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7 Things to Know About Email Marketing

Paul Montwill — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:06:35 +0000

While working on your online business you will probably consider using email marketing to leverage products or services. I had a chance to write a post on SEOmoz.org about a few crucial areas you should take into consideration while managing newsletter campaign: 7 Things to Know About Email Marketing. Enjoy your reading! Hungry for more online [...]

3 Great Podcasts To Start The Week With

Paul Montwill — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:08:23 +0000

I am currently reading “The Power of Focus” and in the section called “Your Habits Will Determine Your Future” there is an interesting part about developing a habit of listening to motivational and educational audiotapes while driving, walking or exercising. If you listen to an audiotape for thirty minutes each day, five days a week, in [...]

Why People Pay $6,000 To Attend TED?

Paul Montwill — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:10:10 +0000

When I saw the first video presentation from TED I quickly realised why there are so many people eager to pay $6,000 per year to attend this conference. For many years it was only available to the small group of people who could afford it. It changed in April 2007 when TED conference became open to [...]

The Secret to Making Money Online & Why David Heinemeier Rocks!

Paul Montwill — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:01:17 +0000

It is not a secret, actually. I don’t believe in secrets although it is a common practice to overuse this word nowadays. I believe in hard work and the right STRATEGY. And this is what David Hainemeier Hansson is talking about in his latest presentation at Startup School 08. David is a creator of the [...]

55 Minutes And 22 Pages About Why You Should Focus On Value Instead Of On Making Money Online

Paul Montwill — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:07:21 +0000

I have found two great studies about being innovative in creating value in the first place instead of concentrating on making money (online). 1. The Art of Innovation - 55 minutes of Guy Kawasaki’s presentation - an Apple ex-employee and current venture capitalist talking about creating meaning, finding the right mantra and a great chance [...]

Which Open Source Social Bookmarking Platform Has Been Downloaded More Than 12,000 Times?

Paul Montwill — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:40:31 +0000

After great popularity of del.icio.us, Digg, StumbleUpon, Technorati it was the time for niche link building platforms. Specialised social bookmarking focusing on specific topics, like Sphinn for SEO gives often better results that promoting on crowded Digg. Loren Baker from Search Engine Journal confirms this theory: For example, in Search Engine Journal??Â?Â?s case, 100 Sphinn visitors [...]

3-column Copyblogger Theme

Paul Montwill — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:38:16 +0000

Download 3-column Copyblogger Theme After receiving a few questions regarding the way I redesigned Copyblogger theme by adding leftbar and making it 3-column template, I decided it will be the easiest way to make it available for everyone to dowload from SharingMatters.com. To customise the theme, just replace images/header.jpg (990×146px) with your own image. To remove [...]

Should We Pay for SEO eBooks?

Paul Montwill — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:21:06 +0000

If you are in SEO for a while you have heard about SEO Book and SEOmoz Premium Membership where you pay for an access to quality content and resources that will help you boost your SEO skills and continue to grow in this area. “The Marketing Pilgrim Essays” ebook that is given away for free [...]

Use Images, Make Your Visitors Happy and Build Your Identity with Retro Marketing

Paul Montwill — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:18:25 +0000

Copyblogger has recently published a post regarding text formatting with a very specific picture in the beginning. This example is to demonstrate why you should be creative in using images on your website. Just have a read the second comment to this post: Eric: Best. picture. ever. The article was OK too What is our target, [...]

Listen to people who have already succeeded - from Steve Pavlina to Robert Kiyosaki

Paul Montwill — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:50:59 +0000

The more I read in the Internet about becoming self-employed, the more I feel I will succeed. Why? Because becoming an Internet entrepreneur is like quitting cigarettes or losingweight - gather more people around you with similar goals and it will be easier to reach your targets together. I regularly feed myself with articles and [...]