Category Archives for Internet Marketing

19 Things I Don’t Like about Marketing Today

Got a little inspiration from Bob Bly yesterday when he sent out an email titled “21 things I don’t like about marketing.” After reading his list (which resonated with me), I decided to put together a list of my own. Here are 19 things I don’t like about marketing today.

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Attacked By Evil Photog Trolls! [More on Getty Extortion Letters]

Ever since publishing my post about Getty’s extortion letters, I’ve been inundated in comments. When I shut them off, there were 214 of them. Basically, a blog reader shared my post in the Shutterstock forum, which prompted many disgruntled photographers to come here for The Airing of Grievances. Multiple people emailed me privately to suggest […]

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My Unexpected Conversation with Ryan Deiss

If you recall, last March I wrote a fairly harsh critique of the sales video Ryan Deiss uses to sell his Let’s Get Social program. When I wrote it, I was pretty fired up because of what I perceived as being gross overstatements in the sales copy. I really didn’t expect to hear from Deiss, […]

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How to Make Money Online without a Website

This question just in from a reader in India: Answer: Yes, you can earn some income online even if you don’t have a website. Whether you’re able to earn a “good income” or not depends on your skills, your persistence, and where you live. (Money goes a lot further in some places than others.) Here’s […]

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Scamworld: Inside Internet Marketing

The Verge just published an incredibly detailed video and feature article about the scams that are perpetuated in the world of Internet marketing. Jason Jones, a.k.a. “Salty Droid,” figures prominently in the video and the article. It’ll take you 15 minutes to watch the video, another 30+ minutes to read the article. Both are well […]

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