People try to be perfect throughout their whole life, but chances are they are going to make some [mistakes](http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/mistaken-marketing.html) along the way. They might have bought the wrong car, picked the wrong house or even married the wrong person. Whatever the mistake may be, marketers love reminding you throughout their advertising campaigns.
Greg Hartnett is one of the few individuals who has been in the online marketing space for quite some time. He is well known in the industry as a [blogger](http://greghartnett.com/), [speaker](http://www.pubcon.com/sessions.cgi?action=view&record=60) and [entrepreneur](http://www.botw.org). Due to the experience he has gained from running many successful companies I decided to do an interview with him.
Today [Digg](http://www.digg.com) made a major modification to their algorithm. With [thousands of stories](http://www.digg.com/view/all/upcoming/most) being listed on Digg everyday it seemed like too many mediocre ones were making the front page, so it appears that Digg modified their algorithm (or the algorithm automatically modified itself) for stories to require more diggs before they hit the front page.
[Gerber](http://www.gerber.com), [Huggies](http://www.huggiesbabynetwork.com/na/index.aspx), and [Cheerios](http://www.cheerios.com/) are all popular brands with 1 thing in common. They use cute little kids in their commercials. Many people take the impact of children in advertising for granted but cute kids are very memorable which is why they are used in TV commercials. If you want to create a memorable advertising campaign you might want to think about using some cute kids.
I recently did an email interview with [Chris Pirillo](http://chris.pirillo.com/) who is a well known blogger and entrepreneur. I asked him a few questions regarding linkbait, blogging, his [conference](http://www.gnomedex.com/) and the web. He had some very interesting things to say and I am sure everyone will enjoy the interview.
A lot of people consider digg traffic as being [useless](http://sonspring.com/journal/deflecting-digg) because they think most digg visitors will never come back to your blog. This is not necessarily true, especially if you do a few tweaks to your blog so you can actually get some benefit from the traffic. These tweaks will not only help you retain visitors from [digg](http://www.digg.com), but also will help retain regular visitors as well.
Chances are you spend hours everyday watching TV shows, which means you watch hundreds of new commercials on a daily basis. The worst part about watching all those commercials is that most of them are dull and humorless which is why they are not memorable or effective, but every once in a while a few companies take the time to come up with creative commercials that are worth watching.
Everyday thousands of websites are being created based on the needs of website owners and not the needs of their visitors. Visitors are being ignored which is the biggest reason most websites are not successful; here are 5 ways to optimize your design…
Beer companies are in a competitive space filled with hundreds of competitors. If you walk to into a bar or a liquor store you have tons of brands to choose from, so how do beer companies try to convince you to buy their product instead of their competition’s product? They use humor. …
Advertisements usually have a negative connotation associated with them and because of this most people don’t like taking the time look at and even read advertisements. The good news is, not all advertisements are bad and some companies have taken the time to design some very clever advertising campaigns.
