Archive for September, 2008

This is my personal comment policy for this blog as of today. Ordinarily, WordPress blogs have “no follow” commands to Google in their comment section. When blog owners like our network install software plugins like the one from Semiologic it disables the rel=nofollow attribute in comments. WordPress enables that as a default option so spammers [...]

You may recall that I get to go to local prisons and jails on a fairly regular basis to help prisoners about to try to make it on the “outside”. When you consider that some of them have been in so long they’ve never used a cell phone or ATM card, that can be a [...]

If you have done any affiliate marketing, you understand this problem. You have had to join a number of affiliate companies to get the exact portfolio of products you need for your niche(s). But assembling the right product mix for your site from multiple companies with individual graphics and ad generating tools is an arduous [...]

I’ve created a link exchange on a site I’m doing some work on. You can find the Link Exchange here. Only family friendly sites. No gambling, hate, warez, or other objectionable sites, affiliate links, or other sites I don’t like. How’d I do it? I used this Word Press Plugin called – “Word Press Reciprocal [...]

Mission Statement Builder by Nightingale Conant may be what you need to get you focused again. We all need to rethink and retool what we’re doing. Perhaps this is a tool you’ll find helpful. It’s free – except at the price of your email of course. Not sure what your mission statement should be? I [...]

Many people in the work at home field are network marketers selling health related products. Years ago, news like this today was reserved for publications well outside the mainstream, such as the old “Prevention” (prior to its status as coporate shill for the pharmaceutical industry when it promoted bone meal and cod liver oil, the [...]

Anik Singal’s new 95 page PDF report on Article Marketing is called, Not Your Typical Article Marketing Report. For just $5, it’s an impressive discussion for beginners regarding the basics of article marketing. The sales page is, of course, replete with the lore of making “$10,000 per month”. That, of course, is not typical of [...]

Here’s an article about the Big Cable Internet providers. They’re known for selling their bundled services… Cable TV, Internet, and Phone service. Now they’re whining about people using the services too much? Is The End of Unlimited Internet Near? Let’s be honest. “Unlimited” always has real limits in time and space. Skype’s “unlimited” phone calls [...]

I ran across this blog on Street Painting (actually chalk drawing). I know we spend lots of time in the internet age thinking about internet marketing, search engine optimization, back links and all the technical stuff designed to get people seeing your site, but for generating word of mouth, foot traffic and “Wow”, this type [...]

John at Duct Tape Marketing has a very thought provoking post on how a wildly successful Deli expanded their business and profits in an unusual way: a “community business model”. The company is Zingerman’s Community of Businesses Instead of producing “Cookie cutter” imitations of their deli in every city – the traditional franchising model, they [...]