One of the main themes from the comments on the 3 Things I’ve learned over the past 2 Months post is how to get influential blogs to write about you. I hope to address that with this post. If you want influencer’s to talk about you, you must give them a reason to write about you. [...]

Everyone’s talking about SEO: do this, do that, create good content… You see…today, in order to succeed in internet business; it is NOT ENOUGH to create good content. Yeah, that’s right, it is NOT ENOUGH to create good content. You have to go beyond creating good content, you need to create entertainment, but not to the price [...]

Contests can be seen as a stunt. In my opinion - a stunt is something new and out of the ordinary that catches peoples attention, and when it comes to marketing, if done correctly a stunt can generate a lot of positive attention. Contests can be used to attract people to your website, to build [...]

While surfing the web today, I came across Who Needs Designers and had a really good laugh at the video on their site. Any designer that deals with clients should also have a good chuckle. “You paid your brothers nephews friend $50 for that whopping logo.”

You may have noticed that I haven’t been writing as much on this blog over the past couple months. That’s mostly due to us being extremely busy on some client projects and a personal project. In that time I’ve learned a few things about internet marketing that I’m going to share with you now. 1. Social media [...]

Every month an estimated 200 million people play casual games, and the casual gaming industry is seeing a 20% increase in both audience and profits year after year. The Casual gaming market it expected to surpass $2 billion in 2008. Casual gaming gained popularity with games like Solitaire, Tetris and Bejeweled played on the PC and Nintendo video game system. The internet has now become the main source of distribution for casual games and social networks like Facebook are playing a major role in their rise in popularity and profitability. Casual games share a few basic characteristics; they offer simple gameplay and simple graphics that can be enjoyed in short burst like during coffee breaks or while on public transportation.

I just received a disturbing email from Creative Public about the new Orphaned Works Copyright law that is trying to be passed in congress. This law could hurt a lot of artists and designers, if passed. The following is from the Creative Public email I received and was written by Michael Durwin, Creative Director of [...]

People like to consume their media in many different ways. When it comes to getting our daily dose of news, some people like to read their morning paper over breakfast, other people listen to the news on the drive to work, and many of us check the headlines online as soon as we get to work. MSNBC.com shows that they are aware of our diverse media habits, and they are offering us even more ways to experience the news via www.NewsWare.msnbc.com. MSNBC.com has added Spectra, Newsblaster and Newscroller to their existing collection of podcasts, RSS feeds and mobile applications.

This is for all you sinners (link renters) out there. TLA is giving a 15% off discount in the month of May when you use coupon code may. Apparently this will give you 15% off your order for the life of your order.

Over the past year I have purchased a few after market domain names. It amazes me how many times I am given the option to rent the domain name if I can’t afford to buy it. One domain I wanted to purchase had an asking price of $695 and a 1 year rental price of [...]