Purposive Internet Marketing

Reason #863 Why Flash Sucks

Flash is great for enhancing the look and feel of many websites. While it has nifty features, I think that it’s more often than not poorly implement, making for an annoying user experience. Read more…

The Benefits of Search Engine Marketing

It’s no secret that the Internet continues to influence our lives in ways that people haven’t even recognized. Read more…

Get Your IT Guy Away from Your Website

Let me start with the bottom line (making it the top line!): Your IT guy is not an SEO guy or a web guy. He’s an IT guy. So get him away from your website projects. Read more…

Why I Don’t Want You to Steal My Work

The nature of the Internet makes it easier than ever to steal. Couple that level of ease with this generation’s notion and understanding of new media (digital, software, computer, Internet), and sense of morality, and you can see the trouble brewing. Read more…

The Words “Free” & “Internet Marketing” Should Never Be This Close

Just in case you were wondering, the word “FREE” is considered to be one of the most powerful words on the planet. It’s certainly one of the most excitement-eliciting words in the English vernacular. It’s astonishing how the mere mention of the word “free” affects people. Read more…

Birth of the SEO Web Designer

Over the last few years, I’ve been meeting people who claimed to be professional SEOs but then went on to say that they didn’t “do web design.” I find it difficult to believe that someone who excels at SEO does not know how to create a website. The two are largely intertwined, especially for small and medium-sized businesses. Read more…

SEO & Spelling Variations

One commonly overlooked area of SEO is the variations in spelling within a language and region. This is the first of a series of three posts on International SEO. Read more…

The Collateral Benefits of SEO

Companies that obsess over website rankings in search engine results pages are missing the big picture. Search engine optimization and Internet marketing is so much more than rankings. Read more…

101 Ways to Promote Your Blog

There’s a growing number of people looking to get some worthwhile publicity and attention to their blog. You should be able to promote blogs of all types with this list. Read more…

10 Surefire Internet Marketing Strategies to Beat The Recession

We’re in the midst of the worst global economic disaster of this scale in history and companies around the world are scrambling to find strategies for marketing during a recession. Read more…