Merchant Tutorials Blog
4Jan/09

Do you Twitter? If not, you should!

Not only have I been having a fantastic time with Twitter, I've been developing some great relationships with highly interesting - and influential - people. I don't have a particular agenda, as many Tweeps do with ongoing sales pitches. Instead, I'm just being myself, chatting with others, seeing where it takes me. I spend a bit too much time on it, I admit, but it is more enjoyable than television or the news. Whether or not anything professional or financial comes out of it, I believe it's worth my time.

If you are on Twitter, you can follow me here:

http://www.twitter.com/MerchantTuts - Where I Tweet about Miva Merchant and MerchantTutorials.com

http://www.twitter.com/chucklasker - Where I Tweet about personal things and marketing/social networking

There are a ton of tools that help make Twitter easier to use. As you can see, within only a few weeks, I've gotten very far in my Twitter "success:"

http://twitter.grader.com/ChuckLasker - At this moment I'm the 31st most "elite" Twitterer in Indiana, right above the Governor. Sweeet!

Won't you join me? If you do, follow me, I'll follow you, and then let me know if you need some help with etiquette questions or technical questions.

31Dec/08

List of My Favorite Lists of 2008

It's the end of 2008 - and there simply are not enough "best of" lists out there! So, I've put together a short list of my favorite Best Of lists of 2008 mainly for Web and graphic design. Enjoy!

12 Excellent Websites to Follow if You’re into Web Design

http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/readers_pick_websites_for_webdesign/

50 Brilliant Design Articles of 2008 in 23 Categories + 40 Reader Submitted Posts

http://www.thedesigncubicle.com/2008/12/50-brilliant-design-post-of-2008-in-23-categories-40-reader-submitted-posts/

2008 Most Popular Design posts, Tutorials and Resources

http://www.noupe.com/best-of/2008-most-popular-design-posts-tutorials-and-resources.html

101 Link Building Tips to Market Your Website

http://www.seobook.com/archives/001792.shtml

42 Must-Bookmark Resources for Web Designers - Inspiration, Design, Color, Fonts and More

http://www.reencoded.com/2008/04/01/42-must-bookmark-resources-for-web-designers/

50 websites you'll wonder how you lived without

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/50-websites-you-ll-wonder-how-you-lived-without-477214?artc_pg=1

Feel free to add more of your favorites in comments. And Happy New Year!

15Dec/08

Do you like Zappos?

Zappos Launches Insights Service

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If you think Zappos knows what they're doing in ecommerce, this $40 a month service might benefit you tremendously.

14Dec/08

SEO Tip of the Day

I highly recommend the following subscription - the SEO Tip of the Day from Tampa SEO Training Academy.

http://www.Tampa-SEO.com

I've been subscribed for a couple of weeks and each day they send a really good tip, especially for merchants.

14Dec/08

Top 10 Email Marketing Mistakes

I guest-wrote a blog article for the DoublePlus blog about Email Marketing: