When I start working with a client my first job is to undo the current mess that passes for their website. I find time and time again that my new client has been led up the garden path by well meaning (mostly) advice that has little to do with making sales from their website. This [...]
Posts Tagged ‘funny’
The 7 habits of highly ineffective people
In the classic book “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People” Stephen R. Covey lays down the groundwork for becoming a highly effective person. Funny how that works since it’s right there in the title. But let’s face it… some of us don’t really want to be effective! There’s so much pressure of us from [...]
How easy are you to influence?
You’d be amazed at how much influence is used over us every day. From professional advertisers to children… everyone is out to get what they want. So just how easy are you to influence? Below are clips of Derren Brown showing just how much our own decisions and imaginations might not belong to us. The [...]
Friday Fun – Evolution of dance video
The point of this blog is to teach people how to make more money from their website while having more fun in business. So I thought a post of internet randomness could be entertaining. Plus it gives me a use for all the cool stuff I find online (remember how I say to design your [...]
Email marketing – 7 easy ways to guarantee failure
If you’re looking to fail at email marketing here are 7 key guidelines: Make your subject line boring so no one opens it Don’t include the recipient’s name Make your email as impersonal and formal as possible Include html images and other pretty formatting so your email plainly looks like a commercial message and doesn’t [...]
Recession busting idea #384 – Sell garbage… literally!
One of the huge lies spread about the recession is that no one is buying anymore. Well, maybe I’ll believe it if you’ve had literally no customers walk through your door recently. And in that case, I urge you to leave the South Pole for a more convenient location. The truth is… people are buying! [...]
Top 9 ways to get more done with sharks, laser beams, and other household items
After a comment I made on mi amigo Dean Hunt’s blog I thought I would give you my top 9 ways to get more done and beat procrastination forever: 1. The James Bond Approach Before you start a task create a James Bond style death trap complete with laser beam and sharks. Then link the [...]
