Website Tips and Marketing

Busy Weekend for Celebrity Deaths and Spam

Monday, 23 August 2010 17:01

While checking my spam report for the other morning, I noticed that there was a sudden wave of celebrity deaths in my email. (using Google Apps Premier I get a daily quarantine report showing mail that was blocked). It was so thoughtful for all of these spammers to let me know that Madonna and Tiger Woods died, while Angelina Jolie was doing a Victoria Secret lingerie shoot, probably with Jessica Alba.

This week, spammers using fake news reports, next week we will probably have more hurricane and flooding reports, and all are fake trying to get you to open the email and follow a link.

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Bad Cookies Take Down Costco?

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:14

It seems the Costco website (www.costco.com) is down. The site says "temporarily unavailable" and when I searched to see if it was just my own connection (not likely since I get the temp page), I found out that there was a recall on their Kirkland Cookies (in Canada).

costco_comCostco is warning its customers that cookies bought at its stores may contain pieces of metal.

How can cookies take down a website? It can happen to any website if there is a newsbreaking story. And even the best servers may not be able to handle the load.

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Moving to a new Email Address

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 00:00
Changing Addresses is never easy. Same for email addresses.

The basic steps are the same. Notify everyone, and if you can, setup a temporary forward for those 'a little slow' to update their records.
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Facebook and Your Business

Wednesday, 04 August 2010 07:48

marketing on facebook Everyone seems to be on Facebook and you are ready to use the latest buzzword in Internet Marketing by creating a Page on Facebook.

It's easy, right?

Maybe. But you want to make sure you do it right. There are several things you want to watch out for when putting your business on Facebook, and I'm just starting to compile a few Best Practices for Social Network Marketing.

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Use The News For Your Marketing

Saturday, 19 June 2010 07:41

If you are looking to increase sales for your products or services, it's a good idea to 'comment' on recent news items. Was there a security breach on a website? Write about, and explain what steps you take to prevent something like that. A news item on Cloud Computing? Explain how you see the benefits (or negatives).

Here is a nice example of using a news item for marketing: While We Wait For The Female Viagra-like Pill
Posted in 'response to an AP report the other day -  FDA: 'Female Viagra' falls short.

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FTC Stops Domain Registration Scam

Tuesday, 10 August 2010 06:51

domainusa-2007-bill-200In the past, I've posted about scams related to Domain Name Registrations, like the bogus invoices from Domain Registry of America. Well the FTC in the US has won a judegment against one of these companies, Internet Listing Service. (I don't know if they are related to DROA, as there are many aliases used in these scams).

In June 2008, the FTC charged Toronto-based Internet Listing Service with sending domain name owners fake invoices that instructed them to pay an annual Web site listing fee or sign up for a search engine optimization service. Finally, in August 2010, the case is closed. The settlement issued a suspended judgment of $4.3 million, but since the defendants cannot pay up, they will turn over $10,000, the FTC said.

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Do It Yourself, Dummy

Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:08

Holy crap! What is wrong with you all?

Do you think that I can do your job for you? Would I know all the details that you need to do your job effeciently?

No? So why the hell do you think you can manage your website? Seriously.... what is wrong with you people?

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Make Money Keeping People Healthy

Wednesday, 16 June 2010 11:24

Wow, there seems to be a lot of consolidation recently with programs selling health related products. sell-health-programThis seems to be a market that doesn't slow much with the economy, as everyone wants good health.  And you can make money helping people stay healthy.

If you are looking to make some extra cash, you might want to look into joining SellHealth.com, where you can earn commissions on every product you refer for sale. No inventory, no sales calls, no money upfront, and free hosting is offered.

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