Heather Lutze Speaking at AuthorU About SEO
Posted by Marty on Feb 27, 2010
I’m sitting here on a Saturday morning on February 27, 2010, and just heard Heather Lutze for the first time speaking about SEO to a group of 90 or so at AuthorU’s first all-day Saturday seminar event, led by Judith Briles. Heather did a great job explaining the “sweet spot” so to speak for which [...]
Read More Now About Heather Lutze Speaking at AuthorU About SEOYahoo Adopts Real-Time Search
Posted by Marty on Feb 23, 2010
It’s all over the news. Yahoo! has finalized a partnership with Twitter to incorporate Twitter’s tweets into Yahoo!’s search database. When someone adds a tweet about a topic and it immediately displays in a search on Yahoo! based on the keywords used in the tweet, that is called real-time search.
Some people believe real-time search will [...]
Beware of Google SEO Scams
Posted by Marty on Feb 22, 2010
I just read this post on one of my favorite forums…
Poster’s Comment:
“I have a problem with an SEO service I ordered and I’m not sure what to do. Last month, I hired a guy from XXXXXXXX for SEO on a site I have. He guaranteed he could bring my site to Google 1st page in [...]
Part 2 of 7 Numbers to Know to Grow Your Business: Sales
Posted by Marty on Feb 16, 2010
How many sales do you need to make the amount of money you want to have in a year? As simple as this question might be, I’ve found very few people actually have this number in the top of their minds.
If you want to take home $500,000 over the next 12 months, you either need [...]
Part 1 of 7 Numbers to Know to Grow Your Business: Leads
Posted by Marty on Feb 5, 2010
How many leads did you get last month? I don’t mean visits to your website or even those that called you on the phone or submitted something to your contact us form. Those are just “suspects.” Then, if you’re lucky, some of them will turn into “prospects.” If you’re a good sales person, several of [...]
Read More Now About Part 1 of 7 Numbers to Know to Grow Your Business: LeadsStruggling Webmasters are Bringing Pain to their Clients
Posted by Marty on Jan 19, 2010
Apparently 2010 is not off to a good start for webmasters. Not since 1998 have I heard of so many webmasters baling from their client projects mid-way leaving their clients stranded without a completed website, or even worse, a completely “down” website.
Over the past two weeks alone, my company at HereNextYear that has worked with over [...]
Can Internet Taxation Kill the Internet?
Posted by Marty on Jan 15, 2010
If you are an affiliate marketer who lives in Rhode Island, and want to promote a book or other Amazon product on your website for commission, forget it. Amazon will not let you become an affiliate to sell their wares. Why? Because Rhode Island taxes the Internet.
This is the look of things to come I’m [...]
Accounting System Has a New Affiliate Program
Posted by Marty on Jan 8, 2010
Announcing the launch of Backroom Management’s Affiliate Program. This is a web-based accounting system that integrates G/L, job cost, time and billing, budgeting, financial analytics, break even calculators, financial statements, and even tracks your ongoing “conversion rate.”
What was that?
That’s right. An accounting system that uses a term we use in marketing and sales! What the [...]
Profit Again in 2010 Workshop
Posted by Marty on Jan 7, 2010
Using the Internet to grow your business has dramatically changed since the beginning of 2009. If you’ve been misled into thinking all it takes to be successful online today is getting a few hundred followers on Twitter, spending hours a day “Facebooking” or gaining top placement on Google for your book title or business name, [...]
Read More Now About Profit Again in 2010 WorkshopGet Started with Web Video at My New Website VideoCameraUser.com
Posted by Marty on Dec 30, 2009
It’s finally here! My new website at VideoCameraUser.com for those just getting started with web video launched last night. For the entire year of 2010 I’ve challenged myself to conceptalize, create, edit, produce and promote a web video every single day.
Quite a commitment there and I could only even expect myself (as unorganized and crazy [...]
