Email Your Blog (and don't forget the link)...

There are lots of things you can do with your blog: The obvious one is to post it to your site and include RSS links so readers can receive new updates automatically. Another way to distribute it in audio format, like some of the samples we’ve published on iTunes recently. You can also create video blog entries, like Denise Wakeman’s Business Blogging Video Tips. A 4th way is to email your post, as a standalone...

Open a New Window – how to configure your li...

Here’s a tip that will help you keep visitors on your site and more engaged for a lot longer. When setting up links within your site, follow this rule of thumb: Internal links, leading elsewhere within your site should usually be set to open in the same tab or window. For example, if you click this link to the Free Marketing Made Easy podcast page then you will leave this blog post and move over to a new section...

So you want to make a podcast…...

I had a great time recording a podcast yesterday with the folks from Grasshopper, who’s Virtual Phone System is a must-have for any entrepreneur. How much fun? Take a peek behind the scenes, where I show you how easy it is to make your own podcasts and videos. We’ll get the podcast edited and posted asap.

Blog as if Everyone's Reading...

Surely you’ve heard the expression “Dance as if Nobody’s Watching.” In my case that’s probably good advice. My wife is the dancer in our family – I’m not so graceful. But I blog pretty well. And I am an active conversationalist. So recently I’ve taken up the topic “What To Do When Nobody Says Anything Meaningful.” Here’s what I mean: If you follow are following...

Idea of the Day: mop-head subscription service...

Hello, my name is Kai and I have mop-shame. This discomfort came up for me yesterday when our occasional house cleaner asked “do you have a mop” and I cringed, not wanting to (literally) reveal my dirty secrets. But it’s not my fault! (errr…Kai…?). You see, here’s the problem: Inevitably, I buy a new mop then forget about replacing the head for a while. By the time a replacement head...

Confessions of an Internet Marketer, Part 2...

Maybe I’m in denial. Maybe I just don’t get it. There are apparently quite a few traditional Internet marketers who might agree on both accounts. You see, I’ve been getting lots of emails from the same sources lately.  Every day, if not more. I suppose I could interpret this to mean that I really, REALLY need what they are trying to convince me to buy. Or could it be…that they are just particularly...