Archive for April 19th, 2006

  • Custom Publications Thrive While General Audience Mags Die

    I used to run a niche newsletter/magazine from my home.
    It had about 2000 subscribers and worked pretty well.
    I sold it for family reasons…
    When I saw this article, I thought of it fondly though:
    Amid Consumer Magazine Failings, Custom Publishing Sees Growth
    As the consumer magazine industry continues to suffer the effects of relentless internet competition […]

  • Google Back Door? Getting Listed In Google & Adsense

    Over at the Jensense blog, there’s a pretty good summary of recent discussions that makes you wonder if pages displaying Google Adsense ad get preference in indexing.
    In other words… Adsense may indeed be a faster back door into Google.
    Since Google AdSense launched, there has been rumors and speculation about the possibility of the AdSense bot […]

  • Creating Search Engine Optimized Press Releases

    Search Engine Optimized press releases can provide good traffic for a long time at minimal cost as we’ve talked about here before.
    Here’s some more on how to produce them from Garrett French on Creating Search Engine Optimized Press Releases. The whole article is well worth reading. Here’s the high points…
    • Include a section targeted specifically […]

  • Screening Employees For Cultural Fit - Another Reason To Work At Home

    In this post on screening employees for cultural fit, Jeff Cornwall is talking about the corporate culture… as entrepreneurs who are growing any business (even my wife’s home business which just had to sub contract some work)… you want someone to help, not drag you down.
    The most common culprits are the attorneys and CPA’s we […]

  • Sound Off: Double Standard In Documentation Requirements

    This is something I ran across at our County’s leadership training on Tuesday.
    Did you know that if you are signing your child up for public school, you need a plethora of documentation…
    Birth Certificates
    Immunization Records
    Social Security Cards
    Etc.
    If you don’t have each one of these documents in order for each child, you will be sent away to […]