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The Internet Is Not Set And Forget
In the last couple of days Clickbank has changed the appearance of its website. This time it’s not just a change of colour scheme. This time they’ve rearranged how you enter their site to emphasise their new approach and services. The more ‘corporate’ design of the homepage now features examples of people who have sold…
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Let’s get on with …oh look Squirrel!
The phrase “Oh look, squirrel,” comes from the film Up and is said by a dog that is frequently distracted. There is even a Facebook page named after the phrase which is often associated with ADD. As internet marketers we need to keep focused and should be aware of our own ‘squirrel moments’. It seems…
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A Deadline Should be Like a Birthday
This week I’m 50 (well not 50 as much as 8 with 42 years experience, most of it forgotten). Which started me thinking about how we should treat deadlines like birthdays. No, not having only one per year, but having planned one being determined to make it happen. One year my son wanted to have…
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Now You’ve Started Will You Finish?
If you spent the last days of 2012 planning you should have already decided what you intend to focus on this year. You’ll know where you’ll be putting most of your energy, the destination you’re aiming for and a good idea of the route you’ll take to get there. It’s as if the vehicle that’s…
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Planning Your Year Ahead
In my last post I outlined how you could review this year and plan for the next, producing a list of actions designed to help you reach your targets. Today I want to outline a way to plan the year ahead and ensure you fit in all the actions you want to take. To do…
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This is for You if You Don’t Review
It’s the time of year for reviews. This is usually when we are reminded of what has happened in the last twelve months in the worlds of politics, sport and music. Yet how many of us perform a review of our own? If this is something you don’t usually do for your business let me…
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Recovering from Traffic Flatline – Becoming More Sociable
In my last post I mentioned I was going to try to get more traffic from Facebook. With this objective in mind I have set up a Facebook fan page. If you want to take a look you can find it here. The idea is that not only can I start to build relationships with…
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Recovering from Traffic Flatline – Another 7 Days
Last week I outlined my initial response to receiving no traffic to my blog for a full 7 days, something I have called traffic flatline. Since my last post I have added some features to the blog to encourage interaction and retention of visitors. If you look at the right of the page, below the…
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Recovering from Traffic Flatline – My Results So Far
Well after traffic to this blog literally flatlined I said in my last blog post that it was time to address the issue and take action. So what have I been doing? Firstly I’ve started regularly visiting the Warrior Forum and leaving comments. This is something I used to do but had fallen out of…