NewspaperGirl

Thanks to Marketing Pilgrim and writing a lot of press releases lately, I’m in the newswriting mode! I first learned this news on Twitter, from Danny Sullivan. Shoemoney said he called it first (a month ago) and Danny Sullivan trumped that saying he and others predicted it a year ago. Oh yeah, and eBay moved […]

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This is a guest post by Paul Wilson, my business partner who recently sold his blog to buy a wedding ring. I spent a good year trying to get him to blog and now I miss his posts.
Paul said he’ll start a new blog but in the meantime I’ve asked him to write for mine […]

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I applied to be a Google Local Business Rep and forgot about it until tonight when I got an email saying I got accepted. No, I’m not a Google employee (though some day I’d love to be), I’m an independent contractor.
I’m also a huge fan of local businesses. When I totaled my car a few […]

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It’s great to see the The New York Times report on the benefits of blogging - especially for small or mid-sized businesses. They say blogging is a “low-cost, high-return tool.”
It’s not just for small businesses though - Google probably has more blogs than any other business I know. They seem to create one for just […]

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Ideally, the best marketers utilize both on and offline marketing together. While I’ve never advertised in a newspaper (not even a classified ad) I was an advertising rep for my college newspaper. It was volunteer but I learned a lot from doing it. Plus one of my regular customers owned a Cajun restaurant and offered […]

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This is a theme that’s been on my mind for most of the past two years. I dream about working from home and a flexible schedule. Then I live it and start to miss the routine and being paid on time. Contracting and building your own business has a certain amount of stress built in […]

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I normally praise Google but there is an exception - Google Checkout for Sellers. This is the most un-intuitive program to use. I invoice through it. I had to del.iciou.us the right URL because there are separate ones depending on if you’re buying or selling. It took me a long time to find the correct […]

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I just wrote about how Google launched a new project called International Cleanup Weekend.They want local communities to clean up their communities and map it on Google Maps. I’d like to get a group of people to take on projects like cleaning up the Provo River. Or, we could climb a mountain and bring trash […]

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Google AdWords Management Software
What I’ve always hated most about pay-per-click advertising is managing it. I call it a babysitting job. I didn’t think Jeremy Palmer could do anything without being chained to his stats. I know over time he developed ways to mitigate that. Since he is mainly a PPC affiliate and a very successful […]

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I’m getting a kick out of this search engine ranking tool on Shoemoney’s blog. It’s addicting. You type in a keyword phrase and your URL. It tells you where you rank in some search engines.
This is where I rank for the term: Utah Bloggers:
Google 11
MSN Search 9
Yahoo! 0
AltaVista 48
Fun facts: I’m #15 for Utah internet marketing - almost […]

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