June Recipient of Project Jump Start ‘09 Chosen

The recipient of June’s Project Jump Start ‘09 is … (imaginary drumroll)
David!
Congratulations, David! You’ll hear from each of us shortly. All of us involved with Project Jump Start wishes you the best of luck, and we hope that your online endeavors and your ideas and dreams turn into something big!
Stay tuned. We’ll [...]


Advertising on a Microbusiness Budget

No matter how small our tiny little microbusinesses might be, we still need to let people know that we exist. Of course, the standard, tried-and-true way of doing that is by advertising. Since our businesses are of the virtual, online type rather than the brick-and-mortar type, it only makes sense that we should [...]


Find Something To Learn

I was going to begin this post with a question, which was going to be: Would you like to be considered an expert in your field?
Then I changed my mind. Instead, I’m going to ask you this:
Do you even HAVE a “field” in which you might like to be considered an expert?
Before you [...]


Monetizing A Site By Removing Ads

If you are a regular reader of my blog, there’s a good chance you either own your own website or you plan to do so someday. And very likely, you are either monetizing your site by showing ads, or you are considering it. The ad market is in a slump right now, along [...]


Microbusiness Stats and Resources

The following post is only my opinion, and it focuses on a population in the United States that I believe is often overlooked, especially in the political process. I have no information about similar populations in other countries, but if you do, feel free to share in the comments.
We have many names. Some [...]


May Recipient of Project Jump Start ‘09 Chosen

The recipient of May’s Project Jump Start ‘09 is … (imaginary drumroll)
Jeff Stern!
Congratulations, Jeff! You’ll hear from each of us shortly. All of us involved with Project Jump Start wishes you the best of luck, and we hope that your online endeavors and your ideas and dreams turn into something big!
Stay tuned. [...]


Two Places You Might Not Have Thought To Brand Yourself

This is a guest post from a good friend, Dave Dugdale, also known as SolarDave. Dave is a man of many talents, with his latest being that of a home rental expert. Here he gives us all a couple of great branding tips so watch, learn and enjoy.

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[Two Places You Might Not Have [...]


Let Your Logo Speak To The Public On Every Occasion

The following is a guest post from Ben Johnson of Logoinn, custom logo design service provider based in UK.
One of the most crucial activities when crafting a marketing and branding plan is to get a logo for your company. A well-designed custom logo communicates a message to the public, conveying what your business is [...]


22 (+) SEO and Social Media Guest Posts

Over the last year or so, I’ve written guest posts or contributory posts on several sites across the web. It occurred to me today that some of you might benefit from those postings, because they focus on topics that I don’t tend to delve into very much here on this blog. So I’ve [...]


Blog and Site Spring Cleaning Day – May 1

Search Engine People proposed a Blog Spring Cleaning Day each year on May 1st. I love this idea, but I think it should be expanded beyond blogs, so I’m going to call it Blog and Site Spring Cleaning Day. Whatever type of web property you own or manage, take some time tomorrow to [...]