Mike Mindel Blog
That Winning Feeling
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007You know that expression when it rains, it pours. This describes how after there has been no rain for a long time, it suddenly rains a lot all at once. Or when once something happens after a long pause, it happens in large amounts. Well I was looking for an equivalent expression for when it’s [...]
The Tao of Twitter
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007This content is summarized from The Tao of Twitter, presented by Ed Dale for the Thirty Day Challenge (with a little sprinkling of Mindel). You can also download the slides.This is the long awaited explanation of why I (Ed) believe Twitter is good for internet marketers. What is Twitter?Twitter is a web 2.0 tool that [...]
Web 2.0 – Ignore At Your Peril
Sunday, September 16th, 2007This post summarizes Ed Dale’s latest web 2.0 videos on the Thirty Day Challenge blog.A Worrying TrendI’ve noticed a worrying trend amongst fellow marketers. They are dimissive of web 2.0 and this will hurt them in the long run. Let’s take Facebook as an example. The Facebook statistics are extraordinary. Here are some of the [...]
Day 30 – The End of the Beginning
Friday, August 31st, 2007This content is summarized from Day 30 Training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Ed Dale.The End of the BeginningThis is the end of the beginning. Can you believe its day 30! Where has August gone? It’s not over yet though; there are actually 31 days in both July and August. So you’ve still [...]
Summaries, Diary, Articles and Tips on One Page
Friday, August 31st, 2007All the content on this blog is getting a bit unwieldy. I’ve put all the daily summaries, diary, articles and tips all on the one page so you can find everything you need. Some of you have also asked me whether I had a minion type up all this content. The answer is no. It’s [...]
Day 29 – Part II – Directory Submissions
Thursday, August 30th, 2007This content is summarized from Day 29 Training – Directory Submissions for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville.Directory Submissions Means More BacklinksDirectory submission is another backlink building strategy. Online there are a large number of directories whose sole purpose in life is to provide links to websites based on certain subject areas. The [...]
Day 29 – Part III – Yahoo Answers
Thursday, August 30th, 2007This content is summarized from Day 29 Training – Yahoo Answers for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville.Yahoo AnswersHelp someone with their question and get a backlink in the process. Yahoo Answers is a site where people can ask questions about anything and get answers from anyone with a Yahoo account. The reason [...]
Day 29 – Part I – The Five Biggest Mistakes Challengers Make
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007This content is summarized from Day 29 – The Five Biggest Mistakes Challengers Make, presented by Ed Dale.I (Ed) have been sent a number of sites for review where people haven’t been ranked in Google. I’ve gone through eight of the ten submissions we have selected so far and there have been some glaring mistakes. [...]
Day 28 – Part II – Blogs and Forums and Web 2.0
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007This content is summarized from Day 28 – Part II – Blogs and Forums and Web 2.0 training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville. This post/video is about finding other niche content websites in your market space where you might be able to provide feedback and also incorporate a link back to [...]
Day 28 – Part I – Backlink Analysis
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007This content is summarized from Day 28 Training – Link Research (aka Backlink Analysis) for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville.This post/video all about backlink analysis of your competition using the search engines.The SEO For Firefox PluginLet’s turn on the SEO For Firefox pluginLet’s do a search in Google for ‘free speed reading’ [...]
Day 27 – Part III – Google Alerts
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007This content is summarized from Day 27 Training – Google Alerts – A Hidden Jewel in the Google Kingdom, presented by Rob Somerville. What is it?Google Alerts is a fantastic free service from Google that allows you to be notified when Google finds a web page containing a specific keyword you might be interested in. [...]
Day 27 – Part II – It’s The Backlinks Stupid!
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007This content has been summarized from Day 27 Training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville.This is an overview of off-page SEO (Search Engine Optimization) strategies for the 2007 Thirty Day Challenge.Link Building StrategiesThis is the first of several videos on link building or backlinks. Why are we talking about this? So far [...]
Day 27 – Part I – Where Do We Go From Here
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007This content is summarized from Day 27 – Where Do We Go From Here, presented by Ed Dale.The Keyword That Keeps On PayingWe need to focus on a couple of key issues. The content today, delivered by Rob Somerville is all about the next stage. Once you’ve found a keyword that pays you need to [...]
Day 24 Diary – How to Write a Story – Niche Update
Sunday, August 26th, 2007I’ve got content up on three content platforms now. There are plenty of content platforms to choose from but I suspect like me, people will gravitate to those with the highest perceived ranking power. Niche Cluster: How to Write a StoryPlease click on each of the blue links to show content from each platform. Please [...]
Day 24 Diary – How to Write a Story Niche Update
Sunday, August 26th, 2007I’ve got content up on three content platforms now. There are plenty of content platforms to choose from but I suspect like me, people will gravitate to those with the highest perceived ranking power. Niche Cluster: How to Write a StoryPlease click on each of the blue links to show content from each platform. Please [...]
Tip #19 – Be Careful With Free WordPress and Affiliate Links
Saturday, August 25th, 2007Here’s free WordPressThe free WordPress have a contentious Terms of Service page. These are the relevant portions of hosted WordPress terms of service as they relate to the Thirty Day Challenge.By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:…the Content is not spam, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive [...]
Day 24 – Traffic – Go Or No Go
Saturday, August 25th, 2007This is content is summarized from the Day 24 Training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Ed Dale.A Slight Change of PlanI (Ed) was going to give you more conversion tips but you got plenty of good information on conversion yesterday. Today, I want to specifically concentrate on the traffic decision. Given it’s the [...]
Day 23 – From Traffic To Conversion
Friday, August 24th, 2007This content is summarised from Day 23 Training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Ed Dale.Moving From Traffic to ConversionWe are moving from traffic to todays topic, conversion.If we have done our traffic work correctly, we should now be getting decent traffic numbers (200 a day). That’s our first challenge. Some of you may [...]
Tip #18 – Lose the WordPress SnapShot Previews
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007WordPress SnapShot previews are so annoying!Aaaarrrgghh! How do I get rid of them !?They’re driving me mad and registering unwanted clickthroughs on the TDC Stats TrackerRight! To the Dashboard on WordPressthen to the Presentation tabthen ExtrasThere’s the culprit!Bye!UpdateAhhh. That’s better.-MikeTechnorati Tags: wordpress, snapshots, tdc stats tracker, turn off snapshotsPowered by ScribeFire.No Tags More: continued here [...]
Mac vs PC – The Jury is Out
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Mac vs PCIf anyone is any doubt whether Mac or PC is better then watch thisSanjaya Malakar – Make Your Own Mind UpEd gave Sanjaya a pretty hard time in Day 21 – The Big Picture. Listen to Sanjaya for yourself and make your own mind up. Hereand here…-MikeTechnorati Tags: mac vs pc, sanjaya malakar, [...]