Today I decided to draft an interesting case study that may prove valuable for you and hopefully for your blog and business. What makes it valuable? SEO and keyword research are important for bloggers to understand. Recognizing search traffic trends in your site’s statistics can help you hone in your writing to attract more visitors and potentially customers to your site. Let’s take a look…

Something I’ll do when I’m looking for inspiration and insight is to look for tips and quotes from leaders in business and industry as motivation to keep me inspired in my daily life. Luckily, the finest minds in the hunting and outdoor industry share their insight…

The most successful companies in any industry usually have figured out the cyclical nature of their business. These companies are experts are working to develop new innovations on their existing, successful products to make them just a little better with each new selling season. After coming up with a slight, but remarkable innovation to their existing best-seller, the truly successful companies are experts at communicating the benefits of the updated product to their customers so each customer feels like they must have the updated version. Their current model has become obsolete.

I put together a Personalized Marketing Report that included research on competition, outdoor networks, directory listings, advertising, and some thoughts on how Rick could utilize video to grow connections on his Website while building bookings for hunts.

Today I received my email notification about the new blog post by Levenger CEO Steve Leveen. The post was a great list post of gift ideas for the holiday season – all available from Levenger.

Google Commerce was rolled out with Birkenstock and it seems to be a big step for companies with a focus on ecommerce. The step may not be directly related to Google Commerce Search, but the trend that Google Commerce Search addresses is certainly important for businesses with an ecommerce presence as well as for companies with any Web presence.

As you’ll see, some of these videos have all the successful elements of the viral video formula while others are missing some of the pieces. Let’s take a look at 50 viral videos…

Garth Brooks interprets the world for hard working Americans. Garth is arguably the most followed American entertainer in the past century. He entertained the world with his songs about love, work, good times, sad times, and life in general. And he interpreted the world and everyday occurrences in a way that his followers connected with and could relate to. Garth is a resource of interpretation and he has millions of followers and millions of people have purchases his recordings as a way to connect with Garth and his interpretations on the occurrences that affect their lives.

I want to expand on Ramit Sethi’s post by sharing reasons why you can be successful in the hunting industry just like the successful leaders that have come before you. You don’t have to simply “shrug” off the success of the leaders in the hunting industry while thinking you can’t reach or exceed their level of success. We’ll look at examples and show that each started out on paths just like you and that if you continue on your path of “doing something that interests you, stepping up, and taking a chance on the unknown” (as Ramit says), you can be successful too.

Alan Jackson is one of my all-time favorite singers and songwriters. With his music and words, he tells simple stories that pull all emotions out of listeners. Jackson tells stories of family, growing up, girls, appreciating the simple wonders in life, and all the struggles along the way that make us appreciate all the good. After 20 years, 15 albums, 25 number one singles, and 50 million albums Alan Jackson is still playing for sold-out stadiums and recording hit music. Sometime in the late 1980s, Jackson came up with the title and main hook for one of his biggest hit singles, Don’t Rock the Jukebox.

The folks at Smashing Magazine have the blogging game figured out. Their posts are extremely valuable for readers, audience, and customers. Highlighting the success of other companies and bloggers is a strategy you can use to grow your blog’s status and impact while building relationships with bloggers, other business leaders on the Web, and most importantly your customers (this relationship leads to sales and profit). Let’s take a closer look at the success of Smashing Magazine and a few ways you can use their success as an example when building your blog for your hunting business…

Today I heard the unfortunate news that one of my favorite country music duos is going to breakup and pursue their own interests and careers. For 20 years Brooks & Dunn were the ultimate country music powerhouse. They sold over 30 million records and toured the US every year with one of the biggest and most entertaining stage shows every produced.

I heard a new song on the radio a short while ago as I was driving home. The first thing that caught my attention was the melody. Then I started listening to the lyrics and they really stuck out to me as unique. The song was Red Light and I wasn’t sure exactly who the artist was. Being the inquisitive person that I am, I went home and immediately looked up the song and found that the artist was David Nail.

I’ve always been a fan of innovative business models both on and off the Web. The other day on 10 Things Every Hunting Website Needs (Plus a Few Extra Ideas), KRAY1, left a good comment and he asked if I could write a little bit about the giveaway business model…

Do you ever notice how a convenience store (my favorite is Kwik Trip here in Wisconsin) strategically place their best products throughout the store? Or have you ever noticed how a convenience store will have their own brands of popular items…also prominently displayed…sometimes discounted heavily? I was recently in Kwik Trip waiting for the person in front of me to check out when it dawned on me that Kwik Trip is a lot like a successful blog.