Ben Griffiths

Do you SEO? Take the Microdata Survey

Sat, 26 May 2012 18:53:37 -0400

Do you SEO? Take the Microdata Survey:

Help me complete my master’s thesis by taking this 5 minute survey on Microdata

“I used to think correlation implied...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:06:46 -0400

“I used to think correlation implied causation…”

Google’s cookie thinks I’m 35-44. I’m actually...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:35:23 -0500

Google’s cookie thinks I’m 35-44. I’m actually 28. I can’t decide if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. =)

See what Google thinks it knows about you. Business Insider show’s you how to find out here.

Three questions that will make any advertisment better

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:21:00 -0500

Before you write an advertisement ask yourself these three questions:

What is the action we want someone to take?
Who are we trying to persuade to take the action?
What does that person need in order to feel confident taking that action?

If you have read Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg’s book Waiting for Your Cat to Bark?: Persuading Customers When They Ignore Marketing then you may recognize these questions. If not, buy the book. These questions, along with the other insights that Bryan and Jeffrey share, will help you to remember why you’re writing the ad in the first place, who the ad is for, and what you need to do to make sure your audience takes the action you desire.

Don’t think these three little questions can have a big impact? Prove me wrong. Print these questions out and post them somewhere you can’t miss them. I keep them posted above my whiteboard. The next time you write an ad, create a web page, or write an email, ask yourself the three questions. Then, share your experience in the comments below.

Goodbye, Joomla. Hello, Tumblr.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:59:22 -0500

I’ve decided to switch my personal blog from the Joomla! CMS to Tumblr. I still use Joomla! for other projects, but for my personal blog I really just needed something simple and clean. Tumblr is both.