Blog Tag - 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

Alright, I’ll play, why not? Today I got “blog tagged” by Shmuly. The idea is that you tag 5 of your blogger buddies and pass the torch, also that you (the tag-ee) must write 5 things about yourself that many people don’t know. So here goes my list, with my 5 tags below. 1. I read magazines from back to front. Not books or newspapers, just magazines. I’m not sure why. 2. I am not OCD, but I must have the last numeric digit on a gas pump fillup... Read More »

Andy Beal Has 5 Must Read Success Tips For Interactive Marketing Agencies

Andy Beal writes an enourmously powerful and helpful blog entry entitled ‘Five Secret Strategies to Add $1 Million in Revenue to your Interactive Marketing Agency in 2007′. Go read it, now. Ok, assuming you’re in the online/marketing/interactive agency business. If you’re a shoe repairman, you might not find it so intriguing. :9 One of the most common questions I am asked by marketing agencies seeking my advice – especially those that are newly-started... Read More »

How To Be A Thought-Leader, Garner Respect & Make Money… The Right Way

Read this from Marketing Pilgrim, then come back. Andy says: “I try to be selective about which affiliate ads I run on the site, as I don’t want to fill the site with crap I would never use.” What a mind-blowing concept! Oh wait, it gets better. Andy goes out of his way to fully disclose, in the very first sentence of his blog entry no less! Andy says: “Regular readers will notice the addition of Mozy as a Marketing Pilgrim advertiser.” And... Read More »

I’m An Online Marketing Snob, Because I Care, Do You?

Barry Parr of Jupiter Research says it loud and clear. “Our research shows that consumers see social news sites as less trustworthy than news media or portal sites — by a fairly wide margin.” Source. Let’s backtrack. I am an online marketing snob. Anything that helps “game the system” is in direct conflict with my prime directive of working to keep online marketing as a legitimate business in the minds of the “outside world”.... Read More »

The Copyblogger Is Right, Keep It Simple, Tell A Story

If you’re not already reading Brian Clark’s www.copyblogger.com, then you should go there now and subscribe. Side note: I know two Brian Clarks. That one, read up, and the Brian Clark who is a founder of ReveNews and runs Indiewire. Back to the Brian Clark of Copyblogger.com. Today he writes a great post entitled ‘The Five Essential Elements of an Influential Blog‘. What makes a blog influential? Influence is often attributed to traffic and readership... Read More »

Online Video Still Has One Big Problem

Sam over at Costpernews writes that Valueclick has officially launched their video network. Ok, so, it’s a network that streams videos, right? Here’s the problem I’ve been talking about for over a year now. It’s still not that easy to make good videos. So if you don’t have the capability to create an entertaining, not boring, video, it really doesn’t matter if you can stream it as an “ad”, does it? Nothing against ValueClick.... Read More »