SEO money power

Has SEO turned into a game of money and power?

What is SEO? SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is, according to Wikipedia, “the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine’s unpaid results – often referred to as “natural,” “organic,” or “earned” results.” When I started my first blog at CreativeEdgeMusic.com, I used Google’s platform called Blogger to host[…]

24-Hour Business Plan Template: Validate & Plan Your Startup Ideas

My Amazon.com Bestseller: 24-Hour Business Plan Template This book is my second and most recent publication. In one sentence, it provides a clear and concise method for validating your startup ideas and planning your business venture. It also happens to be the method I used when deciding to leave my full-time job in early 2015 and[…]

3 Reasons I Chose Avada as my Website Theme

Avada is one of my favorite WordPress themes… Avada is an incredibly popular theme, and it has worked very well with my WordPress installation. Funny enough, I’m currently not using Avada on StevenFies.com (rather, I’m using a very simple plug-and-play theme called Zerif Lite at the moment) — but for all of my business websites, I’m[…]

Cold Call Best Practices + The Sales Process Demystified

“Cold calling is dead.” …or is it? In this article, I’ll do my best to share with you a few things I’ve learned after several years of working in sales. Let’s start with the infographic I made illustrating some best practices for making a cold call: Grab the PDF with all three of the above infographics[…]

The Free Kindle Promotion that Drove my Amazon eBook to #1

The 9 steps I took to achieve #1 in four categories and #159 in the entire Amazon store in under 24 hours. In my last article about conquering your fears, I gave away the entire second chapter of my book for free. In this article, I’ll show you how I achieved 3,152 downloads during my 5-day free[…]