Small business forum in Australia? FlyingSolo in figures

September 3, 2012  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

For years I have followed FlyingSolo and with SEO changing, new link building techniques change and I have decided to start playing with Infographics. So here is one of our latest infographics. Enjoy!  

Forum Marketing in 2012

Forum Marketing in 2012

April 7, 2012  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

Although SEO is lovely at the end of the day you have to work your *ss off…. so what about trying something different? What about forum marketing?
you see I’m always looking for a bargain and If I can get a traffic bargain: Even better.

So can we get traffic that is FREE, converts and keeps coming back? Hell yes.

The secret? The old forum marketing idea, but this time improved with some vital Ninja Marketing Energy.

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Gerry Harvey Admits Online Failure (Dam! Gab was right AGAIN!)

Gerry Harvey Admits Online Failure (Dam! Gab was right AGAIN!)

March 2, 2012  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

You remember my post? Harvey Norman Direct Imports: A predictable failure  ? Well… dam… just 16 weeks later it seems I was right.

Really?

Right about Harvey Normal Direct Imports Failing? You bet…. even Gerry Harvey admits the failure of his new amazing website.. the funny thing is: He still doesn’t get it.

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Why Midas Shoes has no idea about Social Media

Why Midas Shoes has no idea about Social Media

February 1, 2012  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

Midas Shoes? I bet you have no idea who Midas Shoes is… and you are right for not knowing that brand.

Midas shoes is  just another brand of shoes, but the difference is that that type of shoe was the shoe that Prime Minister Julia Gillard was wearing the day of the horrible attacks by Aboriginal protesters on the last Australia day.

So if you are reading this from outside Australia this is the deal:

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Like Google, Karma is a b*tch that hates Mediocrity

Like Google, Karma is a b*tch that hates Mediocrity

January 22, 2012  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

When you work online it seems people forget that everything you do, get’s recorded.

Where?

Recorder somewhere, recorder in a place where “life” is just waiting to pull that “article” “blog comment’ “link” or “old email” where you cut corners.

I know about it, because when I started to make money online, I was playing to game of “quick bucks”, thin sites… or creating sites that didn’t made a dam different to anyone out there….

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Harvey Norman Direct Imports: A predictable failure

December 29, 2011  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

In Internet Marketing MONEY is not everything. You need to have charisma, you need to have balls, you need to have something different….

in 2011 I worked with many businesses online, some of them failed as business models, some of  them became a raving success…. in fact many of them became so successful that I became intrigue to learn (and understand) the REAL REASON behind their success.

And before you think: SEO, Budget, or Customer Experience… the reason may be different:

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Why Paul Edmondson CEO of HubPages is wrong and right at the same time

November 1, 2011  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

When the Panda Update happened, one of the biggest  websites affected was HubPages.

If you haven’t been living on planet earth for the last 10 years, HubPages is the Squidoo alternative … where you as a member write information about whatever and try to become part of a community “driven” by “quality”.

I like HubPages… building a hub it’s easier than building a squidoo and it feels more “connected” to the community. Read More

Oh no… not again: Gab’s second SEO product !

April 9, 2011  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

Oh… god… Gabriel is becoming an Internet Marketer… noooooooo , don’t do it… keep it just as an SEO consultant… please don’t become another self-proclaimed internet marketer! Welll…. sorry guys but I have done it again, this time launching my second product SEO Bandidos.

This product it’s not going to be ideal for the Australian Market… but trust me, In the USA… I’m a god! (lol) [I'm huge in Japan 2] Read More

Social Media… sorry SEO still king.

February 2, 2011  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

I was just following some backtracks and I found that someone linked to my social media page… claiming that “SEO guys” are simply Social media haters. Read More

Internet Guru vs Little Red Riding Hood

November 12, 2010  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

Once upon a time, there was a small business owner who lived in a small virtual forest . Whenever the he went out, the small business owner wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Small Business Owner.

One morning, Little Red Small Business Owner asked her Business Coach if she could go and try to increase her website ranking…as it had been awhile since they’d seen each on top of Google Read More

Aweber Review: Why do you really need this

October 9, 2010  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

So where is the money? I guess they say the money is in the list… the money is in the contacts… so that’s why today I want to talk about Aweber. If you are a super-ultra-duper Internet Marketer you already have aweber, but if you are new in this jungle-internet-marketing-game , then this is going to be a good post for you to check.

Aweber is simply a contact solution web based system, where you can have your visitors, clients, friends, subscribe to your “list”. Read More

10 Ways to Increase Website Traffic

August 26, 2010  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

One thing that every Internet Marketer, Small Business, SEO wannabe or Web marketing Expert desires is a lot of traffic coming to their website. Some decent traffic can lead to making some decent money.. right? but a lot of targeted traffic (instead of random traffic) can lead to even more money. This is why a lot of Internet marketers do all they can to increase traffic to their websites. So How do they get traffic? Below are 10 basic ways to increase website traffic. Read More

I love SEO… but I’m not stupid

July 31, 2010  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

I usually hate to talk about my success in the internet marketing world… but this time… I’m ready for a lovely rant.

It seems that “the nation” of the Internet, consider every single internet marketing product as … “oh my god, not another scam”. Read More

SEO and Comments on High Traffic Blog Sites

July 9, 2010  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

This may well be a technique of driving visitors to your site that you have already used, but here are a couple of small ‘wrinkles’ that may help you to do this a lot more effectively.

Firstly, if you have your own blog site, then you are no doubt more than aware that an awful lot of the incoming comments that people leave on your blog site are complete and utter garbage! —. I know you know what I mean. Read More

Australian Certified Website – No thanks

July 5, 2010  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

Mmm today I woke up with the need of wasting money online… ;)   So  I found a great idea to help you waste your money: Australian Certified Website.

The idea is not new…  “apply today to get your site certified with us and receive the great honor of having our “certification” in your website. Read More

Ninja Advise: Don’t try to outsmart the Search Engines

April 4, 2009  |  Internet Marketing  |  Share

Contrary to the claims of high priced search engine optimization houses, optimizing your site for search engines does not involve any rocket science. Simply first of all you must admit the reality that “crawlers” (the search engine program that check online web pages) do not read non-HTML scripts. This is why the 1st step that any search engine optimization expert takes (prior to look into your keywords or revising your copy) is to check your sites script. Read More