Posted on June 11, 2013
It's all about what I'm having for lunch. It's all about pictures of my cat. It's all about my vacation. It's all about my political opinion. It's all about how... Continue Reading
Posted on June 3, 2013
I love LinkedIn. It's my favorite social networking site for business because it is so easy to connect with the right people. In fact, I will connect with virtually anyone... Continue Reading
Posted on May 24, 2013
Facebook may be the big daddy of social media platforms, but it seems more and more challenging for businesses and brands to reach their intended audience on the site. The... Continue Reading
Posted on May 17, 2013
With an invitation to tell the world what you are doing with only 140 characters at your disposal, Twitter quietly launched on the web in March 2006. Since that time... Continue Reading
Posted on May 15, 2013
In 2006, Twitter prompted its users to tweet by answering a simple question. "What are you doing?" My initial impression thought was "It's none of your business!" My second thought... Continue Reading
Posted on April 29, 2013
If the Internet were a house, what room would social media be likened to? I believe social media is the living room. After all, this is where we socialize with... Continue Reading
Posted on April 2, 2013
One of the greatest challenges faced by bloggers is getting more people to read your content. Many people use paid advertising to drive traffic. Some enter into a barter scenario... Continue Reading
Posted on March 27, 2013
What does Facebook Edgerank mean to you and your reach on your fan page? On March 19th I asked my readers and fans to help me conduct an experiment to... Continue Reading
Posted on March 24, 2013
One of the most exciting things I get to experience as an Internet marketer is the opportunity to help others with their marketing. Most frequently, the assistance I provide is... Continue Reading
Posted on March 22, 2013
It seems like just yesterday that I released the first edition of Twitter Power. The ubiquitous Twitter question, "What are you doing?" had people writing 140-character responses in droves. At... Continue Reading
Posted on March 21, 2013
My mother called the other day and asked what the heck was this "Pinterest" site all about. For those who don't know, my mom (Sheila Simkin) is an Internet success... Continue Reading
Posted on March 19, 2013
The sheer amount of information crossing your Facebook news feed is staggering. A never-ending cascade of thoughts, links, videos and photos of cats, unless you have less than 100 friends... Continue Reading
Posted on March 7, 2013
Life has a way of presenting unique opportunities when you open yourself up to them. At the end of January I received an invitation to be a special guest on... Continue Reading
Posted on March 4, 2013
Creating an online presence is no small feat. It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears (not to mention countless late nights and a diet of coke and doritos... Continue Reading
Posted on February 6, 2013
As one of the early proponents of social media, I am a fan of the model. I believe that social sites bring connection to the isolated nature of sitting in... Continue Reading
Posted on December 15, 2012
Sometimes I am on the cutting edge. Other times I lag behind. With so many various social media outlets, it's difficult to know which are worth spending your time on... Continue Reading
Posted on December 7, 2012
This article was written by guest blogger, Lori Ruff, The LinkedIn Diva I am passionate about social media: it's power to change lives, to level the field, to connect us... Continue Reading
Posted on June 18, 2012
Facebook Facebook Pinterest Facebook Twitter Facebook Google plus Pinterest Twitter Facebook Facebook Pinterest and so forth. That's what the chatter sounds like in marketing circles these days. It's all about... Continue Reading
Posted on June 5, 2012
by Guest Blogger, Lori Ruff I recently recalled when my parents asked to take my daughter, Christine to Disney World. It was just before she turned three. We lived in... Continue Reading
Posted on May 17, 2012
With the arrival of the Facebook IPO, people are saying the social media bubble has arrived. Valuations are through the roof. Some who used to be skittish about social media... Continue Reading
Posted on May 7, 2012
by guest blogger, Gabriela Taylor Pinterest is steadily becoming one of the most revered social networks. While the crux of the site is about images, it does not imply that... Continue Reading
Posted on May 2, 2012
It's been about 6 weeks since the announcement of the new Facebook TimeLine for Pages. How do you like it so far? I admit that I'm a creature of habit... Continue Reading
Posted on April 30, 2012
As you know, Pinterest is all about the image. Or in this case, the image of your business. Pinterest can be a great way to market online. Your success depends... Continue Reading
Posted on January 24, 2012
Allow me to introduce you to my nephew, Jordan Benker. I know him as Jordy, and he is a very talented young musician. Why am I writing about Jordan today... Continue Reading
Posted on August 20, 2011
How is it possible to be in one place and everywhere at the same time? For us mere mortals, it's not. However, with social media all of us are more... Continue Reading
Posted on August 4, 2011
By now I'm sure you have heard about Google's new social network, Google Plus (or G+ for short). Google Plus is currently the fastest growing social network with over 25... Continue Reading
Posted on April 25, 2011
Facebook can be very frustrating. Early on, I accepted every friend request that came my way. I was being social, right? Shortly after hitting my 5000 friend limit, my account... Continue Reading
Posted on March 8, 2011
Twitter is powerful. Facebook is a force to be reckoned with. Both are great sources for generating new business. But there is one site that gets the short end of... Continue Reading
Posted on November 23, 2010
