11 ways for using Twitter effectively
August 25, 2015 2 Comments on 11 ways for using Twitter effectivelySince Google is now showing tweets on their search, using twitter effectively is now even more important.
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How to Make Money
December 4, 2014 3 Comments on How to Make MoneyHere, then, are some points on how to make money, a simple starting primer. This is not intended to be the final word, nor the only word on how to make money, but simply a place to start…
Sorry, I Need Money
November 19, 2014 4 Comments on Sorry, I Need MoneyHowever, spamming on forums, blogs, in email, etc., is a really bad way to do business and that’s what I want to deal with. First of all, it seems that there’s some confusion about what constitutes spam.
Social Marketing
October 1, 2014 5 Comments on Social MarketingWhat part of “social” did they not understand? Perhaps it would do us well to first look up the definition of the word, thereby seeing how important the idea of social marketing is…
Subject Line
September 17, 2014 5 Comments on Subject LineDr. Suess, used to do things like walking onto a bus “smoking” a pipe with a turnip in it. People would come up to him and ask him why he was smoking a pipe with a turnip in it! His answer was simple…
Pinterest Tips, Tools and Resources
June 9, 2014 4 Comments on Pinterest Tips, Tools and ResourcesPinterest tips are useful whether you are new or a seasoned marketer because we can always learn something new!
Organizing Tips for Spring
April 23, 2014 4 Comments on Organizing Tips for SpringOrganizing Tips for Spring, or, Spring Cleaning in your Mind & Business by Dave Cottrell Organizing Tips for Spring:
WHY?
March 12, 2014 2 Comments on WHY?What is it that makes you want to stretch and strive and struggle? This is SO important! You need to figure this out, or you will be like a person running a race, but with no idea what direction the finish line is. You can run and run, but it’s absolutely impossible to win, because you don’t know where you’re going.
How to Add Value
March 5, 2014 5 Comments on How to Add ValueHow true this is in blogging and in promoting your blog! You need to add value to the conversation to keep their attention. Even more important that that is the fact that you need to add value to the conversation that is valuable to your audience!
Story Telling 101
February 12, 2014 9 Comments on Story Telling 101I went to my mailbox, yesterday, and in there, along with all the other junk mail, bills, reminders, etc., was a small, robin’s egg blue envelope.
The first thing I noticed when I turned it over was the way it was addressed. …
Dead Cats
February 5, 2014 4 Comments on Dead Cats… touted as something new that has just been discovered in the world of journalism, and has even been given a name by a prominent news magazine out of Boston. Having been involved in direct sales for so many years, I had to laugh when I read the article. As Solomon wrote in his famous series of notes from an old preacher, “There is nothing new under the sun.”
… What does all this have to do with dead cats? Keep reading, and I promise to tell you…
Who Am I?
January 15, 2014 2 Comments on Who Am I?Sadly, a very large number of foolish, “wannabe” online marketers don’t take two seconds to answer any of these very important questions. This is a key reason so many fail in marketing, BOTH online and off.
Duck Dynasty
January 9, 2014 2 Comments on Duck DynastyWe can actually learn quite a bit from Duck Dynasty and other, apparently dumb stuff, by examining the Duck Dynasty/Phil Robertson/A&E/GLAAD/Cracker Barrel series of events over the last month or so. Believe me, there were some big winners here, and very little lost by anyone, with the possible exception of Cracker Barrel.
Profile Images
October 30, 2013 5 Comments on Profile ImagesProfile images are the avatars people use to visually identify themselves on blogs, social networks, forums, communities and other member sites, where many people come to visit. How important IS your avatar?
How to Earn Trust
October 2, 2013 6 Comments on How to Earn TrustHow often have you seen a new e-book or software program being offered as THE answer to ALL your marketing needs for “only” $397, going down to $49.95 if you close the window often enough, only to see it being given away a short time later as an incentive for some other program. Why? Because it only sells well for a while until people begin to realize they bought baloney…
The Best Free Anti-Malware of 2013
September 25, 2013 4 Comments on The Best Free Anti-Malware of 2013Some of the best anti-malware software of 2013 has been tested, ranked and run for over half a year, already, and it has undoubtedly saved a lot of computing devices. It is also free…
Conversions
September 18, 2013 7 Comments on Conversions…a conversion is when a visitor to your website responds positively to your call to action. In the case of affiliates or online stores, that means they buy something from you…
Image Power
September 4, 2013 5 Comments on Image PowerHuman beings are visual creatures. Just look at signs! Put up a print sign that says, “Curve ahead,” and you might start seeing the number of accidents on that curve going up. Put up a sign with a bent arrow on it, and every normal person slows down.
Social Media Connecting
August 29, 2013 8 Comments on Social Media ConnectingSocial media connecting is the art of connecting together the social sites you belong to, so that when you send a message to one, it gets sent to one or more of the others at the same time.
Fake Followers
August 27, 2013 1 Comment on Fake FollowersFake Followers on Twitter – or are they? By Dave Cottrell Fake followers on Twitter… how can you tell?