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Pinterest: Great Google+ tips!

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Pinterest: 33 Amazing Digital M

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Pinterest: 10 Content Writing I

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Pinterest: 10 #Blog Post Ideas

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Pinterest: Guest #Blogging 101

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Pinterest: Benefits of #Bloggin

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Pinterest: 4 Factors of #Bloggi

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Pinterest: Why #Blogging Matter

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Pinterest: 10 Reasons To Make A

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Pinterest: Content Marketing in

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Pinterest: Is Tumblr dead, dyin

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Pinterest: Content Is King. It

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Pinterest: Laying the internet

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Pinterest: The old way of doing

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Pinterest: Optimizing-Your-Goog

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Pinterest: The future of search

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Pinterest: Best of 2013: Must-r

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Pinterest: Top Content Manageme

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Pinterest: Author rank by Verti

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Pinterest: Scoop.it offers some

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Pinterest: Why Traffic Is Digit

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Pinterest: 5 years of social me

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Pinterest: 5 years of social me

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Pinterest: 4 Internet Marketing

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Pinterest: 20 Captivating Marketing Statistics

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Pinterest: Mind Maps Are Awesome

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Pinterest: The State of Digital Marketing

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Pinterest: How to Deal with Five Types of Social Media Complainers

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Pinterest: People Think Success Is Not Failing. Think Again.

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Content Curation Experiment

<div align="center">[caption id="attachment_6372" align="aligncenter" width="400"]<a href="http://internet-marketing-muscle.com/wp-content/uploads/content-creation-experiment.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-6372" alt="Content Curation Experiment" src="http://internet-marketing-muscle.com/wp-content/uploads/content-creation-experiment.jpg" width="400" height="250" Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Content Curation Experiment

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Content Curation Experiment

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Change or Keep My Current Theme

[caption id="attachment_6366" align="aligncenter" width="400"]Image courtesy of Stuart Miles | FreeDigitalPhotos.net [/caption] I'm facing a dilemma. As you can see by the title, I'm considering changing my theme. You may ask, why? I mean, I'm a marketer guy, right? Why do I even care? Because. :) There are many reasons I'm thinking about changing it, but I'll start at the end and work my way back. Yesterday, I wanted to try out some of the cool stuff in WordPress' own Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

April 1 2013 Update

From time to time, I like to tell you what's on my mind, what I've got going on, and where I'm headed. This is one of those times. If you've been paying attention, you have probably noticed that I've withdrawn a bit. I've stopped doing webinars, my emails have been less frequent, and I'm not posting as much as I had. There is a reason for it. I've been busy. Really busy with clients and projects. And family, too. First, the family. We brought a little girl into the world near the Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Internet Marketing Gimmicks #37

If you're like me, you get hundreds of emails a day, along with countless tweets and Facebook updates, many of which originate from "internet marketers." Most of this stuff is just internet marketing gimmicks. I got one today. It is pretty tame but nevertheless it's a marketing gimmick, designed to get you to act on something when you really wouldn't otherwise. Sometimes, they're disguised as "calls to action," like "Click the buy button now." Except they have an additional hook or fear Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Free Disk Partition Manager

I know you think this is an internet marketing blog, but it's much more than that. I do talk tech from time to time. As it should be--I spent the better part of 20 years in IT departments in Fortune 500 companies as well as a few start ups. So I know just enough to be totally dangerous. In all seriousness, I wanted to share with you a neat little tool that I found the other day out of necessity. It's a free disk partition manager for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Operating Systems (so it Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Content Circulation and Link Wheels

[caption id="attachment_6334" align="aligncenter" width="485"] Link Pyramid-Wheel Hybrid[/caption] We all know that it's simply not good enough to write quality content and curate content from authority sites. You have to get your content consumed! Content circulation, aka content syndication or content promotion, is what needs to occur if you want people to actually read your blog posts, watch your videos, or download your presentations, music, or eBooks. It's really that simple. But Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Content Circulation

[caption id="attachment_6317" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Image courtesy of Stuart Miles | FreeDigitalPhotos.net  [/caption] The third pillar in your content marketing strategy is content circulation, or content syndication. No matter what you call it, you have to create original content, curate content, and then make sure that content gets circulated. In other words, if you create content, you want people to see it. Content circulation is the key. Content Circulation Is the Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

The 5 Things You Need to Do as an Internet Marketer

[caption id="attachment_6295" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Image courtesy of Stuart Miles | FreeDigitalPhotos.net[/caption] Whether you create products, blog, give advice, or market for others, there are 5 things you need to do as an internet marketer. I won't beat around the bush. Here they are. 5 things you need to do as an internet marketer Content Traffic Offers List Monetize It's that last one that is most elusive, no? You may consider yourself "just a Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Loopholes Are Internet Marketing Jokes

[caption id="attachment_6292" align="aligncenter" width="300"]Image courtesy of Salvatore Vuono | FreeDigitalPhotos.net [/caption] So I saw an offer today on the Warrior Forum by a guy whose work I really like. I think he's da bomb, actually. But he put up a WSO (Warrior Special Offer) that was full of...well, you know, cow pucky. Horse manure. Bull crap. And I hate that. Internet marketers always lament that they (we) get a bad rap that's undeserved, but then most of us resort Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Content Curation Explained

[caption id="attachment_6279" align="aligncenter" width="400"]Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici | FreeDigitalPhotos.net [/caption] We've all heard it --- 'Content is King." And it is. But it's difficult, especially when you've been at it as long as I have, to keep creating original, fresh content. I mean, there's only so much you can create, right? Well, in the past, I've shown you how to create original content. Last week, I did a webinar on how to come up with original Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Office Yoga for Getting Fit and Maintaining Health for Internet Marketers

Guest post by Christian Leeby. Cristian has created www.miracleofyoga.com to bring the fantastic benefits of Yoga to everyone. [caption id="attachment_6255" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Image courtesy of samuiblue | FreeDigitalPhotos.net[/caption] Eat right and exercise. Excellent, honest advice for anyone, but especially for folks sitting in front of the computer for massive amounts of time. Studies are showing more and more that sitting in the same place for hours on end Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Trying Empire Avenue

{EAV:9ab42ad6866d86ef} Okay that won't make much sense to you...but I just joined a new social network called Empire Avenue and they require that I put that code at the very beginning of my latest blog post (i.e., this one) so that my blog can be "elevated" or some such and will help my standing in this new community. So that's why that's there :) Empire Avenue is pretty interesting. Will let you know how it goes as I explore it more fully in the coming days and weeks. If you'd like Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Trying Empire Avenue

{EAV:9ab42ad6866d86ef} Okay that won't make much sense to you...but I just joined a new social network called Empire Avenue and they require that I put that code at the very beginning of my latest blog post (i.e., this one) so that my blog can be "elevated" or some such and will help my standing in this new community. So that's why that's there :) Empire Avenue is pretty interesting. Will let you know how it goes as I explore it more fully in the coming days and weeks. If you'd like Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Meetup: Internet Marketing Business Consulting of the East Bay

I don't know if many of you got the announcement that this month's Meetup is tonight, January 14, at 5:30pm at El Tapatio in Pleasant Hill, CA. Meetup: Internet Marketing Business Consulting of the East Bay It's probably going to be a light turn-out, judging by the RSVP list, so if you want to get a chance at asking a lot of questions, this may be your night. I have a couple topics in mind for the presentation, but I may just not give one. It all depends on the attendance. I was Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Meetup: Internet Marketing Business Consulting of the East Bay

I don't know if many of you got the announcement that this month's Meetup is tonight, January 14, at 5:30pm at El Tapatio in Pleasant Hill, CA. Meetup: Internet Marketing Business Consulting of the East Bay It's probably going to be a light turn-out, judging by the RSVP list, so if you want to get a chance at asking a lot of questions, this may be your night. I have a couple topics in mind for the presentation, but I may just not give one. It all depends on the attendance. I was Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

A Quick Lesson on Service

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A Quick Lesson on Service

If the video below resonates at all with you, please leave a comment! http://youtu.be/WciIiAmx9Ag I have been on the "service provider" side of this more times than I can count. It is very uncomfortable, to say the least. There are 3 basic ways to deal with it: Acquiesce Hold firm: "These are my prices and services." Compromise I usually go with #2. Sometimes, however, I go with #3. I begin by offering my top option. If somebody balks at the price, I begin pulling things out Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

2013: The New SEO

[caption id="attachment_6224" align="aligncenter" width="400"]Image courtesy of Stuart Miles | FreeDigitalPhotos.net The New SEO in 2013 [/caption] SEO, or search engine optimization, is a huge concept that has changed over the past couple of decades. Entire businesses have been built because of the need for higher placement in the search engines---companies have rushed in to fill a void because most businesses had neither the time or knowledge to competently do their own SEO. In Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

2013: The New SEO

[caption id="attachment_6224" align="aligncenter" width="400"]Image courtesy of Stuart Miles | FreeDigitalPhotos.net The New SEO in 2013 [/caption] SEO, or search engine optimization, is a huge concept that has changed over the past couple of decades. Entire businesses have been built because of the need for higher placement in the search engines---companies have rushed in to fill a void because most businesses had neither the time or knowledge to competently do their own SEO. In Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Being a Healthy Internet Marketer Part 1

In the interest of starting the new year off on good footing, I thought I'd share some health tips for internet marketers. This will be a two-part series: Nutrition Exercise This first part is all about nutrition. I know most IMers eat like crap, myself included on occasion. Since I "grew up" in the fitness arena, I will share what I know works in all walks of life and for all occupations. I won't delve into losing weight or anything where drastic change is necessary or desired. Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Being a Healthy Internet Marketer Part 1

In the interest of starting the new year off on good footing, I thought I'd share some health tips for internet marketers. This will be a two-part series: Nutrition Exercise This first part is all about nutrition. I know most IMers eat like crap, myself included on occasion. Since I "grew up" in the fitness arena, I will share what I know works in all walks of life and for all occupations. I won't delve into losing weight or anything where drastic change is necessary or desired. Read more...and please RT, like, and share.