Published by Pete November 28th, 2007
in Blog Recap's.
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 [...]
Published by Pete November 26th, 2007
in Marketing.
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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Published by Pete November 22nd, 2007
in Keywords and SEO.
What 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 [...]
Published by Pete November 21st, 2007
in Blogging.
The 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 [...]
Published by Pete November 9th, 2007
in Blog Recap's.
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 [...]
Published by Pete November 8th, 2007
in Link Building.
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 [...]
Published by Pete November 5th, 2007
in Keywords and Marketing.
Yesterday 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 [...]
Published by Pete November 3rd, 2007
in Link Building and Marketing.
Recently 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 [...]