Blogging
Simple Search Engine Optimization Tips
Are you getting at least 100 new visitors to your blog everyday? If not, it may be that your blog is not optimized for the search engines, which is where people begin their search for products and services online. Some “search engine experts” would have you believe that search engine optimization requires a lot of advanced techniques to rank well. But the truth is that even a little simple... More...
Julie and Julia Brings Blogging Mainstream
Once again main stream media is promoting another Internet phenomena. It is said that art imitates life and the just released Julie and Julia movie is sure to be another premium example of this. In case you don’t know, Julie and Julia is a movie that parallels the story of two women who overcome their fears as they embark on a new paths in life. Julie is a writer turned office worker who feels... More...
Bonehead Marketing 101
You probably don’t want to be a bonehead marketer. So let me tell you exactly how I was one recently, to help you avoid the condition. It started when I was asked to give a presentation on integrating Twitter into WordPress for the Dallas Fort Worth WordPress Meetup Group. Public speaking is something I like to practice whenever possible and I knew exactly what materials I wanted to talk about.... More...
Networking At The DFW Wordpress Meetup
Are you using Meetup.com to network offline with your online contacts? Well, let me tell you first hand, you should be. I attended a meeting for the DFW WordPress Meetup Group this past Saturday and I had a wonderful time, made some great contacts, and learned some things I can implement right away to add revenue to my business. If you haven’t been to a meet up, then I highly suggest you visit... More...
Record How Visitors Interact With Your Blog
Do you wish you could watch the mouse clicks of your website visitors? Well, I know it sounds really cheesy, but now you can. Today I came across a great service that lets you record the browser window of your site visitors so you can see what your website visitors are doing on your site. You can see their mouse movements, mouse clicks, page scrolling, the works. There are lots of reports... More...
Using Speech-To-Text To Tweet
This weekend I came across a handy iPhone app called vLingo that uses Speech-To-Text technology to convert spoken words into text. Speech-To-Text isn’t all that new, but the vLingo application is very accurate and you can have it post updates to your social networks on Twitter and Facebook. Now that’s pretty handy in my book. I can’t wait till I can dictate full blog posts to my phone... More...
Creating Video Content For Your Blog
Are you shy in front of a video camera? Don’t worry, most people are. Even the biggest hams can turn into quiet introverts when the camera is on them. But there are ways to overcome being camera shy. When my Creative Vado HD pocket camera arrived I thought it would be easy enough to just pull the thing out of my pocket and record anytime. Man was I wrong. I didn’t consider being surrounded... More...
Stepping In Front Of Your Blog
Is it time to step away from your keyboard and get in front of your blog? This is a question I’ve been thinking about over the past several weeks and I’ve decided, yes it’s definitely time. It’s time to put a face to the words. It’s time to let people see you in action. It’s time to embrace the power of video so that you can create content anywhere you go using... More...
Add Custom Greetings To WordPress Blogs
If you run a self hosted WordPress blog and would like to greet visitors with a custom message based on where they come from, then you need to install Thaya Kareeson’s WP Greet Box WordPress plugin. WP Greet Box looks at the visitors browser referrer to determine what site they came from and then it shows a custom message based on that referrer. You may even see one on Open Source Marketer that... More...
Asking For The Sale On A Blog
Here is a tasteful example of placing an offer ad just above the comments area of your blog. Take note that the reader must see the offer if they want to click the link to leave a comment. Also notice that the offer block is clean and eye catching. There is very little visual noise here which makes it clear what is expected. Asking for the sale just after the post and just before the comments is a... More...
Stopping WordPress Spam Comments
Is comment spam taking up your time and bringing down your server? Even if you don’t get enough spam to take down your server, I bet it’s still pretty annoying. Almost all WordPress bloggers run into this problem at some point, but most don’t know that there is an extremely simple WordPress plugin solution that will solve 99.9% of their automated spam comment headaches. The plugin... More...
Interview With A Love Kung Fu Artist
Can being a Love Kung Fu artist help you increase your customer base and make you more efficient too? Well, I can guarantee anything, but it has certainly worked for Mark Berry of LoveKungFu.com. Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark and he told me about several creative ideas he’s used to build up his online life coaching business. Using word of mouth advertising, teleconferencing... More...
How John McCain Lost The Presidential Race
What can we learn as Internet Marketers from the 2008 Presidential race for the White House? Before we answer that, let’s look at how John McCain failed to leverage the Internet to promote his campaign. Was John McCain the victim of a biased news media during the 2008 Presidential race to the White House? Maybe so. But, what ultimately hurt John McCain’s campaign was how his message... More...
Do You Like The WordPress Magazine Theme?
Recently I switched the Open Source Marketer blog theme from a two column WordPress theme to a magazine style theme with the goal of putting more article snippets on the front of the blog than before. In doing so I failed to ask you what you thought about the whole thing. It may be that you totally enjoy the new format and just want me to post updates more often. Maybe you liked the old format. Maybe... More...
