I can not tell you how many times over the past few months I have had people tell me that advertising online just doesn’t work. As someone who very strongly believes otherwise, I usually follow with the same question: Did the company you are working with show you any sort of analytics? Sadly, the answer is almost always no. […]
During a typical day, I will receive around three to four dozen press releases from people looking to get the word out about events, products, businesses, and more on my website, Cactus Hugs. And this is great. The more info I have as a blogger, the better. But, here’s the thing, while I like getting one press release in my inbox, getting the same released delivered over 300 times in less that 10 minutes, well, that was pretty damn annoying. […]
One of the questions I get asked a lot is, “how often should my business be posting to social media?” And that’s really a great question as there really is no manual for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, etc. But here’s the thing, there’s a pretty simple trick you can use to determine when and with what regularity to post on social media. […]
How many times have you Googled something only to find that either the information you wanted wasn’t there or, worse, that the website you clicked on expecting current info hadn’t been updated in years? The other data I went to a bar in the Palm Springs area expecting a “Three Dollar Happy Hour” – as that’s what it said on their website – only to be told by the bartender that the promotion hasn’t been around for a couple of years now and that he has to disappoint potential customers with this news “all the time.” […]
Nearly 15 years ago, frustrated with the fact that all the cool Hotmail, Yahoo, and Gmail names were taken, I purchased the domain CaseyDolan.com just so I could have a cool email address with my actual name in it. I didn’t put up a website because, at the time, the Internet was just too complicated for me. Now let me tell you, that custom email was very impressive to people…for about two seconds – but, it ended up being a wise thing to do as I own my freakin’ name and all the other Casey Dolans of the world don’t. Sidenote: sorry all of the other Casey Dolans of the world. Guess you will have to settle for www.CaseyDolanIsMeNoISwearForReals.com. […]
