Google has it’s own opinion of solicited links. I have mine. Personally, when given a choice between a solicited link that brings in traffic and doesn’t do anything for SEO or a solicited link that doesn’t bring in market traffic but may do something for SEO, I will choose the [...] Read more »
Interview with Product Creator Anthony Raymond
You probably don’t know who Anthony Raymond is or why it should matter to you. But if you are an affiliate marketer anguishing making a dent on the internet, then you should hear his story. He got his start as an affiliate marketer and moved to software design with Keyword Researcher. [...] Read more »
When a Myth Becomes a Brand
In the 20′s Robert Johnson was a kid who wanted to be a blues musician. But he sucked. So he goes away. When he comes back, he isn’t just good. He is awesome and not just in the technical sense but also in the feel it in your soul kind [...] Read more »
What are You Willing to Believe?
If you can suspend your disbelief for a second, they can getcha. If they can give you enough things to ponder, you may eventually believe that something is true even if you didn’t think it was a few hours back. And if you want it to be true…watch out…. Case [...] Read more »
TWL #5 Storyboarding, Proximity Trust, and the Future of News.
Rethinking Strategy through Storyboards and Cognitive Maps- Geoff writes about the benefits of taking a concept from objective to storyboard to cognitive process, using a restaurant as an example. Social Media Is NOT About the Numbers!!- Hessie Jones of Jugnoome tries to put social media for business into a better [...] Read more »
(A Very Long) Interview with Affiliate Marketer / Product Creator James Hussey
I’ve known James for a while. I have had the joy of watching him grow from basically an “adsense” guy to an full fledged affiliate marketer to finally releasing books. I wanted to do an interview with him to discuss the changes he has made over the past few years [...] Read more »
Once Upon a Time there were Forums for This
Is more, better? Think about that for a second. Just because we now have the ability to reach everyone, does that mean that we can reach everyone? The truth is that in a lot of ways, social media hasn’t made things easier for someone to climb the ranks of authority but [...] Read more »
Social Media is Just a Small Part of the Big Picture
Here’s the issue. Most of us think of things in black and white terms. Businesses want to have a definitive return that they can hang their hat on. We see a bunch of social traffic hit our page and then do nothing else and automatically assume that it was a [...] Read more »
Barriers to Entry
If you want to be an movie star, you don’t live in a flat in South Dakota and act in a small playhouse waiting to get discovered. If you want to be a rock star, you don’t record an album and shop it to record labels without gigging. Sure, there [...] Read more »
TWL #4 Ongoing Penguins, Social Exposure and the video too controversial for TED
The Difference Between “Money Work” and “Busy Work”- You don’t have to read this entire post. Just the first half to get the gist of this article. Once again, it isn’t about SEO because in many ways, that’s “busy” work. Which side are you on? How Twylah and Buffer Get [...] Read more »