
It’s still January, so it’s not yet too late for me to talk about trends and predictions for 2012. Instead of making my own — and risk having egg on my face a year from now — I’ve gathered some noteworthy blog posts on this topic.
These soothsayers seem to agree that:
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I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, but I love the energy buzzing around us when we enter a new year. It motivates us to improve our businesses and the rest of our lives. It forces us to commit to doing better, pruning bad habits, and moving closer to our ideals. It fuels us enough to get over the holiday slump.
In this post, I propose 8 simple tasks you can do to improve the copy on your business website. They’re easy copywriting tweaks you can make to get better results from your site.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life Into Your Website

At the beginning of 2011, I gave up a paid blogging gig to have more time, energy, and mental juice to write more often in this, my very own blog.
Judging from the quality of readers, partners, and clients I attracted with the help of this blog, that “sacrifice” has paid off.
In this post, let’s look back on the blog posts that captured your interest the most.
Top Magnetic New Marketing Posts 2011
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Social media platforms change fast, and with these changes come new opportunities for marketers to reach a wider audience.
This year, 2011, we saw the rise of several social media “trends.” Three of them look like they’re going to be here to stay. If you haven’t been using these social media marketing opportunities, it may be time to take a long hard look and work them into your 2012 marketing calendar.
1. Google+
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Whenever a client or friend starts blogging, I always recommend 31 Days to Build A Better Blog, an ebook by Darren Rowse of Problogger (the blog and book) fame.
Not only does Darren Rowse know what he’s talking about (he is, after all, the owner of one of the most successful blogs out there), but the ebook is priced affordably.
Watch my video review of the 2012 revised edition of the ebook:
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