Archive for February, 2008

Tim Ash Landing Page Optimization (LPO) Interview

I interviewed Tim Ash last week.  I found Tim Ash by reading a print magazine called Website Magazine. The reason I wanted to interview Tim is because he “wrote the book” on landing page optimization called Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions. The reason that this might be important [...]

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Living in a Networked Economy | Refinement and Innovation

I was fortunate enough to be in the company of Ajay Madhok this past week and he said something that was profound.  He said that we have long ago left the manufacturing economy which I can agree with.  He said that transition took place around 1970.  From 1970 – 2000 we were in the information & [...]

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“We do it for” you professional blog, position yourself as the expert

I recently was lucky enough to be a reviewer of a new book by Jimmy Vee and Travis Miller called Gravitational Marketing and the one thing that I learned that became very apparent for me was that in order to increase your personal value to your prospects is to position yourself as an expert, THE [...]

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50 Proprietary Software Programs | 50 Open Source Alternatives

How many times are you using a software program and you find that you are frustrated with the way it works or doesn’t work?  Many times there are hitches, glitches, and just plain old road blocks to the user experience?  I bumped into Jimmy Atkinson’s post and I really liked the thinking outside the box [...]

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My next operating system – Open source

Am I the only person who has issues with the Wintel platform?  Does anyone else ever have browser lock up, system reboot’s, blue screen’s, just plain frozen screens when nothing works, memory errors etc.  Or am i unique?  I was on Digg today and tool a look at a really cool post that has 50 [...]

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Superbowl Advertisers DRTV or No DRTV?

How many superbowl advertisers will have the following response mechanisms in their ads?  Fax #, Phone #, Web site address, E-mail Address, SMS Query, Coupon Code etc  What I will be looking for are DRTV response devices to learn if there is the possibility of a 2:1 or a 3:1 or more ratio.  Meaning, if [...]

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If I were Mitt Romney – Focus on the backbone of the economy

If I were Mitt Romney
His message is tanking, BIG TIME. Here’s why. He’s reaching too few people. This is not about conservatives and liberals. The conservatives aren’t even coming out to vote in this primary. Your message on the site talks about
 
 
 

Jihad
Keeping Americans Safe
Confronting Tyrants
Combating Nuclear Terrorism

 
 
 
All 4 of those categories fall under one category. [...]

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Internet veteran comments on Microsoft Yahoo deal

Jim Peake  knew it was coming but had almost forgotten about this deal.  I’m sure the lawyers and the investment bankers have been working over time these past few months so that Microsoft could digest this huge Yahoo deal.  I commented on the Microsoft Bid for Yahoo acquisition today with Phoenix radio hosts Ken Morgan, Jim [...]

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SpeechRep Blog Indexed in Google in 10 minutes

I just posted an article in this blog about being available for comments on the Microsoft Yahoo acquisition.  And in 10 minutes I did a search for it and it was on the first page of Google.
If anyone wants to set up a professional blog like www.speechrep.com I would be happy to assist them.  Please [...]

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Microsoft Acquires Yahoo – Expert Analysis Interview on KFNN

Jim Peake of My Success Gateway, LLC is interviewed by Sinclair Noe on the Business for Breakfast show at KFNN in Phoenix in May 2007.  The topic is Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo.  This has been coming for 8+ months now.  I just did another interview with KFNN about the same subject, Microsoft Bid for Yahoo.
Jim is [...]

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