Visiting MarketingCharts.com to find data on one specific area can be as deadly as opening a bag of Ruffles with the intention of just eating one chip: before you know it, it’s an hour later and the whole bag is empty. In my most recent visit to the buffet, I came across their chart for [...]
Shoeless Joe Jackson and Terrance Mann might’ve known a thing or two about getting people to a new ballpark in the middle of an Iowa cornfield. But they don’t know jack about driving traffic to a new or redesigned website. If you build it, they still probably won’t come. So what do you do? Here [...]
This isn’t a case of bad customer service, but rather, just lazy marketing. About 3 weeks ago, I purchased this Thomas Kinkade “Glory to the Newborn King” tabletop item for my wife via Collectibles Today. We received it last Friday, December 14, and everything’s great. She loves it, I’m a good husband, and we have [...]
The SmoothSpan Blog has a pretty interesting post here that seems to capture the two typical reactions to the web and all that entails in today’s business: Reaction #1 = Scrutinize and critique according to your way of doing business. Reaction #2 = Analyze it and explore it and wonder how it will affect the [...]
You guessed it: I’m selling out. OK, maybe that’s a little over the top. But I am planning on moving over to WordPress.org in the next month or two so I can start monetizing my efforts here (you can’t do it on WordPress.com). After all, one of the reasons I started this blog was to [...]
The Internal Blog: I’ve thought about doing this a few times. Not for anyone else to see, so much, but for my own sake. How many ideas do you have that get lost, either from your memory or in the midst of having to do everything else? FreeRice.com: Improve your vocabulary, and feed the hungry [...]
I stumbled upon this great post at Decker Marketing. Sam moderated a Web 2.0 panel recently and was kind enough to pass along his notes. Every one of them deserves your attention, but here are the quotes that really stick out to me: 25% of Google search results is user generated content. If googling your [...]
Growth (in life, business, the stock market, blog traffic, etc.) is not a simple, straight journey from point A to point B. There are peaks and valleys. Ups and downs. The ebb and flow. Growth is not a straight line. Because of that simple truth, it takes a little perspective and a lot of faith [...]
