I ran my first conversion test back in 2007 and was instantly hooked with the idea of it. Since then I’ve gone through plenty of trial & error testing ideas while learning from some of the industries best like Bryan Eisenberg and Tim Ash. Along the way I’ve used a wide range of conversion testing [...] Read more – ‘20 Minute Setup + 20,000 Visits = 136% Lift. High Five Optimizely.’.
I know it’s seems like an odd title of a post but let me explain. It turns out I wasn’t the only one. Hopefully if you’re dealing with some hack and re-directs on your site, this will help you out. Now I don’t know if it happens to be a coincidence or not but during [...] Read more – ‘.htaccess Redirect Hackers’.
The other day, I got an invite to a popular designer site called Dribbble. It’s been around for quite some time now but sadly I feel like I’m jumping in at halftime on the dribbble train. Oh well. To be honest dribble is a site I visit often (almost daily). In fact, the site was [...] Read more – ‘My debut shot on Dribbble — “Alley Oop!”’.
Yep. Over the past month or so I’ve posted a few screenshots of a WordPress theme I’ve been designing. It’s titled “Modest” as it’s design tends to focus more on the content and typography rather than a design heavy theme. Since finishing up the designing, I worked with my partner in MOJO Themes, Brady, to [...] Read more – ‘Modest WordPress Theme for Free!’.
After some crazy planning, designing, developing and we’ve finally launched our first annual Cyber Bundle on MOJO Themes. We had the pleasure of working with some talented sellers throughout the MOJO marketplace and include their items within this bundle. The MOJO Cyber Bundle includes 18 total items. $579 Worth Of Items For ONLY $30! Yep. It’s [...] Read more – ‘MOJO Themes Cyber Bundle – $579 for $30’.
Perfect quote of inspiration for any entrepreneur. This is a quote from Steve Jobs back in 1974 and for some reason really hit home to me and what I’m working on. I designed a simple graphic for it, feel free to use it anywhere you’d like. Read more – ‘Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.’.
Surround yourself with people that are more talented than you. As a boss, as a team, working on a project, playing sports, you get the point, you should apply this. Don’t be afraid to do this. Let’s face it, this is something people fear. You’re initial thought is to worry and feel threatened of losing [...] Read more – ‘Talent.’.
And so it begins. The journey of “Ridin’ Solo”. Big changes are happening in my life right now. After almost 5 years of working full-time for a well respected online ad agency, I’ve decided to spread my wings and take a shot at pushing my own ventures (*cough MOJO Themes) to the next level. That’s [...] Read more – ‘A New Chapter.’.
Hey everyone! It’s been quite some time since my last post but hey, rather than dwelling on what’s already in the past, it’s time to get back to the grind. Anyway, I wanted to reflect on the past 6 months of what I’ve been working on non-stop. Aside from the fact that I’m still learning [...] Read more – ‘Launch Now & Don’t Look Back!’.
Yes, I know. I haven’t posted in quite some time but I thought this was worth sharing. This is how I spent my Tuesday evening. As a kid I loved Teen Wolf and somehow I ended up drawing a juiced up teen wolf. Sort of odd but at the same time pretty cool… Read more – ‘Teen Wolf on Roids’.
Let me explain. I’ve been busy as of late. In the coming weeks I’m about to unveil a project I’ve put all my passion, heart and straight up hard work into. Getting up around 5AM to ensure all of the minute details are figured out to working late until 2AM making sure our website launch [...] Read more – ‘Monsters are Bringing MOJO Back.’.
It’s not me it’s you. No but seriously, it’s you. It’s your fault. You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’. Since Twitter went mainstream, I can’t seem to figure out if I LOVE or HATE Twitter. The value for me is fading. I get so tired of going through the crap trying to be shoved down my [...] Read more – ‘My Love, Hate Relationship with Twitter’.
There are a few things that can be your best friend or biggest nemesis in about 3.8 seconds and one of those thingamajigs is… well, landing pages. Welcome to my quick 2 minute version of “Landing Pages for Dummies.” Landing pages play a huge role in the success of your online marketing efforts. Specifically your [...] Read more – ‘Landing Pages for Dummies – 2 Minute Version’.
