Archive for August, 2024

From Traffic to Income: A Comprehensive Guide to Monetizing Your Website—Part 3

Tuesday, August 27th, 2024

In Part 2 of this three-part series, we took a deep dive into successfully monetizing website content. Here, we take a look at some key considerations and best practice recommendations from digital marketing experts. (more…)

From Traffic to Income: A Comprehensive Guide to Monetizing Your Website—Part 2

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

In Part 1 of this three-part series, we took a look at how website content can be optimized to deliver a relevant audience as a first step to successfully monetizing that content. Here, we take a deeper dive into how to deliver content designed to be monetized. (more…)

From Traffic to Income: A Comprehensive Guide to Monetizing Your Website—Part 1

Tuesday, August 13th, 2024

While many people may not think of it this way, Amazon is likely one of the most successful—if not the most successful—websites from a monetization standpoint. Initially, it started as an online bookseller, but today, much of Amazon’s revenue comes through payments received from third parties selling products on its site—a practice referred to as affiliate marketing. Today, more than 60% of its sales come through independent sellers, the company reports.

Amazon, the gorilla in the room here, is the (more…)

10 Tips for Implementing Your Strategic Plan

Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

Chess player achieving success. Surreal and conceptual scene of a tiny person standing on the top of chessboard among huge chess pieces. Overcoming obstacles, victory and business leadership metaphorAs I work with people on strategic planning activities—once we get over the initial resistance to strategic planning—one of the biggest barriers I find is concern about implementation. Too often implementation just doesn’t happen and organizations find themselves in an endless loop of planning without achieving measurable results.

Part of the problem, I believe, is that (more…)