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How to split test your WordPress theme

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

In this post I am going to tell you about how you can split test your WordPress theme to get better results from your blog – but let me give you some background first on how this post came about.

Background: I was just consulting for a former student of mine. He has a great site called www.crazymikeapps.com – I was looking at his site and my immediate thought was that the black background looks cool, but may actually be hurting his user experience – which has a much bigger impact on all of his efforts on the site.  I’ll get into more detail on that later.

***Side note: We talked about a bunch of ways he might be able to improve his site, but this post is about split testing his theme so  I will focus on that.

Did you know that visitors will stay on a site longer with a white background more than any other color? Read More→

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7 Steps to creating a compelling YouTube Search Story

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

This is another installment of “I find cool stuff and share it with you” – cause I’m cool like that.


Recently my friend Trevor Mauch sent a message over to a mastermind group we’re both in with a link to create your own YouTube “search story”. It’s a fascinating tool that can be used to create a great piece of marketing for your business or brand in all of about 5 minutes.

YouTube Search Stories

What is a “Search Story”?

Remember the popular “Parisian Love” commercial that ran during the 2010 Super bowl? That was the the basis for the search story campaign. YouTube & Google have now made a tool for you to to use to create your very own search story. Read More→

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How to get rid of DM spam on Twitter

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

I used to receive around 200 DM’s every day. The majority of them were auto DM’s, spam, unsolicited invites to join a mafia family, slap a trout on someone, play a game, or take a quiz. Exactly the kinds of productive activities I normally engage in with my free time – NOT. I don’t have anything against these games and I actually think they are great if they help people get more out of Twitter, but plain and simple – I wanted my Direct Message box back, as I began missing valuable DM’s.

I began to click the links and search for opt-out links or instructions and put together a short list of the biggest offenders.
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