Yesterday, October 5, 2009, the FTC published their final guidelines governing endorsements and testimonials. This ruling will affect celebrities, bloggers, testimonial advertisements, and probably more.The press release is here:FTC Publishes Final...
Topics: Advertising and Marketing, Blogging, endorsements, FTC, guidelines, Opinions, testimonials

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Even though I have had little to say on this blog for the last month or so, I’ve been here reading the comments that have been submitted, and I’m sad to say that the great majority of them have been deleted. Some have been submitted to...
Topics: Blogging, comments, Musings, spam

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I haven’t been doing much writing this month, but I have been doing a lot of thinking, reading, and planning.As much as I love writing, it’s almost impossible for me to string two sentences together when I’m running a fever and feeling..
Topics: advice, basics, Ken Evoy, Sitesell and Site Build It, Success and Failure

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For the last few weeks, I admit that I’ve been feeling sorry for myself because I’ve had to face so many obstacles and make so many changes in my marketing business.All of that comes to an end right now.No more.It’s time to face the...
Topics: attitude, goals, Musings, obstacles, struggles

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For years, I’ve loved affiliate marketing, but lately it has felt more like a chore than a passion and I regret that.It seems that I find more that I don’t like about it than I love about it, at least lately.I have been recommending products..
Topics: chore, Musings, passion, Sitesell and Site Build It, work

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