Focus on the Fundamentals

This is a few days late, but the advice in this email is still valid. In light of my recent stint at South by Southwest Interactive, I felt like this was an appropriate after thought to that entire event. Photo Credit: Nyghtowl This message is from Mike Young. He’s a lawyer that specializes in internet [...]

2010 SXSWi Interview with Patrick O'Keefe, aka @ifroggy

In this video, I catch up with Patrick O’Keefe, aka @ifroggy on Twitter. We talk about the presentation that he gave and he goes over one of the most important things for you to avoid becoming an online ______________. Patrick doesn’t mention it, but some of the communities that he manages are quite large, he [...]

How To Look Like A Spammer

As a general rule, most people, spammers included, want to avoid looking like spammers. Despite that, a lot of innocent people end up looking like spammers because they do spammy things. Here are 3 things to do if you want to avoid looking like a spammer: Avoid keyword stuffing. What does that mean? It means [...]

How To Tell If Your SEO Consultant Sucks

As a long time student of SEO, aka Search Engine Optimization, I’ve read a lot of blogs, read a lot of books, listened to various recordings, attended events etc. I have noticed that there are certain traits that all of the good and successful SEO practitioners seem to share. By “good and successful” I mean [...]

How to Import Your Blog RSS Feed To Your Facebook Fan Page

One of the neat features of Facebook is that it lets you import RSS feeds into your fan pages. I’ll assume that you know what an RSS feed is and why you may want to publish it on your Facebook fan page. There are 8 steps to importing your RSS feed into your Facebook fan [...]