With online sales expected to decline along with the economy, ecommerce stores will be seeking ways to reduce overhead. Here are some strategies I have had advertisers implement to reduce costs and increase profitability when using shopping search engines and comparison sites: When paying for clicks from shopping sites: 1. If possible, remove from that feed inexpensive products that get tons of clicks when the profit margins do not more than cover the income generated. 2. Slightly increase … [Read more...]
Twitter Usability Grade: C Minus – and We’re Being Generous
[NOTE: This post has been updated to include issues I forgot in the original version and to make corrections that were pointed out by commentators. The order of the issues has also been changed. Thank you to those who took the time to leave comments. It also explains how resolving these issues saves Twitter money by reducing demand on their system resources.] Dear Twitter, Have you considered either hiring someone with expertise in usability or hiring a usability consultant? Perhaps you're … [Read more...]
DoFollow Lists of Blogs, Social Networking Sites and Forums; DoFollow Search Tool; Understanding Do Follow, No Follow
UPDATE 2014: I DO NOT recommend comments in blogs be dofollow because you are more likely to be penalized for inbound and outbound link penalties if they are. I also recommend you turn off keywords if you were permitting them. THE COMMENTS IN THIS BLOG ARE NOFOLLOW and ALL SPAM IS DELETED! STOP SPAMMING! UPDATED Sep 24, 2011 A DoFollow site is one that allows the search engines to follow a link from their site to yours. This increases the number of incoming links to your site, increases … [Read more...]
Increase Your Blog Subscriptions: How to Activate FeedBurner Subscribe Via Email
Even though it is likely that most bloggers are using RSS to subscribe to their favorite blogs it is always a good idea to provide multiple options. When Dennis Edell commented here yesterday he asked that we enable the option to subscribe via email in FeedBurner. We do our best to quickly act on requests from our readers and offer this link for those who are interested in subscribing by email: Subscribe to GROWMAP by Email Eventually we'll probably add that function to the right sidebar near … [Read more...]
Tired of Talking to Yourself? Go Visit Other Blogs, Leave Quality Comments and Links
Are you waiting for a personal invitation before you go visiting? The best way to get quality comments in your blog is to leave some of your own in other blogs. The odds are excellent that you'll be paid a return visit. Even if you don't, anyone reading your comment has a direct path to find your blog. The latest post at Blogging Without a Blog is an excellent example of both a popular blog and a post that garnered plenty of comments: 54 so far as I type this. Read Attract Readers - Make Your … [Read more...]
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