Martin Malden

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Reviews of Internet Marketing Products, Services and Training Sites

Here’s a series of articles on different products, services or membership sites that I’ve used.

I either currently use, or have used in the past, everything that’s reviewed in this section.

If I no longer use a particular product or service that doesn’t mean that it’s bad. It just means that my business needs changed.

Click the headline to read the full review.

Thesis 1.8, released last week, brings some nice new functionality and a missed opportunity. Affiliate alert: I’m an affiliate for Thesis, which means that if you buy it by clicking one of the links on this site I get a bit of beer money. See my disclosure for more details. I discussed Thesis in more [...]

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I needed a shopping cart for WordPress but I couldn’t find anything that was easy to implement, didn’t slow down the site and would be easy to teach a client. My client’s requirements were straightforward: an on-line shop that was an integral part of their site, selling a small range of merchandise (rugby shirts, polo [...]

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Yes – my getting-rid-of-plugins crusade just got another boost, thanks to the latest version of Thesis. Please note: I give you both the good and the bad in my reviews (including this one), but I’m an affiliate for Thesis and that means I will get some commission if you were to buy Thesis through the [...]

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Quite by accident I discovered a cracking Twitter desktop application yesterday. But you can only use this if you’re on FireFox, because it’s a FireFox Addon. I’ve tried a few different Twitter desktop applications in the past. All have had their good points and all have had drawbacks. As a result, I’ve always ended up [...]

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What do you do if you’re not making any money blogging and you don’t want to go down the cheesy ‘Yellow Highlight Brigade’ Internet Marketing route? If that’s you, you may be a closet Third Triber. And here’s your opportunity to come out. Affiliate Alert..! I’m an affiliate for the Third Tribe, which means that [...]

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Here was I, working away on my removing-plugins-crusade and I’ve blown it. I just added one. Actually, not really added – replaced. But I removed the one I’ve replaced a while ago, so it feels like adding. This blog is now mobile-friendly again, thanks to the Wapple Architect.

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I hadn’t paid much attention to the previews of the new features to be introduced with WordPress 2.9. But, having upgraded yesterday, I have to say that I’m left with mixed feelings. I understand that there’s quite a lot that was designed to help plugin and theme developers, but for humble users (you and me) [...]

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I recently upgraded to Thesis 1.6 on three of my sites and installed it from new on a fourth. Here are my thoughts. Firstly, just so you know, I’m an affiliate for Thesis. That means I get a bit of beer money if you end up buying it through my affiliate link (the Thesis links [...]

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When I was unemployed in 2000/2001 I just knew I should be able to make money with my computer – I just didn’t know how. And whether you’re unemployed, recently retired or bored stiff with your job, I bet the thought has crossed your mind too.  Well here’s some good news. The Wealthy Affiliate Internet [...]

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Somebody on LinkedIn today asked what the best platform would be for a corporate site with seamless blog functionality. No prizes for guessing what my answer was. Right out of the box, WordPress offers the perfect solution for a company website that has standard product and service pages, plus the ability to release product news [...]

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I’ve been using the Seesmic Twitter desktop application for a couple of weeks now and I like it. Mostly because I can read its screen easily. Its closest competitor is probably TweetDeck, which I reviewed here. Seesmic and TweetDeck have a lot of similarities, but also some important differences. Here are some thoughts on Seesmic.  

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I upgraded to the official release of Thesis 1.5 over the weekend – here are some thoughts. Full disclosure up front: I’m an affiliate for Thesis. The official release of Thesis 1.5 must have been one of the longest drawn out sagas of any recent major product upgrade – there were seven (yes 7!) 1.5 [...]

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As a long time user of the What Would Seth Godin Do plugin, I felt like I was cheating on her when I tried out WP-Greet-Box. Worse was to come: I decided to end my relationship with WWSGD and start a new one with WPGB. Here’s why:  

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A while ago I wrote a review of Tweet Deck, one of the many Twitter desk top applications that help you manage the enormous flow of information more effectively. I liked Tweet Deck a lot, especially the ability to create groups so you can follow particular people more closely. But one of the things that [...]

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My friend Bob Hartman pointed me in the direction of the Open Hook plugin for Thesis yesterday – and what a discovery it was.  For me, that is – Bob already knew about it.  I’ve written elsewhere about the Thesis theme and mentioned that, in order to maximize its powerful capabilities, one of the things [...]

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I’ve been a Twitter user for a while now, but I’d always been conscious that I wasn’t getting as much out of it as I should have been. There was simply too much information to manage. So this last weekend I installed TweetDeck as a means of rationalizing and organizing this constant flow of information [...]

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