February, 2010 Archive

What Matters Most When Growing Your Business

I've had this article from Joel ripped out of Inc. and on my desk for months because I've been meaning to link to it.  The takeaway is this: When in doubt, make your product more compelling. All of Fog Creek's affiliate marketing ideas, coupons, discounts, direct-mail pieces, catalog ads, and everything else we spent time on -- none of this was as good a use of our time as simply doing what we loved best anyway: creating useful software. I know ... Keep reading »

Mad Libs for Conversion Rate Improvement?

Yep!  Luke tells you how.  Very, very cool.

Please Get This Message

The bigger the universe of crappy, make-money-fast "gurus" gets, the more Aaron Wall (and now his wife Giovanna) stand out for preaching the right way to do things.  Giovanna's new post on Google AdWords Affiliate Marketing Strategies is the same gospel message -- create real value, and you don't have to worry about your business disappearing overnight  -- but centered specifically around The Great AdWords Affiliate Massacre of 2009.  Absolutely worth a read.