Monthly Archives: December 2005

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, has a new blog. His first post affirms the old saying that, ‘the more things change, the more things stay the same.’ He opens with an interesting bit of history in describing the purpose … Continue reading →

According to Technorati (October 2005), less than 5% of us do so to make money. I think that, at least from a business blogging perspective, this is a little misleading. While many of us, I for one, would report that … Continue reading →

I was working with a bike shop recently with an interesting problem. They had a snail mail list of over 10,000 names that they’d acquired over the years they’d been in business. While they periodically mailed the list with a … Continue reading →

…and What it Means for the Internet Marketer… Googles new web clips service allows you to scroll RSS or Atom feeds above your inbox and messages. With Web Clips you can track your favorite blogs (like this one!!!), news, sports … Continue reading →

Web site owners call me up and ask me to help them get more traffic to their site. But here’s the thing. You can generate all the traffic in the world to your site and, if nobody buys, then what … Continue reading →

File this under “DOH!—Why didn’t I think of this and make a million dollars?” Great idea for those of us struggling to plug in all of our brick-style power adapters into one 5 outlet power strip. Yeah, right! Some genius … Continue reading →

Are you visual? Do you like toys? Do you need a website developed or redeveloped? Then check out PingMag’s very funky overview of the web site development process from the 3 inch high perspective of little Lego(tm)-like characters.

How do you build an email list? The simplest way is to ask. Ask who? Your existing customers for starters. Oh, and when you ask, offer something of value in return. The Oven (a great little pizza restaurant in Lakewood, … Continue reading →

I’ve got to admit, I get a little fumble tongued sometimes explaining what I do to a non-geeky audience — not that I think of myself as a geek, I wouldn’t presume to elevate myself to that level, pseudo-geek is … Continue reading →

Kudos to a friend of mine, Eric Chester, who’s book, Getting Them to Give a Damn: How to Get Your Front Line to Care About your Bottom Line (Dearborn 2005) has been named the top HR book of 2005 by … Continue reading →