Posted on 26, September 2008 by jimconnolly
This week’s Highly Recommended Award goes to betterbusinessblogging.com
If you run a business or are an entrepreneur and you would like to know how to dramatically improve your results, betterbusinessblogging.com is just what you need. By the way, this is NOT a paid for review - I just LOVE this blog!
Packed with free information and workable [...]
Filed under: Business development, Marketing, Technology, blogging, blogs, internet marketing, marketing tips, search engine optimisation, small business, wordpress.com | Tagged: blog coach, blogs, business blogging, mark white, Marketing, sales and marketing, sales business networking, wordpress, wordpress.com | No Comments »
Posted on 19, September 2008 by jimconnolly
Pay WordPress to remove Google adwords?
Yesterday, WordPress.com announced that it will deliver Google AdWord adverts into the posts and tags of its users blogs - unless they pay WordPress.com $30 a year NOT TO!
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A weird approach to revenue generating
Various people have referred to this $30 demand as a threat and even ‘tribute’ (or extortion money.) [...]
Filed under: blogging, blogs, google, wordpress.com | Tagged: adsense, google adwords wordpress, wordpress.com | 23 Comments »
Posted on 18, September 2008 by jimconnolly
Jim Connolly - jimsmarketingblog.com
For a couple of years, WordPress.com have very occasionally inserted Google AdWords advertisements into the posts on blogs hosted on wordpress.com.
As of today, WordPress have announced that this blog and all other blogs hosted on WordPress.com will have these adverts inserted into them - unless we pay WordPress.com NOT to!
Obviously, there is [...]
Filed under: Useful websites, blogging, blogs, google, google.com, wordpress.com | Tagged: wordpress.com adwords, wordpress.com google, wordpress.com remove ads | 1 Comment »
Posted on 16, September 2008 by jimconnolly
By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
When I started my first sales job, over 20 years ago, my boss gave me a piece of sales and marketing advice that has helped me generate millions of pounds worth of sales - and I am going to share it with you right now!
“To make it in sales, fish for [...]
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Posted on 15, September 2008 by jimconnolly
By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
Marketing is all about developing trust. This is why I am always totally amazed, when I see an apparently legitimate company, using the exact same ‘toilet paper web design’ as used by online criminals, scammers and con artists!
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What is a ‘toilet paper web design’?
I coined the phrase ‘toilet paper web design’ [...]
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Posted on 7, September 2008 by jimconnolly
By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
I have just been reading some dreadful marketing advice; given by a self-proclaimed ‘marketing guru,’ to the owner of a small business. The advice was in answer to a question posted on Twitter. The advice was totally incorrect and showed that this so-called marketing ‘guru’ didn’t even possess a basic understanding [...]
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Posted on 4, September 2008 by jimconnolly
By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
If you are the owner of a business or someone involved in marketing, you should regularly ask your clients for feedback. Here are two REALLY good reasons why!
2 reasons why YOU need client feedback:
Firstly, it allows you to spot opportunities that you would have missed AND avoid problems before they happen. [...]
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