Internet Marketing

I Don’t Need No Stinkin Web Site

Fascinating research from Discover Financial Services here shows that many small business owners don’t feel they will ever need a web site for their business.
Isn’t that kind of like saying they will never need a telephone?
Seems like a great opportunity ahead….Happy New Year!
Not Every Business Needs – or Wants – a Web Site
Research Shows Key [...]

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Search Engine Optimization

How Many Search Engine Marketing Blogs Are There?

When I did a Google search for “search engine marketing blog” I got 108,000,000 results.  Fortunately, TopRank Online Marketing has compiled a list of the top 400 that matter.
The Top 400?
I am all for inclusiveness, but are there really 400 blogs on the subject of search engine marketing that matter?

I guess the fact that they [...]

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Leadership

10 Rules From Sam Walton for Building a Successful Business

Sam Walton grew up poor during the Great Depression, yet rose to start the biggest retail store Wal-Mart.
When Walton died in 1992, the family’s net worth approached $25 billion. Today, Wal-Mart is the world’s #1 retailer, with more than Wal-Mart Stores has more than 5,700 stores, including some 1,350 discount stores, nearly 2,000 combination discount [...]

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Personal Productivity

Deciding If My BlackBerry Storm Touch Phone Is Worth The Trouble

I am now on my third Blackberry Storm touch screen phone.  
Generally with technology products like this I like to be an early adopter of version 2.0.   I am not geeky enough to really want to be the early adopter guy who gladly puts up with buggy software, user interface issues, and other typical [...]

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Marketing Book Reviews

“Rich Is A Religion” by Mark Stevens, 2008

Do you believe in a “money mindset”? Is it true that some folks are just “wired” differently when it comes to money? If you don’t have a healthy attitude toward money, do you believe you could learn how to embrace an abundant and respectful attitude toward money and wealth creation?

Mark Stevens (author of [...]

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Direct Response Marketing

Marketing in the Era of Creative Destruction

Dave Newmark, CEO and Founder of the radio advertising inventory auction agency Bid4Spots, is our guest blogger today!  More about Dave at the end of the article….now on with the show….
In a recent article in Atlantic Magazine, author Richard Florida, talks about opportunities that can come about in the current recession. He says that these [...]

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Entrepreneurship

Harnessing the Web for Start Ups

In honor of “National Small Business Week“, I thought I would share a number of resources that are helpful to me with my businesses, and some that I think are doing a nice job of harnessing the power of community and sharing on the web.  If you have some to share, please add them to [...]

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Random Notes

New AOL Logo – Must Stand For “Agency On Ludes”

AOL has changed it’s logo.
It is not a change for the better.
This is the easiest post I have ever written, because the visuals tell the story.
I really need to dial up my chutzpa and get into branding one of these days…..
OLD AOL Logo:

New AOL Logo:

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