Tips that save time.
The Words to Avoid if You Don’t Want Your Emails Flagged as Spam
Here are the 95 most spam-filter-visible things to avoid in your newsletter emails. That is unless you don't want them delivered to your subscribers' inboxes.
[Real-Talk] 19 Things You Need to Do if You Want to Be Successful
I don't usually repost stuff. Actually, I never repost stuff. But there's this one short article I stumbled upon at Business Insider that hit a complete home run with me and I knew I had to share it with you guys. The article's so true. It's so accurate. It's so relevant to anyone who's doing anything that can be considered "business."
[Giveaway] Here’s Why Social Share Counters Suck, Plus What I Can Give You That Doesn’t (Hint, It’s Simple, Effective, and Free)
If you have a website, which you do, then you obviously need some social media share buttons. But what if the buttons you currently use display all zeros? There are probably very few things that are worse for your social proof than showing such numbers.
Here’s a Handy Roadmap for Anyone Scared of WordPress
Let's not fool ourselves here ... WordPress is a complicated thing. And no matter what most tutorials on the web try to say, getting a good grasp on it does take some time indeed. So what I want to show you today is a slightly different approach to WordPress.
Which Is the Best To-Do List Manager / Task Manager? Top 5 Tools Compared
A productivity tool does come handy. That's for sure. But which one to use? This is the question we'll answer today. Let's have a look at all 5 tools, their strong and weak sides, their purpose, their level of simplicity, their ease of use, their feature-richness, their GTD-friendliness, and their (assumed) target group of users.
9 Minutes of Inspiration That Will Change Your Life
Today, I bring you Rocky. Or Sylvester Stallone if you prefer to use his real name. Sly is one of THE action film heroes. He is also the person with the most inspiring success story in the history of ever.
How to Learn SEO Online If You’re a Beginner (and an Online Business Owner)?
If you want to find out how to learn SEO online then it seems like it's a topic that's fairly well-covered as it is. I mean, there are sites like Moz.com, Search Engine Journal and so on. But as it turns out, they are more about the in-the-trenches practices and advice for people who are already deep into SEO. But what if you're just starting out?
10 Types of Spam to Be Aware of When Browsing Your Inbox
I decided to follow up on the topic of spam and point out some specific types of unwanted email that we're attacked with on a daily (again, that's daily) basis. I'm publishing this list as a kind of a strange resource just to keep us on our toes when going through our inboxes.
The 10 Online Snake Oil Salesman Commandments
Yes, today we're all over online snake oil salesman! Maybe you've noticed that I quite enjoy writing posts on the dark side of online business, or more precisely, the dark side of online business education. In other words, I love to stumble upon some hip new douchebag marketer techniques, also known as online snake oil salesmen (in memory of their idols from back in the day in the wild west).
Does Sending Mass Emails (Spam) Work for Grey-Area Online Entrepreneurs?
So the other day I got an email. After giving it a thorough 3-second examination, it went straight to my spam folder. Then after a couple of hours, I went back to see it again as it actually was one of the most out of place spam emails I received in a while. It was trying to sound like it was a personally crafted email by a real human who actually visited my site and then wrote the thing. But in the end, it was a lame attempt, mainly because of the topic of the email, which made it clear that the person was just sending mass emails. See for yourself.