You Have Ideas, Can You Spread Them?
Seth Godin has been a major influence on my marketing. The guy gets it, on many levels. I was just reading one of my favorite sites at Robin Good’s MasterNewMedia.org, where he features some advice from Seth. Can you get your ideas to spread or not? He asks. With people having less and less time available while products, services and choices keep increasing in number, the typical choice is to ignore ordinary stuff. People want something special. Something that stands... Read More »
Who Cares About Traffic? Techmeme Is A Branding Game
Silly Scoble, traffic is for kids. The real value of being on Techmeme, having your stories listed on Techmeme is NOT traffic, it’s association. It’s branding. Look at this list below (graphic), for this story we’re talking about right now. Look at the names in that list. I took this screen grab before I wrote this story, but in a half hour from now, my blog and name will be listed right next to all of those big name bloggers and brands. As I said over... Read More »
Internet Video Marketing - The Next Step For Search
It’s very interesting to see how search is evolving these days. We have the whole paid links controversy heating things up again, as always, plus much more debate about the search industry as well. It’s never ending. What’s more interesting to me is how search has evolved and continues to do so. The latest evolution comes in the form of online video, or, Internet video marketing, which is the process of producing high-quality video content for the purpose... Read More »
First Look Inside Google Video Adsense - Does It Work?
You can now log in to Adsense and choose the Adsense for Video, which I just did. Update: Ads not showing up in blog entry, so I removed the examples. Anyone have a fix for posting the code in a blog entry? Check out my other blog at AsktheBlogger.com, or Jake’s blog for a great view of it in action. Read More →
How Do I Become A YouTube Partner?
So Adsense now comes to video, and the big question everyone wants to know now is… How do I become a YouTube partner so I can earn the big bucks from the new Adsense video ads? Well, guess what, it’s not going to be easy. Here’s what we know. 1. There are about 100 pre-selected partners already who have signed agreements with Google. For now, the system’s scope, and its potential to deliver new revenue to Google, is limited, because only about 100... Read More »
How To Setup New Google Adsense Video Units
Here’s a video of how to setup your new Google Adsense video ad units. Hat tip Shawn at Affiliatetip.com. In addition, here’s a video from the video product team at Google explaining it all. Read More →
Syndicated YouTube Video Ads Means BIG Bucks For Video Publishers
Game on for video publishers. There is officially no reason to not get into the video business. In another HUGE move by GoogTube, they have announced that they’ll begin showing videos as ad on “other” websites. What does this mean? Let’s examine it. With the new twist, websites participating in AdSense now can sign up to specify the kinds of YouTube videos they want shown on their pages. A website focused on automobiles, for instance, might want to... Read More »
Google Flexes On Page Rank Debate Once Again
Are you buying or selling Google juice? The debate rages on. Or, actually, did Google just end it? Last week, I noticed the Stanford Daily had dropped from when I wrote the above in April to PR7 today. That’s a huge drop that has no apparent reason to happen. Some others were also reporting PageRank drops. So I pinged Google, and they confirmed that PageRank scores are being lowered for some sites that sell links. In addition, Google said that some sites that are selling... Read More »
Technorati Dropped The Ball, Can They Pick It Back Up?
Mathew nailed it on the head. The rati doesn’t suck, no, but it severely lacks from being great when it has had every opportunity to do so. Technorati has been riddled with performance issues for longer than I care to think about, has launched new features that seem poorly thought out and are already being done better by others (WTF comes to mind), and is in danger of being overshadowed by a website run by a single person, Techmeme’s Gabe Rivera. That’s... Read More »
eComXpo Just Days Away - A Virtual Trade Show
Will you attend? You don’t need to get a flight, or a hotel, or a rental car. You simply need to register and spend a few days in a complete virtual world. Here’s a tour of the event. Instead of writing a bunch of stuff you won’t likely read, here’s some videos. Read More →
Best Blog You May Have Never Read
If you like stories and ideas for how to be successful, not “making money online” stuff, but more, marketing, publicity and entrepreneurial stuff… Check out http://hellomynameisscott.blogspot.com/. You may know him as the name tag guy. Got any other great blogs that maybe I’m not reading that are like Scott’s? Read More →
You Can’t Win, So Don’t Even Try
This is for anyone who wants to be successful. For anyone with the drive who keeps trying and trying yet keeps failing. For anyone who keeps being told you can’t do something. On Sunday my beloved Cleveland Browns play the might New England Patriots. Nobody says the Browns can win. Nobody will pick them. They can’t win. Right? I’ve been in this Internet game for over 10 years now. I’ve produced thousands of websites, blogs, applications, etc…... Read More »
Someone Please Create A Geek Marketer Magazine
Got my last issue today of Business 2.0. The cover says, “this is your last issue… you’re getting a couple of FORTUNE magazines to fulfill your subscription.” Ok, thanks, but no thanks. I don’t want to read about that stuff. I want to read about geek marketer stuff. Business 2.0 was my favorite magazine, besides Revenue Mag :) Who’s gonna pick up the slack and make another mag for geek marketers like me? Geek Marketer Magazine, that’s... Read More »
SocialRank A Site Scraper Or MFA Play, Or Both?
You decide. SocialRank.com is creating useful, high-quality websites that help people… or they are producing fancy made-for-Adsense (MFA) sites that scrap blog content? Bloggingtips pointed this out to me. There are some good comments from the Socialrank representative in that blog entry. I’ll let you decide for yourself the answer to my question above. One of the sites they have created is a site called Mightyblogger.com. Well, apparently I am listed in the... Read More »
FaceBook Flyers Are Like Google Adwords
I always wondered why Facebook was being valued so high. Then I read Shawn’s post about Facebook Flyers - The Next Google Adwords? Wow. Think about it. You can put pay-per-click ads into Facebook, and you can geo-target them by city, sex, political beliefs, etc… I’m going to test out a few Cleveland, Ohio based ads to see how they perform and I’ll report back with the results. Read More →
You Can’t Afford To Go To The Blog World Expo?
Wait, I meant you can’t afford “NOT” to go. Look, let me lay it on the line for you. I know who you are. You’re a blogger who doesn’t make much money from your blogging efforts. You’re struggling with new widgets and other ways to make money online and you’re discouraged that you’re not making all kinds of money from your blog. You are saying to yourself, “I can’t go to Vegas, pay for a hotel room, flight, expenses,... Read More »
WidgetBucks Shopping Widget Like Chitika, But Better?
You’ve heard all the buzz about WidgetBucks.com new shopping widget? It’s lighting a fire around the blogosphere as we speak. Why? Because it’s pretty darn neat. It pays per click and pulls data from top shopping engines. In my opinion, a VERY good alternative for bloggers and sites who want something more than Adsense. WidgetBucks - Trend Watch - WidgetBucks.com writeWBStyles("www.widgetbucks.com");setTimeout(function(){var day = "" + new Date().getMonth()... Read More »
People LOVE Lists - You Should Make One
It’s pretty amazing that a one-person team with no investment money can, and has, completely kicked the butt of an established service in a matter of a year. I’m talking of course about Gabe from Techmeme, who’s new “Top 100” list will in my opinion finally drive the nail in the coffin of Technorati. The full list, a day early, is posted here. There are several conclusions to derive from this news. 1. People LOVE lists. You want attention? Make... Read More »
