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Goodbye PC Magazine, Hello Niches

Goodbye PC Magazine. Yesterday I received the last print edition of PC Magazine, which I had I started reading shortly after it was first published in 1982. PC Magazine was one of the best places to learn about PCs, software and accessories. They have great articles on technology, user tips, software reviews, etc. At one [...]

How the “Long Tail” caught Saddam Hussein and lessons for marketers

Just read an interesting report on the capture of Saddam Hussein. It was 5 years ago when Saddam was pulled out of a spider hole. You might remember that the US military had come out with a deck of cards ranking the 52 most wanted Iraqi terrorists – with Saddam being the Ace of Spades. [...]

#3 on Google in under 10 days

I downloaded Jeff Johnson’s Free SEO blog software and followed his instructions. In less than 10 days I had the number 3 spot in Google for my keyword phrase as you will see in this video. If you are at all interested in getting free SEO traffic from blogs, you should really get this free [...]

Free SEO WordPress Blog Software

Download free WordPress SEO Blog software here. Wondering what one of these blogs looks like? Here’s a model rocket books blog I just made with this free software.

New Amazon Cloudfront: Solution to Launch Server Meltdowns?

Amazon has released a public beta of a new service called CloudFront. It works with their Amazon S3 service to distribute web content geographically so that your files are closer to your visitors. I think this may be the solution to the server meltdowns we have seen or experienced first-hand during big product launches. I [...]

How to Increase Twitter Followers

Got this idea from Mike Filsaime. Simple but effective. If you want to build a following on Twitter, register a domain name for it. Example: I registered http://TwitterMulligan.com In your host control panel, simply forward this domain to your own twitter link. This works especially well if you were unable to get your desired name [...]

If you have people pix on your site…

If you have photos of people on your sales or opt-in pages, look at their eyes. I just saw a very interesting eye-tracking study which showed that where the model is looking dramatically affected a reader’s attention on the headline. The short take-away is: get a photo of the model so it looks like they [...]

Warning: this mistake floods you with spam

If you own a web site or you are planning on having one, watch this five minute video. It shows an extremely simple and free technique to eliminate a major source of spam. Plus, this page has the tool you need, and it only takes a few seconds to use it. How to stop spam [...]

Is Your Niche A Stadium or a Parade?

Is your niche a stadium or a parade? The answer should have a lot to do with how you market your product. What do I mean by this question? When most marketers think of their niche market, they unconsciously think of a stadium metaphor: a huge crowd of people they can potentially sell to. But [...]

Using StumbleUpon for Blog content ideas

I just posted a quick video that gives some ideas for using StumbleUpon to generate ideas for blog posts. StumbleUpon’s users do a great job of ferreting out interesting news and ideas, and the sites and resources you see are typically current, as opposed to those found in search engines. How to use StumbleUpon for [...]