Take a look at the image with this post. After only two weeks, Google+ is the number two traffic source for JimRaffel.com. In that same two weeks, I have about the same number of connections on Google+ as it took me several years to reach on Facebook. If you don't want to miss out on traffic to your … [Read more...]
Blogging and Affiliate Marketing
A couple weeks ago, one of my friends made the comment that once he sees an advertisement on a blog, that blog loses credibility in his eyes. It's a fair enough statement, right? Well, what if I told you this individual makes his living selling a product online using affiliate marketers? I was so … [Read more...]
Selling and Social Media
Selling happens in the social media space every day just like selling happens in the face-to-face world every day. Most of the time, people buy things from people not businesses. Sure, at some point, I head over to a website and provide my credit card information to complete a purchase; but that's … [Read more...]
Customer service is simple count and communication
This post could have easily been a rant about a certain government agency charged with airport security and an airport I fly through frequently. If I'd chosen to go that way however, I'd have missed the customer service lesson in what happened to me and hundreds of other travelers one morning not … [Read more...]
This week, #shehechat gets a guest host
Jim and I knew that this would happen at some point. We discussed it before we even settled on a time for our weekly "She Said, He Said" Twitter chat many months ago. Jim travels frequently and it can't be helped. It was inevitable that one week his air travel would prevent him from taking part in … [Read more...]
The small business lifestyle
I probably have an advantage in small business that you just don't have. I grew up in a family that owned a small business. Okay, there's nothing you can do about it anymore than I can do anything about being 5 foot 6 inches tall. I'd love to be taller but it is never going to happen. I'm just not … [Read more...]
Geolocation: The Ulitimate Loyalty Card?
Geolocation isn't going away, so what will it become and where will it fit in? In February of 2010, I was interested in the technology. It was relatively new and Foursquare was making it fun to give geolocation a test drive. My friend Joe Sorge even created an event around earning the Foursquare … [Read more...]
How Inclusion on AllTop extends your reach
More than a year ago, I applied to have this blog included on AllTop, which is an online magazine rack. About two weeks ago, I heard back that I had been accepted and added to the printing AllTop.com page (scroll all the way down the page and you'll find me over in the right hand column). While this … [Read more...]
How's your Logo Mojo?
I'll be the first to admit that you don't need a logo, business cards or even a website to do business because you don't. I often advise folks just starting out to not even worry about such things until you have lined up your first paying customer. So while JimRaffel.com Ventures (the umbrella for … [Read more...]
How to incorporate Google Plus in your blogging strategy – Shelby Says
Yesterday, Jim shared his experiences with Google Plus and how he uses it to promote his blogs and website. Today, I give you my view. For more than a week, I watched as the social media world begged for Google Plus (G+) invites via other networks. I waited for my own invite and was anxious to try … [Read more...]
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