You are probably catching on to the fact that I am not promoting many products these days. That's because most products and services coming out are not worth promoting. When... Continue Reading
Posted on June 7, 2010
By now, you are probably already using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, right? There have been a number of great training materials designed to help you get the most out of... Continue Reading
Posted on April 9, 2010
I had the privilege of welcoming "The Queen of Facebook", Mari Smith, to my offices. She was in town to speak at the Northern Colorado Social Media Social, so we... Continue Reading
Posted on March 8, 2010
Social media has changed everything. When the Web first took off, it wasn't clear how anyone could make money by putting words on a Web page. Then Google brought out... Continue Reading
Posted on March 2, 2010
I meet two kinds of entrepreneurs at conferences. The first are the people hoping to get rich quick. They listen to the speakers and they make notes but what they're... Continue Reading
Posted on February 11, 2010
The Internet playing field is up for grabs with a few key players vying for positioning. Bing is gunning for Google. Twitter is gunning for Facebook. And Google is gunning... Continue Reading
Posted on February 4, 2010
How did Facebook ever get to be so big? Honestly, the site is chock full 'o so much garbage that it has become the new MySpace. But beyond all the... Continue Reading
Posted on January 26, 2010
Twitter is great and all, but sometimes it can be hard to see the forest for the trees. If you are at a bit of a loss and wondering... Continue Reading
Posted on January 17, 2010
Social media is a revolution in marketing. It allows businesses to identify their most important leads, understand what interests them the most, and talk to them en masse while still... Continue Reading
Posted on December 22, 2009
Internet marketing isn't about technology. It's never been about technology. The computers and the Internet, the multimedia uploads, webinars and ebooks are all just a means to an end. They're... Continue Reading
Posted on December 14, 2009
The French call people who use the Internet "Internautes." I like that. It makes us sound like explorers seeking out new life and new civilizations in cyberspace. When I open... Continue Reading
Posted on November 16, 2009
We knew it would happen. It always happens. Not long after Twitter's popularity hit the stratosphere, the spammers began swarming. Now direct messages boxes are packed with Mafia invitations, follower... Continue Reading
Posted on November 4, 2009
I offer a lot of different products. Some of those products I create myself. Others have been created by people I know. All of them, I firmly believe, can bring... Continue Reading
Posted on October 9, 2009
Twitter isn't the only microblogging service on the Web. It's not even the best microblogging service on the Web. In Twitter Power, I describe a number of sites that also... Continue Reading
Posted on October 2, 2009
I've had a ton of different business ideas. At the time I dreamt them up, they all looked like winners. It didn't always pan out that way. There have been... Continue Reading
Posted on September 16, 2009
The Internet has been good to me. No, I'll say that differently. The Internet has been fantastic to me. It's changed my life, brought me some incredible deals and continues... Continue Reading
Posted on September 3, 2009
Twitter looks so easy, doesn't it? You don't have to plan and research like you do when you're writing a blog post. You can write whatever's on your mind and... Continue Reading
Posted on August 12, 2009
Whatever your biggest motivation for starting your business, you want to make your life easier. You want to make it wealthier, happier, freer, more comfortable... but also easier to manage... Continue Reading
Posted on August 5, 2009
Twitter divides people into two camps. To those who use it, it's a whole new Internet. There's the Web of pages and content, and there's the Twitter of people and... Continue Reading
Posted on July 18, 2009
One of the most exciting developments that has occurred on Twitter in the months since I put together Twitter Power has been the release of all sorts of statistics about... Continue Reading
Posted on July 13, 2009
I love meeting new Internet entrepreneurs. I love seeing the sparkle in their eyes, the passion for their new businesses and their drive to succeed. I think it's great that... Continue Reading
Posted on June 27, 2009
In Twitter Power, I described blogs as one aspect of the social media revolution. I think that might have surprised some people. Blogs, after all, pre-date the kind of interaction... Continue Reading
Posted on June 17, 2009
I love it when academics launch studies of the entrepreneurial world. Sometimes, they come up with truly valuable and fascinating information. I can't think of any off-hand, but I'm sure... Continue Reading
Posted on June 7, 2009
There's a rumor going around. It's growing. It's dangerous. And I think I may have encouraged it. People are starting to believe that Twitter is a sales tool. They see... Continue Reading
Posted on May 17, 2009
I'm not much of a celebrity-watcher. I don't read tabloids and I couldn't care less who's dating whom in Hollywoodland. But I'm still pleased to see that so many celebrities... Continue Reading
Posted on May 7, 2009
In my book, Twitter Power, I describe a number of different kinds of tweets that twitterers are posting on the site. I talk about news tweets and customer service tweets... Continue Reading
Posted on March 29, 2009
I remember when Guerrilla Marketing came out. I was so excited. Here were a bunch of different methods to run powerful marketing campaigns without spending a dime. It was revolutionary... Continue Reading
Posted on February 14, 2009
I get asked for joint ventures all the time. A day doesn't go by without some message landing in my mailbox from someone saying they've got a killer product and... Continue Reading
Posted on January 26, 2009
As I'm sure you read on my blog or elsewhere on the web, Facebook had suspended my account. After sending a few emails and having some friends with contacts at... Continue Reading
