Marketing: Drawing Attention To Yourself

We live in an online world that’s vastly different than it was just a few years ago. Social media allows us to experience so much. The streams of our networks flow past us and rain information and links upon us so fast that we can’t keep up. On the one hand, this means we a have greater ability to get our messages (and links) in front of people but on the other hand, it means our messages and... read more

Learning Social Media Marketing

Samir Balwani is one of the co-contributors in the Project Jump Start ‘09 – DD’s Mini-Stimulus Plan, and he’s generally just an all-around nice guy, who also happens to have some good marketing experiences that we can all learn from. So when he emailed me to see if I would be interested in giving feedback on his new, soon to be live, social media training course*, I didn’t hesitate to... read more

Yes, Even You Should Try The Web Business

So many people think they don’t have the knowledge or talent to make a living online. I’m here to tell you that nearly everyone should at least give it a try, if they are the tiniest bit interested in the possibilities of earning a living online. Let me give you an example, based on a real person I know. This guy is one of those good old country boys that everyone just adores. He’s... read more

Interview with Nathania of Bold Interactive

There are a few people whose blogs affect me in a substantial way for one reason or another, and I came to the conclusion that I should be sharing these with you as well. Knowledge doesn’t flow from just one point. If you want to learn, you should be learning from different valuable sources. If I am aware of some of these resources, then I believe it’s my job to point them out to you. So... read more

A Dozen Essential (and Eight Optional) WordPress Plugins

Three months ago, I posted a list of my favorite WordPress widgets and plugins. Since then, I’ve restructured several blogs and changed my mind about some things, so I thought it might be a good idea to revisit this topic and give a similar list that may not coincide exactly with the first. The first section below is a list of a dozen absolutely essential plugins that I would advise anyone to... read more