Most Internet Business gurus recommend hiring virtual assistants when your online business gets busy enough that you need help to manage it. However, my experience with virtual assistants was terrible. First of all, I must acknowledge that my opinion is the minority in this space. Many Internet entrepreneurs have found tremendous success in working with…
With the number of website hosting companies springing up all the time, one would think it would be simple to find one that takes care of its customers. Well, I found one, but I went through a horrible experience to realize it. I put my largest website on Storm On Demand servers after the company…
This morning I walked into my office with a full day scheduled. In the morning I would spend a few hours writing a blog post. This particular post would take several days to prepare because I wanted it to be truly excellent. After working on the blog post, I would spend an hour writing emails…
I cannot tell you how many podcasts I have unsubscribed from because the audio quality was not up to snuff. Like many podcast listeners, I listen to podcasts at 1.5x speed. This helps me to get through a lot more podcasts each week, and it’s actually very easy to understand what people are saying as…
That’s what you really want to know, isn’t it? You feel like you already know how to blog, but you aren’t quite sure how to develop a following. I have written over 300 articles online this year and have seen the statistics for each one to know what resonates with people, and what doesn’t. I’ve learned over…
Any nerd can tell you that SEO means “search engine optimization” but in a more practical sense it means that you have to do a lot of unexpected things in order to be ranked high on Google. Since Google traffic often amounts for over 80% of a website’s traffic, SEO is as big of a deal as you…
It can be easy to think that running a social media campaign is as easy as setting up a Facebook Fan page and posting your stuff, but you will soon recognize that this method is less than effective. In fact, we really shouldn’t discuss social media at all until we discuss the objective for a social media campaign….
For those of you who haven’t heard of Affiliate Marketing – let me tell you. Businesses have affiliate agreements to pay a certain amount of money for marketing or advertising their product on your website. This is a great option you should consider if you have a site that recommends a lot of products for…
Internet marketers spend so much time discussing Google search SEO that I think we often overlook some of the other large and valuable search engines. Podcasting is the core of my brand, so I care very much about how my podcast ranks in iTunes. Over the course of the last year, I have watched my…