The Uncool Blogging Seminar

That’s the subtext of the WordBiz Blogging Seminar in Washington DC on June 30, 2004. Think blogs are a fad? That they have to be “cool”? Think again… Join me at a half-day seminar and I’ll convince you otherwise. A blog may be the...

Say less, sell more

That’s Bill Myers’ Tip of the Week. He writes, “… if a customer is going to make a purchase, they decide to do so early on in the sales presentation. After that, they are just looking for reasons not to buy.” And yet… tests show...

Limit your links

In your HTML e-newsletter, that is. That’s the subject of a mini column I wrote for today’s issue of BtoB E-mail Marketer Insight. Sounds counter intuitive but it’s really not. By limiting the number of hypertext links, you narrow down your...

Have You Googled Yourself Lately?

Google yourself… That’s today’s pithy two-word tip from personal branding guru William Arruda. As he puts it: “Being Googled reveals how visible you are on the Web, and visibility (at least among your target audience) is critical to successful...

Vote for best blog

MarketingSherpa is running a contest for best blog on the topics of marketing, advertising, PR or small business. Fun idea. Five sensible criteria: 1. personality; 2. usefulness; 3. writing style; 4. usability & design; 5. would you revisit? Vote here.