What Is An RSS Feed? (Using RSS To Boost Traffic)

What Is An RSS FeedAs a marketing trainer I get asked a lot of questions: “who are you”, “which way is the bathroom” and “why didn’t you tip the waiter”?

Simply saying “I am your father”, “just follow the smell” and “Because he has three legs” just doesn’t cut it anymore (get it? “tip” the waiter?.. that’s friggin’ hilarious)

Aaah, you can always count on me to laugh at my own jokes

Recently I got a few WordPress RSS questions that involved a tad more tactful answers (after all they came from paying clients), so I decided to blast this out to the ether and play nice today.

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Preventing Comment Spam

preventing comment spamPreventing comment spam or using it to boost your on-page SEO; which one is it going to be?

(hint: you can do one or the other)

I just got an email asking about preventing comment spam on a WordPress blog.

I’m lazy, so rather than paraphrase my reply, I’ll just paste what I wrote back (I’m omitting the the sender’s name)

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Lead Generation System Vs. Lead Generation Companies

When it comes to creating a lead generation system (versus buying leads from lead generation companies), I have an opinion stronger than a wheel of Irish Cheddar.

And while on the topic of pungent odors – it’s the lead generation companies that give it off:

Smells Like Lead Generation Companies

 

I have nothing but respect for the entrepreneur that buys leads for his or her home business.

Especially if buying from a company that has a gets paid to deliver as many leads to as many business owners as possible.

That takes more guts than pork sausage.

Purchased leads are low quality, have been shared with others, and probably cost a few bucks too many.

So those who continue to spend money on leads bought from lead generation companies in spite of the cheesy results… Ahem!… let’s not go there.

Setting up a lead generation system is a smarter way to go (way of the ninjas).

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