Category Archives: Industry News

Our David Mink Has Been SMX Advanced Bannerized

I just had to take a snapshot of this picture and share it because I thought it was cool. Our very own David Mink‘s likeness is being used on the banners pitching SMX Advanced next month in Seattle. I have seen the banners for a while now, but it only hit me today that the […]

Rather Then Reinvent The Wheel, Perfect It

I had a great conversation a few days ago with a programmer friend of mine who works for a major company (but wants to be working for himself). We were chatting about business, Internet business, making money and particularly about how to find products to sell online. My friend made an interesting comment that struck […]

8 Gurus That “Get” Twitter Answer Questions

I love getting feedback from my readers. I especially love getting questions; and do my best to help at any opportunity.  The other day I received a question from “Lise” about using Twitter.  She had some valid questions and points of concern regarding Twitter that I wanted to address in a blog post.  To do […]

How To Avoid Having Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen

As marketing professionals we always seem to find ourselves in positions where we are being “pitched” on some big idea, that someone had, and that someone wants our feedback and possibly help on.  It seems we have a never ending business opportunity at our front door.   As an SEO, owner of an Internet marketing firm, […]

Methods To Never Sell Anything On Craigslist

Over the weekend I purchased some patio furniture from Craigslist.  It was a nice 7-piece set that sells in the stores for over 1k (I paid 1/4 of that).  I found a couple that was moving because of a job, and they were getting rid of a lot of their stuff – patio furniture included (no […]

Building an SEO campaign is just like building a chicken coop

Last weekend I built a fancy chicken coop called a chicken ark. Sadly, many of my friends and family members were actually surprised that I could turn out this custom home. I guess they didn’t know I was a super star in my high school wood shop. OK, so your not impressed and would like […]

Twitter Aftermath (Part 2)

A few days ago I wrote a blog post about the aftermath of Twitter promotions. The premise of the article being that what happens after your original Tweet can be any body’s guess. If you follow this blog, you know that I’m a big NBA fan and am always looking for ways to tie basketball […]

No Longer Can A Business Run Without A Website

I am ready for the onslaught of examples that I am sure people are going to be throwing in my face; I’m ready for it and I still won’t agree! I do say this with all sincerity though; if you are an offline business-owner and don’t have a website, you are not only missing the […]

If You’re Competent, The Referrals Will Flow

This post was inspired while eating lunch with a few of my new Arizona Internet marketing friends last week.   I thank them for opening up and sharing things, and really making it an enjoyable lunch.  I decided to do a post specifically because of comments made by  Chris Hooley and David Wallace about referrals.  We […]

My 6 Year Old Asks; Where’s The ROI Dad?

I have been doing my best to teach my kids about being smart with money, especially with everything thats going on lately in the economy.  It wasn’t until I was in my twenties (I’m 32 now) that I learned what ROI even stood for (Return On Investment). I want to make sure my kids understand […]