18 Ways to Create Excellent Linkbait
By Sujan Patel with 2 Comments
Links, links, links. We all want them, but we’re not completely sure how to get them. There’s no easy way to do it, but there are a multitude of tips you can implement to improve the likelihood your post, or website, gets linked to.
Linkbait, specifically, describes an action that is specifically taken to attract links. Some posts can generate traffic and conversation, but link bait specifically pulls in the eyes of the bloggers, and more important, the linkerati, to link to your website. Read More
Online Marketing Guide for Restaurants
By Sujan Patel with No Comments
Restaurants are generally still pretty oblivious to the opportunities that exist for them on the internet. Local companies often don’t connect the global reach of the internet to their little spot on the planet, but large opportunities still exist to connect their little world to their customers that use the internet. For most restaurants, this is almost their entire customer base.
Not saying “Hello” to your clients, continuing a relationship, and building upon the one you already formed is a large missed opportunity in the restaurant business. Use the following steps to start creating and developing your customer relationships. Read More
21 Steps to Fail Miserably in Social Media
By Sujan Patel with 13 Comments
- Start a blog, and then abandon it. Better yet, post vigorously for a few months, then pause for a few months, then write a post that apologizes for not writing in a while…and then let that last post represent you for a couple more years.
- Keep people guessing by having at least four different avatars across your networks. This makes you seem mysterious and intriguing.
- Post to every forum you can find with off-topic, off-putting link drops. Advertise diamond jewelry on car repair forums, pharmaceuticals on home décor sites, and luxury travel on sites devoted to frugal living. This is a rock-solid strategy.
- All your comments on other people’s blogs should be modeled after this: “Love your blog. Buy a luxury watch.”
- Threaten to sue Yelpers and others who leave you negative reviews. They love that. It’s so much more constructive than respectfully adding your own comments or offering some sort of compensation for a bad experience with your business.
- Post as much potentially offensive stuff as you can. It really gets people’s attention, so you should never post any other type of content. Hey, if your college buddy Joe thinks it’s ok, it must be ok. Joe says he always thinks about what his mother would say if she saw it, and remember: Joe’s mom is as high as a kite 22.5 hours per day. Also, never put an NSFW label on the good stuff: that’s for nerds who care if their boss is looking over their shoulder.
- Never collaborate with anyone or do any favors for anyone else. They’re just out to get you.
- Content wants to be free. Steal other people’s content and pass it off as your own. Read More
50 More iPhone 3.0 Beta Giveaway
By Sujan Patel with 13 Comments
UPDATE: If your software is expired you are going to have to downgrade back to 2.2:
On March 25th, 2009 10:00AM PST Will start of the 2nd iPhone 3.0 Beta giveaway. Single Grain has 50 more licenses to give away and it will be on a first come first serve basis. Last time we had this giveaway we ran out of licenses in 6 hours. Read More
99 iPhone 3.0 Beta Giveaway
By Sujan Patel with 28 Comments
Single Grain is working on making an iPhone App. We are looking for some iPhone App developers so if you are a developer or know of a good developer please contact us. In order to spread the word we having a giveaway.
So let’s get down to business… We are giving away 99 licenses of iPhone/iPod Touch 3.0 Beta. All you have to do is spread the word and give us feedback. Read More
