What's the best way to keep up with your Twitter friends? You've got 3 options:

On the Twitter website

In an RSS feed reader

Using a dedicated Twitter client

On the Twitter website

There's a reason why so many Twitter clients have been created. I'm not saying the Twitter website is horrible, but it's n...
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Not on Twitter yet? Think it's a pointless waste of time? I've got an inkling as to why -- and how closing your eyes may help you get started. The first time I saw Twitter, I thought the same thing -- "this looks really dumb."

Twitter's single biggest barrier to entry and reason for not...
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You've probably heard the hubbub about the FTC changing what's allowed in testimonials, but I think something needs to be clarified. (I'm not a lawyer, this isn't legal advice, I may be totally wrong, blah, blah, blah.)

In their press release, the FTC said:

Under the revised Guides, advertisements that feature a consumer and convey...
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I see it all the time -- some guru (or wannabe) releases what could have been a good internet marketing info product. But since they're more interested in sales than ethics, they just can't resist adding a little "hash" to their brownie mix.

What am I talking about?

Here's an example: I created a website...
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If you've ever tried monetizing a website, you know about banner blindness: the uncanny ability of web surfers to view a website without seeing the banner ads that are plastered all over it.

I've just posted a case study video showing how I added one little thing to one of my sites and boosted the...
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In a guest post on Clayton Makepeace's blog yesterday, Daniel Levis revealed the results of a split test between single and double opt in mailing lists. The results were surprising.

First, he showed how many subscribers each list got, and how many of the original subscribers were still subscribed a year later. Single opt-in won...
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I ran my first "dime sale" last week, and thought I'd share a few lessons and ideas I picked up from the experience.

I'd originally planned to have it start at noon US Central time and run 24 hours. That made sense because the majority of my customers are in the US, and that would...
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A few years ago, I wanted to write a guide to internet marketing that would answer the question "what's next?" for anyone, no matter how experienced. Ah well, you don't always get what you want!

After a few failed attempts to figure out how to structure such a thing, it became clear that it was...
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When I read the headline "Sponsored Tweets Launches: The End of Twitter As We Know It?", I fully expected to read the article, say "yep, bad idea that will surely fail", and go on with my day.

Turns out it's an interesting idea. It might still fail -- definitely an uphill battle ahead.

I'm sure...
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I have to laugh every time I hear some big-name marketer whining about their Twitter in-box overflowing with auto-DMs. "What, you didn't expect it?"

Before you get all in a kerfuffle, let me say that I DON'T approve of sending multiple auto-DMs to the same person. One when they first follow you is generally fine...
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