Commenting on Blogs for Knowledge, Brand Building and Market Leadership

commenting for market leadershipa and brand building

Commenting on other blogs is a fantastic strategy for building your brand online. So few people leave comments these days that you can easily differentiate yourself with this simple tactic. Not only does commenting get your name out there, it also gives you a chance to learn something new and connect with other thought leaders [...] Read more »

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 »

How to get started with affiliate marketing for passive income

affiliate marketing passive income

Affiliate marketing is a great way to make passive income online. Essentially this is the process of selling other company’s products for a commission on the sale. For example, you might sell a $50 product and get 6% or $3.00. With a good amount of traffic though your affiliate link, this could multiply into a [...] Read more »

3 SEO Strategies You Can Execute Right Now

easy seo strategies

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 »

The Advantages of Using Google Plus for Business

google plus for business

I really like Google Plus.  It’s similar enough to Facebook and a little like Twitter but delivers a much cleaner layout and some terrific features that I’m finding very useful. Listen or Download Here are 3 Advantages of Using Plus for Business (vs. Facebook and Twitter) Google Hangouts is a fantastic new way to conduct [...] Read more »

Setting SMART Goals for your 2012 Internet Marketing Strategy

SMART Goals for 2010 Strategic Planning

Internet Marketing continues to serve as a powerful channel for communicating with your market.  Social media, geo-location services and mobile devices extend the opportunity to reach your audience in a new and different way and add value to the discussion happening online. Spending time now to develop your internet marketing strategy for next year will [...] Read more »

Blog Monetization Strategy: Capturing Leads (Charlottesville Blogville Conference)

Last week I spoke at the Blogville Conference in Charlottesville on the subject of Monetization. This video is a short except from that presentation specifically discussing the front end process of capturing leads. Description: Capturing leads on your blog is the process of allowing visitors to share their email or contact information with you in [...] Read more »

Podcasting 101: Realities of Creating and Editing your First Podcast Episode

editing your podcast

This is the second in a series of podcast episodes I’m doing with Mike Bisceglia from Cvillepodcast.com to help educate businesses on the realities and benefits of podcasting.  In our first episode we talked about the basics of podcasting, including recording, editing, publishing and promotion. In this episode Mike and I discuss a few applications [...] Read more »

Podcasting 101: Tips To Create Your Own Podcast

Steinar Knutsen Podcasting 101: Tips to Create Your Own Podcast

This is the first in a series of podcast episodes I’m doing with Mike Bisceglia from Cvillepodcast.com to help educate businesses on the realities and benefits of podcasting. As you know, podcasting is a great channel to leverage the 100 million+ Apple devices out there not to mention the millions of other devices capable of [...] Read more »

Podcasting Equipment and Tools

In this video we’ll discuss podcasting equipment and tools, including microphones, headphones, devices and software to record, edit, publish and promote your podcast. What’s most exciting is the variety of tools that are available – you can go simple with just a smart phone and publish without editing or high-end with professional sound equipment and [...] Read more »