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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 247 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.andrewdaum.com)
Category: Web Analytics
I "stumbled upon" a neat little tool that every person who owns a web site or blog needs to use.

I really should not say everyone needs to use it — you only need to use it if you are curious to know what your visitors are doing, in a visual mode. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 264 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.andrewdaum.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
One of my favorite all time books on marketing is "Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads". Like I have said in the past — don’t own it, get it (both of them).

While checking my email this morning — it reminded me of something I read in the Wizard read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 264 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.andrewdaum.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
I could have named this post "Being busy does not pay the Bills"… "Don’t confuse activity with productivity" or anything along those lines.

Bottom line — be productive, not active. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 267 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.andrewdaum.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
It is new to me, but maybe not some folks.

Amazon has started to use video to promote products they are selling.

You use your own video and choose which products appear during the playback. Doubt it will be a huge money maker for me -- but it read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 267 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.andrewdaum.com)
Category: Google Other
I just finished reading an Internet Retailer article on Viral Video.

Well… it was not really on viral video — it was really on the number of sales a small company made of a DVD as a result of a YouTube video. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 286 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.andrewdaum.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
We were driving down the highway, the music faded out and the Announcer started spewing out something about Getting Rich on the Internet. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 286 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.andrewdaum.com)
Category: Blogging
I recently had a bit of a run in with a comment spammer (a Soured Ham). More than likely he would not call himself a spammer, so you be the judge. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 287 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.andrewdaum.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
You grab their attention, keep them reading, get them wanting what you have and then — stop and tell them to send in a check, or call you, to get what they now so badly desire. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 287 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.andrewdaum.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Teaching people a skill or how to do something has always been a great business model.

Problem is, most people do not know how to teach - they may know the subject matter - but they lack the communication and organizational skills needed. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 302 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://andrewdaum.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
Somebody somewhere is talking about you this very second — could be me, a customer, a competitor or a source of mine.

The obvious question is “I wonder what they are saying about me?” read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 305 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://andrewdaum.com)
Category: Link Building
I recently had a bit of a run in with a comment spammer (a Soured Ham). More than likely he would not call himself a spammer, so you be the judge. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 306 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://andrewdaum.com)
Category: Link Building
Forget reading the article... it is not important. The interesting part is where "Paul" drops by my blog - posts a link to his affiliate program - never makes a comment about the article - just a spam ad about his product. Then he gets upset because read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 312 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://honestmarketingsecrets.com)
Category: Bookmarking
Really detailed review on Social Bookmarking and Social Power Linking by Zack. You can get a full overview by reading this post. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 313 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://andrewdaum.com)
Category: Google
This is not the case with Google. Surely you did not think Google was one of those companies (or were you just hoping so). In fact, from everything I have read it is just a matter of time until they become "Masters of the Universe". read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 318 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.sitepronews.com)
Category: Bookmarking
SiteProNews.com is a super site for the marketer and webmaster. Resources on everything from building sites to marketing on the internet. Should be in every Marketers bookmarks. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 320 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://talkingfeathercommunications.com)
Category: Other Social Media
I spent way to much time on Lana's blog today reading her articles. One of the better resources I have found lately on communication for the web. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 321 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://howtovideo.tv)
Category: Usability
The purpose of this post is simply to compare the quality of the different Video Sharing sites. So far it looks like Blip.TV is winning - they simply spank YouTubes butt as far as quality goes. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 321 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://andrewdaum.com)
Category: Other Social Media
I just needed a way to upload my videos to more than one site at a time. If you have ever uploaded the same video to eight or ten sites one at a time, you know how painful and slow this process can be. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 325 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://andrewdaum.com)
Category: Blogging
Copyblogger is on my "Top Site" lists of blogs I visit on a regular basis. In fact... I find myself visiting the Copyblogger blog daily.

This is not a review of Copyblogger. Brian Clark does not need a review from me. He has enough top reviews al read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 327 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://andrewdaum.com)
Category: Blogging
Good list of free blogging platforms and hosts where you can set up a blog. Good places to set up additional blogs with good content that point to your main site or blog. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 329 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://howtovideo.tv)
Category: Other Social Media
Something you may not have thought of about using video. When you put video on your site, this keeps your visitor on your site longer.

The longer someone stays on your site viewing other pages the lower your "bounce" rate. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 332 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://howtovideo.tv)
Category: Other Social Media
Podcasting, like Video is becoming more and more popular as the web matures and high speed broadband connections become the norm.

Where we compare online Video with the Television, Podcasting can be thought of as Radio. Like online Video - most P read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 334 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.linkworth.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Happy Holidays from the folks at LinkWorth, and a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays back to you guys. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewd 338 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://howtovideo.tv)
Category: Other Social Media
Lots of Press Release sites. Good information for anyone who does online Press Releases. read more »
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