There are 2 main types of ‘intelligence’ in my book: intellectual ‘intelligence (the concept we’re familiar with), known as IQ.
And the other factor that women are generally more adept at EQ (emotional quotient).
How’s this tie in to Internet Marketing?
Lots actually.
A friend Amos introduced this concept to me a long time ago which he applies in his brick-and-mortar business dealings.
It’s equally applicable in the online world.
Most of the traffic to this blog is generated from blog comments and forum postings.
I’ll focus on blog comments today.
There are a number of misguided bloggers and website owners out there who believe that posting spam comments on a blog will help their SEO and traffic efforts.
It’s easy to identify these comments as they’d usually be preceded with a generic comment like: “Fun and interesting site” or “This is a good site” before ending off with a hyperlink to their own site.
The newer practitioners of this tactics will attempt to manually copy and paste the comment in the comments area of a blog post. Continue reading
This post has been on the backburner for some time, but it’s one that I’ve been looking forward to.
As reported by Teresa Valdez Klein from the Blog Business Summit, Robert and Maryam Scoble’s presentation about how to blog well looks like it’s a leading contender for favorite presentations of the conference.
The PDF presentation can be found: here
Although I wasn’t present, the presentation gave me some food for thought.
Three industries have traditionally led early adopters for technology. The adult industry, the gaming industry (aka gambling) and the computer gaming industry.
For example, a large portion of the VCRs (video cassette recorders) success was due in part to the release of adult movies on VHS tape, freeing people from having to go to ‘adult theatres’.
Gaming companies are one of the biggest users of email marketing.
Likewise, high end gaming peripheral manufacturer Razer is leading the charge in it’s online communication efforts. Continue reading
I met with Super Affiliate Ewen Chia yesterday and he gave me some comments about my blog.
‘It’s humorous. It’s quite personal.’ he smiled and I could sense the sincerity of his compliments.
How big is your list?
“250?”
“Hmm…”
“And how many unique visitors do you get a month?”
“3000?”
“Hmm…”
We continued talking and here’s the one very vital lesson I picked up from my discussion yesterday.
And it will make the difference between your success and failure.
Your success depends on the size of your list. Continue reading
Andrea Schoemaker (PlanetAndrea) tells me there are about 15 places left for this ground breaking event.
Here’s an update from Andrea:
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We’ve got our publicity machines out in full force, and have received lots of encouraging response.
A lot of people who have expressed interest are worried that they might not be advanced enough to attend. We are targeting everyone from newbies to high status sites.
We will also be promoting the Elite Retreat at Chicago SES in December and be able to answer any last minute questions people might have there as well.
We’ve received so much support throughout the industry for this event and looking forward to the event.
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Facilitators at the event include Jeremy Schoemaker (Shoemoney), Dave Taylor, Aaron Wall and Lee Dodd.
Check out: Elite Retreat information page.