Rockin’ It Like a Pro: The Skills of Internet Marketing

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This post is the fifth section of seven-part series called “The Fundamentals of Internet Marketing.” To read the earlier posts, see Part 1: Introduction, Part 2: Definitions, Part 3: Strategy or Part 4: The Tools. Let's face it: to market you gotsta have skillz. (I just said that.) But for realz (oh!), it's easy for someone to rattle off marketing strategies at you like they're giving you the steps for baking cookies: "Oh, just put up a blog on your website, set up your social media Continue Reading

Ninja School: Using Internet Marketing Tools Like a Master

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This post is the fourth section of seven-part series called "The Fundamentals of Internet Marketing." To read the earlier posts, see Part 1: Introduction, Part 2: Definitions or Part 3: Strategy. Welcome, Grasshopper.  We've been expecting you.  Your training is about to begin. Follow me. (Massive oak doors slowly creak open, revealing a stone floor dimly lit by glowing torches lining the walls. Battle cries and the sounds of clashing weapons roll like waves off a crowd of black-clad Continue Reading

How to Take Over the World: The Secrets of Internet Marketing Strategy

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This post is the third section of seven-part series called "The Fundamentals of Internet Marketing." To read the earlier posts, see Part 1: Introduction and Part 2: Definitions. Warning: if you're not trying to take over the world, you may find this post boring. It's geared mainly for those obsessed, got-to-get-the-word-out types. If you're one of them, you know what I'm talking about. You have a business or a cause you're passionate about and want to spread the word far and wide. If this is Continue Reading

Finally! Internet Definitions You Can Understand

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Note: This post is the second section of a seven-part series called "The Fundamentals of Internet Marketing." Click here to read the first part of the series: Part 1: Introduction. The Internet is weird. Because it's constantly growing—added to every hour by millions of people all over the world—new words are always being invented to describe it. Trying to understand it is sort of a bizarre never-ending learning process. You're studying a subject which has terminology so new that much of it Continue Reading

Making Awesome Marketing: My Advice to Business Owners

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It’s funny.  I sat down to explain simple steps business owners could follow to apply world-class marketing principles to their company...and was stumped. What do you say to a guy who’s already working his butt off and might not even get enough time with his family? How do you give him something else on top of his already-swamped schedule? Sorry, not going to happen. Yet at the same time, so often I see small business owners trying to do marketing as an afterthought. They’re Continue Reading