Why You Can Work From Anywhere But Your Business Can’t

As most of you know, I work from home, and tend to advocate that lifestyle quite a bit. In doing so, I’ve often used the phrase, “you can work from anywhere”, but an online acquaintence reminded me that I should make sure I add a few points to that. Let me tell you about a man who has some experience with these additional points. I asked Robert to tell his story about how he set up his... read more

Linkdex SEO Task and Project Manager Tool

While I was in the midst of moving, I had the opportunity to meet with one of the guys from Linkdex and was given a private tour of their awesome SEO tool. Unfortunately, all of the moving hassle involved since then, caused me to forget much of what I intended to write about. I’d planned a nice, long, informative review of Linkdex, but that’s probably not going to happen. Sorry. I apologize... read more

My Short List: Who You Should Hire To Improve Your Site, To Increase Your Traffic, Exposure and Conversion Rate, And To Solve Your Website Problems

Over the years, I’ve worked with tons of various online experts so I thought it was time for me to make a few recommendations. Of course, I could easily recommend lots of people, but many of those people are best suited for larger clients with deeper pockets. Many of them own agencies that typically handle Fortune 500 companies. This list isn’t for that crowd. This list is designed for the solo... read more

Adwords Performance Grader Tool: New and Free

WordStream is offering a new free tool that grades the performance of your Google Adwords campaigns, called the AdWords Performance Grader. Essentially, it’s an instant free PPC audit, that not only evaluates how your campaigns are performing, but it also lets you know how to make improvements. I’ve admitted in the recent past that I hate running Adwords PPC campaigns. The analysis drives me... read more

Quick Tips For Freelancers

Do you do freelance work? Maybe you write articles for others or design websites. Maybe you’re a code monkey or a virtual assistant. Maybe you coach or consult. Whatever type of freelancing you might do, here are a handful of tips to avoid problems and have a happier, stress-free business. Getting Paid: Money Tips for Freelancers It’s important to get paid – and get paid on time –... read more

Confession Of An Internet Marketer

I need to confess something I hope you don’t mind listening while I admit to this. As an internet marketer, I’ve worn a lot of hats. I’ve coded. I’ve optimized for search engine traffic. I’ve made sites more usable. I’ve networked and socialized and monitored and analyzed and adjusted and … well, you get the picture. I’ve learned a lot over the years. But... read more

Make Your Point Without All The Gobbledygook

How many times have you come across a Twitter link or a tool that sounded interesting, only to find a description of the business or tool that looks something like this: Strategic alignment of fractured markets offers significant opportunity to leverage mutual resources for consolidated goals. The consolidated marketplaces will help to drive a single point of contact for your clients, and providers,... read more

Monitor Your Site’s Link Health

A while back, I signed up with a new service called LinkAider that promised to help me monitor my site’s health by finding and reporting broken links and various other alerts. Probably within about 5 minutes of signing up, I moved on to something else and forgot all about it. Today, I received what I assume is my monthly report. All I can say is WOW! Great info! Here’s a screenshot of just one... read more

Treat Every Page Like A Landing Page

Every page on your blog or site is there for a purpose, is it not? Perhaps you wanted to convey some information, teach someone something, report some news, complain about a disservice you’ve noticed, or entice someone to do something. Actually, that last item is important. “Entice someone to do something“. In fact, every page on your blog or site should entice someone to do something,... read more

Chrome Extensions For The Busy eBusiness Owner

We’re all busy. None of us have enough time in the day to get all the things accomplished that we’d like. So if we can shave a few seconds here and a few seconds there from our daily tasks, we’re happy to do so. Each of the following Chrome browser extensions helps save me a little bit of time each time I use them, and I wouldn’t want to be without them. I thought I’d share... read more