' referral is one that ...
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
One more advantage of blogging is the fact you get to talk to people from all around the world. The best part is, these people will communicate with you, which can only make you a better blogger. Every business in the world needs customers, and the businesses which ...
Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »
Monday, May 29th, 2006
Recently I spoke about how important it is to view your blog as an investment, and one that goes up in value. To think of yourself as being in a lowly position as a blogger is just nuts. Blogging is where it's at, and no one can fault ...
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Sunday, May 28th, 2006
The other day, I realized that I was creating economic value every day when I blog, regardless of what my current income is. This was a very comforting thought indeed. Every where around the world, men, women, and even girls, are blogging around the clock, hoping desperately someone ...
Posted in Blogging | 4 Comments »
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
Why is RSS one of the most powerful marketing tools currently at your disposal? RSS has a number of great features, which can only assist a blogger in growing her readership. Email is dead, and it's never coming back. If you're serious about making real money from ...
Posted in Blogging, Internet Marketing, Web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
Friday, May 26th, 2006
Now I hate to "toot my own horn", and this may come back to haunt me, but I had a rather profound thought today because of something I read at the WhyMyBlogStinks Blog.
We've all seen the tool before: a clever viral marketing tool that computes the value of ...
Posted in Blogging | 11 Comments »
Friday, May 26th, 2006
Resist the temptation to imitate others, and become the real deal yourself. You look around you and see just how successful certain people are blogging, and you might reckon that they've bottle d the recipe and that you need to be like them to succeed. This is a ...
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Almost everyone online likes to "self-promote", but most people realize there's a fine line between self promotion and manipulation. Lauren at coComment's official blog noticed my post about acquiring easy "Web 2.0" links, and she wondered if my discovery of exploitable search engine love was "a good thing". ...
Posted in Blogging, Web 2.0 | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
If I had to name one single benefit from blogging that outweighs the others, I'd probably say that blogging can help communicate who you are better than other website formats. Since bloggers tend to update daily, and are in touch with their personal lives, you get to know people ...
Posted in Blogging, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
One of the best things about many new "Web 2.0" style sites is they offer a ton of unique opportunities for link building. Here's a nice one I saw because of the presence of legendary uber-Commenter Easton Ellsworth. CoComment is a great way to keep of ...
Posted in Blogging, SEO for Blogs, Web 2.0 | 9 Comments »