Today I want to talk about writing compelling ad copy that will not only increase your CTR% (click through rate) but also lift your overall conversion rate. It’s easy to blame a poor conversion rate on your landing page but when your paid search campaigns aren’t “top notch”, that could be where the bottleneck is [...] Read more – ‘Compelling Paid Search Ad Copy from Start to Finish’.
This is Rockstar PPC 101: I’m starting out with the basics as I write these first few posts. We’ll work towards getting into much more advanced techniques as we move forward. Alright, so now that you’ve gone through my “Define.Research. Deploy.” process, you’re ready to start setting up your paid search campaigns. Within that process [...] Read more – ‘The Importance of your Paid Search Account Strucutre’.
Twitter is about to “Cash In” all their Traffic Have you seen Twitters new homepage? They just released it a few days ago. After one glance at Twitters new homepage, are you still thinking Twitter won’t find a way to make money? Twitter has slowly been expanding their real time search functionality (search.twitter.com) and continues [...] Read more – ‘Twitter’s New Homepage – The Ultimate Monetization’.
Let me take you through my process and how I build paid search campaigns that dominate different markets for years to come. Over the past 3-4 years I’ve gone through the trial & errors learning the ropes of paid search. In that time frame I have seen some great success and some of the highest [...] Read more – ‘Define. Research. Deploy. – Rockstar PPC’.
If you’re seeing this error, I’ve hopefully got a solution for you! Over the last 4-5 days, I’ve been literally locked out of my WordPress admin because of this “fatal error”. After launching my Rockstar Marketing Series, this of course would need happen. If you’ve been following my series on SEO & now PPC, I’m [...] Read more – ‘Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted’.
A Component of the Rockstar Marketing Series – Custom Crafted by JR Farr. Paid Search is more then keywords & bidding wars. This my friends, is PPC for today’s world… 2009. I’ve been looking forward to break out my new Rockstar PPC Series as it’s something I feel very confident in. For the past 3-4 [...] Read more – ‘Rockstar PPC – The Series’.
What up Rockstars!? I took a few days off with my Rockstar SEO Series so just in case you missed it, my last post was an Intro to Universal Search. Be sure to check that out first if you’re unfamiliar with Universal Search. As I’m sure most of you already know, it’s ridiculously competitive within [...] Read more – ‘How to Optimize your Images for Image Search – Rockstar SEO’.
This is a quick overview of what universal search is and I'll follow up on several sub-topic posts on how to optimize for universal search. Read more – ‘Universal Search – Rockstar SEO’.
This mouth watering & appetizing SEO goodness is another component to the “Rockstar SEO Series” brought to you by JR Farr. If you’re loving it, be sure to share it to everyone you think would find value in it! Now let’s dive right in! Are you Paying Attention to What’s Happening Off your Site? If [...] Read more – ‘How to use Social Media to Boost SEO – Rockstar SEO’.
A component of the Rockstar Marketing Series – Custom crafted by JR Farr. SEO is changing constantly & this my friends, is SEO for today’s world… 2009. Changes are always taking place within the webmaster guidelines, search engine algorithms, etc. which ultimately shifts our SEO techniques. In fact, a big change happened in 2006 when [...] Read more – ‘Rockstar SEO – The Series’.
This past Father’s day was my second in my short “daddy career” but will be remembered forever. To me, it’s an absolute privilege to be called a dad so to have a day for all of the dads out there makes you feel that much more special. The past 18 months with my son have [...] Read more – ‘My 2nd Fathers Day will be a tough one to top!’.
This is a completely raw single cut of one of Isaac’s songs called – Greed & Hate. Meaning there’s absolutely no editing, just pure awesomeness. Isaac is in the final stages of releasing his fully-funded debut album. I wanted to share one of my favorite songs from his album. Be sure to check out Isaac [...] Read more – ‘Greed & Hate by Isaac Farr’.
I can’t even begin to describe what it’s like to be Dad. The last year and a half has flown by. Luckily, we’ll have pictures like this to hold onto. Read more – ‘Easter ’09’.
