The Open Source Marketer

Which is better, BlogRush visitor traffic or StumbleUpon? This is a good question and one that has several possible answers. Let’s look at the traffic types for both visitor sources and then compare them both to get a better understanding.

BlogRush was launched over the weekend and I signed up as soon as I heard it was open. Immediately I started seeing visitor traffic to my blog, OpenSourceMarketer.com. The result was a sharp increase in mailing list subscribers, RSS subscribers, and blog comments. In fact, I am continuing to get visitors from the BlogRush widget on the blogs, though it has slowed down just a bit. Some of the slow down might be due to the overwhelming response that BlogRush has received. I bet John Reese didn’t anticipate such a great response, even though he founded the project.

BlogRush has enjoyed great success so far because it is context sensitive so it display blog posts from other blogs that are relevant to the content on the page. That means if your blog is part of BlogRush then your blog posts will show up next to relevant keywords on another blog. Ultimately that means that if someone is looking for information on a specific topic and they are searching blogs for that information then a link to your blog posts are going to show up near those relevant keywords. This is how Google runs their entire Adsense program so you know this is a proven method of getting readers to click on links. Read the rest of this entry »

Today we’re going to talk about Phrase Express and how this simple application can save you time and money by assigning common repetitive tasks to simple key strokes.

Phrase Express does this with the use of macros. Macros can be used for simple tasks like pasting in blocks of text, opening windows applications, and opening websites in a browser.

So, let’s dig in and look at a practical example.

Let’s say you have multiple email signatures. Certainly you don’t want to type each signature every time you send out an email. This alone would cost you in hours of lost time each day.

With Phrase Express you can assign your email signatures to macros and each time you enter a predefined set of characters, you’re corresponding email signature will appear.

Or another example is that you frequently visit websites to check stats, administer websites, get affiliate codes, etcetera. With Phrase Express you can assign a macro to each website that will open a browser, enter the website address, and navigate you to the website, all with a few simple key strokes.

Phrase Express has many features that let you customize the application to fit your usage and learning style. It has convenient pop up menus that you can use to quickly access predefined macros without the need to remember the auto-text you assigned.

Phrase Express is a simple to use and simple to own application. With a reasonable price tag of only $20 U S, phrase express is a must have for anyone who uses a computer. As an Internet Marketer, this application is invaluable to me and my business.