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How To Add The Twitter “Follow Me” Button To Your Sidebar

twitter-button-how-toThis post will show you how to add the twitter “Follow” button to your sidebar.

First, I ‘d like to talk about why I think this is so cool.

I’m big on creating clutter-free, effective websites that help you convert visitors into subscribers and customers.

I try to stay away from useless widgets and plugins that do nothing but send traffic away from your site.

The reason I think this Twitter tool is so cool is because it allows your visitors to follow you with 1-click, without having to be on Twitter.

Of course, they still need to have an account but, this button opens up a new window that tells them to login if they’re not already logged on. It doesn’t redirect them and once they’re done, they can close the window and they’re back on your site.

Cool, huh? [Read more...]

The 3 Questions You Absolutely Need To Answer Before The End of the Year

New-Year-2012-300x300There are hundreds of “end of year” posts going up this time of year.

Thousands of people making new years resolutions and thousands more hoping next year will be different.

I’d like to take a different approach – and I’d like you to join me.

There are three simple questions that I believe need to be answered.

These are important because they really helps sum up everything you accomplished this year and what you have yet to accomplish, without drifting off to “resolution-land of fairy tales”.

They also help you focus on the things that you should be doing that get you results. (when it comes to traffic, subscribers, income and size of your audience) [Read more...]

My Entire Blogging & Business Hardware Tool Kit (For The Techie In All Of Us)

I love gadgets and things. There are a few things that have made my blogging and online marketing strategy a bit easier and I’m going to share them with you today.

I hope that you find this list of web marketing tools useful. I’ve been getting emails about the different tools needed to get started online and which exactly do I use, so I intend to answer those questions in this post as well.

This is my ENTIRE blogging and business marketing hardware tool kit; but I also share with you some cool apps I’ve come across. When you’re done with this you’ll realize, just as I did, that I am certainly NOT a minimalist at heart.

I love having “stuff” and this post is for those of you who love stuff, too. So, let’s get started. =)

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How To Increase Your Blog’s Speed By A Lot + 3 Plugins That Improve Site Speed Optimization

race-flags-formula-one-8085_1Did you know that Google penalizes your site if it loads slowly? Those Google people can be a pain in the a$$, but with good reason.

I mean, can you imagine searching for “How to build a sand castle”, clicking on the results and getting sites that take forever to load?

I wouldn’t want that and neither would you; you need that sand castle built NOW!! – not 27 seconds from now.

Anyway, there are other reasons why you might want to speed up your site. Here’s a list of them:

  • Better search engine ranking (yea, I know I said this already)
  • Better usability, which..
  • Improves “Time Spent on Site”, which..
  • Helps your Alexa ranking
  • ..plus, you also get Higher conversion rates [Read more...]

3 Cool Twitter Tricks That Won’t Help You At All, Unless…

cool-twitter-tricksMaybe you’re here for the twitter tricks; or maybe you’re here to find out why these “tricks” won’t do you any good. Either way, I think you’ll agree that these tricks are both cool and useless without one thing.

But I’ll share what that thing is later. Here’s the first cool twitter trick…

It’s all about interaction. If you’re not interacting on Social Media, and you’re just blasting out a ton of links to random followers, you’re probably not getting great results. To increase the level of interactions you have on Twitter you can use the search bar to look for people who are asking for help RIGHT NOW.

Here are some things you can type in.

  • Need Help “your keyword” -http
  • “How do I” your keyword -http
  • “How to” your keyword -http [Read more...]

How To Create Killer Membership Sites & A Great Customer Experience

great-customer-experienceTimes have changed. You can’t just send traffic to a sales page and expect people to buy if they’ve never heard of you before; relationships are critical now-a-days.

Oh, and let’s not forget about the customer experience. If you piss anybody off with a crappy product or a bad buying experience, you can be sure that their 10,000 twitter followers will hear about it – and they won’t stop there…

With forums, Facebook and YouTube at their disposal, they can vent ’til their hearts’ content.

I don’t say this to scare you, only to let you know that because of Social Media, People Have A Voice. So, it’s our job to make sure that we deliver a great product and a great experience for the sake of our own business.

But, how exactly do you do that? [Read more...]