Help Others and You Will Help Yourself

Recently I spoke with the owner of BurgBuzz.com, a community portal out of Virginia, USA.  Laura and I chatted on a recorded line about her inspiration to build a community portal, the challenges she faces and her plans for the future of this site. One of the comments she made about building this business was dead on – not just for this model but for ANY business model that we attempt. She said, and I paraphrase, that when she built the site... [Read More...]

Shortened Links But Much More

I must have been living under a rock.  I’ve used a couple of the shortened link services once or twice but most of the time I use a redirect on my own sites. But recently I needed to shorten a link for Twitter and set it up myself using bit.ly. What I found was that I could: Track the performance of the link How many people clicked the link in real time AND how many other people visited the link A complete history of the links And some saved... [Read More...]

Strategic Online Marketing Tip: Heads Up, Eyes Open

If you are anything like me most days you get up, put your head down and power through your “list of things to do”.  Sometimes I’m up until midnight to get the bare minimum done and struggle to accomplish those little extra bits that pad the Paypal account. But what most of us forget is that inspiration comes from those fleeting moments when we pay attention to what is going on around us. The radio, television, bookstore, parades,... [Read More...]