
7 Tips That Will Help You Survive a Zombie Outbreak and Get You a Top Ranked Website
Whether it's their night, their dawn or their day, the living dead are constantly haunting movies, books and the related media. The idea of the long-ago and recently departed rising up to eat us is the stuff of nightmares--and billion-dollar entertainment franchises.. Should the day when the dead actually do walk, you'll need to know what to do to survive...just so happens that these things will also help you get a top ranked website. Here's how you can survive a zombie outbreak AND get … READ MORE

The 7 Most Fascinating Internet Marketers of 2011
Who were Barbara Walter's Most Fascinating People of 2011? Who cares when you can find out who The Most Fascinating Internet Marketers of 2011 are? :) ...and being Internet Marketing related, I HAD to go with the Top 7 instead of the Top 10. These are the 7 people that I found the most interesting for various reasons these last 12 months. I'm not specifically endorsing them or any of their products (but all I've seen them put out is quality stuff)...this list is just about who was … READ MORE

3 Business Lessons Learned from a Little Boy With Down Syndrome
Kids can be some of the best teachers. My son, Jackson, has been no exception to that rule...despite the fact that he has a learning disability. He's taught me more in less than 2 years, than any other person alive. I wanted to share a few of the lessons he taught me about running a business (I'll share more of these lessons from time to time). 1. If Plan "A" Doesn't Work, Don't Worry. There are 25 Other Letters Kids with Down syndrome tend to have delays in verbal … READ MORE
A Few Images of Success
A few nice success images I found: Success Image by baejaar Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Success Image by aafromaa Success skid boarding Blue Sky Growing a Tree Branch in the Garden of Success Image by epSos.de Small branch of a growing tree against deep blue sky. This picture is a good symbol for growth, success, natural beauty, stability, hope and a better future. This photo was created on a warm morning, in the spring, … READ MORE

How to Get 12 .EDU Backlinks for Just $5 Bucks
I decided to do a video lesson today. I show you a fast and easy way to get .EDU backlinks. If you are not aware, an .EDU backlink is a link to your website from an educational university/institution. Google REALLY loves these types of links. Just a few of these can give your site a fast and permanent boost in search rankings. Anyway, I reveal a resource (http://fiverr.com) where you can buy 12 .EDU backlinks for just $5. Enjoy and leave your comments! ****UPDATE: I … READ MORE

Facebook Hack: Get Full Names for Everyone on Your List
You want to have a real name for every email address in your email list, right? We all know this because names dramatically improve performance – only drawback is that your optin rate starts to drop when you include more fields (even just adding a "First Name" field" dropped one of my forms by near 30%). Catch 22. How cool would it be if by magic you could take a list of raw email adresses and then automatically put a real first name and second name to it? Enter Facebook. You may … READ MORE
The Latest News in SEO
Yanik Silver’s Underground 8
If you were at the Traffic & Conversion Summit last week, we hopefully got a chance to chat...and you got made some deals and learned a few new tricks. That is one of the 2 big internet marketing events of the year...hands down. The other one, is Yanik Silver's Underground event. That one is coming up very soon, and yours truly will be speaking there. :) I'll be sharing some new … [Read More...]
The 7 Most Fascinating Internet Marketers of 2011
Who were Barbara Walter's Most Fascinating People of 2011? Who cares when you can find out who The Most Fascinating Internet Marketers of 2011 are? :) ...and being Internet Marketing related, I HAD to go with the Top 7 instead of the Top 10. These are the 7 people that I found the most interesting for various reasons these last 12 months. I'm not specifically endorsing them or any of … [Read More...]
Google Updates Even Freak Out Puppies
Google updates scare the poop out of all SEO's (and even puppies as proven by the pic to the left). "The latest Google update" is always the hot topic in the blogosphere, and there seems to be a new one every month. What the hell does Google want to go with all these changes? Let me start quoting the definition of SEO Google gives in its Guidelines: Search engine optimization is about … [Read More...]
A Letter to Google from Inbound Marketers
Hi Google. It’s been great between us, hasn’t it? You’ve always provided great research and measurement tools to support a great search engine, and in return, I’ve done my best to create quality material on the web. Inbound marketers and Google working together, we’ve been improving the Internet one quality web page after another for a while now. But lately you’ve been doing a few … [Read More...]
New Adwords Social Extension Displays Google +1′s In PPC Ads
As we all know, Google+ has been hard at work lately trying to increase their user base and trying to close the gap between them and Facebook. Over the past few weeks they have moved one step closer by rolling out their Google+ business pages - basically the equivalent to Facebook business profiles. Now, before I go any further, I want to state a quick disclaimer; social extensions are brand … [Read More...]
SEO Tips

