YouTube has come up with a way to link between videos. Using their annotations feature, viewers can click a certain spot on a video and be taken to another video. This creates all kind of options for doing cool stuff with videos. Well, we've just done something that I think is pretty cool! Continue Reading

By now, you are probably already using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, right? There have been a number of great training materials designed to help you get the most out of these services. But there is one social media site that is frequently overlooked by online marketers... at their own peril! Continue Reading

What is a premium WordPress theme? It is a ready-made-template designed to make the task of building a website easier. After all, it can cost a lot of money to have custom layout and design. Premium WordPress themes come in a number of styles. For example, some of them have fancy graphic sliders. The only problem with these is that you must continually come up with new graphics to accompany each article. Some themes are... Continue Reading

From the creator of the world-famous iFart Mobile comes a new hilarious app that you'll want to download for your iPhone or iPod Touch right away! Sergeant Gun combines the best of custom photos, artillery and social media to provide an entertaining and personal experience that iPhone users are sure to love. Simply take a photo or select one from your existing album, apply a number of weaponry and gear from an artillery of stickers... Continue Reading

If I had a nickel for every person that wanted to build their own website, well, I'd have a LOT of nickels! The problem is that most people get stuck at the "building a website" part. They pay massive fees to have custom sites created. The spend a lot of money on incredibly complicated software. And they end up more frustrated than ever. That's why I have been hard at work on a solution that... Continue Reading

I had the privilege of welcoming "The Queen of Facebook", Mari Smith, to my offices. She was in town to speak at the Northern Colorado Social Media Social, so we had an opportunity of spending the afternoon together before the event. Mari and I both purchased the newly-released iPad from Apple. We decided to do a live broadcast from my studio. In case you missed it, the replay is below. Not only did we discuss... Continue Reading

I've got a question for you. Please raise your hand if you sincerely wish to have a successful online business. Now keep your hand up if you have achieved this goal. Odds are most of the hands just went down. Why is that? It's not for a lack of quality material. Whether you have read my books or acquired material from other sources, you are probably pretty clear on the "how" to make money on... Continue Reading

It seems like an eternity ago that MySpace first hit the web. But it was 2003 when the site launched and 2006 when it became the most popular social networking site on the web. Things have dramatically changed in a short period of time. Facebook overtook MySpace as the leader just a brief two years later. Which leaves me asking the questions Why would anyone continue to use MySpace? Who ARE these people? Regardless, social... Continue Reading

Wow, that is one great looking web site. You must have spent a lot of time and energy creating that content. And your product... I can't imagine why people wouldn't want to buy it! You even selected a great domain name that has your keyword in it. So how are you doing with it? What? You don't have any traffic? Continue Reading

If you've been following my blog for the past few months, you'll know that I am being extremely selective when it comes to endorsing products that are not my own. I'm not going to jump on the bandwagon and promote a product just because everyone else is. So you can be sure that when I DO endorse a third-party product or service, it is of great value. Continue Reading

While viewing my Twitter stream, I encountered a tweet from an associate that included an expletive. We're talking the F-bomb. I've heard this person speak before and I was reminded of how often he cursed in a keynote before thousands of people. While I have great respect for this indivdual and what he has accomplished, I couldn't help but wonder if he knew how much of his audience he was alienating. I put out a... Continue Reading

Social media has changed everything. When the Web first took off, it wasn't clear how anyone could make money by putting words on a Web page. Then Google brought out AdSense, competitors rushed in with their own programs and people who produced good content, paid attention to their ads and worked hard and patiently at building their sites got to see their incomes take off. But it was all pretty impersonal. Early websites provided information... Continue Reading

People are so predictable. A new trend surfaces and there are those that immediately begin to capitalize on it. Being on the lookout for "the next big thing" is fine. But what do you do when you discover it? For some people, they engross themselves in the new thing and learn the ins and outs so they can speak from experience. For others, it's all a matter of discovering how they can position themselves as... Continue Reading

I meet two kinds of entrepreneurs at conferences. The first are the people hoping to get rich quick. They listen to the speakers and they make notes but what they're really hoping is that someone will let slip a giant secret that will enable them to make a huge sack of cash. Their aim is to retire within a year and spend the rest of their life on the beach. Those are the people who... Continue Reading