Have you seen the documentary Waiting for Superman? The state of Open Source eCommerce reminds me very much of the premise of that film. Everybody knows that the world of eCommerce platforms needs an overhaul, but everybody is waiting for another Matt Mullenweg type to come along and fix the problem. What’s the problem exactly? The problem is the lack of 1 REAL one-size-fits-all solution to eCommerce. The “WordPress” of the eCommerce world essentially. An open source project so well put together, so well executed, with such a high level of commitment behind it that it becomes the #1 source for eCommerce businesses worldwide. Exactly what WordPress was able to do in the blog-publishing world not too many years ago. So what would this eCommerce platform look like? Here are a few details: 1. Lightweight File Base. No Bigger Than 25 MB Have you ever installed Magento? It’s insane! The [...]

Hey ProBlogger.net… you got somebody on your tail. It’s a blog called WeBlogBetter.com. Much like Problogger.net, We Blog Better is a blog that features articles daily that help the beginner, intermediate, and advanced bloggers. Don’t miss out on what these guys are publishing if you are a blogger! The blog is owned and operated by Kiesha Easley and is maintained by a staff of 7 fantastic writers who write daily, handing out specific tips and tricks for those aspiring to succeed on the web through blogging. For years Problogger.net and it’s author Darren Rowse have been a major authority expert in blogging. And he still is. But WeBlogBetter.com is quickly becoming a source that rivals Problogger. Here are topics you can expect to be covered on a frequent basis at We Blog Better: Increasing your blog traffic Blog monetization (you can never get enough of this) Search Engine Optimization (specifically [...]

Very quick and simple guide I wanted to put together for you today… setting up your Authorship Markup for Google with your Squidoo profile. If you publish on Squidoo frequently than you want to make sure that your name is being associated with those articles in Google Search Results. This is simply a quick guide to show you how to accomplish this. For a better understanding of what Authorship Markup is as well as how the rel=author and rel=me tags work I recommend checking out this article ‘How to Create Your Digital Footprint with Links.’ Step 1: Add Google+ Profile Link to Your Squidoo Profile Once logged into Squidoo go to My Settings >> Profile and scroll down to the Profile Links section. In order for this to work you need to add your Google+ url. Yours should look similar to mine = https://plus.google.com/100855738696349859796?rel=author Step 2: Add Squidoo Profile Link [...]

So many social networks and so little time. I know that’s probably what you are thinking after reading the title of this blog post. Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and now Pinterest. And you’re probably asking yourself… “is he really going to ask me to take on yet another social network as part of my internet marketing strategy?” Yes I am. But I assure you that Tumblr has some interesting benefits that make it worth your time and more importantly, more time efficient than it’s social counterparts. Let me explain a few important reasons why Tumblr should still be a component of your organic internet marketing campaigns. 1. A Little Thing Called ReBlogging Reblogging is a feature in Tumblr that simply allows you to “reblog” a post that has been created by someone else inside Tumblr. By leveraging this 1 feature inside Tumblr you can maintain a blog very very easily. I [...]

I can’t hold it back anymore! The guilt is just weighing on me too much. I felt that it was time I revealed to you a little business secret that I’ve been “keeping close to the chest” for the past 3 months. Yes I know, even bloggers like me can be greedy and selfish. No this is not me endorsing a product or writing some traditional product review. Honestly this is a product that I purchased 3 months ago that is helping me make critical and successful business decisions each and every day. Okay so here it is. It’s a tool called Cyfe.com. For $9/month you get an entire All-In-One Business Dashboard where you can pull in live reports from the following sources: Google Adsense Google Analytics Google Webmaster Tools Feedburner WordPress Constant Contact Mail Chimp Gmail Pingdom AWS (amazon) Cloud Watch GoToWebinar Freshbooks SalesForce SEOMoz AddThis Facebook Pages Twitter [...]

Everybody talks about Website security but rarely is Domain Name security discussed. Yes it’s true… your domains can be exposed to malicious hackers. They call it Domain Hijacking, a process that involves a hacker hacking into your domain registrar account and essentially stealing your domain name(s). This happens more often than you might think. Back in December a very popular blog css-tricks.com had it’s GoDaddy account hacked and the domain transferred to another owner. Makes you seriously question things when a registrar as big as GoDaddy has something like this happen to one of their customers. Yikes. Shortly after this happened… a good friend of mine Jason Davis who’s a former Linux Systems Admin at Hostgator, sent me some important tips about Domain Name Security that I thought I would share with you. Jason is a big-time expert in Domain and Web Server security so you’ll want to take a [...]