(Originally posted to my SystemVideoBlog.com April 22, 2010)
Social media is hot.
It’s also one of the hottest refuges for scammers and BS artists.
I recently made the mistake of doing some pro bono work for a good cause run …
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Perry Marshall does it again
By Ken McCarthy in Business Tools, Internet history, Internet insight, Marketing news, Marketing Tools, Top Picks
Believe it or not, just eight short years ago, few veteran Internet marketers believed that Google AdWords was worth their time or attention.
Fast forward to the present: AdWords has revolutionized Internet marketing, formed the basis of thousands of successful …
Companies face massive online labor shortage
I’ve been calling this since 1994 and it just gets bigger and bigger.
There’s a massive shortage of people who understand pay per click advertising, search engine optimization, tracking and testing, conversion and just plain crunching the numbers.
You can’t …
How to accidentally lose your AWeber account
By Ken McCarthy in Business Tools, Consumer protection, Internet insight, Marketing Tools, Web/Tech 21
I have sent many million e-mails over the last 18 years.
I haven’t kept count, but this month alone with my various Internet properties, it adds up to close to 5 million.
As you can imagine, we’re keen to keep …
Get it right and strike it rich
By Ken McCarthy in Business Tools, Internet history, Internet insight, Marketing insight, Videos to Watch 20
Watch this short video first, take careful note of what Zuckerberg says and then read the article.
There is a lot to learn from watching this short video.
First, there’s the all-important lesson that everybody who “gets there” gets there …
The future of social media
Today, I’ve been having some back and forth with a friend who is struggling to make his online business work.
I asked him some pointed questions to focus him on the things that matter and directed him to another friend …