Photo Courtesy: Leo Reynolds on Flickr A typical link exchange request looks something like this ( if you have already seen a lot of link exchange requests, you don’t need to read the email below. Dear Target-Website-Owner, My name is Link Hunter and I manage and operate the recently re-launched website http://www.www.MyWebsiteNeedsLinks.com.com. Our site caters… Continue reading
Date Archives → January 2010
Top 10+1 Content Marketing Tips for 2010; Free eBook Download
Ambal Balakrishnan (@ambal) from ClickDocuments (@clickdocuments) asked top experts in Content Marketing, B2B Marketing and Social Media Marketing to share their predictions on how the world of content marketing will evolve in 2010. The effort was sponsored by Marketo. The result: ClickPredictions 2010 eBook Here are the top 10+1 Tips for Content Marketing in 2010 (all… Continue reading
When you are on a stage…
Photo Courtesy: Michale on Flickr How will you behave when you are on the stage? You are typically nervous and you want to put on a good show. You are well prepared and you have rehearsed it a number of times and you know that your reputation is online. You know that people will make… Continue reading
The race is not complete if you don't run the last mile…
I was at CES show a couple of weeks ago. The show was fascinating by all counts and in some ways it was overwhelming. The article is not about the show but I want to make a point based on a few incidents in and around the show. First, at the show: I visited many… Continue reading
A skeleton at your doorstep
Photo Courtesy: Limonada at Flickr You are expecting a friend and a door bell rings. You open the door and there is a skeleton standing at your door. When you look at it with horror in your eyes, the skeleton smiles and looks at you in anticipation that you will invite it inside your home…. Continue reading
Why nice people will win BIG TIME in the long run?
Note: Just being nice is not a clever substitute to being truly valuable. You need to be both. So, please don’t take this to an extreme [ Please refer: Just being NICE is not enough] I still remember that conversation with Tim Sanders (who is one of the nicest people I have met anyway) several… Continue reading
Deciding or looking for proof?
Photo Courtesy: Oberazzi on Flickr Deciding on something or looking for proof for something that you have decided are not the same. They may appear to be the same but they are not. When you are deciding on something, you are not biased on one or the other way. You want to take all the… Continue reading
The curse of the ultra-popular
Photo Courtesy: Juvertson on Flickr Most ideas wither and wilt in the marketplace. Some ideas take off brilliantly and become ultra-popular. Like any adoption curve, some people get it quickly (early adopters) but most people will wait for the ideas to get baked and time-tested before they jump in to embrace them. Both (early adopters… Continue reading
Metrics that Matter on Video
My friend Sri invited me as a guest for his radio program It’s Diff last Wednesday. The topic of our discussion was – “Metrics that Matter.” This was the topic of a previous blog post where there is a one page download (FREE) Metrics that Matter for 2010 (PDF, One Page, Free download) This is… Continue reading
The "Free" Dilemma – Bits vs Atoms
Photo Courtesy: Julia Manzerova on Flickr I have written about the power of “free” multiple times before. Here are are a few links: 1. TomPeters.com: The Business Case for Giving Away Your Best Work for Free 2. The Case for “Free” (Again!) Every time I write about free, I get a few emails about the… Continue reading