Best diversion of the month? The millions of Time-Life photos hosted at Google. Three million up so far and another seven million making their way to the web. Fantastic stuff.
If you’re looking for a way to kill some time, start digging through the stacks. Just do a standard Google image search with a “source:life” suffix.
I [...]
I just finished reading yet another forum post griping about EzineArticles.com.
I don’t think the sun sets and rises with Chris Knight and his crew, but the constant vitriol spewed in EZA’s direction and all of the petty complaints leave me completely dumfounded.
I’ve used the site personally and in conjunction with clients for about [...]
I write articles. As a marketer, I rely heavily on article marketing strategies. As a “freelancer”, I produce winning articles for my clients. This list represents my considered opinion regarding some of what goes into a successful article. Here are five characteristics of fantastic articles:
Quality writing. Don’t let those people preaching quantity over quality lead [...]
Let’s start with a simple and true statement:
There is no such thing as a Google duplicate content penalty.
It does not exist. Period. Don’t believe me? Fine. Believe Google.
That’s right, the fine folks at the Big G have told the world that there is no duplicate content penalty. None. It’s a lie. It’s a myth. It’s [...]
Warning: I’m not shy about self-promotion, as this post will demonstrate.
About a week ago I decided that I wouldn’t mind adding a new writing client to the Big Red Notebook family. I decided to line one up by offering a one-time special and announcing it via this blog and Twitter.
The idea mimicked that [...]
I just finished goofing around with Slideroll. It’s a net-based way to create slideshows and it’s incredibly easy to use.
It’s not really well-suited for anyone who wants to do anything even relatively advanced. Options are extremely limited and it just doesn’t provide much real control or flexibility. It is, however, a decent [...]
Don’t worry. This is less about politics than it is about music.
My favorite moment from Obama’s acceptance speech the other night was a nod to the work of one of my all-time favorite singers, Sam Cooke.
President-Elect Obama said:
“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in [...]