How far should Industry Bloggers Stray from Industry Topics?
How much should Industry Blogs stray from Industry Posts? They’re been coined as "Cat Posts" before; I’d define a "cat post" as a "personal post" or "off industry topic" post. (I’ve done a few this past week, but started post with "Cat Post" in the title). I’d like to ask YOU, how much (if any),"Cat posts" should an Industry blogger ever […]
- 02-02-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Trading Vacation Trips for Services.
So I just got this lead from a guy who say’s he can’t afford our services, but he’s willing to offer a trade….and it sounds so tempting….it’s a hotel in south america in a rainforest, near Mayan ruins, near 2 national parks, it’s on the coast where you can snorkel and scuba dive, and great […]
- 02-01-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Cat Post – Enjoy some Old Time Radio – MP3
I like old time radio – those old radio shows from the 1930’s -1950’s. In the days before the internet, in the day’s before TV’s….in the days where families would gather around their radio’s and listen to shows like: Suspense, My Favorite Husband, Black Museum, Lone Ranger, Lux Radio Theater, Boston Blackie, Jack Benny, Green […]
- 01-31-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Have a Sports Related Website?
I’ve got some advertising space on a sports related website that I can sell. About this website:This site had over 2 million page views in Jan 2006.This site has over 15,000 all natural backlinks (yahoo linkdomain)The site also has over 400 backlinks that are .edu and .gov.What this means is that it’s a trusted website […]
- 01-31-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Mike Grehan – Drink from his knowledge.
Mike Grehan interviewed on SEO Buzzbox. Aaron Pratt has racked up another great interview, this time with Mike Grehan. Of all the people I know in the SEO industry, Mike might be the person I respect the most. When I have "advanced" SEO questions I’ll write them down and pull them out at the next conference […]
- 01-31-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Internet Marketing Firms M&A 2006
I Just read an article on MarketingVox called "Strong Internet Marketing M&A Forecast for 2006" which was based on a recent survey (pdf) , done by investment bank AdMedia Partners, called "Merger and Acquisition Prospects for Marketing Services and Internet Marketing Firms (pdf)". The survey has all sorts of graphs, tables and number charts in it, but […]
- 01-30-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
When SEO’s Attack.
When SEO’s Attack! SEO’s fighting each other – WHY? Does every group need some people to kick so that the others feel better about themselves? I think that sometimes in our world of blogs and forums that tones can be mistaken, and words are easily misinterpreted. I know there’s some SEO’s who hate me – […]
- 01-30-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Monday morning SEO reads, and LinkedIn.
Just wanted to touch on a few things going on this Monday morning. Google’s got a new toolbar out – Barry Linkbait, yea yea, Think about Title Bait – Gray Wolf. (We’re experimenting here – see Webuildpages listing) Kanoodle and MSN cut deal – Loren Be better by analyzing your competitors – Stuntdubl Tools Selling your […]
- 01-30-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Brainpulse is ticking me off.
Like I’ve said in the past, sometimes I wish I could cut loose like IncrediBILL does. Every few days for the past 6 months I’ve been getting link request emails from brain pulse. com. At what point will they realize that my ignoring them means "No". I mean c’mon, 2-3 emails a week being sent by filling […]
- 01-28-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Tip for Public Speaking.
After reading this, I’m starting to wonder if I should ask my wife to come to the next conference. [tags]public speaking, conference[/tags]
- 01-28-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
