12 Essential Online Marketing Tools for 2012

12 Essential Online Marketing Tools for 2012

The list of products and services chosen for this year’s list are products that I use on a regular basis. Some of them are free and others are paid services. In my experience, the combination of these products provides a platform to execute online marketing campaigns more efficiently & effectively. … thus, I am sharing [...] Read more »

3 SEO Strategies You Can Execute Right Now

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Search engine optimization is something that all bloggers and online marketers address at some point.  The goal is to drive more targeted to your site, but it seems as though the rules keep changing.  Let’s explore at least three SEO strategies you can execute right now. Listen or Download 1) Join Google Plus Social media [...] Read more »

How to Create a Different Sidebar for a Specific Blog Post with Catalyst WordPress Theme Template

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If you have a WordPress blog you have probably at some point wanted to create a different sidebar for a page, post or category.  Unfortunately, most WordPress themes only allow you to create one set of sidebars and widgets that are consistent throughout your entire site. The Catalyst WordPress Theme Template on the other hand let’s [...] Read more »

Differentiate Yourself And Your Business For Online Market Leadership

Differentiate Yourself And Your Business For Market Leadership - YouTube

I’ve been thinking a lot about online market leadership lately and what businesses can do to differentiate themselves online. You see, it’s so crowded on Twitter and Facebook and blogs these days that it’s tough sometimes to stand out from the crowd. How do I differentiate myself and my business? Personally, it’s all about pushing [...] Read more »

Mind Map: Elements of a good blog post

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A little mind map brainstorming on my iPhone about elements of a good blog post. What would you change or add? Read more »

Top 5 Reasons to use the Catalyst WordPress Theme Framework for your Blog

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I’ve been customizing WordPress themes and creating my own themes from scratch since 2006.  Nonetheless, there are a number of great Wordrpess themes available from both WordPress and other 3rd party developers. My favorite WordPress theme, however, is the Catalyst WordPress theme.  I’ve used Thesis on a number of projects and really love it too, [...] Read more »

How to Add the WordPress “Press This” Bookmarklet Link to Your Browser Toolbar

I’m blogging a lot more during the 30 Day Traffic Challenge and it reminded me of this great tool that is pretty well hidden in the WordPress Admin: WordPress Press This bookmarklet. This bookmarklet is a useful link you can add to your browser’s toolbar or bookmarks to increase your efficiency. The idea behind the Press This bookmarklet [...] Read more »

Why should I use WordPress as a content management system (CMS) for my blog?

WordPress is a fantastic open-source content management system designed to help you setp and manage a blog easily and fast. Most folks that are either in the business of blogging or thinking about starting a new blog have heard about WordPress since given its popularity. Let’s take a minute to list my top five reasons [...] Read more »

30DTC – Driving Targeted Web Traffic with Long-Tail Keyword Research

It’s day five of the 30 Day traffic challenge and a couple days ago I set out to optimize for the keyword phrase of targeted web traffic. I’m happy to report that some of the traffic to my website is indeed for this keyword search phrase. This is not by accident. I used the phrase [...] Read more »