Lee Oden has an overview of a ACCM session held in Chicago. I think one of the key ideas is that web users are turning to their peers for reviews. I have no precise data to back this up, but this is certainly a society wide trend. The role of the “expert”, especially in new …
Are Your Pages Too Heavy?
This one will be obvious to many of you, but it’s surprising how many people new to web design forget about the importance of light, fast loading pages. Studies have shown that you lose 51% of visitors if you force them to wait 15 seconds. Imagine what that does to your conversion rates. Quite frankly, …
How To Make Money From Blogs
While I think there is a lot of potential to make money directly from blogs, I think it is more likely people will make money because of blogs. They are a great way to market yourself, and can lead to consulting work, networking, employment opportunities, writing gigs (heh!), speaking invitations, and more. One of the …
Adsense Strategy – Choose Your Keyword Topic
This may be common knowledge to some of you, especially those with a background in SEO, however it is a key piece of information those new to Adsense need to know: Choose your keyword topic based on supply and demand. In order to succeed with Adsense, you need to have some idea of the potential …
Affiliate Programs – Choose Wisely
I’m assuming you already know what an affiliate program is. Those who don’t can read up here. The single biggest piece of nonsense perpetrated by get-rich-quick scamsters is this: sign up to as many popular affiliate programs as possible. Buy a lot of PPC traffic. Get rich. That’s all there is to it. The problem …
How To Make Big Money On The Internet Right Now!
We’ve all heard that stupid pitch, right? I was talking with John and he said that he’d received a lot of great feedback about this blog (thanks!) and that there were requests for more articles on ways to make money on the internet. Righto. No problem First of all, I’ll tell you a bit about …
Business Management 101
I hear all the time people saying they are too busy for this, too busy for that. Since starting the SEO contest, I’ve must have heard a hundred times that no real SEO would participate because they have no time for such silliness.
