How I simply dealt with Blog Spam
Wouldn't you know it? You put a form up online and the next thing you know, bots are sending you spammy messages through the form. Instead of getting great...
Magazine Readership in a Post-Covid World
Print publications and magazine readership probably won't survive in a post-covid world. The way that magazine publishers calculate their value to advertisers is completely different today than it was...
Recommendation for Facebook Group Admin: Refuse to Tolerate Blockers & Hate Speech!
I am writing this post because I have a recommendation for Facebook Group Admin regarding how blocking and blockers should be handled so that the activities of the Group...
Don’t Confuse Tagging with Tracking in “Do Not Track”
A few blog posts ago I wrote about the Do Not Track movement – I haven’t gotten any comments yet on that post outside of RL Twitter some friends...
Be Careful Of The Mobius Mirror: A Turing Test You Shouldn’t Take
The Turing Test is a trial applied to an artificial intelligence where conversation reveals whether the tester is talking to a person or a machine. It's a test of...
Online Marketing 101 Required Viewing: “The First Follower”
I love this video. Thanks Derek Sivers.
What the Google Keyword Tool Going Away Means for SEO Pros
I logged into the Google Keyword Tool this morning to get the search volumes for specific keywords I'm evaluating as part of an SEO analysis project. I received a...
When does Content Marketing Storytelling Cross the Line into Lying?
Content Marketing Storytelling is a powerful means to get audience engagement. The problem with stories is that some of them aren't true. Some are fiction; completely made up. They're...
WordPress is so easy. That’s why we use it.
If I had to point to one thing that's the epitome of "Web 2.0" it's WordPress. No other tool makes it as easy for ordinary business people to publish...
Live Alongside Spiders because Spiders Are Cool
Spiders get the bugs that bite us but that we can't see. Spiders are cool. Spiders are just another part of the bigger network of life that emerges, that...
