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Well the previous post received some good tips and comments it’s always interesting to me to see what is working for other people. Of course what works for one market or niche may not work in another, but it is always good to test and see. I figured i would follow up the post on…
Read MoreWhere Did I Put That?
I ask myself this question frequently! (where did I put that information?) In the process of trying to get so much done in a short period of time I’ve been keeping notes in one of three places two of which are written just for the fact that sometimes it’s just faster to write something down.…
Read MoreWordPress Does This?
I get asked this question a lot, “How Do I turn WordPress Into a Sales Site”? Well a good friend of mine answers this question with the best solution I’ve seen. http://fed3.me/MarketerCMS This new software builds your complete marketing website for you. Meaning you don’t need a webmaster. You don’t need a designer. There’s a…
Read MoreWho’s Watching Your Blog?
I was recently reading a post at TechCrunch about how one browser has over taken another one as the most popular browser for views on their site. This got me wondering when was the last time I actually checked my stats for my blog? I get so busy with product creation, support, and normal day…
Read More50 Biggest Website Mistakes
After a lot of writing, many revisions, and lots of updates my book that I have with my good friend Bret Ridgway is FINALLY complete. Our book is the “50 Biggest Website Mistakes we see online business owners make”, this book is my first in this series and Bret’s second. Bret has a book title…
Read MoreUpsell Utopia Or Upsell Hell?
This has to be one of the most overlooked mistakes. And it’s not the fact that upsells are done wrong. The biggest mistake is that they’re not done at all. First, let’s clarify what an “upsell” actually is. An upsell is an offer made at the time of ordering to make additional sales to that…
Read MoreTwo Surprise Holiday Gifts!
Happy Holidays!! I hope you aren’t getting too stressed out with everything going on this time of year! My friend and colleague Valerie Dawson recently sent me two of her most popular products. I liked them so much that I asked her if she would mind if I pass them along to you. Valerie agreed!…
Read MoreOrder & Submit Buttons
I see this mistake quite a bit or maybe I don’t! So many times I see order buttons and form submit buttons that don’t appear to be buttons. Many web designers will make great looking graphical buttons to “match” the design of the rest of the site. While these buttons might look nice they aren’t…
Read MoreAuto Responder Mistake, Or was it?
Ok I have to share this with you. After my last blog post I decided to do at least one thing to grow my business each week. So I looked at my action item list of things I wanted to get done but never did. This item happened to be the fact that when I…
Read MoreWhere IS My Business?
I’ve been thinking about this recently and thought I’d write about it here. In the process of taking the steps to grow my business I realized I need to figure out where my business “IS” before I can build upon it. Now my original thinking was this. I had gotten so busy “DOING” my business…
Read MoreDefragging for Performance
Here’s another quick tip to help you AND your PC be more productive. This tip is for Defragmenting your hard drive. Sounds scary I know but it’s not really. There is some debate whether this is still needed or not I believe it is. So first here’s the video on How to do it and…
Read MoreWeb Biz iPhone Apps
Several people have asked what applications I have installed on my iPhone, well that would be a long list so I though I would focus on a couple that I use for my web businesses. To Keep track of time on projects I use an application called “TimeLogger” really cool and easy to use. Allows…
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