Category Archives: Industry News

Google Offers Live in Portland & New York Is Next

Google Offers Quick Facts: How is it Promoted? • Email to Subscribers • Google shopper app. • Google network Businesses can Limit the offer: • Limit how many offers sold • Limit Redeemable by date • Limit on Areas Serviced* • Limit Uses Per Customer *important for pest control guys Offer runs for a 24 […]

Google Adds Video Preview to Universal Search Results

Google update: Youtube gets video previews in Google’s Universal Search. Google recently added the website previews. Now Google is adding video previews. Not all video results are getting this preview. Those that do get previews include Youtube videos, 5min.com and Discovery videos. But sites like MetaCafe.com, videojug.com, and break.com, while still being found in the […]

The 10 Commandments of Power Point Presentations

Throughout my internet marketing career, I’ve presented 250+ times using PPT files, mostly in online webinars. One thing I’ve often failed to do is get honest feedback from clients about what they liked, what they didn’t like, and how I could improve the presentation. As I’ve been doing research on what makes the most effective […]

Google Adwords Will Be Removing Position Preference

Google Adwords will be removing position preference. The feature has already been disabled. But for those that would be grandfathered in, they are removing this option entirely come May 2011. This announcement came via a message within the Adwords. Announcement: Retiring the position preference setting In early May, we’ll be removing the option to set […]

When Is It OK to Say No to a Prospective Client?

Have you ever had this problem? In your head you’re saying “No, No, No!!!” But then you say “Yes” anyway? Me too, me too… I’ve been self-employed now for almost six full months. I’ve found some “Golden Clients”, and I’ve dealt with some that have come close to making we want to go back to […]

10 Super Simple Entrepreneurial Success Tips You Should Practice

I shared 25 awe-inspiring tips about self-employment a few weeks ago. This list of entrepreneur success tips elaborates a bit more on a few of those initial suggestions and shares a few more I’ve learned, some just recently: SALES: In my strong opinion, you have to have a sales mentality to succeed at any business […]