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  • Basic Places Practices Update: How do you claim an owner-verified listing? May 17, 2012
    A common issue that arises in the forums is the business owner that is unable to change or enhance their listing because they no longer have access to the account that it is in, perhaps because they lost the password , the employee that had claimed the listing is no longer employed or they had [...] No related posts. […]
    Mike Blumenthal

RSS Direct Creative

  • The Importance of Being Trivial May 2, 2012
    Do you like the title of this article? I stole it from chapter 3 of The Art of Readable Writing by Rudolf Flesch. Back in the 40s and 50s, Flesch was hailed as the guru of clear, direct writing. His advice remains powerful and relevant today. When Flesch recommended being “trivial,” he meant you should […]
    Dean Rieck

Website Development

The Power of Words

April 14, 2011
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Here’s a short video about the power of words and how they can make a difference in your life and the life of others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU Watch it then ask yourself: What did she do? Why did it work? How can you use that principle in your life? In the life of others?
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Left-Brain Landing Page Design

March 9, 2011
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Okay, I admit it. I can’t stand it when a right-brainer tries to design something that’s obviously crying out for a structured, analytic approach to making something work. God bless ‘em all but putting lipstick on a pig won’t make it fly. Designing landing pages is a good example of that. “Pretty” won’t engage...
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What is A/B Testing?

March 8, 2011
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A/B testing is the simple concept of testing two versions of the same thing to see which one performs better. That could be a web page, an email, an SMS message, or almost anything you can think of to test head-to-head. Here’s how it works for a web page. Suppose you’re running a campaign...
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Landing Page Course Progresses

February 11, 2011
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Robert McKee

Robert McKee began a rigid course on Landing Page development several weeks ago and has made steady progress since then. I recently sat down with him at a local restaurant to get his take on the course and find out what he’s learned. Having completed the first three segments of the course he reports...
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