Mar 6, 2007 | del.icio.us, internet marketing, marketing, social bookmarking, social media, web marketing, web site marketing
Yesterday marked out 80th blog post. We’re proud of that because it really took us quite a while to get the hang of it, but we’re on a roll now. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, then we thank you for sticking with us. If you’re...
Mar 5, 2007 | CMS, content, content creation, content management system, internet marketing, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, SEO, web marketing, web site marketing
I have had a fair amount of experience working on optimizing web sites that were built on top of some kind of sophisticated content management systems (CMS), and my first thought is almost always the same: man, I wish they had contacted me before BEFORE building the...
Feb 27, 2007 | ad writing, advertising, content, content creation, conversion strategy, copywriting, internet marketing, marketing
When writing copy for your web site (or any other marketing piece), don’t assume that the reader will understand why he should do business with you. Don’t overestimate the intelligence of the reader. Write in such a way that a person who doesn’t know...
Feb 26, 2007 | internet marketing, paid search, pay-per-click, PPC, search engine marketing, search marketing, sem, sponsored search, Yahoo, Yahoo Search, Yahoo Search Marketing
Yahoo has gotten overly strict in its attempt to only allow relevant sponsored search ads. We are finding that a lot of terms that are not directly related to the specific product or service are being automatically denied. We think this is short-sighted, because it...
Feb 22, 2007 | ad writing, advertising, content, content creation, conversion strategy, copywriting, internet marketing, web marketing, web site marketing
Yesterday’s post got us into that direct marketing kind of mode. The weather in Nashville was beautiful so I (Jerry) spent some time in the afternoon sitting outside reading a Dan Kennedy book, No B.S. Wealth Creation for Entrepreneurs. Highly recommended, as...
