Hello Dennis, After following the instructions for Dennis’ AppSumo video, I was able to build a following of 3,775 fans on my FB page (from 300). That’s good news. When I post a link to a new page of my webcomic or something, my “Feedback” percentage tends to be in the 3-4% range. Also good […]
Small Business Tells All– How He Achieved 1081 Percent Growth on Facebook Read More »
I travel a lot. So few people get to see how much hotels, airlines, convention centers, or your mobile carrier charge you for internet access. Check out what Swisscom, who powers the Miami Convention Center, charges. I estimate I spend about 500 dollars a month for internet access: $50 for Comcast $70 for my Verizon
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I set up Google Alerts to monitor a number of keywords– and increasingly I’ve noticed how updates to Facebook pages are now showing up. Part of this is the fact that Google is increasingly using social signals to determine rankings, since what might have gotten hundreds of links a few years ago will today get
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I was able to catch up Murray Newlands, a famous blogger. We were able to have nice about his work in affiliate marketing, and the secret behind the site, Murraynewlands.com, an affiliate blog that came from nowhere and is now everywhere on Google and Twitter. Not only has he some great content on his blog,
Want to be a well-known affiliate blogger? My interview with Murray Newlands Read More »
3 million users took their names last Friday in Facebook’s vanity url rush. But even bigger than that is grabbing the vanity URLs for your fan page(s), which opens up on June 28th. If you have at least 1,000 fans by May 31st, then you can grab them now. Likewise, if you’re a journalist or
Facebook Vanity URLs– get yours! Read More »
But I am still going anyway. The terrorists seek to stop business and tourism from transpiring. Going to check out Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, and Chandigarh. Will be back in Boulder on December 12th. But hey– we have SMX Sydney in April 2010, featuring Dennis Yu and Gillian Muessig presenting together on metrics and PPC!
India conferences canceled, but Dennis Yu attends anyway! Read More »
Google placed in beta yesterday a new service to create free display ads. This is a cleaner implementation, in my opinion to what Yahoo and AdReady have with MyAds. Slowly, Google is moving from text-based to true self-serve advertising. This is going to put a lot of low-value designers out of business. This service allows
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Perhaps a pessimistic title— I’ve had my fair share of failure, so I thought I’d share my understanding of what causes that to happen in companies and projects that I’ve worked on. The main reason? Not starting. Yes, it really is that simple. People have all kinds of reasons why they don’t start— they need
Why People Fail (Must be present to win) Read More »
Today I received two “urgent” messages from a Facebook user named Brian Zisk. They are both similar in content and tone, so I’ll just post one of them below. There is a game on Facebook called “Friends For Sale“. You buy and sell friends, and in the process are able to give them nicknames, send
When people take Facebook too seriously…. Read More »