http://xbmanx.com/blog Internet Advertising, Search Marketing, Websites & Commentary Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:49:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out AdHustler.com - It's my new blog! xBMANx http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/223/check-out-adhustlercom/ Many businesses, especially local businesses rely on their websites contact form to bring in new business. One mistake often made is making these contact forms too damn long. Do you really need to know my shoe size, mothers maiden name and whether I prefer paper or plastic at ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/222/how-long-is-your-websites-contact-form/ I have a major gripe and we ALL deal with it.  Automated phone systems.  Whether you are calling Google, Yahoo, Your Bank or in my case today, Sirius Radio, we all contend with automated phone systems. I was having a problem with my Sirius radio so I called tech support.  The ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/221/automated-systems-should-be-designed-to-save-time/ I'm not the first person to write about AffSpy and certainly won't be the last.  I'm a big fan of NickyCakes blog and in his post Affspy: Epic Failboat he rips them a new one.  I actually first heard of the service when he posted about it.  Although all of ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/220/affspycom-has-its-uses/ On Landing Pages small Changes Make BIG Differences.  I had a landing page that was performing poorly.  VERY poorly.  The desired action I needed someone to take on the landing page was simple.  Click a button to enter.  Only about 1 out of 20 visitors were clicking the button.  The ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/217/on-landing-pages-small-changes-make-big-differences/ Spam is BAD (Unless of course your a spammer and making money or of it)!  Spam wastes time and decreases productivity.  This is one of the reasons I've completely migrated to Google's Gmail / Calandar offerings.  It saves time and Spam (in the past) has been a non issue since ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/216/a-proliferation-of-gmail-spam/ I recently had a client insist it would be a good idea to bid on Nissan terms as part of a "bad credit car financing" paid search campaign. The results? : Google then gave us the old: Keyword(s) are currently inactive for search. These keywords are marked in the Status ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/214/bidding-on-irrelevent-terms-using-google-adwords/ xBMANx http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/213/internet-marketing-can-be-fun-paid-search-101-rap/ Happy New Years to everyone in the internet marketing community.  I wish you all a prosperice year of driving traffic and making money.  Best wishes to all! xBMANx http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/212/happy-new-years/ Wikipedia defines Affiliate Marketing As: Affiliate marketing is a web-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate's marketing efforts. Affiliate marketing is an interesting marketing method.  Advertisers only pay based on performance  The performance metric is defined by ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/211/affiliate-networks-from-an-advertising-agency-point-of-view/