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My New Droid Phone & Apps I’m Using

Got a new Droid phone for Christmas. It is AMAZING. Way more than a phone, it’s a powerful tool for many facets of my life. Those of us who have never had an iPhone can finally see what a real smart phone can do. I’ve been testing and using several apps that I have found [...]

Free Dashboard software for Google Analytics

I ran across (thanks to Don Crowther) a cool Adobe Air application that collects Google Analytics data from multiple sites – even multiple accounts, and places it on a dashboard. The video shows you the overview. Very cool. Get your free software at Trakkboard.com Leave your comment below…

How I Made My Blog #1 On Google (PR3)

This is the story of how I got a simple blog to #1 on Google, and earned a PageRank of 3, with just a few hours of work and some really good SEO blog software I got for free. The strange thing is, this was pretty simple. But let’s start from the beginning. I have [...]

Google Finally Getting Tough With Scammers

According to industry trade publication Advertising Age, Google is getting tough on advertisers promoting scams through their adwords service. While Google has always had some policing in effect, and has banned many users, the enforcement was sometimes hit or miss and subject to delays that resulted in many consumers being duped. Now Google has unleashed [...]

Love this new (free) Twitter tool

I was using TweetDeck for Twitter, but this new and free tool is more powerful and easier to use. I really like the fact that it tracks how many clicks your tweets get. Download TweetGlide For Free Here. Please share your thoughts by leaving a comment.

Marketing eMail Open Rate Increases 18% vs 2008

Direct marketing powerhouse Epsilon completed a study of over 6.5 million marketing emails for over 200 clients and reported that open rates have increased over 18% year over year for the second quarter. That’s good news for those of us doing email marketing as more prospects are reading emails. Read full story in DMNews I’m [...]

Did I Really Buy All This????

Recently it became clear that a bit of housekeeping was in order. My “library” was overflowing with books, videos, DVDs and all kinds of infoproducts related to marketing. I knew I had amassed quite a collection over the years, but I didn’t realize how much until it was time to clean some of it up [...]

SEO vs PPC: Shoppers really trust…

Do shoppers trust the organic results they find in a search engine more than the sponsored results? Do they even realize the difference? This video gives you the answers as published in the book, Online Shopping Through Consumers’ Eyes: A Study of Online Users’ Responses to 107 Questions Get the free report: 7 Deadly SEO [...]

2 Simple YouTube Traffic Tips

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Firm nailed for fake testimonials and forum posts

New York cracked down on a plastic surgery firm that was posting fake testimonials and positive comments on the web. That firm will enjoy paying $300,000 in fines for their sleazeball actions. Better idea: Have a good product that real people make positive posts about. Full details from the Office of the Attorney General. What [...]