I received an email recently from one my newsletter subscribers named Zsolt, who is from Hungary. He had a really great question regarding what business models still work online. Specifically he was referring to the more social web 2.0 world of blogging, podcasting and social media, versus traditional...

A Gmail Warning, Plus A Reader Asks Which Is Better – Old Or New Media Internet Marketing? If you are a Gmail user you have may have noticed that Google updated the interface to include some new tabs. The scary thing about this is they are automatically filtering your messages away...

“How relevant is blogging for today in a world of so many types of social media?” I must hear this question – or a variation of it – at least once a week. So I thought I’d open it up for some discussion to the wider ProBlogger community. What do you think? My feeling is...

Tweet I received an email recently from one my newsletter subscribers named Zsolt, who is from Hungary. He had a really great question regarding what business models still work online. Specifically he was referring to the more social web 2.0 world of blogging, podcasting and social media, versus...

Tweet Download the Text Transcript in PDF Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes Have you noticed how many people go around calling themselves a social media expert, yet don’t have much proof that they actually have earned real business results from it? In this interview I introduce you to a...

Does social media drive sales? I’ve been asked this question quite a few times lately from business owners trying to get their head around how to use social media in their online marketing mix. Many of them tell me that they don’t see a direct return on investment from their use of Twitter,...

Tweet Download the Text Transcript in PDF Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes Anthony Puttee is a designer with a background in video games and television media. He entered the world of publishing after illustrating a young adult book series. Through his experience he became a go-to-guy for dealing...

Last week I was on a panel discussing social media at a conference here in Australia and a question from the floor asked about how often is ideal to post to Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest? I was fascinated to hear the range of answers we gave as panelists and I thought it might be a good discussion...

Tweet Many years ago I coined the phrase “Pillar Article” or sometimes called, “Pillar Content“, to describe how to create great blog content. To my surprise, it really caught on in the blogging about blogging community and many thousands of bloggers use it to describe...

I’m always amazed that interns at my company can do so much with the web. I’m even more amazed at the limitations social media has put on young aspiring entrepreneurs and how it hinders the necessary fundamentals to start a business. If you want to open a B2C (Business to Consumer) company,...