Long has the debate raged about which is the better use of internet-marketing budget: paid-search initiatives or organic methods to gain new customers. PPC people generally feel the tools at their disposal are faster, more measurable, and therefore superior to organic, while SEO types insist that their techniques have more staying power and are more “honest” in the end. The truth is that there’s a place for each in any comprehensive marketing strategy and we’ll now explore some developments...

Why You Should Blog!

I have been blogging for just over two months now. Many of my mentoring students have been asking my advice on blogging. I have so far hesitated to teach much about blogging, because it’s not something I feel I “know” yet. I feel much more comfortable teaching about things I know.

Well… I took a look at Alexa today and noticed that this blog almost hit the top 10,000 most visited sites on the Internet today. I have been seeing success with...

My Review Of Feed Blaster

Feed blaster is software that automatically post your ad to hundreds of RSS feeds. The cost is $50 and it is a pretty good deal.

I have been using it for about six months now. Though it hasn't resulted in the flood of traffic that the website claims it does give my site a noticeable traffic boost.

The size of the boost depends on the keyword phrase, but almost every phrase I have tried results in some increased traffic. It is not...

There's been news that the America Federal Trade Commission are planning to force blog and website owners to "disclose" the fact that you and I are profiting from our recommendations.

In other words, when you recommend something to someone and someone buys a product based on the confidence on your recommendation, the FTC believes it's the customers "right" to know they are being profited from.

The argument with marketers and promoters is that they...

If you receive a "thin site" penalty from Google this means your website was reviewed and:

1. It is an affiliate site.

2. The reviewer did not see sufficient value.

This can be rough, as you may have spent a lot of time creating your content.

Keep this in mind: Google's internal website rater guidelines instruct that affiliate sites by default are to be considered spam, regardless of their content.

So what are we gonna do...