Webinar Details Organizer: John Chow Speaker: Tim Paige Topic: Rapid Listbuilding 2.0 Day/Date: Thurday, September 11 Time: 6.00 pm EST – Time Zone Converter Register for webinar details. ‘Rapid Listbuilding 2.0’ Webinar  [Read more]

Peter Kafka says, “Another installment from the “Facebook Giveth, Facebook Taketh Away” story that all Web publishers are following with intense interest: Below is a chart of Gawker’s U.S. traffic, courtesy of editor Max Read. That first peak, from June, was the site’s third-best month. The peak on the right, from August, indicates that... [Read more]

Kevin Huxham says, “Email marketing has the highest return on investment of any marketing medium. It’s a powerful tool that’s not going away any time soon. High success rates come when you put forth the effort to ensure your lists are clean and current, your content is sound and simple, and your ability to track results helps you... [Read more]

Barry Rodgers and Val Wilson have just revised their classic software for building website sales funnels. Easy Funnel Maker 2.0 software is a funnel maker that you can use with any product, any giveaway, any OTO, etc. that you want to sell. The software asks for some information about your product, your OTO, your download page, etc., and then it takes... [Read more]

Martin Beck says, “The trends box on Twitter’s desktop site is very spartan — a list of 10 topics and hashtags displayed without context and tucked inconspicuously into either the right or left rail. It’s likely many users overlook the feature, making it a missed opportunity for Twitter as it attempts to make its platform more engaging... [Read more]

Derek S. says, “Email has been a mainstay in marketing campaigns for years now. With the relatively new adoption of text message marketing and in-store beacons email has quietly sat back and allowed the newcomers to bask in the spotlight. However, even with more consumer attention being placed on the newcomers, email has remained a powerful... [Read more]

The ‘Business 2 Community’ team says, “To turn business buyers into long-term loyal customers, marketers must mature their content marketing practices to produce relationship-building, useful information. Forrester teamed up with the Business Marketing Association (BMA) and the Online Marketing Institute (OMI) to benchmark the maturity of... [Read more]

Joey Babbs has over 12 years of CPA marketing experience. In his work, he has found that the the success of his CPA campaigns is directly related to three things: 1. The quality of the traffic he sends to these campaigns. So he invested a lot of time and effort into finding good quality traffic sources. 2. The proper promotion of the offers you select. 3.... [Read more]

Douglas Burdett says, “While search engine optimization gets all the notoriety and attention, website optimization actually yields better results. Here’s how to do it The terms search engine optimization and website optimization are often used interchangeably. But they are different. It brings to mind the mistaken interchangeability of the terms... [Read more]

Anum Hussain says, “I don’t know about you, but when I get an email on my phone and have to squint my eyes to try and make out the words, I hit delete. The emails I’m deleting aren’t spammy, unpersonalized messages — they’re just poorly optimized for mobile. And I’m not the only person who does this. In fact,... [Read more]

Graham Charlton says, “Having removed author photos from the SERPs in June, Google has now gone the whole hog and removed authorship altogether. Under the authorship scheme, writers could add the rel=author markup to their bylines, linking them to Google+ pages. Indeed, this is probably the only reason why some people joined Google+, as the carrot... [Read more]

Tony Newton says that his main love in business is building and then flipping niche sites. Usually, they are Amazon affiliate sites. His new Build, Rank and Flip course shows you how to build, rank and then flip Amazon product review sites. In this business, you don’t have to worry about blogging, affiliate marketing, angry customers, handling... [Read more]

Simon Penson says, “he news this week that Twitter has opened up its analytics platform to all is a welcome one for all marketers that value data validation within their decision making process. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the news from Pinterest that it has, for the first time, also opened up its vast treasure trove of data to... [Read more]

Rand Fishkin says, “We hear frequently from marketers who are frustrated that their audiences aren’t sharing their content, making them think the only way to promote their brands is to pay for exposure. In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Rand shows you a new way to think about your marketing that may be just the solution”. But I Have to... [Read more]

Chow says, “Everyone who runs a website has the same thought going through their minds at some point every day – how do I generate more traffic to my site?? Especially when it comes to a small business with a tight SEO/marketing budget! There are a few options that cost money – ie SEO, PPC and banner ads – however there are a few ways to generate... [Read more]

Veteran marketer Shawn Casey (he’s been in this business over 10 years) has been involved in all kinds of online marketing, from software development to webinars to “you name it”. Now, he has something new and potentially game-changing. Casey has just announced Tsunami Sites, and through the weekend, it’s on a grand opening sale.... [Read more]

Jon Myers says, “August marked the 20th anniversary of the first ever online transaction – a copy of Sting’s album Ten Summoner’s Tales. Since then, ecommerce has gone from strength to strength with 95% of us now shopping online. In the same way music trends have come and gone, over the last two decades marketers have had to evolve the... [Read more]

Alisa Meredith says, “Facebook marketing. Once the wild west of free advertising, it’s now become a pay-to-play platform, but even as Facebook itself has grown up a little, the brands using it aren’t all following suit. Here are some of the ways we (still) see brands squandering their potential on Facebook. 1) With Big, Giant Meltdowns I’m... [Read more]

James Arnold says, “Twitter and other social media platforms are great ways to keep in touch. What started as a purely personal platform for people to re-connect with friends and family has today become a marketing tool for business, small and large. Businesses are literally hustling up to get attention on social media platforms and leave their mark... [Read more]

Dr. Amit Pareek builds products for other marketers to use in their own business as aids and tools (and, what’s more, he always allows you to sell his tools, too.) He calls what he offers a “Business in a Box”. His latest business in a box helps you build a business selling to local merchants: Local Marketing Biz in a Box Monster PLR... [Read more]

Jesse Lakes says, “Over the past decade, global online commerce has grown to become a goliath of an industry, responsible for over $1.23 Trillion in sales last year alone according to Statista. Thanks to today’s new technologies, it has become much easier to reach audiences all over the world, no matter where you are. This creates some amazing... [Read more]

Sonia Simone says, “If you’re a writer, you might have heard this most of your life. People don’t make a living writing. You should find something practical to do with your life. Smart, capable writers grimly pass around war stories on Facebook. Penny-a-word assignments, clients who don’t pay, disdain for our craft, and disrespect for our profession”. The... [Read more]

Bruce Ernst says, “There’s an old tale many of you may be familiar with of the five blind men traveling in the jungles of India. In the story, the five blind men come upon an elephant. One blind man feels the elephant’s leg and calls out, “It’s a tree!” Meanwhile, another blind man touches the elephant’s trunk and says, “I’ve... [Read more]

Jeremy Kennedy just announced Half-A-Brain Profit Machine. He chose the name to emphasize that you don’t have to be super smart to build a business online this way. This video training outlines the process to create easy, “one problem one solution” information products that solve a person’s problem at a cost they are happy to... [Read more]