What Liz and I have been discussing in our latest one2one conversation. Most recently, I asked Liz the question: What do you feel is necessary to create an effective strategy to promote a business? Okay, so I didn't ask a light-weight question. I know that. Just like I know there's no one right … Read more about The Key To Promoting Your Business Is…
How to Find Great Content for Your Business Website
So what's the secret to blogging success? Yesterday Muhammad at Pronet Advertising wrote the 4 steps to success. His 4 steps are clear, good advice and probably similar to what you've seen before: Step 1: Good Content Step 2: Unique, Hosted Domain Step 3: Be Social Step 4: Invest Time, Be … Read more about How to Find Great Content for Your Business Website
Do You Make This Marketing (and Blogging) Mistake?
Or do you get that it's not about you? That's right. If you're the business owner - it's not about you. So, then, who is it about? It's about me - the client, the customer, the patron, the prospect - whatever term we want to use to mean, "who you're in business for." If you're blogging, it's who … Read more about Do You Make This Marketing (and Blogging) Mistake?
Am I The Only One Being Inundated With Comment Spam?
This has been a crazy spam week for me. For the past few months I've been using Akismet with the Math Comment Spam Protection plugin. The usual number of comment spam I would get was between 25-50 daily, with almost no comments ending up in spam. Then Lorelle suggested that I remove the Math … Read more about Am I The Only One Being Inundated With Comment Spam?
How Business Strategy Can Be About Love
In our latest one2one conversation, Liz asked me: How important is strategy to your business? How does your strategy get built? Great question, huh? I can't wait to see how I answer it. Often, I've heard Liz quote Steve Farber as saying, "Serve the people who love you with the services you love." … Read more about How Business Strategy Can Be About Love
7 Ways To Make Your Clients Fall In Love With You
Would you like your customers and clients to promote your business for you? Of course you do, right? Andy Sernovitz, author of Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking, states that around 80% of online shopping time is spent researching products (and services) rather than … Read more about 7 Ways To Make Your Clients Fall In Love With You
Do You Still Use Internet Explorer?
What browser do you use? Being a Mac user I hardly ever think about Internet Explorer except when I'm coding and testing websites. Primarily I use Camino (love it) and Safari (now available for Windows). Sometimes I open Firefox, though most for StumbleUpon. And I really love OmniWeb's thumbnail … Read more about Do You Still Use Internet Explorer?
The Part of My Business I Look Forward To Doing More Of…
Continuing our one2one conversation, Liz Strauss asked me (and you): What's the the part of business, besides relationships, that you look forward to doing more of? Okay, so here's how I read your question..."what other part of business, besides building relationships." I hope this is what you … Read more about The Part of My Business I Look Forward To Doing More Of…
Small Business Productivity Advice: Reduce Distractions
Do you want to get more done? According to Tim Ferriss, that's what the The 4-Hour work Week is all about. … Read more about Small Business Productivity Advice: Reduce Distractions
What I Do In The Back Room Behind My Blog :: a one2one conversation
Liz Strauss asked me, Dawud, "When I go to your blog I get the feeling there's a back room behind your blog where you work. What work do you do there?" And so kicked off our one2one conversation. So what am I doing behind my blog? When I'm not rubbing the swollen feet of my pregnant wife, … Read more about What I Do In The Back Room Behind My Blog :: a one2one conversation
One Conversation…Two Blogs :: announcing the one2one Conversation
How do you bridge two blogs in conversation? That's the question Liz Strauss and I kicked around together a couple of weeks ago. And what was birthed is what we're calling a one-2-one conversation. One conversation across two blogs, in two directions between two people. Here's how it works... Liz … Read more about One Conversation…Two Blogs :: announcing the one2one Conversation
Why Building Website Traffic Is About Content And Relationships
We all want more traffic to our websites, right? We dream of the day that we get that massive wave from Digg or StumbleUpon. And when we do, it's a rush, right? We watch our stats climb by the minute - 500....1,000....5,000....10,000 visitors - "oh God, don't let it end!" But it does end. It ends … Read more about Why Building Website Traffic Is About Content And Relationships
