Written By Loren Woirhaye, September 13th, 2010
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes
Good old Google has unleashed some new whackness into our lives with it’s new “instant auto-complete” feature. I’m not sure what it’s really called, but whatever it is, if it sticks around the roll of search marketing optimization as a traffic source will be changed.
In brief, the auto-complete suggests key-phrases based on what you type in for your first word. Google has had something like this before but it was vulnerable to manipulation. Phrases like “why won’t my parakeet eat my diarrhea” would pop up in Google’s older auto-complete feature—which may just be a slower version of Google’s new suggestion tool.
Aside from the parakeet thing being gross, it’s hard to believe that more than one person ever typed in that search phrase sincerely looking for an answer to such a question. Two theories about why the phrase showed up in Google’s trends are that either somebody at Google put it there as a joke, or a bunch of people got together and conspired to search Google with that phrase or create content and links containing it. Either way, it’s not really the kind of content Google wants to be serving up in general.
Now you 
Written By Loren Woirhaye, September 9th, 2010
Reading time: 7 – 12 minutes
I’m going to tell you how to do something that is not always easy. If you do use this information however you will be building enormous wealth creating potential into your business.
To start, your business name is very important. If you have an existing business or website, you may be restricted in how you can rename or rebrand it, but if you are thinking of launching a new business the following is must-know information for you.
What’s In A Name?
Coming up with a name for your business can be a challenge—especially when you need to match the name-branding to a domain you can get. If you’re promoting a website and trying to do any kind of branding you should not consider using anything other than a .COM.
The problem with domain types other than dot-coms is that, in general, people are going to go to the dot-com first. They won’t remember that you’re the other “Flowers To Go” —they’ll just go to your competitor’s website. Basically, if you don’t get the dot-com you’ll be driving traffic to your competitor on your dime.
You might want to call your flower store “Flowers To Go” but if you tried to
Written By Loren Woirhaye, July 22nd, 2010
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes
There are a bunch of lists out there of the best books on writing copy. I’ve read a whole bunch of books on copywriting, many several times. My opinion is that different books may help you at different stages of skill development.
For example – “Breakthrough Advertising” will probably be over your head if you are just starting out but if you’ve got the basics under your belt and you are really serious about understanding how persuasion in advertising works, you must read it. It is a watershed work.
I recommend starting with the easy stuff. Then you won’t be stuck slogging through advanced books you aren’t ready for yet.
THE CORE TRIO
The trio are the basic books just about anybody can read and comprehend at the beginning of your copywriting journey – and they are worth re-reading if you are more experienced since they deal with the fundamentals of writing copy.
1. “Scientific Advertising” and “My Life in Advertising” by Claude C. Hopkins. The first you should read several times. It’s short but very potent. Everybody who writes advertising should internalize Claude Hopkins’s stuff.
2. “How To Write A Good Advertisement” by Victor Schwab. Subtitled “A Short Course in