It’s time to give away a few tips and tricks on how to get more Twitter followers. I mean c’mon, who doesn’t like more Twitter followers right? The more Twitter followers you have, the more leverage you have to promote your brand or website. Before I list these 10 tips, just think about how important [...] Read more – ‘10 Ways to Get More Twitter Followers’.
Yep, it’s time… I’ve had enough of this and since this is my personal site I can pretty much say whatever’s on my mind. This is what really busting my chops… over the last few months Twitter has hit mainstream and it’s off the chain. Along with Twitter, there’s also Facebook, YouTube and every other [...] Read more – ‘I’m calling out all the “Social Media Experts”’.
I‘ve done a post before where I talked about creating SEO friendly URLs with WordPress but this is something a bit different. For some people that have quite a few posts already with their WordPress blog it’s tough to just completely change your URL structure. Even with 20-30 posts you easily have most of those [...] Read more – ‘How to change your permalink structure and not kill your page rank’.
I want to throw out a thought that has really made me think. Are you great at one thing or good at many things? Occasionally, I like to take a step back and think about where my focus is, my motivation is and if I’m moving in the right direction. If you don’t know me [...] Read more – ‘Are you great at one thing or good at many things?’.
Wow, I am seriously excited about the new Google Adwords interface. If you’re using Google Adwords you’ll be 10 x’s more productive when you use the new interface. Bottom line, it’s clean and simple to navigate and lightening fast. I wanted take a few screenshots and give some of you a quick sneak peek at [...] Read more – ‘New Google Adwords Interface’.
I have quite a project in progress right now and I think it will be fun to share my experience along the way. Currently we are in the process of finishing our basement. This is something my wife and I have been wanting to do since we bought our home 2 years ago but this [...] Read more – ‘New Project – Finishing the Basement’.
For some strange and unknown reason the peeps and Twitter have more then one search function for Twitter. It almost seems that Twitter has neglected to fix one of the search tools too. I guess the other one is cooler. The “Twitter Search” I am refering to today is the one you’ll find at the [...] Read more – ‘Benefits of Using Twitter Search’.
Hey! Check out the new look of my site. Let me know what you think by leaving me a comment below. I have been toying around with the design of my site forever. I am always looking to change things up and move things around. I finally decided on a clean & sophisticated look. The [...] Read more – ‘Sophisticated Look’.
Originally uploaded by Lucky † 13 I was going through my photostream on Flickr and I came across one of the coolest photos. I am friends with “Red Sox Nation” where a group of insanely talented photographers post some great pictures about the Boston Red Sox. This is truly one of the “Greats” I love [...] Read more – ‘Number 522’.
I wanted to put up a few posts about Keyword Research tools. Honestly, maybe a year ago, buying a paid subscription to keyword research tool made sense to me. Now, with the Google “freemium” dealio, it doesn’t make much sense to pour out hundreds of dollars for a paid keyword tool. I wanted to make [...] Read more – ‘Free Keyword Research Tools from Google’.
Today I wanted to share a productivity app called Evernote. I wrote a post about tips to stay organized awhile back that touched on Evernote. I have been using Evernote on my Mac and iPhone for that last month or so. Evernote has really helped me stay more organized and remember things. The app is [...] Read more – ‘Evernote Tutorial’.
You load up your new tweets for the day, you might lay down a few tweets, reply to a few, read a few, click a few links, or whatever it is that you do. The point is, I think there’s a different Twitterer in all of us. So why type of Twitter User are you? [...] Read more – ‘What kind of Twitter User are You?’.
This is something I should have wrote about a long time ago, but of course I just never had the time. Tonight I started going through my old docs on my computer just to clean things up. I stumbled into some old hockey albums and just started laughing as I went through the pics. The [...] Read more – ‘Lake Placid Pond Hockey Tourney – 2005’.
So much traffic to your Twitter Profile but how do you optimize it? Today I wanted to touch on a great way to leverage and optimize the traffic coming through your Twitter Profile. Let’s face it, Twitter and other social sites for that matter are taking off. The traffic and interaction of people on these [...] Read more – ‘How to Optimize your Twitter Profile Traffic’.
