April, 2009 Archive

The $X,000 Business Boost

Two and half years ago, I was stuck.  My business was doing alright, but I was really struggling to take it to the next level.  Then 15 minutes with Aaron Wall changed everything for good. For me it was Aaron; for you it might be someone else.  For all of us, though, there are times when we just need something to put our business on a brand new growth curve.  So what better gift could I give you than a ... Keep reading »

Justin Brooke Hits It Out Of The Park

The first two articles I've read from Justin Brooke are two of the best that I've ever read from anyone.  Check out his guest post about outsourcing your traffic generation and several specific ways to get traffic to your site that don't include Google.

Don’t Forget the Link

Back in January, Aaron wrote about the corrosive effect that Twitter is having on marketing online.  Because Twitter links are no-followed (and often TinyURLed), sites like Google never see the links that people tweet.  There's also a very temporal nature to Twitter that, as Aaron puts it, makes the content "here today, gone today."  Since then, he's even gone so far as to say that he's going to cut back on social networking because of negative effects like ... Keep reading »

Young & Ignorant, Get Some Perspective

If you're reading this, you're probably young and successful (or at least headed that way) and by means that would still largely be considered unconventional by most people.  (You can really make a living running websites all by yourself?  Shut up.) Because of that unconventional nature, most of us are sorely lacking in perspective.  If remember any history we learned in school, very little of it is business history or economic history -- and what is business or economic probably isn't ... Keep reading »

Alan Has His First Five-Figure Month

Yesterday Alan over at Affiliate Confession reported that he had his first five-figure month in March.  The post is an inspiring one if you're struggling to get to the next step.

What Type of Site?

I frequently see articles and even entire books on how to select a good topic for your website.  I can't recall ever seeing anything on choosing what type of site to build for that topic, though, and that can be every bit as important as choosing the topic. So if you're just getting started, I hope this list will be a good resource for helping you select what kind of site to build.  If you have comments or questions, please leave ... Keep reading »