When we think Calendars, we often think our personal calendars, using it to manage our promotional calendar or share with our virtual assistants or project partners. But it doesn’t always have to be that ‘dry’. Many marketers online use PDF’s, videos and audios to get their message out, hope they turn viral which eventually [...]

When Kelly posted about “How much free stuff can we take” recently, I knew it would draw a lot of discussion. I find myself nodding my head in approval to many points brought up. But on the other hand – I tend to see it a shade differently.
Maybe many of us are tired of free [...]

Most Sparkplugging readers are…well, small.  Call it consultant, micro-business, or whatever you like.  Freelancers are small businesses that can benefit from a very small amount of business.  Today I’d like to show you how to snag some highly targeted web traffic that will get you some great business – and it’s something you should be [...]

Someone once said, “all search is local.”  In most cases, whenever someone goes online to look for something, they are looking for a local service or product from a company that they (hopefully)  recognize.  To that end, Google has created the Local Business Directory.  You’ve probably seen in action.  Do a search for a service [...]

This is a guest blog post by Alice Seba, the Internet Marketing Sweetie.
We work writing great content for our blogs and to be honest, it can suck if we don’t get the traffic we deserve (or that we need to earn a decent income!). It feels like a vicious cycle…you can’t get the traffic without [...]

In 2007, Google updated their webmaster tool guidelines to reflect a change in their approach to paid text links. In the past, you could purchase text links to help your website do better in the search engines. But be careful, this practice could now get your site banned from the search engines:
Some SEOs and webmasters [...]

Every now and then, I read a post somewhere that really moves me. Lots of times, I can’t link to it, either because it’s not on topic, or my lineup is already filled with posts, or I’m just too dang busy working on my business.
But I got to thinking recently about the whole link-loving thing. [...]