Wow these blog critiques have been popular lately - I hope you are getting as much out of them as I have fun writing them :) This critique is for Althaf Ahmed who runs a site called Everyday Guide which he described in his email to me as "an online repository of mini guides". He also has the .net version of the domain which is due to be merged with the dotcom. What are these "mini guides" you might ask? Good question, I am glad you raised it. Here are some examples: How to start a home … [Read more...]
Spiritual River Blog Critique
Patrick Meninga, aka skinnyninja to forum members, won this blog critique in the Blogger of the Month competition. If you would like to win a blog critique or Authority Blogger membership there is still time to win the June prize, you just need to participate in the forum by being friendly, asking excellent questions that spark discussion, or answering questions well. The blog is called Spiritual River and is about addiction, or rather I guess is more about sobriety by being more … [Read more...]
Join Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett on a Live Call
How would you like to ask Darren Rowse of Problogger fame a question? Next Tuesday Darren is joining me on the telephone where I will be asking him YOUR biggest questions about blogging, traffic, subscribers and how he makes so much money - and you can join us online. Windows users will be able to listen live from your computer speakers, no phone necessary. Due to scheduling issues and time zones the call will be at 11am UK time, which while fine for the rest of the world is early for our … [Read more...]
Free Pursuits Blog Critique
Free Pursuits is a blog about "Lifestyle Design", or How to Live the Good Life Without Being Independently Wealthy or Retired Find the flexible career you were meant to have Manage your career to maximize your happiness Make time for and pursue the things that really matter to you What this means for you is a blog packed with content guiding you towards living the life of your dreams. Of course what this means for Corbett as a blogger is he is pitting himself up against Mr 4 Hour … [Read more...]
Interview With Naomi Dunford and Sonia Simone
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing two very cool internet marketing gurus, Naomi Dunford and Sonia Simone of Marketing for Nice People. We talked about lots of interesting stuff in this fun interview, but there are definitely some strong lessons for all of us contained in this interview. Play the interview Download the MP3 here. As promised, here is the download link to all the cool stuff mentioned in the call … [Read more...]
Social Media Success Summit Competition Winners
Did you win? :) Wow! I knew this Social Media Success Summit was generating a lot of interest, but when I had the idea to hold a competition to win tickets I didn't realize how much it would take over my Twitter stream and test my web hosting to the limit! … [Read more...]
Win Tickets to Social Media Success Summit 2009!
All around the world people are very excited about Social Media Success Summit 2009 — the first major online event dedicated to helping you successfully market your business with sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. More than 500 people have already registered. Now you have the exclusive chance to win two valuable seats to the event for no cost! Update: Contest Closed [See the winners announcement here] I am not bragging when I say that the line-up is an all-star cast (well... … [Read more...]
Social Media Marketing Survey Results – Free PDF
Social Media Marketing on your to-do list? If so, you will want to read this report! If you think there is no ROI to Social Media, or that it is just for kids, check these snippets out: 78.1% were aged 30-59, median age? 40-49 Around half of marketers found social media generated qualified leads A rise in search engine rankings was reported by more than half of participants You will also want to check out the free online class linked on page 10 of the report: "Achieving Social … [Read more...]
Want to Grow Your Blog Traffic and Audience?
Do you want to grow your blog traffic and audience? If so I have a deal for you ... You might have seen I have been planning a webinar in aid of my favorite charity. Details here and more here. In a nutshell, the idea was to put on a webinar stuffed with valuable information, and in return you would donate money to the charity. A win-win. When I asked the topics you would be interested in, the overwhelming top result was "Growing Traffic and Audience" (see results here), so that is what … [Read more...]
Which of These Topics Would You Attend a Webinar On?
If you recall I had an idea to do a webinar in aid of one of my favorite charities. To gauge interest I did a survey asking what you would want the survey to be about. Here are all the results. First up I asked if it was worth organizing. It seems most people are interested, depending on the topic. With that in mind there were tons of topics suggested, below I have listed the most popular. Please vote for the topic you would most like to attend. If you are reading this in your feed … [Read more...]
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