Plagiarism Shmagiarism Plagiarism is a huge problem on the web. People tend to treat anything they can access through a browser as “free”. Not free as in “I don’t have to pay to enjoy it”, but free as in “finders keepers”. The problem is kind of invisible until it happens to you. One form of [...]
March 8, 2010
Shhhh, It’s Our Little Secret I know I’m supposed to do it, but I just can’t. Everyone tells me to do it, and my entire industry encourages and promotes it, but it just feels wrong. Even my clients expect me to do it. But I just can’t. It makes me feel dirty and cheap. I’m [...]
February 26, 2010
Hurry! Don’t Be Left Out of The Social Media Revolution! Blogging is Fun, Easy, and Profitable and in the Future Everyone on the Planet Will Have a Facebook and Twitter Account. It Might Even Be Required by Law! Sure sounds great, huh? The social media marketing hype machine is in serious overdrive. The biggest promoters [...]
February 15, 2010
I Hate Bon Jovi. I Mean I Really, Really, Really Hate Them. If hating Bon Jovi was a medical condition I’d have to carry an injector with me to keep me from going into anaphylactic shock every time “You Give Love a Bad Name” came on the radio. I don’t hate the members of Bon [...]
February 13, 2010
This Ain’t Art School and You Can Toss Your Graphic Artists Guild Handbook Right Out the Window. This is the Real World. Sure, it would be nice to have three months and a $75,000 budget to design a logo but the majority of us will never be in that situation. Most of the time the [...]
February 12, 2010
I Could Tell You the Secret to Writing Great Ad Copy That Sells… But Then I’d Have to Kill You! Well, maybe just maim you. Bust a leg or something. Nothing life threatening. You say you don’t care? Just give it to you? Ok, here it is. Wait for it. Wait for it. There, you [...]
February 3, 2010
How to Get Paid What You’re Worth by Using the Psychology of Pricing and Focusing Your Clients on Value Received. Doc, it Hurts When I Go Like This… A woman goes for a routine checkup. After the examination the doctor tells her to sit down and pulls up a chair next to her. “I’ve got [...]
February 2, 2010
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee – I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee – that says, spam me once, shame on – shame on you. Spam me – you can’t get spammed again.” – President George W. Bush Are any of these SEO companies legit. Who knows? Personally I don’t care. I just [...]
January 25, 2010
Darn, I Totally Missed Out on ALL the Good Domain Names! Common wisdom says that all the good domain names are gone and that if you didn’t grab your domain in the mid 90’s or early 2000’s then you’re out of luck. This is just nonsense. There are figuratively tons of good domains left if [...]
January 25, 2010
Dude, My Website Totally Validates. Check Out My Sticker! Bragging that your website validates according to W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standards makes about as much sense as an author bragging that their manuscript has 1 inch margins. Meaning, it tells nothing about the quality of the content. Sure, it’s nice to validate and track [...]
March 11, 2010