I came across this video the other day and I thought it was so funny. Out of all the social networks I seem to be using Facebook less and less. Maybe it’s because of what my end goals are for using social media don’t seem to mesh well with Facebook. Anyway, this will give you [...] Read more – ‘Facebook in Real Life’.
Today Google Adwords announced they are launching a new Beta test for their Adwords Interface. Some advertisers I think might be a bit nervous but theres no need to worry about anything changing with your campaigns. This is only chaning the look and feel of the Google Adwords interface. We’ve just asked a small group [...] Read more – ‘Google Adwords New Interface’.
So it begins.. I have made the jump back into school to finish up my degree in Business Marketing. Over the last couple years (yes, years) I have been quite busy with life. Getting married, having a baby, you know… life. Well it seems like now is a good time to buckle down and finish [...] Read more – ‘Back to School’.
So i just finally uploaded a tutorial on Twitter using ScreenFlow. This tutorial is for anyone knew to Twitter or just getting started. Seems like the most asked question about Twitter is: “What is the point of Twitter?” Hopefully this helps shed some light on that question and shows you just how cool and powerful [...] Read more – ‘Basics on How to use Twitter’.
Hello Guys and Gals. Today I decided that I was going to do something a little different with my blog. I want to start incorporating at least one unique tutorial every week or so. Some of the tutorials will be explained through videos and some through images but the main focus is for them to [...] Read more – ‘Headline Test Strategies – Tutorial’.
Seems like as the days roll on I keep having to remember more things but my memory is shrinking at the same time. Add on regular life “stuff” and before you know it things are piling up and you’re making a few people upset. Including yourself. I’m sure anyone reading this know’s what I am [...] Read more – ‘A few tips to stay organized’.
This post is focused on the basics of Social Media Optimization and incorporating a Lifestream. When Social Media is used correctly, it’s an extremely powerful marketing and branding tool. My main goal of this post… How these 2 are connected and why they are beneficial. I don’t want to assume that everyone knows what a [...] Read more – ‘Connection of Social Media & Lifestreams’.
Are you using a Mac, and need a quality Screen Recording Software? ScreenFlow might be what you’re looking for. ScreenFlow is easily one of the better Screen Recording softwares because of the ability to edit the video once you’ve recorded it. It also takes advantage of your iSight camera. Recording both your computer screen and [...] Read more – ‘ScreenFlow – Screen Recording Software for Mac’.
Are managing a big bulk of Paid Search campaigns? If you’re running some hefty campaigns through Google Adwords then it might be time to check out the Adwords Editor. What is the Adwords Editor? AdWords Editor is a custom Google application (which is FREE) for managing your ad campaigns. Use it to download your account, [...] Read more – ‘Adwords Editor – Save yourself some time.’.
[ad#jrfarr-468] Top 10 WordPress Plugins I thought it would be helpful for people to have something like this if you’re using WordPress. These plugins are more for SEO, functionallity and usability of your site. Having these wordpress plugins will help with SEO efforts, spam and of course the “end user’s” experience. Obviously the Top 10 [...] Read more – ‘Top 10 WordPress Plugins’.
Today it came to me so clearly… The old days of Google Adwords are long, long gone. Yeah, we all knew that but are we doing anything about it. It’s just like anything else where you get stuck in your old ways ya know. What I’m talking about is the new Google Adwords Quality Score [...] Read more – ‘Are your Paid Search Campaigns “Tight?”’.
Review of Woo Themes It’s official, J.R. is now a Woo Themes subscriber. Yep, I gave in and bought the developer subscription on Woo Themes. I did this about 2 months ago, but sadly I am just finding time to review them and give my thoughts about Woo Themes custom Worpdress Themes. Before finding Woo [...] Read more – ‘Woo Themes Review – WooThemes.com’.
