Monthly Archives: December 2007

All about Entrecard… what’s it doing for me

Entrecard, another one of those programs I heard about at least two weeks before I got around to looking at it.
I got my first icon up for Shari’s Gone Country on Dec 20, a mere 10 days ago. So far, my I can see from cPanel that I am getting about 20% more visitors. What’s [...]

Looking to 2008…

It’s that time of year when I look forward to the next year. I take the time to analyze what worked this year ( and am therefore keeping), and what has not worked this year. Yes, I give things a few months to show signs of life before moving them off my site.
First, things that [...]

Chat Netiquette; what’s it to you?

Way back in about 2001, I first coined the words “chat netiquette”. No I didn’t bother to trademark it… I wanted it used.
As of today, I googled for the term and came up with over 600,000 references. Many of those are actually “rules for chatting” at various venues.
What I wrote then, is even more valid [...]

Warning to network marketers… new twist on old scam

I really hate to have to make this post, but feel it is necessary.
With Web 2.0 techniques, you expose yourself to some real idiots in the world. As you go around posting at forums, participating in Social Communities, there are folks out there who would just as soon take advantage of you.
Last night, I received [...]

Capturing my “lost traffic”

Like I said earlier, I had retired. That being said, I still have tons of things circulating about the Internet. I’m talking about things that probably aren’t even valid, today.
So, I’ve forced myself to learn a little bit about how to get a rope around it and pull the visitors to current, valid information.
By using [...]

Tools that I’ll use to keep me organized

I’m not big on calendars and “to do lists”, meaning the one’s you fill in… somehow I feel like a slave to them.
However, since I’m coming out of retirement, for a while, I’m using some tools to help keep me organized.
Since my favorite (means I use it 99% of the time) browser is Fire [...]

When you work from home, you’ve got to keep a schedule

If there’s one thing that will sink your business like a rock, it’s the temptation to work your business in your spare time.
Hello!! There’s no such thing as spare time.
There’s wasted time… and there’s down time… but spare time is a myth.
What I’m going to do is share my schedule with you. Sure, I don’t [...]

Now the hard work begins…

With the excitement of a web site launch behind me… yes everything launched on time; it’s now time to get down to the really “hard work”.
What’s the hard work?
It’s writing great headlines and ad copy.
It’s finding the right places to advertise.
It’s setting up the tracking so you can analyze what works and what doesn’t.
Oh, and [...]

Santa said he’s shopping here… and you should, too!

Wow… Howdy from the SW Utah desert… covered in better than 3″ snow, and barely above freezing.
Hey, Santa called and said he’s shopping here. Said you should shop here, too!
I’ll give you the same deal I’m giving him… up to 42% discount on new books, CD’s, and DVD’s. Plus… I’ll eat part of the shipping… [...]