Archive for April, 2008
My First Week On Twitter
For me, the jury is still out on Twitter. While there is the occasional nugget of information from industry insiders. Most ‘tweets’ are fairly inane (..just woke up) or spammy (…finished my latest e-book, check it out). The twitter game seems to be to get as many followers as possible and throw an occasional link [...]
Category: Internet Marketing, Social Media
Paula Abdul On Drugs
This is the first season I have ever watched American Idol all the way through. 35 million people can’t be wrong. (they are) Well Paula finally hit rock bottom with her drunken comments – more on this below. Niel Diamond Night pretty much guaranteed another bad night. It’s a great cross promo for artists that [...]
Category: Culture
How to Identify Fake Pagerank
This is a question I get asked all the time. Advertisers what to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on text links located on high PR pages, so they ask me how they can tell if the PageRank is real. The answer is simple, all toolbar pagerank is fake. Why would the toolbar pagerank be [...]
Category: Linkage
Twitter, Time Waster or Marketing Magic?
For several months I have been trying to avoid Twitter because I don’t need another time waster. Now I have no choice – almost every Internet marketer is on Twitter so it is an irresistible way for me to participate and eavesdrop and hear what is going on in the industry. I broke down a [...]
Category: Internet Marketing, Social Media
