62 minutes that will change your mind about Social Media

62 minutes that will change your mind about Social Media

January 24, 2012  |  Be Amazing  |  Share

He is little. He is not so sexy as he thinks he is... he is a huge Jets fan... he is freaking amazing. and every time I watch this video I get 100% pumped. Even if you know already about Gary, this 62 minutes will pump you to become a freaking superstar in your niche/market. The always smart Jedi Master:  Gary...

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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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FlyingSolo Hacked? By Santa?

December 21, 2011  |  Be Amazing  |  Share

It's amazing that the Security Admin at FlyingSolo didn't realized that Santa, well... hacked the site yesterday. To all of my FlyingSolo Friends: Happy Xmas If you are a small business in Australia, and you haven't heard of Flying Solo... go on... join us at http://www.flyingsolo.com.au

Time for a break: end of 2011 is here (for me)

November 14, 2011  |  Be Amazing  |  Share

So I’m taking a small break for 6 weeks. No more SEO chat. No more talking about links and about ranking. No more talking about what “really works” .

Instead time to go to the beach, watch Sebastian in Tennis lessons (my 6 year old … next Australian Champion) and take Dominic (my 2 year old son) to our local swimming pool.

Time to read more amazing books that has nothing to do with Google. Read More

How to Get Page Rank 5 in less than 2 months

November 8, 2011  |  Web Industry  |  Share

The importance of Google PR from Google…

“PageRank reflects our view of the importance of web pages by considering more than 500 million variables and 2 billion terms. Pages that we believe are important pages receive a higher PageRank and are more likely to appear at the top of the search results.

PageRank also considers the importance of each page that casts a vote, as votes from some pages are considered to have greater value, thus giving the linked page greater value. Read More

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

The Secret of Succeed As an SEO professional

October 27, 2011  |  Be Amazing  |  Share

So here we go…. The Secret of Succeed as an SEO professional is....
Why people like me make it in this industry and other ones fail?
What some people start doing SEO and then they move to web design… or to PPC… or the facebook.
Why not they stick with SEO?

Just 12 months ago I was competing vs 15 other guys… now only 4 … and 300 new ones ;) the other left… quit… said Good-bye or became logo designers (joke) Read More

The Problem with Making Money Online

October 10, 2011  |  Be Amazing  |  Share

Making Money Online… oh God… it’s Gabriel going to become another Blogger telling us HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE?

Before you get ready to destroy me, read the whole post… because today I’m going to tell you the truth about making serious money from home… [Gab’s daily rant!) Read More

Link Building With A Purpose

September 26, 2011  |  SEO Basics  |  Share

OK, so after my last rank about the SEO spammy company, let’s now go back to basics…
One of the most common questions that novice SEOs ask is the question.

What is the main purpose of link building for your site?

There are two things to consider when you are doing link building. Read More

Behind Some Lovely SEO Company Emails

September 21, 2011  |  Web Industry  |  Share

My business is well… booming… and in fact I can’t take more SEO work at the moment and in many cases I have to refer some SEO work to other SEO professionals.
That’s why I wonder why other SEO companies seem to be struggling.

I mean, if you provide value, if you are honest and you do things properly, you should be able to get proper results for your clients… and then, well… your reputation will grow. Read More

Why Buying Links is like Chocolate Cookies

September 10, 2011  |  SEO for Small Business  |  Share

Whether you like it or not, everyone is buying links to increase PR and ranking.

Buying links is one of those funny things, that every SEO professional has done… and in all the forums, blogs and articles we claim that we will never do it. (but deep inside we have all done it at some stage in our painful link building life) Read More

Why the SEO industry needs to chill out a bit..

September 1, 2011  |  SEO for Small Business  |  Share

So many serious people… so many SEO practitioners, so many SEO gurus… so many SEO companies calling me asking me: “How do we know if you are a real SEO professional”.

The answer is: You don’t!

May be instead let’s presume  … there are no SEO practitioners… there are no SEO gurus… there are no SEO professionals…. Read More

Skills to become a good link builder

August 19, 2011  |  SEO Basics  |  Share

We all know that about 90% of SEO is link building. The on-site stuff is just too easy to master, especially with all of the WordPress plugins and SEO guides out there these days.
What really separates the movers and shakers from the haters is link building. If you know how to build high quality backlinks that Google loves, your site is going to take off like a bat out of hell. Read More

Understanding Link Bait Content

August 12, 2011  |  SEO Basics  |  Share

If you’re working in SEO, I highly recommend you learn how to create link bait content. Whether this is for yourself or for your clients, this is a great way to get tons of extra backlinks and traffic to your site.
….so what is link bait content?

It’s basically an article, blog post, video, etc. that is going to attract a lot of attention. Read More

So I decided to give up with SEO…

July 29, 2011  |  Be Amazing  |  Share

For 1 week… yes. For 1 week I just decided not to check ranking, not to do backlink reports, not to look at what my customers competition was doing,  not to read what SEO gurus was doing… in fact I just decided to do one thing: Unplug myself.

No internet.

Bye bye SEO. I’m quitting…. I’m leaving you… Read More