A statement of the obvious? Not necessarily. When I first started researching the idea of working online I found a gazillion sites offering me ‘foolproof’ systems that would ‘guarantee’ to have me earning thousands a week by this time next month. And none of them involved a product. Many (if not most) of the MLM [...]
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What do you really want for your blog? If I’m to believe Johnny B Truant’s message it isn’t your first answer. And I do believe him because, honestly, the answer I’ve given myself for a long time is not the real answer either. I’ve spent months (years, actually) focused solely on building up traffic for [...]
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A couple of incidents recently reminded me of two important principles when it comes to launching websites: Firstly: KISS Secondly: GIOT KISS stands for Keep It Short and Simple GIOT stands for Get It Out There. Despite my best efforts, the project I’m currently leading here in HK is in danger of failing because of [...]
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It’s such a shame that people like this can’t channel their skills into something worthwhile, instead of screwing up other people’s PC’s. A friend called me on Saturday morning because his PC had caught a Virus. Could I help him sort it out, he wanted to know. We met up just after lunch and I [...]
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Interesting article on Nathan Hangen’s blog this week: There’s More to Life Than Blogging. In it he asks why you blog and suggests you should know the answer before you start. It reminded me of the number of times I’ve seen this question (or something like it) on Twitter: “I just started a new blog [...]
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You’ve been banned for life by Google. No recourse, no further discussion. That was the opening message in an advertising pitch I saw recently for a book on Google Adwords. And it annoyed the hell out of me. It’s the kind of advertising that gives Internet Marketers a bad reputation, and yet it obviously works [...]
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I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. I’m continually making resolutions to improve the way I do things, so what’s so different about January 1st? But two articles recently caught my interest and, since it is January, they’ve provoked the closest thing I’ve come to a New Year’s resolution. It’s about being paid for my expertise. [...]
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One of my customer’s WordPress installations was hacked and turned into an attack site over the weekend. I got a plea for help on New Year’s Day because she couldn’t view her site or log in – she just got an error message whenever she tried to do either. When I reviewed the file that [...]
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