March 2010

Embed Chat In Your Website

by Andy Brudtkuhl on March 31, 2010

A few days ago over lunch I held an impromptu mastermind session over at our new internet business community Lunchtime Mastermind. After a few minutes of research I landed on Chatroll – one of my new favorite tools. Chatroll allowed me to create a chat room (with tons of great options) and embed it in my website in about 5 minutes – for free.

Small Business Internet Marketing Chat

Why would you want this? You could use it for many things – from covering live events to live Q&A. In our instance we want a way to easily have mastermind sessions with our members.

Chatroll Features:

  • Easily embed in any website (including a great WordPress Plugin)
  • Customize color and size to match the look and feel of your site
  • Moderate with 1-click delete, custom profanity filters and IP block
  • Manage read, write and moderate permissions with fine-grained access controls
  • And Tons More

One feature we are integrating into our mastermind group now is single sign on. Using this our members will be able to log in to our mastermind chat sessions using their WordPress membership account. Sometimes technology makes it easy :-)

Do you have questions about Chatroll? Let us know in the comments or jump into the forums!

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SEO For Small Businesses – Webinar Recap

by Andy Brudtkuhl on March 25, 2010

Yesterday we had another great webinar over at the LunchTime MasterMind. If you are intereseted in listening to an audio recap – head on over to check out SEO For Small Businesses.

Here are the slides we used for the webinar

If you have any questions – jump into the forums or comments to let us know!

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Good Email Marketing From Newegg

by Andy Brudtkuhl on March 25, 2010

I needed a wireless router for my garage so naturally I head to Newegg – everyone’s favorite geek store – and ordered one a couple days ago.

(Ironically it’s being delivered as I write this)

The day after I ordered – I got this email from Newegg

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Why Is This Good?

  1. It’s highly relevant – both the timing and content
  2. It’s an easy upsell – maybe I forgot to order an adapter!
  3. It adds value beyond the product I purchased

Do you have examples of good email marketing? Let us know in the comments or jump into the forums!

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Small Business SEO Webinar – March 24

by Andy Brudtkuhl on March 19, 2010

We have teamed up with our internet business podcast parter Doug Mitchell to bring you a Free Small Business SEO webinar…

We’ll be covering everything you need to do to start optimizing your business for search – organic, mobile and social – by creating good content and optimizing your website.

Would you like to join us? Sign Up Here

It’s next Wednesday, March 24 at 12:00 Noon Central Time

Sign Up Now

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Good Email Marketing Example – Ace Hardware

by Andy Brudtkuhl on March 11, 2010

Here is a good email marketing example from Ace Hardware

Why does this work? It’s seasonal and it’s good, informative content that shows you why you need their products. They didn’t just send a promo for me to by grass seed and fertilizer – they are telling me why I need it through informative content.

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5 Hard Truths About SEO

March 8, 2010

Here are five hard truths about SEO – it’s a lot of hard work and takes a long time to yield results. What are some hard truths you’ve found with an SEO campaign?

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How Can I Get More Traffic To My Website?

March 3, 2010

The most commonly asked question of me is “How can I get more traffic to my website?”… Here we show you why it’s more important to optimize your website to meet your goals than it is to generate more traffic.

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15% Of Mobile Web Traffic Are Searches

March 2, 2010

A recent report from Opera states that nearly 15% of mobile web traffic is from search. This makes your local listings even more important as they are tightly integrated into mobile search results.

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The Great Copy Debate

March 1, 2010

Should you copy successful websites? Learn what we think compared to other experts and then chime in on what you think… Should you copy Amazon because they have been successful? Or does their site reflect a specific user base?

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Two Ways To Do Local PPC

March 1, 2010

Learn two ways to target local in Google Adwords PPC campaigns…

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