Archive for January, 2008

Free ebook, embiggen your feed stats, link hate bait

Free ebook on making niche websites with WordPress
Get some ideas on increasing your feed stats
Is criticizing other companies good linkbait? It’s definitely not the classiest thing you could do today. Some people figure it’s good for both parties, as you’re making buzz for the person/company you’re complaining about. But do your readers know that?

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Spacetime, toll-free commission stealing and responding to commenters

SpaceTime. Like Dogile, but really fancy and cool-lookin’.
Call Centers and Live Chat: all your commissions are belong to us.
Is responding to your readers in comments really all that? Sometimes I think your voice has such “authority” on your own blog that it can seem not friendly but more like the boss walking in on mailroom [...]

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GoDaddy crap, crappy sites and you, crappy

GoDaddy never learns. I normally don’t link to my other site, Affiliate Marketing Journal, but relevance begs it. My library of GoDaddy complaints (see comments).
Crap sites need not settle for crap inbounds. Good point.
When not to blog.

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Aweber, linking out and blog writing

Aweber to start reporting numbers to Feedburner. Sometime. Eventually.
The importance of linking out. Also: traffic as sooner or later, somebody links back to you.
5 Tips to Write a Really Quick Blog Article serves as example of own Tip #1.

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George Bush Stumbles upon free download

Mark’s interview with George Bush. Um…
How to tell who Stumbled Upon you. Not as simple as, like, Stumble Upon providing a way for you to search for an url, but until they get smart…
Free Download: 10 Tips to Start Optimizing Your Website

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Problem solving, redirecting, and imaginary audiences

Does your business idea actually solve a problem experienced by human beings? Of course, if you have enough capital, you can market like crazy until you convince everyone they have a problem, then offer the solution.

How To Cloak Keywords With A Redirect And A Spreadsheet - Mark offers a slightly techie redirect method.
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