7 Tips That Will Help You Survive a Zombie Outbreak and Get You a Top Ranked Website
Whether it’s their night, their dawn or their day, the living dead are constantly haunting movies, books and the related media. The idea of the long-ago and recently departed rising up to eat us is the stuff of nightmares–and billion-dollar entertainment franchises.. Should the day when the dead actually do walk, you’ll need to know [...]

SEO Tips for Small Businesses from Matt Cutts
Came across this interview from Matt Cutts circa 2007 in Las Vegas. Matt had some excellent SEO tips for small businesses and answered a few great questions. Do you run a small business? Watch this to hear some killer SEO tips that can help you in running and optimizing your e-commerce website or small business [...]

Does Duplicate Content Still Matter?
The guys over at SEOmoz wrote a post all about duplicate content. I don’t agree with their position that Google can tell that duplicate content exists outside of title tags and headers. The internet is just too big. But still a good read, and always good to get another person’s take on it. While it’s [...]

LANDRUSH!!!! Grab Your Google+ Business Page
Google+ has finally launched the ability for businesses to create pages, similar to Facebook Pages (formerly Fan Pages). Get yours now…no need to wait, right? Still not much in the way of traffic on Google+, but have seen some great SEO triggers and benefits with it. This could be important to your business’s branding on [...]

4 Things Google Hates
I usually share tips and strategies with you about how to increase your websites ranking in the search results. Gonna do the exact opposite today (did you ever have Opposite Day in school when you were a kid? wear your clothed inside out or backwards? maybe it was just a Alvin, Tx thang) :) Anyway…I [...]
Inspiration

3 Business Lessons Learned from a Little Boy With Down Syndrome
Kids can be some of the best teachers. My son, Jackson, has been no exception to that rule…despite the fact that he has a learning disability. He’s taught me more in less than 2 years, than any other person alive. I wanted to share a few of the lessons he taught me about running a [...]

Shocking Speech That Got a Standing Ovation
Though I usually publish posts on SEO, Google, and internet marketing in general, I decided to feature an essay by Soeren Palumbo. Soeren is a senior honors student and big brother to Olivia, who has an intellectual disability. During a speech several years ago, Soeren gave the following speech to a gymnasium full of his [...]

VIDEO: Pure Emotion
I wish I had this gift…more than just about anything else in the world. The takeaway in this video is how the man uses so much PURE EMOTION to communicate. Use this in your marketing as much as possible. Once I learned to bare my soul with Jackson’s story, it changed my relationship with all [...]

How a Little Boy with Down Syndrome Changed My Business Forever
I made a decision on Thursday evening that will affect how I interact with you for the foreseeable future. I get all the promo emails you get from all the other marketers too. Always the next best thing that will “help” you achieve success..and every single one I have ever sent to you, I stand behind. All [...]

The Ben Comen Story
Ben Comen is a cross country runner who has run on the TL Hanna High School cross country team for five years, completing his senior season in 2004. Ben has cerebral palsy that affects his balance, so he has to work a little harder than his teammates. He typically finishes last in his races. This [...]



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