Archive for the 'Online Marketing' Category

For me, “Teaching Sells” has been one of the most personally revolutionary concepts ever. It’s helping me - slowly and surely - change the way I do business online. But there’s some bad news for some people about Teaching Sells.  It’s closing and some people are going to be left out.
Teaching Sells is Closing the [...]

I’m sort of like a dog. I find a bone, play with it a while, bury it and then dig it up to play some more later.
The dog in this case is Squidoo.
Here’s a bone I’m playing with right now… lens rather.
Just for record keeping purposes, here’s the rank today 7/21/2008 when first published.
Let’s see [...]

Adrian Ling is one of the most ethical online marketers around. He develops his own software and sells it at reasonable prices.
He’s offering a summer sale on his software and if you’re selling anything online, you should at least check out the savings.
Here’s the DISCOUNT PRICE LINK only good for July 10th - 14th!
It’s a [...]

I guess it’s like many other things in life. There are people who are familiar with a product or service, swear by it, and wonder why everyone doesn’t share their excitement. Then the people who don’t share their excitement are going - “So what was that person so excited about? I don’t get it.”
Certain online [...]

I got this from ModernClick.com. It’s actually not entirely free… there’s a small charge for shipping and handling. But you might really like it. The affiliate link is Modern Click’s not mine.
Did you know that your chances of winning the lottery are one in 15,890,700? That’s …well, that’s a pretty small chance.
But if you’ve ever [...]

I’d never heard of Pyrography until today… it’s the process of using a metal tipped stylus or pen that has been heated up and used to burn impressions into wood.
This Pyrographer  not only does a beautiful job with her own art, she also does a masterful job telling the world about her art and business [...]

There’s nothing like having your story told in a book to give you credibility… especially if you have something you can sell potential customers. Here’s a publishing opportunity you might want to follow up on.
INTERNET ENTREPRENEUR SUCCESS STORIES: Looking for stories/case studies of successful web site entrepreneurs and niche web site businesses with 5 or [...]

Keep an eye on this trend… revenue hungry states are now trying to make online retailers collect taxes.
Will your online business be next for every ebook you sell or every ebook auction you complete?
Overstock.com sues New York state over new online sales-tax law
From Bloomberg News via Mercury News:
Overstock.com, the online seller of excess inventory, sued [...]

Thus far, all the talk about website design has focused on PC and laptop users.
Now companies are realizing there are 3 times more cell phones in the world that personal computers. Increasingly, these phones can surf the web. Business websites though may not be “friendly” to these users.
Now the question is: How do we create [...]

Be sure to visit Becky McCray’s Small Biz Survival site. This article was originally published there. With all these online tools to drive you nuts, how do you know which ones to use?
Here’s Becky’s answer:
With 89,567* online tools for connecting, sharing, networking, etc., how do you ever prioritize and keep online socializing from taking [...]