Marty’s Musings
4 Effective Ways to Get Free Traffic to Your Site and Blog
One of the biggest challenges that you face as an Internet marketer is generating traffic to your websites and blogs. We all want to get massive traffic without paying exorbitant amounts of money for advertising, but is that possible? Read on to learn how to build a...
Book Review: Getting Organized in the Google Era
Getting Organized in the Google Era: How to Get Stuff Out of Your Head, Find It When You Need It, and Get It Done Right by Douglas C. Merrill and James A. Martin. I've always been a paper and pencil kind of guy. I usually do all my planning by hand and store it in a...
Can you send too many emails?
You may recall that I spent a few days recently in Mexico, on what I called a “real” vacation. Which means that I didn't work while I was away. I didn't check email, didn't even read a business book. (I did, however, read four trashy novels. Yum!) So even though I...
Short links in email marketing messages trigger spam filters
Do you use short links in your email marketing messages? Short links that you get from services like TinyURL and bit.ly? If you do, have you checked your emails against the spam analyzer that is built in to most email service provider software? On more than one...
Ode to the Typographical Error
As a graphic designer and publisher for all of my working career, I can so relate to this poem. I can't tell you how many times one little unnoticed error has completely wrecked a job. Ode to the Typographical Error The typographical error is a slippery thing and sly;...
Exciting Science of Email Marketing Data
Last week, I listened in on a webinar sponsored by HubSpot, that presented a lot of solid email marketing data which helps to answer some of the more burning questions that people seem to have when thinking about their email marketing like what day and what time is...
Daily Plan for Soul Proprietors
If you find yourself stressed out because you've got so much on your plate and yet you are driven to accomplish a lot on any given day, having a plan of action can save your sanity. The Daily Plan for Soul Proprietors is designed to help you integrate and organize...