When I find something great that is also relevant to the topic here, I will do one of two things with it. If it's something I have a lengthy comment on, I will post it in the News & Links section along with my comments. If I don't have anything of substance to say, though, it goes in the "Great Things Elsewhere" section of the sidebar. Once I have ten "Great Things," they go out ... Keep reading »
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 »
I've blogged about Elite Retreat many times, because it has changed my life significantly more than once. So when I saw Keith's post about Reasons Not To Go To a4uexpo, I decided I would sponsor someone's trip to a conference -- someone for whom, like me 2 years ago, it could be the tipping point that moves them from day job to 100% online. What conference would be best, though? I'm highly partial to ... Keep reading »
I've read several great things over the past 24 hours that, for me, all tied into the most important factor in making money online: just getting started. In what may be the best thing I've ever read from QuadsZilla, he writes yesterday: "How do I ride a bicycle?" That’s what I hear when people ask me how to make money on the web or to rank in Google. The best way to learn ... Keep reading »