Well, today’s the day. Time to shut down my old bid management software for the last time and embrace the new quality score driven solution on Yahoo Search Marketing, which is being turned on today. I took the Yahoo Ambassador exam last week and have been preparing for what I think will be a strong…
If you’re tasked with building a portal for a franchise, where franchisees will share ideas and information through online collaboration tools, here are five tips to make your deployment smooth and effective. It doesn’t matter which platform you’re using, or if you’re building it from scratch, a franchise portal can be one of the most…
My 3rd grade daughter offered some good advice the other day when I asked her about school. She’s learning (mastered) to play the recorder in music class. I asked her what she found to be the hardest thing to play and she told me this advice: “The hardest thing about playing the recorder in music…
Testing emails is not an expense. It pays. Your email list and your brand have real value, and every time you screw up, you are spending real money. Use a spreadsheet and make sure you’ve tested your software and your methods out well before you send – test on 4-5 major email clients, text and…