Ever get tired of all the effort it takes to keep up with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn? Ever wonder why you’re investing so much time in people you don’t really know and don’t really care about? Well, you could do what I’ve done and strictly limit Facebook to family and friends only — and follow […]
Continue readingIf you’re building your business solely on top of a fickle web-based business like Google, Facebook, or Twitter, I strongly advise you to BE CAREFUL. All it takes is one tweak of an algorithm… one revision of the Terms of Service… and you could be out of business faster than you can say “Google Slap.” […]
Continue readingSince my last post about getting free traffic from Twitter, I’ve gotten a couple emails from concerned readers who believe I’m encouraging Twitter spam. It’s a fair argument, so I thought I’d address it head on. Here’s the first email I received. Hi Ryan, Are these random @ messages sent to non-followers with a sales […]
Continue readingAs Google Adwords becomes less viable for your average direct response marketer, it only makes sense to look for alternative sources of targeted traffic. After all, the more diversified your sources of traffic, the less any single source of traffic can negatively impact your business. If 90% or more of your sales come from Google […]
Continue readingThere are dozens of different ways to get free traffic to your site. One of them is to leave comments on other people’s blogs and link back to your own site. This by itself is a decent strategy. The quicker you comment on a new blog post, the more likely it is you’ll get some […]
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