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From Car Washer to Millionaire
A man named Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., was the 2011 winner of the America’s Got Talent competition. Prior to trying out for America’s Got Talent, Landau was washing cars in West Virginia. Landau loves to sing. He would sing all day as he washed cars. And he would sing in his church on the weekends. […]
Continue readingHow Netflix Could Have Made Bad News Better
In July 2011, Netflix stepped into a hornet’s nest when they sent out a short matter-of-fact email announcing the equivalent of a 60% price increase with almost zero explanation. In case it is difficult to read the image, here is the text from the email I received on July 12, 2011: Dear Ryan, We are […]
Continue readingBlog to Build an Audience
Some people blog to get good search engine rankings. But getting good rankings should not be an end in itself, but rather a means to an end. That’s because a first page ranking, by itself, does you very little good. Visitors search, they click, they read, they leave. Search engine visitors rarely return. They find […]
Continue readingFree AdWords Grader
As you may already know, I’ve been suspended from AdWords for a whole year now. But if your account is still active… and you’re still using AdWords… then it makes sense to optimize your campaigns as much as you possibly can. That’s why I’d like to tell you about WordStream’s free AdWords Grader.
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