Someone's turned cuddling into a business. What do you think?In a way, it's brilliant. She found a problem/need/desire nobody addresses and she offered a solution.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/17/jackie-samuel-professional-_n_1680428.htmlAnd, are you using this, or things like this, in your marketing? If yes, how is it working out for you? I know Kyle does it and loves it. Anyone else?

If any of you are interested, here are some statistics about average click through rates for facebook and twitter ads."TBG’s report looked at click-through rates of Facebook ads – both mobile and desktop – and compared them to Twitter ads in the user feed. They found that Facebook ads on desktop has a CTR of .588%, and mobile ads nearly doubled that at a rate of 1.14%. By comparison, Twitter ads had a CTR of .266%. That means, on average Facebook ads (mobile and desktop) are ar

An article that covers a lot of the things cell phones can do, and do. Things you probably did not think it can, like let someone know where you're going to be at a given time and who was with you (close by, anyways).http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/sunday-review/thats-not-my-phone-its-my-tracker.htmlDo you still want a smart phone?

In case you did not know, effective June 1st, FHA-insured mortgages cost less (if you're not from the US, FHA stands for the Federal Housing Authority, an entity that insures mortgages and allows for laxer borrowing, so as to make it possible for more people to own a home).The upfront mortgage insurance fee went from 1% of the loan amount to 0.01%; the annual premium went to 0.55% from 1.15%.FHA has a streamline refinance program that requires no appraisal and, often, no income or credit ver

Here's the link to a funny page - funny because of the fine comments... You just have to see it for yourself.http://www.weddinginvitationset.com/blog/2009/09/03/sample-shopperpress-article/I especially liked what Appareil Photo Bridge Pas Cher had to say (in case you overlooked it, here it is: I like this web blog it’s a master piece! Glad I discovered this on google). Enjoy

I just read a cool interview (http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2187666/From-0-to-3-Million-Monthly-Visitors-Learn-One-Mans-Proven-Strategy) with a guy who owns a site that gets 100,000 visitors a month.If you don't feel like reading the article, here are the takeaways: Key Takeaways Don't forget about building an e-mail list. Create evergreen content to keep a steady flow of traffic. Don't just write content for the sake of writing it. Write remarkable content that helps so

Some whom I've warned against buying backinks, bought several thousand of them, one anchor text, all coming from one site. Google Penguin ate it, it's no longer in the top 600.He asked me what to do. I told him that, for starters, he should get the backlinks he bought deleted. So, he went to the guy who owns the site he bought links on and ask to have them removed. The site owner agreed but told him to tell me that I don't know nuthin' about nuthin'.Go figure!My advise igno

Hot as hell today here. And what goes with hot? A robo call from an SEO company that wants me to update my Google listing. All I have to do is press 1.What else goes well with hot as hell? Two robo calls from SEO companies. The second robo call started with: Google wants your site to be number 1. We are associated with Google and can make sure your site is #1.Isn't Google nice to me today?Perhaps to make up for the heat advisory?I'm hoping none of you guys make such calls, such clai

A few days ago, I got an email from a woman claiming to be a financial consultant/writer. She wanted to guest blog on one of my mortgage sites.I asked for samples, she gave me some links... Some of the articles looked good... many styles, though... So I got to thinking that, maybe, she did not write them. But I asked her to write me one on the topic of HARP (home affordable refinance program).She shot back an email that said the site we were talking about would benefit most from an article on

On the bad side, I did not write it.On the good side, it's darn good.Here's the link: http://too2web.com/web411/150-solutions-to-googles-new-algorithm-update-for-over-optimization-and-more.html.The gist of it: it's about getting visitors, not backlinks. It's about quality not keyword stuffing.Hell, here's the entire article, it's that good:Solutions To Google's NEW Algorithm Update For Over Optimization and MORE! Thursday, 26 April 2012 10:22 Some of you might have so