Is the Nikon D60 Worth the Price? So lately I find myself very intrigued with photography. So much so that I am thinking of taking it up as a hobby. With the technology out now you really don’t have to know much about photography to take amazing photos. It’s killing me smalls. Now having a [...] Read more – ‘Nikon D60 – I want to hold you dearly’.
Timeout I need a water break… Lately, things have just been crazy busy for me. Family, work and just life have been moving a full speed ahead. Of course these are all good things. Everyday I come home to my amazing wife and little boy, I get to see the newest trick he learned and [...] Read more – ‘What I’ve been up to lately…’.
There is no question I love Mac everything and I will never be without one. Just lately my Apple gear is really being lame. Both my MacBook and iPhone are just being lame. So for a few weeks now my MacBook has been a bit weak in the battery department. I charge it throughout the [...] Read more – ‘Dear MacBook…’.
Are you or your company running Multivariate Testing? I just signed up for the Always Be Testing Webinar, added it to my iCal and I can’t wait! Why? Read on my friends. If you haven’t heard of Always Be Testing, it’s a book that was just released by Bryan Eisenberg of Future Now. This is [...] Read more – ‘Always Be Testing Webinar This Wednesday’.
Now, I can’t give away secrets on this topic, but I can tell you what affects your Quality Score and what you can do to fix that. I’ll start with an interesting factoid about your quality score. There are 100 factors that affect your Google Adwords Quality Score. When you have a higher quality score [...] Read more – ‘How to Help your Google Adwords Quality Score’.
Search Engine Strategies – San Jose 2008 Whew, so the first day of Search Engine Strategies is finally complete. What a crazy day, I have so much in my brain right now it’s almost overwhelming. There are so many things I can apply to what I am doing currently, let alone what I haven’t already [...] Read more – ‘Day 1 of Search Engine Strategies – San Jose 2008’.
Are you using Google Analytics on your WordPress Blog? If you’re not currently using any type of Web analytics on your site you should seriously consider it. Why you ask? It’s $FREE.99 Its’ easy to install It’s helps measure your blogging efforts I love Google Analytics more then a friend and you should too But [...] Read more – ‘How to Install Google Analytics on a WordPress Blog’.
So my site is having a issues… I think I am making them up in my head though. I can’t seem to decide what I want this site to be about. I created this site thinking it would just kind of get lost like every other site on the web but after posting often lately [...] Read more – ‘Not sure…’.
WordPress Fun Theme This WordPress Fun Theme was featured on Smashing Magazine just recently. I actually used this theme myself for quite sometime. Takes a little bit to get up and running but the illustration and design work is unlike any other WordPress Theme I have ever seen. Preview: Click Here to see a Live [...] Read more – ‘WordPress Fun Theme – Featured on Smashing Magazine’.
WP Polaroid by adii (WordPress Rockstar) The WP Polaroid theme is one of a kind. The polaroid images at the top are easily customizable along with the rest of the WordPress Theme features. Now I don’t know adii personally but I do follow him via RSS and Twitter and this guy is brilliant when it [...] Read more – ‘WP Polaroid WordPress Theme by adii (WordPress Rockstar)’.
Looking for a great MP3 player for your WordPress Blog? I searched everywhere looking for a great MP3 player and I think I have finally found a easy to use MP3 WordPress Plugin. Introducing the “Audio Player WordPress Plugin.” I have mentioned my brother, Isaac Farr’s website on here a few times. When I created [...] Read more – ‘Audio Player WordPress Plugin for MP3′s’.
Tutorial on How to Install a WordPress Theme PLEASE READ. If your WordPress Blog is hosted on WordPress.com then… The following tutorial is for “self hosted” wordpress blogs. If you have a blog that is hosted on WordPress.com (www.yoursite.wordpress.com) check out this brief tutorial on WordPress.com on how to change your wordpress theme. If you [...] Read more – ‘How to Install a WordPress Theme’.
It seems like since tag clouds are getting more and more popular with WordPress blogs everyone is getting those mixed up with their categories. You should choose your blogs categories carefully. Not that I am some self-proclaimed “blogging pro” (haha) but I do know a bit about site functionality and allowing your visitors an easy [...] Read more – ‘Choose your Blogs Categories Carefully’.
