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On January 21st, 2012% 
by Uncle Alan
It appears Congress has been educated. The recent outpouring of protest against the proposed tight-fisted SOPA and PIPA bills has led to the evaporation of virtually all support for both pieces of legislation. Even co-signers pulled back, finding the law unsupportable in its current form.
The recent outpouring of protest against the proposed tight-fisted SOPA and PIPA bills has led to the evaporation of virtually all support for both pieces of legislation.
Forget the outrageous reality that any member of Congress would co-sponsor a bill before thoroughly reading and understanding it. That’s a battle for another day. Just make note of every “co-sponsor” of either of these bills — whether they ultimately withdrew their support or not. Realize they obviously sponsored . . . → Read More: I Am NOT Anonymous!
On January 19th, 2012% 
by Uncle Alan
I received a truly satisfying email from one of my Ink-U-Bator MasterMind members just the other day. In all fairness, Kelly Thomas has worked with me before – in the riginal E-publishing Business System mastermind I conducted a few years ago. He achieved “Hemingway” status by completing the system and putting it into action.
It seems it stuck with him!
Ink-U-Bator MasterMind member Kelly Thomas is a computer technician, photographer, and also an accomplished info-preneur, running a successful online real estate listing service in his area for several years.
Kelly has now joined the new Ink-U-Bator MasterMind Forum. He’s a photographer who’s also an accomplished info-preneur, running a successful online real estate listing service in his area for several years.
Otherwise, . . . → Read More: Press Release Power…
On January 13th, 2012% 
by Uncle Alan
I’ve long held that real SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is all about quality. Quality information real people want to read, not information created around an intentional set of keywords that honestly match what real people would enter to find what you’ve put together for them. Genuine back links from other real sites who like what you publish and want to tell their visitors about you or feature what your work.
Not a bunch of fake Websites pointing at your site.
Now Google has once again swept all the attempts to manufacture rankings under the rug, changing their search ranking algorithm completely – again.
Sadly, they did it for all the wrong reasons, but the effect is the same.
What Google’s done is . . . → Read More: The Day SEO Tricks Died — AGAIN
On January 8th, 2012% 
by Uncle Alan
It’s easier today than ever before.
When I was a kid, we had three local TV stations. It was a big deal when a PBS station opened up, giving us another viewing option. My dad put a huge antenna with a rotator and signal reception booster on the roof, so we could pick up six more stations from Kansas City, about 60 miles from Topeka.
Two of those six Kansas City stations were independents. They played re-runs and old movies, like cable super stations do today. The other four were affiliated with the same “big three” networks and PBS. They usually played the same shows we got on the local stations during regular programming hours – with a fuzzier picture.
At night, . . . → Read More: You — The Next Larry King?
On January 3rd, 2012% 
by Uncle Alan
Online publishing success, just like most marketing success, is all about traffic. You have to get enough pairs of eyeballs reading your posts and visiting your blog to gain the kind of momentum that attracts advertisers earns you money from other ads you place on your own.
You can always buy traffic, if you’ve got the money to spend and prefer spending money over making it — at least at first and possibly for a good long while as you build.
I prefer trading a bit of my time and talent to get those eyeballs, instead.
You can and should offer guest posts to other bloggers who cover your topic of interest. Offer them free of charge if they will include a . . . → Read More: “Old School” Free Traffic for Your Blog
On December 31st, 2011% 
by Uncle Alan
Everything you know about publishing online can be turned into ready cash by applying your skills to helping local businesses.
Online marketers have been yammering about local business marketing for the past couple of years now. Most are going about it all wrong, but they’re essentially right when they tell you that local businesses need your help and they’re more than willing to pay you for it – if it works.
Because of all the chatter – including dozens of courses being sold by several well-meaning but misinformed marketers – local businesses are now receiving postcards, phone calls and emails from people offering to elevate their SEO and super-charge their online marketing.
It’s become an entirely new kind of spam.
But, there’s . . . → Read More: Local Publishing for Profit
On December 26th, 2011% 
by Uncle Alan
Whether you use your own blog, or post to Facebook, Twitter or some other social media platform, many of us communicate regularly online. I’ve pointed out before you can take these posts, gather them up, and easily put together a book. Twenty-six year old author, Shawn Michael Severud’s done just that. Severud has just released perdida: essays to be read while intoxicated, a collection of Jack Keroujac-esque essays the author admits are collected directly from his own blog posts on a broad variety of subjects, exactly as they were originally posted: devoid of capitalization of any words.
"perdida: essays to be read while intoxicated” is a collection of Jack Keroujac-esque essays the author admits are collected directly from his own blog . . . → Read More: Past Blog Posts Provide Fodder for Fiction
On December 23rd, 2011% 
by Uncle Alan
You might have heard about SOPA — The Stop Online Piracy Act. It’s a controversial bill proposed and backed by major content creators, designed to make it easier for them to protect their copyrighted works from being stolen by rogue file sharing sites that facilitate infringement.
There shouldn’t be any controversy at all. While it might sound noble, the bill is idiotic, an over-reaction designed to put ultimate power in the hands of mega-corporations who can easily abuse the law to stop everything from content sharing services to competitors for eyeballs they’d like to wipe out, furthering their own monopolistic maneuverings.
That Congress would even consider this travesty is yet another sign of who’s really running things in Washington these days – . . . → Read More: SOPA Dopa
On December 17th, 2011% 
by Uncle Alan
Serious publishers thrive on research, but – let’s be honest — research can be boring. That’s why I always suggest you pick a subject that’s near to your heart, something you’re interested in yourself. Research is a lot more fun when you’ve chosen a topic you enjoy learning more about. Still, research itself is usually less than fun.
How would you feel about doing research for your social publishing needs by watching TV?
Can you possibly learn about anything others might want to know by watching re-runs of “Gilligan’s Island?” Probably not, unless the subject you’ve selected happens to be the history of cheesy TV sitcoms. Most television is pretty much crap, but certain types of shows are actually loaded with interesting . . . → Read More: Video Research Can Be Fun!
On December 13th, 2011% 
by Uncle Alan
I don’t think I’m the only person on earth who feels like the “Internet marketing” industry has hit the crapper.
Don’t get me wrong. Internet marketing is the bomb. It’s the most effective way to reach the largest audience of potential buyers there is. If you know what you’re doing, you can launch or build any business or sell anything you might want online.
Sadly, the industry has been heading into the tubes for quite a while now and no one seems willing to talk about the real reasons why – or what can be done to avoid falling over the edge with it.
I hope this report opens your eyes and puts you on the right path to success.
I . . . → Read More: Ten Truths You MUST Know
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