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Archive for May, 2009

Entrepreneurship Workshop – Direct Access To Success

Want to change the way you do business online?

Then you need to think outside the box, talk with folks who are doing it successfully and model yourself on those successful tactics.

But getting direct access to successful entrepreneurs is sometimes a bit of a challenge. Afterall, they are busy doing what they do best. You could pay hundreds, even thousands of dollars for coaching by one or two before your budget runs out…

Or, you can take advantage of something that my friend Paul Cooley has spent the last few weeks putting together just for you. It’s an all star lineup of the brightest up and coming entrepreneurs that are rocking the Internet Marketing world. Folks like

SEO: The Side Benefit Of Good Content

I was talking with a blogging student a couple of days ago, and explaining the importance of publishing good content, that goes beyond the obvious and thought I would share those thoughts with you.

Can Your Site Survive A Digg?

server-meltdown.jpgMost bloggers blog away, and slowly — over time — build up their readership. They are rocking along on a hosting company pretty much like everyone else’s and not giving much thought to bandwidth or page views.

Oh sure, we all want more, I mean who doesn’t want more page views? But what happens to your site if suddenly, with no warning — 30 thousand people show up? It can happen if you land on the front page of Digg. That’s right… just one great blog post that goes viral, and they could literally be beating down your virtual door.

SEO: Is Your Blog Search Engine Friendly?

I recently came across a short *Check List* to help you determine if your site is *SEO Friendly* or not.

Use this guide to help improve your blogging habits AND your SEO.

SEO: Correcting A Misconception

Boy, I really hate it when this happens. Some *guru* will state something like “Install All In One SEO and you will be instantly found by Google”. What a load of horse-manure.

Let me correct this terrible misconception, before it destroys some small business blogger’s dream.

First and foremost, All In One SEO (AIE SEO) is a great plugin. I don’t want this post to sound like I am dissing the plugin itself. Only the guru’s accidental (?) misconception. Installing it is Step 1.

Step 2 is to…

Add Page Peel Effect To Your Blog

If you are doing any type of marketing from your blog, I have a cool little trick that will help you *engage* your readers that isn’t quite as obvious as a 250 x 250 *ad* placed in front of them. They don’t see those unless they are specifically looking for a solution.

It’s called a Page Peel effect, and it allows you to place an ad *under* your page. If the reader clicks the little link in the upper right hand corner, it opens the whole ad in a unique and *fun* peel away effect.

This video will show you where to get the code, how to…

Win Free Software – Best Comment Wins

I recently completed a new piece of software for a really great client that I am pretty proud of. In the short time it’s been out, it has achieved a great reputation within it’s market and has been voted the #1 software of it’s kind for 2009.

To celebrate, and to make things interesting, the client has given me 5 copies to *give away* to whomever I want.

My faithful followers and Tweeter friends, you just stumbled into a great opportunity.

I have decided to hold a contest and award 5 lucky readers…

Fix The Dreaded Memory Leak In FireFox

If you have followed my advice on your browser of choice, you might have noticed that after running a while, FireFox gets a little RAM hungry. I found a tweak you can do to improve performance and reclaim some of the memory it eats voraciously.

I found this little tidbit in a number of places across the web when I went looking for a solution, but will credit the original author and his site. You can click the link in the source box below the article to see any updates he might have posted.

Now, this is by no means a REAL fix for the Firefox memory leak, but it certainly does appear…

Affiliate Theme In Review

Converting An Existing Blog To Affiliate Theme

There are a lot of Wordpress Themes out there, but none that could make affiliate marketing easy. Until now.

I recently purchased Affiliate Theme by Unique BlogDesigns to give it a whirl. Before getting the Affiliate Theme, I had to find a Wordpress theme that somewhat matched my *market*, and then make extensive edits and upgrades to make it work. Getting the Affiliate Theme was like getting an *Easy Button* for affiliate marketing.