The Simple Guide to Finding Free Images for Your Blog Posts
Last week, I lamented the fact that I’d been beaten to the punch in posting about finding images for blog posts. I sent our bloggers a link to the Smackdown post, but I think that post does a little too much “throat clearing” before it gets to the good stuff. (I say this because I’ve […]
- 01-19-2009
- Blogging
8 Spelling & Grammar Rules You Can Break on Twitter
Lisa and I are on the same page about grammar and spelling, how it’s necessary to follow rules in order to be understood. As much as it pains me to say it, there are rules for writing that you’re allowed to break when you use Twitter. Because 140 characters just isn’t enough for proper English […]
- 01-12-2009
- Social Media
Top 10 Gifts to Give Your Favorite SEO
‘Tis the season! Not everyone celebrates Christmas, but the secular nature of the holiday season lends itself to plenty of non-denominational gift-giving. If you’re scrambling at the last minute to figure out what to give to your favorite SEO (or the only one you know, or the one who pays you…) here are some ideas […]
- 12-23-2008
- Fun Stuff
Am I Risking a Penalty if I Give this Hot Fudge Away?
Dang, it’s after midnight and I’m still at the office again. There’s been 2 cases of Sundaes Best hot fudge sitting on top of my desk that I’m not sure if I should be selfish and give the fudge to the employees (Oh man, I can hear Lisa and Christine and QualityGal saying "Me!", "Me!", […]
- 12-16-2008
- Jim Boykin's Blog
The Sweet Side of We Build Pages
Reason #42 why We Build Pages is so great to work for: Birthday cake. Today is Pat Sexton’s birthday. So everyone say happy birthday to Pat. Everyone here at We Build Pages already has, and we actually started and ended the song in the same key. It was a miracle! We celebrate all birthdays here […]
- 12-11-2008
- Fun Stuff
A Site without Linkability is a Site Destined for Failure
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working on new reports with analysis and recommendations for our clients. One report that all our clients are getting is the “Content Analysis Report.” This particular report is essential to everyone. A link building campaign will run out of steam quickly if there’s not much of a reason […]
- 12-09-2008
- Link Building, Search Engine Optimization
Goodbye to the Best Friend I Never Met
Ever since the Internet became popular, there has been a lot of discussion about whether its made us all closer or just more disconnected. Real connection is possible. It’s rare, but you can find it. I never understood it as well as I do right now. I lost a good friend this week. My writing […]
- 12-05-2008
- Internet Marketing Ninjas
Think Your Store Doesn’t Need Articles? You’re Wrong!
So you’ve got this great online store. You’ve got customers. You’ve even got repeat customers. They seem to be pretty happy. That makes you pretty happy, because that means you’re making money. But are you really getting your fair share of the market? Is your competitor getting business that you could be getting? You may […]
- 12-02-2008
- Web Content
Jim Boykin: Paid Links Aren’t Worth It To Me
Two days ago Matt Cutts said, “The reality is that accepting money to link to/promote/market for a product without disclosing that fact is a very high-risk behavior, in my opinion.” And I believe him€¦.big time€¦.I can tell you from first hand experience that buying links can be a “high-risk behavior”, and it can have very […]
- 11-21-2008
- Link Building
Top 7 Things We Learned From Motrin Moms
Unless you slept through Sunday and Monday this week, you were either involved in the conversation about Motrin Moms or you tried to ignore it. Besides wasting diverting a lot of people’s time with the discussion/debate, what did we learn? Don’t mess with moms. Moms have been a huge target demographic for quite some time. […]
- 11-18-2008
- Social Media
