Have you ever put a business plan together? I did not for my current business. I just "hung a shingle" and started telling people I built websites and started riding the rollercoaster.

The 80/20 principle says that 20% of your inputs generate 80% of your outputs. If applied to persuasive copywriting, this principle says we would find that 20% of the words used in copy drive 80% of the reader's behavior.

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We are excited to be partnering with Lean Startup Machine (LSM), a three-­day workshop on starting a successful new business.

The Weebly Blog has been putting out a weekly-or-so post on different ways of leveraging their tools to make your site more engaging. They are quick reads for useful tips. Here are the last five:

Search optimization is like a train -- slow to start, but hard to stop once you have momentum.

I have had a project staying warm on the back burner for a little while now. People kept saying my site could be "a little more fun." Well, I think that starts with the branding. So we started working on various new logos that are a little more fun.

Looking to get started with a website and inbound marketing, but do not know what "i"s to cross and "t"s to dot? This 28-point startup checklist for inbound marketing will give you a good place to start. It covers a mix of business principles and technical to-dos that are all important for building your inbound marketing engine.

In surprisingly quick fashion, we were drumming in rhythm. In my left hand was a drumstick, in front of me was a table, and all around me were people in the same manner. All of us drumming.

Search engine optimization is a very deep and technical topic. There are upwards of 200 factors that Google considers to determine your ranking for any given search. At the same time, it is also quite simple: be relevant. You become relevant by (a) optimizing your site and content around your target search term(s) and (b) increasing your popularity online.