This Month’s Top Marketing Posts from Around the Net

Earlier this week there was a post on SEOBullsh*t that talked about how Wordpress was inadequate for anything more than a personal blog. Since I’m a big advocate of Wordpress and use it more than any other platform, I thought I’d p… [continue reading]

There’s a trend of editors in the SEO world uptight about linking out. A friend in the industry who guest blogs recently told me that he was told by his editor he couldn’t promise links to contributors who participated in guest in… [continue reading]

I sometimes struggle to explain Google’s ranking algorithm to small business owners. I just tried last week during a workshop here in my hometown, and I’m not sure if I did a good job. But fortunately there are other resources out … [continue reading]

When I first had the insane brilliant idea to start a business and get out of the alleged safety of the corporate world, I started by reading everything I could find. I wish I could remember where the thread started for me. It might have been… [continue reading]

The life of a freelance writer is pretty sweet. Its interesting, challenging work. You meet great people. You have a lot of freedom to organize your work life the way you want it. The pay can be excellent, and you get to make a living doing s… [continue reading]

As you know I’m a big fan of the Wordpress platform. Although it’s not the most optimal platform, there’s no question that it makes it easier to run a website. I was recently asked by Brian Clark of CopyBlogger to review Scri… [continue reading]

Like everyone else on the social web, I just read Seth Godins new book Linchpin. Its a big book, not so much in number of pages, but in number of ideas. One core theme is the idea of emotional labor — bringing more human feeling and con… [continue reading]

I love competition. I compete against just about anyone, at just about anything. For the last few years, competitive webmastering has been my focus. I like to start a site in a small to medium sized niche, and outrank everyone. There are t… [continue reading]

The fashion world was stunned by the suicide of Lee Alexander McQueen yesterday, and even though Twitter has pulled down his twitter profile you can see from the image below that he was having a hard time coming to terms with the passing of hi… [continue reading]

Do you despise long sales letters, yellow highlighters and blood-red, hype-laden headlines? These tried and true copywriting tactics are proven winners at converting “cold” traffic into paying customers – and $10,000-a-pag… [continue reading]