In yesterday’s post I suggested turning off captcha and not requiring registration if you want to get more comments on your blog. Quite a few readers asked me, without those protections, how they could prevent spam. So here are two simple steps you can take: If you can’t see the video above, click here to […]
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Who the Heck Are You and Why Are You Emailing Me?
Have you ever asked that question when an email lands in your inbox? Who the heck ARE you and why are you emailing me about… (fill in the blank)? I had another one of those moments this morning. It took me about 20 minutes of Google searches and following rabbit hole trails to figure out […]
How Not to Pitch a (Not?) Potential Client
Tonight I got yet another pitch from an SEO company offering to get my website to “the top of the search engines” since I’m not getting enough social media and search engine traffic because I’m doing things wrong. Tip one, don’t insult potential clients, that starts you off on the wrong foot. Instead of: “You […]
When Good Siggys Go Bad & Get You Tagged as Spam
Ever have your email go missing? You write a friend, you don’t hear back, you find out they didn’t get it… Or you send out an email to your list and get almost no clicks on a link you know they’d be interested in… It’s possible that your signature has gone bad and got you […]
Do You Understand the CAN-SPAM Law?
After the list building teleseminar I offered a few weeks ago I got some questions about email law. I’m not a lawyer so the best I could do was send some helpful links. But this article with reprint permission landed in my email box today and it explains everything very well. Check it out and […]