Graham English
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Google is beginning to grab a part of the top 10 search results for themselves. So far, they’ve been adding the following to page one of your search queries:
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There was a minor change made to the Google AdWords quality score last night. This could impact your minimum bids so you’ll want to login and see if you need to make any adjustments.
With a little help from Dave Taylor, author of a number of cool tech books, including the book that inspired this time-saving tip, Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, I was able to save myself a tremendous amount of time and energy. Time that I used to spend doing mind-numbing repetitive data entry can now be used [...]
Merlin Mann just pointed to a New York Times Magazine article about Jonathan Coulton and The Hold Steady. These artists are thriving in the post-CD music world through intimate virtual relationships with their fans.
Music promotion through blogs and social networks like MySpace is getting more and more powerful. Managing this vast world of Web 2.0 [...]
I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t mention the SEO consequences of duplicating the entire list from Darren Rowse’s Group Writing Project.
It’s never a good idea to duplicate someone else’s content on your own blog. You now have duplicate content issues and can very easily send your page into the Google supplemental index, [...]
eBay PowerSellers are recognizable by the ‘PowerSeller’ badge next to their name. Maybe you’ve seen these sellers around — and to succeed on eBay, you want to think like they do.
How do people get the right to call themselves PowerSellers?
I won’t say much because I didn’t know him. But I knew his legend. His good friend and world-class copywriter, John Carlton, says it best.
“The minute you sign your name, you lose all the rights to your music and you’ll never see a dime.” -Dick Dale
First, they changed the background color of the top ads from blue to yellow. No real big deal to advertisers there. It’s the second change that could make a significant difference to your CTR.
Google’s multivariate testing app, Website Optimizer, just opened to the public. It can help you increase your conversion rates and best of all, it’s free!
Here is a simple, ten-step plan to successful selling on eBay.
You now have the ability to download the entire EMI artist catalog DRM-free. No usage restrictions. Plus the audio is encoded at 256 kbps, twice the quality of the current bit rate.
Check the press releases for the full details:
EMI: EMI Music launches DRM-free superior sound quality downloads across its entire digital repertoire
Apple: Apple Unveils Higher [...]
Google recently added a new feature to the define: search command. A query like define:marketing will bring back a list of related keywords like the following:
direct marketing
marketing plan
marketing mix
marketing research
search engine marketing
viral marketing
affiliate marketing
internet marketing
permission marketing
database marketing
Not only is this a great tool for generating lists of related keywords to implement in your search engine [...]
TechCrunch reports that SellABand just might be working.
But a few months later, wow. 2700 bands from all over the world have signed up, and four have already reached the $50,000 mark and have recorded albums (Nemesea, Cubworld, Second Person and Clemence, and more are on the way. Mandyleigh, one of our readers, is currently no. [...]
Google AdWords Pay-Per-Action is in beta and they’re answering your questions here. I’ll be watching closely how they plan to handle advertising accounts that get very low conversion. If you only pay-per-action, what happens when nobody takes an action? Was that free branding you just got?
Also in AdSense news, the AdSense API is ready for [...]
People read content 32% faster on dark font on light backgrounds. Read the full report.
Learn how to promote and market your music, self-publish your music, and make your music business grow in 2007 with these tips from my top music business articles of 2006.
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Google just released this statement today:
We ask that publishers not line up images and ads in a way that suggests a relationship between the images and the ads. If your visitors believe that the images and the ads are directly associated, or that the advertiser is offering the exact item found in the neighboring image, [...]
This is a quick guide on how you can earn a full time income with affiliate programs without even a web site. With this guide, all you have to do is create a free autoresponder series, then advertise it directly with ezines and other simple methods that I will show you.
Here’s a few tips to help you select a great affiliate program that can help you earn a solid full time income.
about grahamI'm a songwriter and recording artist who sings, plays keyboards, and explores the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I'm also a Mac geek.
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