Archive for the ‘Marketing’ Category

Business Xcelerator Business of the Month

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Here is a new interview I did for the Business Xcelerator Online Magazine.  This is a business that I am a customer of myself, and it is a fantastic example a successful online business.  Check out MikesLessons.com, and read the article here. Business Xcelerator Business of the Month: MikesLessons.com

Twitter

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

I have received many requests from clients and friends of clients and friends of friends of clients that want to learn how to grow their Twitter account.  Or in other words, there are people out there that have heard I know how to get targeted, keyword specific Twitter followers and want to learn how.  PLEASE [...]

Web Marketing Snake Oil

Monday, January 19th, 2009

I am so surprised at the incredible amount of enthusiasm about SEO with every new or prospective client I have spoken with in the last 6 months.  In these “tough economic times” EVERYONE is wanting to be more conservative with their business budgets, and more effective with their advertising dollars.  So they will bring in [...]

The Only Way To Get What You Want

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

I just posted a new entry on The Business Xcelerator Blog featuring a YouTube video from my friend and client Dr. Paul Jenkins.  Click HERE to check it out!

Knowledge Is Powerful

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

I am not really sure what is in the water, but this week I have met with three new clients and they have all used the buzz phrase, “knowledge is power.” Being a recovering seminar goer, that phrase has lost its savor with me. The context in which it is often spouted is along the [...]

PPC Tips for the Poor

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

I had a prospective client come to me last month asking for me to help her drive more traffic to her website. So I took her through the questions I usually ask: What are you doing with your existing traffic? What would you do with more traffic? After talking about some website fundamentals, I introduced [...]

Accuracy & Precision

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

One of my clients came to me recently and asked how accurate an ad campaign we were putting together for him would be. I told him that the methods we were implementing for his business were very precise and that accuracy would improve exponentially over time. He shook his head and went cross-eyed (joking) for [...]

Mousetrap 2.0

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

“If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap, than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I can’t help but think that either times were different when Emerson held [...]

A New Business

Friday, September 12th, 2008

I’m really excited today.  I just formed a new entity with a new partner that is going to create the necessary framework for me to meet the needs of more clients, and ultimately create more value for the people and businesses I serve.  Not sure when the website will be up and fully functional, but [...]

A Hole In Your Head

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

When clients meet with me or one of my associates about putting together a website and promoting it for their company we are often asked, “how much does SEO cost?” From there the client will usually pull out a bid they got from another developer and it will read something along the lines of: Logo [...]