How to Show Up and Write

Ask any writer how to write, and they will tell you, logically enough: Write. Write every day. Write at the same time. Write for hours. Write for 20 minutes. Just show up and wr...

Born Stronger – Free Shirt Friday

Born Stronger is sportswear that represents the inner strength, confidence and potential in all. They have a great site that includes a store, blog and a community section where...

Online Behavioral Advertising: How to Stay Consumer-Friendly

In July 2009 leading advertising industry organizations introduced a cross-industry Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising [PDF here]. The essence of the Program...

Madonna’s 6 Secrets to Personal Branding Mastery

“Everyone is entitled to my opinion.” Ladies and Gentlemen, that’s Madonna. Most people think of sex-soaked, counter-cultural extravagance when they reflect on Madonna’s caree...

Men (And Women) Of Honor – In An Industry That Does Not Have Much

Many times I have written about the short list of people in the SEO industry I really admire and trust.  Often I also refer to it as my “circle of trust.”  It’s people who I have g...

Custom Linking on LinkShare, ShareASale & Commission Junction

An affiliate emailed me the following question about a program run on an affiliate network: I’d like you to send me a custom text link that I can modify as necessary — the html...

3 Steps to Take Yourself from Good to Great

In a good economy, you can do reasonably well with “good enough.” Good enough design, good enough marketing, good enough skills. When demand is high and dollars are sloshing...

ShoeMoney Scam? Shoemoney ?’s Ep. 3

Promoting Facebook Apps For Big Reliable Money

As you probably know by now, I'm a huge fan of Facebook as a traffic source, BUT... Facebook is uber sketchy! Now I'm going to help you simplify your Facebook campaigns so you can...

Affiliates Who Fake URLs

Today I’ve had Caterpillar apply into an affiliate program I manage. At least so it looked from the URL on the application. Had it happened 5 or 6 years ago I would have probably e...