Archive for January, 2008

How “Extraordinary” is Your Business? »

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!“He is extraordinary. If you look at the rankings he is almost two and a half times better than the guy in second place.” Flashy-dressing European Golf Pro, Ian Poulter, commenting in a recent GolfWorld interview that he’s [...]

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Fox News Exclusive: PR “Games”? »

Who is Cooper Lawrence?
No clue…prior to reading my blog feeds this morning, and discovering Chris Garrett’s post.
If you’re an XBox 360 Mass Effect Gamer, you know Cooper Lawrence… and probably blasted her book at Amazon.
Now, I have no dog in this hunt.
Gamer? Nope.
Concerned parent? Nope, no kids.
Cooper Lawrence? As stated previously, not a clue about [...]

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Too Much Fun Social Marketing? »

Ok… so I’m busy “Propellering” a post, and I Stumble Upon this gem. (Thanks to The Onion)
“Depressed Candidate Runs Attack Ad About Self”
Damn… I gotta stop snorting Red Bull all over my keyboard.
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Help My Feeds are Eating Me Alive! »

I subscribe to lots of Feeds.
My Google Reader is one big, bloated cow of unread posts.
What’s with all the Feeds?
Well…
Like most bloggers, I track news and posts in my niche. I’m constantly looking for the good, new stuff that I can share with my readers.
Here’s the problem.
I write and ghost-write in a wide-range of diverse [...]

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“Homer Simpson” Discovers Secret to Boosting Personal Productivity »

Once again, Seth Godin reaches out, grabs my brain, shakes it, and says:
“Walt, you really are a moron about some really simple things!”
This idea makes so much sense.
Well, it makes perfect sense for us “blinking 12:00 on the VCR” Homer Simpson types… (VCR… WTF?… I can practically hear you smug iPhone bastards [...]

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Social Power Linking: Jack Humphrey’s “Tough” Link Love »

” For all the poor bastards who couldn’t afford SMARTS, Social Power Linking is waiting with open arms and far more affordable.” Jack Humphrey declared recently inside the Social Power Linking forum.
It’s that kind of blunt honesty… and Jack’s hands-on involvement in this program that Social Power Linking makes the $29.95 monthly admission a “no-freaken’-brainer” [...]

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Grab a Couple Free Marketing Tools »

Check out David Wilcox’s Niche Market Research tool. It’s a powerful market research marketing tool.
It’s designed for use in conducting your keyword/competition Niche Market Research in Jack Humphrey’s Authority Site Center membership. David’s Niche Competition Research Organizer is built on an Excel spreadsheet. It allows you to drill down, capture, and organize your market [...]

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Stumble… and Bumble »

Just what I need: another tool to burn more hours online.
I’m now hooked on mindless clicking of that damn “Start Stumbling” button.
Here’s a recent “Stumble”:
A big, fancy, name-brand, traditional ad agency site
Go ahead, take a look.
And then leave your comment here.
Thumbs Up?
Or…
Thumbs Down?
Why?
P.S.— What is “Digital Masterbation”?
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Blogs: A Waste of Small Biz Owners Time? »

Gene Marks,CPA, Business Week contributing writer, last week blasted ten “Tech Solutions Your Small Biz Can’t Use”
Small business owners, stay away from blogs? A free communication tool that allows you to build community with your prospects and clients…
(NOTE: Ironically, Gene Marks,CPA wrote the Business Week article… on a freaking B-L-O-G…, owns the Marks Group, which [...]

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Use Squidoo Marketing Tools »

Squidoo, Seth Godin’s brainchild, is a killer marketing tool.
Here are the major Squidoo advantages:

Tap into the traffic and Page Rank of Squidoo.

Position yourself as The Expert…The Authority in your market.

Join a business-friendly social marketing network. Unlike MySpace and Facebook, where you kinda have to tip-toe around about what you got to sell… heck, Squidoo has [...]

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