September 17th, 2008 by Dee Barizo
PR is now Personal Relationships not Public Relations.
I got the above comment from Tim Ferriss, the author of the bestselling book 4-Hour Workweek, in a podcast interview. Sadly, I don’t remember which interview it was.
Anyways, Tim Ferriss credits the success of his book to personal relationships. He got a lot of traffic and [...]
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September 15th, 2008 by Dee Barizo
Mark McGuinness writes in Innovate or Die: Why Creativity Is Economic Priority Number One:
Economic advantage and professional success no longer come from the logical, analytical skills of knowledge workers but from creative, conceptual, and relationship skills.
No matter what business you are in, adding a small (or big) dose of creativity to your business can help [...]
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September 12th, 2008 by Dee Barizo
If you’re thinking of starting a business blog, you’re probably wondering, “Will it work?”
Are business blogs worth it? Maybe you’ve heard success stories of businesses that used blogs to increase their sales and improve their brand. Maybe you’ve heard how online business has become social, so you need to start a blog to join the [...]
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September 10th, 2008 by Dee Barizo
Web 2.0. Social media. New media. Join the conversation.
Whatever you want to call it, there is a big shift happening on the internet. Instead of just consuming information, more and more online users are become publishers.
Web 2.0 sites like forums, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube attract many amateur publishers. Also, [...]
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September 8th, 2008 by Dee Barizo
One of the reasons many online businesses are using blogs is because blogs make their businesses more personal. However, you may be thinking, “My about page can show the personal side of my business. I don’t need a blog.”
Here is the problem with only relying on an about page. An about page tells visitors what [...]
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September 3rd, 2008 by Dee Barizo
Hi. My name is Dee Barizo and I’m the new blogger for this site.
You may have read some of my old posts back when I blogged at Smart SEO Blog, Net Business Blog, or Performancing. Also, I’ve done internet marketing and SEO work for great companies such as Sea Waves Technology and Setfire Media.
My plans [...]
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September 1st, 2008 by MR
The iPhone 3G and iPhone OS 2.0 are causing quite a resurgence towards the iPhone platform — new users and previous iPhone users alike are both feeling like they have a brand new device in front of them. The App Store allows people to download desktop-class applications directly to their phone and it’s amazing.
However [...]
Posted in Technology, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
August 11th, 2008 by MR
There are hundreds of blogs out there that are writing entries solely on how to be a better blogger. Many of these authors aspire to become rich and successful simply because they are writing about how to become rich and successful, which has always been a cart-and-horse problem to me. When your blog [...]
Posted in Blog Promotion, Blogging Advice, Pro Blogging, Reputation | 2 Comments »
July 8th, 2008 by MR
After reading “5 Steps To CSS Heaven” over at pingmag.jp, and disagreeing with some of what was said I thought that writing this would be appropriate. I’ve been writing CSS professionally now for about 2.5 years so here are 5 quick tips that help me out in my day to day work. I [...]
Posted in Blog Design | 62 Comments »
June 4th, 2008 by MR
Powerset has launched (Powerset.com) and it unveils natural language search capabilities to find answers on Wikipedia, the first dataset that they’ve indexed. Instead of typing things like “Google acquisitions” into, well, Google, you’d type in “who did Google acquire” into Powerset and get back your results.
Wait, what? How is that useful?
Before people get up [...]
Posted in Technology, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »