How To Improve Your Click-Through Rate

By John, 15 October, 2009, No Comment

Every internet marketer would like to improve their click-through rate (CTR).  After all, it’s what makes you money.  If your reader isn’t clicking on your ads, you aren’t making any money.  Whether you are working PPC (pay per click) or PPA (pay per action), your goal is a higher CTR.  While there is nothing you can do to get readers to buy once they click your ad, there’s plenty you can do to get them to click it in the first place.

Would You Like to be More Productive? Here’s One Way

By John, 15 October, 2009, No Comment

Now that what will be known as “The Great Hosting Disaster” is over, things should return to normal around here.  Someday I’ll write about the disaster but for now I wanted to point you to what is turning out to be another great series of posts by Matt Perman over at What’s Best Next.  If you aren’t familiar with Matt, he writes “on integrating the big picture with everyday decisions so that we can do things better in life, work, business, and society.”

Microsoft Rolls Out Free anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware program

By John, 29 September, 2009, 1 Comment

Microsoft has rolled out it’s new computer protection program.  Microsoft Security Essentials, a no-cost, anti-malware service that is designed to help protect consumers against viruses, spyware and other malicious software. Microsoft Security Essentials requires no registration, trials or renewals and is available for download directly from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/.

ACORN Wants to Hire a Social Media Organizer. Should You?

By John, 22 September, 2009, 1 Comment

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year, you’ve no doubt heard about ACORN. They’ve been in the news a lot lately. This post isn’t about what they did or didn’t do, it’s about what they are about to do, and whether or not you should be following their lead.

Constitution Day and the Federal Reserve

By John, 17 September, 2009, No Comment

Although you wouldn’t know it from watching the news, today is Constitution Day. 222 years ago, on September 17, 1787, forty-two of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention held their final meeting at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The only item of the agenda that day was to sign the Constitution of the united States of America.