Can Cuil play with the Big Boys? I have mentioned a site I visit regularly quite a few times on my blog. It’s called SEOmoz. Masterminded by Rand Fishkin and his crew they come up with some awesome info about SEO as a whole. Anyway, after my post yesterday I thought maybe I was a [...] Read more – ‘Cuil compared to Google, Yahoo!, MSN(Live) & ASK’.
Let’s face it Cuil sucks. Do a search for anything you’re interested in… I’ll guarantee that the images that show up next to your results make no sense. Also, what’s with changing the flow of how the results show up. The top 3 search engines all serve up their results the exact same. Why? Because [...] Read more – ‘Cuil is not Cool…’.
Take the Isaac Farr Favorite Song poll! I just used Poll Daddy to create a custom poll for visitors to vote on their favorite Isaac Farr song. Head over to Isaac Farr’s website to vote on your favorite Isaac Farr song. Thanks, JR Read more – ‘Take the Poll… Vote for your favorite Isaac Farr Song’.
So my featured wordpress theme I have for you today is called the HigherGround WordPress Theme. It’s simple, easy to customize & has great site naviagtion. I have used the theme in the past and it did the job for me. It was fairly easy to take the header image and edit it to custom [...] Read more – ‘HigherGround – Free WordPress Theme’.
Top 5 WordPress Plugins Ya’ll! I thought it would be helpful for people to have something like this if you’re using WordPress. These plugins are more for SEO, functionallity and usability of your site. Having these wordpress plugins will help with SEO efforts, spam and of course the “end user’s” experience. Obviously the Top 5 [...] Read more – ‘Top 5 WordPress Plugins’.
I was on WordPress.org today asking a question on a forum about the Audio Player plugin. Of course I got side tracked and started snooping around the site right. We all do it. Anyway, I found an interesting post on the development section of WordPress.org. It looks like the Theme Directory is going to be [...] Read more – ‘WordPress.org Theme Directory’.
If you follow my blog regularly you noticed last night I decided I would start featuring WordPress themes on my blog. Particularly ones I felt like were decent, functional and professional looking wordpress themes. I wrote a post last night featuring the Aesma Pro WordPress Theme Today I was going through my Google Analytics account [...] Read more – ‘Keyword – Pro WordPress Theme & Pro WordPress Themes’.
I had a buddy of mine talking to me about the Social Media craze and he asked a pretty good question. Can you automate your social media? For example, you have a blog right? Then you have a twitter account right? Then Facebook account, MySpace account, Digg account, Flickr account… AH! It’s hard enough for [...] Read more – ‘Can you Automate your Social Media Efforts?’.
NattyWP.com is a great resource for WordPress themes and I have decided to feature another today. Aesma Pro Theme Preview: Click Here to see a Live Demo of the Aesma Pro Theme. Download: Click Here to Download a free version of the Aesma Pro Theme. This theme is customizeable and I like how it takes [...] Read more – ‘Aesma Pro WordPress Theme’.
I decided that with how many lame WordPress Themes there are out there I would try to make it easier on a few people and start posting about Free WordPress Themes I come across. I came across I pretty nice looking one today that seems pretty functional. It’s called “The Was JTk Free WordPress Theme.” [...] Read more – ‘The “Was JTk” Free WordPress Theme’.
I received an email newsletter today from DMnews and it had an interesting story. Adobe is Partnering with the top search engine dawgs to do something pretty incredible. If you know about SEO you know that flash isn’t the most “SEO friendly” My first thought was, “How would you even go about doing that?” You [...] Read more – ‘Adobe partners with Google, Yahoo for improved flash search’.
It’s time to create some SEO friendly URL’s! Woo Hoo! Lately, I have noticed quite a few blogs/sites that are not taking advantage of the permalink feature in WordPress. With how competitive it’s getting to be out there SEO wise, every little bit helps. Lets take this post I am writing right now as an [...] Read more – ‘Creating SEO friendly URL’s using WordPress’.
