Good blog posts need an image to get read, but you can’t pull images off of Google image search, the main Flickr site, or anywhere else that doesn’t explicitly allow us to use their images without violating someone’s copyright. They just don’t belong to you. Copyright is important because if you use someone else’s work [...]
If you’re an analytics junkie (I am) you want to know not only why people came to your site, but also why they left. I’m using Linktrack.info to track outbound clicks for several sites now. I use a couple of generic links for the majority of my outbound traffic and some specific links for things [...]
Email marketing is typically my go-to advertising method, but I’m thinking of getting into the direct mail market as well. If you’re in the same situation, try CompactLists.com for creating targeted consumer mailing lists. By far, my favorite tool is the demographic targeting, but you can also put together lists based on drive-time and radius [...]
If you’re a big-time social networker, you probably make use of link shortening services to make long ugly URL’s into shorter ones. What you may not know is that there are several good shortening services that also provide tracking information for the links you create. Here’s one of my favorites: http://linktrack.info/
Almost any business owner has times when business is good and other times when business is in a bit of a slump. There are also those times when you are just starting out in a new business venture. You know that good marketing and advertising is key to the success of your business. But how [...]