Posted on January 26, 2009
You've probably noticed that some of my websites don't have any AdSense units at all. Some people certainly have. They find it surprising. After all, I make a living teaching... Continue Reading
Posted on January 23, 2009
I've been a fan of Facebook for a couple years. I think it's a great way to network with others and build your business. I've used the site create my... Continue Reading
Posted on January 11, 2009
You've probably noticed that I'm a big fan of video content. I don't think text is going to disappear from the Web completely but I do think we're going to... Continue Reading
Posted on December 31, 2008
It's all changed. It happened so fast, we hardly even noticed. But looking back, it's incredible how different everything is today. When I started out in Internet Marketing, no one... Continue Reading
Posted on December 29, 2008
You know what I like best about Twitter? It isn't the fact that it's easy to use and a ton of fun (although those are important). It isn't the fact... Continue Reading
Posted on December 26, 2008
AdSense has a weakness. It's not very good at handling images. Fill your blog or your website with pictures of your cat, your family or your vacation in Yosemite and... Continue Reading
Posted on December 7, 2008
There are two ways to write a blog. The first is to sit at the computer and type up the first thing that comes into your head. If you have... Continue Reading
Posted on December 4, 2008
It happens even before your site really starts to make money. You post articles, market your content, pick up comments and find that other sites are talking about you. All... Continue Reading
Posted on November 26, 2008
Life must be hard for television executives. To decide how much to charge advertisers and whether they should commission another season of a show, they have to know the size... Continue Reading
Posted on November 24, 2008
If you've got nothing nice to say, say nothing. It's a great rule to follow when you're offline. Online though, saying nothing just isn't an option. As an online publisher... Continue Reading
Posted on November 22, 2008
It's easy to assume the role of a celebrity on Twitter, but how do you know which ones REALLY have the true celebrity behind the name and which are fakes... Continue Reading
Posted on November 15, 2008
What would you say if I told you that you can boost your profits by typing just 140 characters? (That's about the length of this paragraph.) If you're smart, you... Continue Reading
Posted on October 23, 2008
Online publishing has all sorts of advantages. You become your own boss, you have your own schedule, you get paid to produce content and bring in users. It's all great... Continue Reading
Posted on October 13, 2008
Become an Internet publisher, and you'll need to learn a whole bunch of new marketing skills. You'll have to unwrap the mysteries of search engine optimization, figure out how to... Continue Reading
Posted on October 8, 2008
I often talk about the different tools that you can use to complement the AdSense units you put on your site. Sure, AdSense is always going to be the most... Continue Reading
Posted on October 2, 2008
There are two reasons that people will visit your website. They'll visit to read great content. And they'll visit to feel part of a community. There's one way in which... Continue Reading
Posted on September 24, 2008
It's been a long time since I optimized my first AdSense ad. Many things have changed since then. Some things have stayed the same. The principles of AdSense optimization have... Continue Reading
Posted on September 22, 2008
I'm amazed that there are people out there -- somewhere -- who aren't making money from AdSense. It's not as though you need a doctorate in computer studies and a... Continue Reading
Posted on September 20, 2008
I've got some pretty exciting news. I've been asked to write the definitive book on Twitter for business by a major publisher! I just got done with the launch of... Continue Reading
Posted on September 18, 2008
I'm going to tell you a secret. It's the secret of continued success that every successful publisher knows and benefits from them. Here it is... The secret of continued success... Continue Reading
Posted on September 17, 2008
I was on Twitter the other day, noticing that I had passed 3300 followers (thanks everyone!), and also noticed that Twitter has no slogan. Well, there's "What are you doing... Continue Reading
Posted on September 16, 2008
It's probably the most important decision you can make as a publisher... What are you going to create a website about? So much depends on your choice: The value of... Continue Reading
Posted on July 30, 2008
"You're a social media expert", he said on the conference call. I guess I hadn't thought of myself in that manner before. He went on to tell me that I... Continue Reading
Posted on July 27, 2008
Social Media is all the buzz right now. It started with MySpace, continued with YouTube and has brought about Facebook, Twitter and a host of other sites promising the help... Continue Reading
Posted on July 20, 2008
Twitter is one of the web's leading innovative sites. People are just discovering new ways to interact with others, build relationships, share ideas AND market themselves and their products/services online... Continue Reading
Posted on July 19, 2008
While attending an Internet marketing conference in Chicago, I spent a lot of time networking with my peers. As I sat at the dinner table last night, I noticed that... Continue Reading
Posted on February 18, 2008
I am finding Facebook to be a great tool for networking and connecting with people. Since I started using last fall, I have connected with old friends, family members, new... Continue Reading
Posted on January 29, 2008
Psst... want to know a way to get tons of free users to your website instantly? And when I say tons, I mean the sort of numbers that will crash... Continue Reading
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