Letters From Dan

NAMS Lessons

aavant — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:03:39 +0000

Most of the takeaways I took from the NAMS Conference were at Jeff and Martiza’s seminars, mostly because I was busy with my own seminars and didn’t get a chance to get to too many others. So here’s what I got: Persuasion “sell the benefits of following me” that is different than “sell what you can do [...]

Gmail, Anchor Text and More

aavant — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:57:03 +0000

This past week we had a MeetUp Group Meeting and I met with two website owners looking to improve their business: First we spoke about the power of Gmail. Gmail is Google’s e-mail client, like Hotmail or AOL or earthlink. But Gmail offers a few things the others do not. I consider Gmail to be [...]

Groupon Problems

aavant — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:18:13 +0000

So you’re familiar with Groupon, I’m going to assume. It’s a great service for those of us that like 50% off – but like many lead generating services you’ve got to be prepared on the back-end. Most companies that use Groupon get excited about all the traffic that’s coming to their front door, but don’t [...]

Video, Video, Video

aavant — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:56:03 +0000

This week I chatted with a guy who’s made a bunch of videos for YouTube but didn’t know exactly how to use them: Let’s start with the optimization steps: 1. When loading videos up to YouTube, make sure you first save the video on your computer as “yourkeyword.mpeg” or whatever format it is in. 2. [...]

Make a $5/Day Website

aavant — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:55:19 +0000

So we spoke a bit about keywords on FreeWeeklyMastermind. I’d encourage you to listen to that keyword discussion time and again. There was certainly some good stuff in there. As you learn more, the parts that were “advanced” are really going to be valuable to you. I’ve told you many times, don’t let picking a [...]

Managing Referals

aavant — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:07:13 +0000

Ever get referred by someone? Usually 1 of 2 things happens. Either you make a new acquaintance/customer or the job just totally blows. But even if it blows, it sure was nice that someone was thinking of you – enough to bring you business. So what percent of your business is that, anyway? Even for [...]

Virtual Assistants and Article Marketing

aavant — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:38:54 +0000

This week I was able to meet with 3 different groups for lunch. It was a pretty good week for me because I think I took more notes than I gave. I love learning new, cool stuff.In no particular order, we talked about these things: PixelPipe, Onlywire, and TubeMogul are syndication websites. That means they’ll send [...]

New Ways to Interact with Your Audience

aavant — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:53:19 +0000

I recently took some photos of my “geek-tech” friends at TEDx Nashville. Once I got home I was trying to figure out where to post these photos. Should I post them on the TEDx Facebook Page, what about my neighborhood “Nashville Geek Breakfast” page? My Profile? Well at that moment I noticed that Dave Delaney [...]

What Klout interviewed me about

DanRMorris — Sun, 26 May 2013 03:35:43 +0000

Recently the folks at Klout asked me some questions about doing business online. Thought I’d turn it into a blog post. . . because that’s what I preach. :) Klout: What common marketing mistakes should one avoid when forming an Internet marketing strategy? Why? Focusing on “Likes” “pins” “retweets” “+1′s” – - – - should not [...]

Managing Synchronous vs Asynchronous Media

DanRMorris — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:50:48 +0000

Have you ever considered what the difference is between your management of Twitter vs Email? What makes them so very different? The answer lies in the definitions of synchronous and asynchronous. I looked up the definition of synchronous and it said “occurring at the same time”, which I don’t disagree with. But you couldn’t say that [...]