Traffic Piggybacking On Holidays And Special Events

We’ve entered that last quarter of the year once again, and that means it’s time to take advantage of holiday and special event traffic. Of course, this same strategy can be used throughout the year, but the effects are magnified for most people between October and December. How can you piggyback on these special searches that everyone is performing right now? Gather Relevant Special Search... read more

How To Customize and Brand Paypal Checkout For Your Site

Do you use Paypal to take donations or sell products? Did you know that you can customize the Paypal checkout process with your own logo(s) for a more consistent, branded experience for your customers? You can, and here’s how to do it. Create Your Logos The first thing you’ll want to do is create 2 logos. One should be no larger than 190×60 pixels and one should be no larger than... read more

When Old-Fashioned Marketing Trumps Sexy Social Media Marketing

This is a guest post by Brandon Leibowitz. Something wrong is happening out there in social media world, and it’s taking over common sense. Social media marketing is an excellent tool for entrepreneurs who want a quicker way to establish brand identity, build relationships and recruit employees and independent contractors. However, there’s something wrong when it takes over your entire... read more

Four Ways To Become An Authority Blogger

The following is a guest post by Roko Nastic. There is no shortage of conversation online. An internet that was once barren – completely devoid of conversation as little as five years ago – has become remarkably social, attracting people from different countries, social classes, and ethnicities to interact and share their opinions. With equal access to information, communications, and publicity... read more

Social Media Marketing – A Book Review

You know all those social media gurus you see everywhere? Round them all up and ask them to raise their hands if they’ve had a major publisher publish their 300+ page book on social media. I’d bet 99.99% of them don’t have a 2 page book published. Liana Evans does, though, and it’s a social media marketing book I’ve just finished reading, so I’m going to share my... read more

Great Example: Using An Interesting Story To Lead Into Your Point

I occasionally like to point out the usefulness of telling a story to create interest, engage emotions, and make your point in a way that connects with your readers. I noticed a tweet today that led me to a blog post that does an excellent job of using a story to lead into the blogger’s message. Drupal 7, the cocoon and the butterfly by Dries Buytaert grabbed my attention immediately with the short... read more

Conference: The Integration of Social Media and Email Marketing

Want to go to a social media conference in San Francisco in September 2010? I’ve been given a discount code to the Social Email Marketing event that I can pass along to all of you. This conference promises to be special because it melds an old online marketing technique – email – with the growing popularity of social media marketing. Imagine the power of that combination! If you decide to... read more

A FamousBloggers ComLuv Contest Sponsor That I’m Already Familiar With

I was happy to see that a familiar face is a sponsor of the FamousBloggers ComLuv Contest. Since this guy is a long-time industry acquaintance of mine, I thought it would be a good idea to let you know a little more about him, and maybe help you become a future long-time acquaintance with him as well. So it’s all about… Gettin’ Happy With The Happy Guy Marketing Service I’ve been... read more

Wanna Know The Real Reason To Heart CommentLuv?

You know by now that I’ve entered the FamousBloggers Comluv contest. What you may not know is that I have a sweet spot for the whole CommentLuv concept. And no, it’s not for any SEO value. Forget about SEO for a minute. Forget about dofollow and nofollow. (BTW, CommentLuv DOESN’T turn your comment links into dofollow links, although many people who use the CommentLuv plugin often ALSO use... read more

Discovering New Bloggers and Blog Resources: Part 3 of 3

Thanks to the FamousBloggers ComLuv Contest, I’ve been introduced to several bloggers that weren’t already on my radar because they are generous sponsors of the contest. Discovering these new bloggers and resources is like finding money in a parking lot – it’s just a neat little surprise. So today, I’m focusing on introducing you to the ones that I was particularly happy to... read more