Friday, Darren over at Problogger, suggested all of us who use Twitter create a landing page specifically for our Twitter followers. What good timing! This is a perfect application for what you learned about creating hidden pages in How to Automate Registrations and Payment for Your Paid Products and Services - Part 2!
It makes sense (as Darren usually does) to create a customized ‘About’ page for the different audiences you have, and if you’re at all into social networking, Twitter is definitely one audience that deserves a little more …

I have to tell you, I’m more and more impressed with WordPress 2.7 the more I play with it. So many of the items on my WordPress wish-list have been addressed, it’s like they actually had my list!
The feature I want to “show and tell” today is the ability to reply to comments from the admin dashboard!
I KNOW!
No more having to go to the public side of your site, find the post and comment like your visitors do. You can actually stay put in the admin dashboard, approve …

I’m pretty sure you’re not setting out to lose clients and prospects, but what if you’re doing it without knowing it?
Here are two ways others have lost me as a visitor or prospect in the last month or so and why. I’ll bet they won’t notice that I’m gone, but if too many others feel the way I do, they’ll notice eventually. The only question is how many will they have to run off before they notice? Worse, what if they’ve just started their business and are already …

If you’ve been marketing online for any length of time, you’ve heard the adage, “The money’s in the list.” The list is your subscriber mailing list. You know…that list you work so hard to build so that SPAM filters and SPAM laws can make getting a message to your subscribers next to freakin’ impossible? Yeah, that list.

But now, there’s a new subscriber list kid in town: RSS. He’s a square looking dude, all orange and obvious, and he says to your visitors, “Pssst…when there’s new stuff here, I’ll let you know instantly. All ya gotta do is subscribe and it’s yours - hot off the press, no waiting - with NO SPAM in the mix.” And best of all, this little dude is FREE. No monthly fees…for you OR your subscribers.

So now what?

Commenting is one of the easiest ways to drive traffic to your site. Assuming you’ve got great content waiting for your visitors when they get there, it’s also a great way to initiate conversations and build community in your target market. You can use commenting to get the attention of and build relationships with other bloggers which might turn into JV partnerships down the road. And of course, allowing comments on your own blog gives your visitors, customers and referrals a way to connect with you and give you feedback about your content, products and services.

The Setup
When I made the leap (or got dumped, however you want to look at it… LOL) into self-employment back on Friday, December 6, 2002, I was scared shitless, to say the least. And in the years since, I have struggled, floundered, and put a brave face on pursuing success - but a lot of that time, I didn’t know what the hell I was doing.
Ok, I take that back - I knew what I was doing. What I didn’t know was whether what I was doing was what …