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Why You Should Blog

#### Original Post from 2007 #### I’ve lately been thinking a lot about how to get more people blogging. I’m really convinced about the benefits [gunthers.org] of blogging, as I’ve said before. But how do you get started, especially with no technical background? There are two great choices for people who don’t want to have…Continue Reading…

Get a Free Report

I’ve come across a little marketing idea that seems to be win-win for everyone involved. Last year, Scott Boulch released a free report and paid people $0.50 each time it was downloaded. Shortly after, Mike Filsaime did something similar. Other Internet marketers are now doing the same thing. What’s great about this is that unknown…Continue Reading…

Companies of the future may be small

More commentary on the article mentioned previously. One upshot of which is that the companies of the future may be surprisingly small. I sometimes daydream about how big you could grow a company (in revenues) without ever having more than ten people. What would happen if you outsourced everything except product development? If you tried…Continue Reading…

Popup ads start exploiting the iPhone

Even though it won’t be released for 6 months, popup advertising is already using the iPhone to catch the attention of visitors. It’s very misleading. But what I found funny is their poor grammar: “Get your PROMOTIONAL iPhone before they run LIMITED SUPPLIES.”

500 Words: Grand

I’ve been thinking about Joel Comm’s “500 Words” service for awhile now, and I’m going to give a try. I’ll keep you updated on how it goes. I bought “Grand”. Just one quirk: after previewing the ad, clicking the “Buy” button brings up the error that I have to agree to the terms — even…Continue Reading…

Does Yahoo RSS work with Feedburner?

I’m giving it a try now.