This post is from SEOmoz.org and when is comes to all things SEO these guys really know their stuff. Pretty basic stuff but surprisingly most people don’t follow a lot of these tactics… A comprehensive, in-depth list of blog-specific marketing strategies designed to drive traffic from search engines, referrals and brand building. Includes descriptions of [...] Read more – ‘21 Tactics to Improve Blog Traffic’.
If you haven’t heard Isaac Farr’s music then you need to listen to this kid. Currently he is playing in California. The sound he brings is one of a kind. How can you not Digg this? read more | digg story Read more – ‘Isaac Farr is finally bringing some fresh music!’.
My little brother, Isaac Farr is an insanely talented musician. Isaac plays all kinds of instruments and most importantly he writes his own songs. Recently he moved to California to try and get his music out. So far he has got his foot in the door to play in small gigs and just recently was [...] Read more – ‘Isaac Farr – Check Out his Music!’.
Have you heard of Twitter? Recently I just started using it because of the Black Ink Project. Its a pretty neat app actually. I am glad I joined it. What Twitter is in a nutshell… Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent [...] Read more – ‘Twitter… Communication on the Fly!’.
Recently I became part of what is called the “Black Ink Project“ What is The Black Ink Project? …the Black Ink Project is an affiliate success course designed to help new affiliates bridge the gap between my e-book and making a profit. Some find that the book and forum support is all they need to [...] Read more – ‘The Black Ink Project’.
Did you know your know your blog can get stale? I didn’t either until my good friend, Aaron gave me a wake up call. I figured I better get on here and at least write something so I can get the staleness out of this blog. This past week or so have just been pure [...] Read more – ‘My Blog Is Getting Stale?’.
It’s easy to forget sometimes how important these two things are in your everyday life. Over the past 2 or 3 weeks I have noticed something different about how I have been prioritizing my time and my goals. Not only that but focusing and surrounding myself on how I view things and most importantly the [...] Read more – ‘Focusing on Myself and My Time’.
My buddy sent me this article on the “Battleship Grid” analogy. It gives examples and also shows great techniques on how to prioritize the way you website is laid out. Designing web pages is challenging. Unlike almost any other media, a web design’s integrity is compromised by the nature of a fluid medium. In other [...] Read more – ‘Good Insight on How to Layout your Website…’.
Ok ok ok… this isn’t the real reason but this is better then any other theory. Apperantly, Microsoft Live Search admitted to being too “strict” on websites and how they were indexed. They are in the process of making the algorithm no so tough on websites. Quote from a Microsoft Represenative: The Live Search team [...] Read more – ‘Why Microsoft wanted to buy Yahoo! so bad…’.
After writing my previous article it got me thinking. A few days ago I was asked a common question by 2 of my web design clients. “Hey, now that the site is up and going why am I not showing up in the search engines?” It’s hard to answer because how do you explain everything [...] Read more – ‘PPC vs. SEO’.
In a previous post I mentioned a site that I visit almost daily. It’s called SEOmoz.org I subscribe to their blog’s RSS Feed because they always have great content about SEO tips and tricks. They offer a premium membership ($49.95 a Month) to have access to all of their tools, content, tips and so on. [...] Read more – ‘Just wanted to share some great SEO tools…’.
I came across an article on Entrepreneur.com today about “Vlogging.” It’s blogging with video marketing tied in. Cool name and everything but is it really a new term or just a way of marketing thats been around for years. Blogs are hot. Vlogs are hotter. A vlog, or video blog, is the newest way to [...] Read more – ‘Vlogs, Vlogging? Video Blogging…’.
I guess this is kind of my first real post about something important so i better make it good. I have been involved with online/internet marketing industry for several years now. Doing mostly interactive stuff, everything from PPC (Pay Per Click), SEO, Blogging, Web Design, Affiliate Marketing and the list goes on. By far my [...] Read more – ‘When You Should Pause Your PPC Campaign’.
Thanks for stopping by The Official Blog of J.R. Farr. I’m excited to announce the launching of this blog. I have always had the desire to create a personal site for myself. Just never had the time. Well here it is. Enjoy… Read more – ‘The Official Blog of J.R. Farr’.
