As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, things have been pretty busy lately and I let my blog posts fall a week or two behind.
But even though I was slack, it certainly didn’t stop everyone else from writing some great posts… so here’s a monster recap of all the great posts I’ve read over [...]
Archive for November, 2007
I fall into the category of Generation X (although some could argue that it’s more like the MTV Generation)… I work with another Gen X, a Baby Boomer and a Generation Y.
Because of this reasonably broad cross-section, it’s made me aware of how different generations purchase products and the things that motivate different age groups.
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What rank checking and nose picking have in common…
Published by November 22nd, 2007 in Keywords and SEO. 3 CommentsWhat does picking your nose have to do with regularly checking where you rank for your selected keywords?
Both are bad habits but for some reason a lot of people partake in both activities - and to make matters worse, they do it on a daily basis.
Why shouldn’t you check rankings?
Don’t get me wrong - it’s [...]
Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
Published by November 21st, 2007 in Blogging. 0 CommentsThe Six P’s
I would always leave assignments to the very last minute and inevitably every imaginable thing would go wrong.
On one such occasion my teacher told me that I should have applied The Six P’s. He then went on to tell me that The Six P’s were: Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Whilst this [...]
It’s Friday and as is the custom on SEOmoz, they have a Whiteboard video-session covering some of the weekly happenings. This week Dave Naylor made a guest appearance and it was very good - Whiteboard Friday - “Pardon The Fookin’ Interruption” (The Complete Trilogy)
Whilst we’re on the topic of video posts, SEObook do one [...]
A few months ago a humorous online prank evolved known as Rick Rolling. The basic premise behind the prank is to trick people into clicking a link of a Rick Astley video by using deceptive anchor text.
For example, here’s the best link bait article you’ll see all year!
By nature I’m a prankster and like [...]
All I want for Christmas is more traffic
Published by November 5th, 2007 in Keywords and Marketing. 1 CommentYesterday I was out shopping and every store I passed was decked-out with Christmas decorations and promoting sales for the quickly approaching festive season… and you should be doing the same for your website!
Let’s use the most recent holiday - Halloween as an example.
Janet Meiners from Marketing Pilgrim explains how Halloween is big business with [...]
How to have creative linkbait ideas
Published by November 3rd, 2007 in Link Building and Marketing. 1 CommentRecently I was reading an e-newsletter that mentioned Edward De Bono’s book “How to Have Creative Ideas” and the article was so good I thought I’d get myself a copy.
One of the many things that stood-out to me from the book was this excerpt on creativity:
too many people believe creativity is a talent with which [...]
