DO the following: Choose a domain name that's short, easy to spell and memorable (no dashes in the URL) Keep it simple, focused and relevant (in other words, write to the type of audience you ...
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Three Possible Sales Outcomes
Satisfied Disappointed Inspired Ideally, you want to be in the number 3 range. Inspired customers are loyal customers and inspired customers bring you referrals. Satisfied just means you did ...
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Take the 31 Day Blog Challenge: Sign Up Here!
We're half way through the new year (yep, time flies!). Now let me ask you, if you were to get a report card today for you blog, what would it look like? Would you have a "A+" for post frequency? A ...
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Why Start a Blog + 10 Ways To Make It Work
It used to be that you purchased a domain and slapped up a simple website with a picture and your contact info. Simple. All it was, was a digital business card. Today however, the consumer ...
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The Problem With Free
Can we meet up for lunch? I'd like to pick your brain. Or... Let's do coffee! I'd love to talk to you about something I'm working on. I'd love for you to come speak at our event, oh, but we ...
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Do Epic Shit
Sooner or later, you're going to realize that success doesn't come to those who sit around waiting for permission in life. You have to go out there and make sh*t happen. Period. My advice (to my ...
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How To Quickly Propel Your Blog (and your Business) Beyond the Competition
This week, Stacey Soleil and I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike Stelzner, Founder of Social Media Examiner and author of the new book: "Launch: How To Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the ...
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New Site Launch & My New Speaking Hub
Yesterday, the amazing team at StudioPress launched a new child theme; the Minimum Child Theme (affiliate link). It's a great minimalist design and me, being the fanatic that I am, I just had to find ...
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How Easy Is It To Navigate Your Site?
Look at the picture above. It's a pretty accurate representation of how I feel when I visit some websites. There's almost always too much going on in the sidebar (ads, widget overload, etc.) and/or ...
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Live Interview with @Mike_Stelzner, Founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com Tomorrow at 9:00am PST
UPDATE: Unfortunately we experienced technical difficulties with the call recording on the live-call BUT, we will have the recording re-published here on the site within the next day or two with an ...
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Things I Should Have Learned By Now…
Every time I speak at an event, people's biggest hesitation or frustration with implementing a lot of the things discussed, is that they don't know where to start. I hear things like: I don't know ...
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You Don’t Need ALL the Tools, Just the Right One(s)
There are a vast array of social media tools available to help you market your blog and build your brand. But there are just so many and with new ones being developed every day, how do you keep up ...
