Archive for July, 2008

“Why” marketing is childs play

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

WHY, WHY, WHY… a marketings dream, a parents nightmare.
Every marketer has to answer this question if they are going to make the sale.
Every parent has to answer a million WHYs from their child when they learn to talk.
why a unified healthcare plan for america
why alcoholics have affairs
why alcoholics walk away from the family they love
why [...]

Marketing using “how to”, some ideas from the database

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

It is a natural phrase, “How to” blah blah blah…  It is also why we are here.  Look at these very revelent example from our own goals
how to make money at home
how to make money doing scrapbooking
how to make money doing scrapebooking
how to make money fast
how to make money for free
how to make money from [...]

Marketing How do I? or did I go to far?

Friday, July 18th, 2008

When thinking about long tail… one of the first ones to come to mind is “how do I”. 
how do i access outlook express
how do i add a background to my webpage
how do i add a background to my webpage with go daddy
how do i add a new email to my account
how do i add another [...]

more to what is… than what is

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Well, here is a fun little dump of What is from my database. It is just a small sampling, but will hopefully prove a point. There is a little more to what is than just what is. Don’t forget that there are other filler words that go into a “what is” phrase. [...]

Never argue with the data

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

There are many tools out there to find long tail phrases…  Duh…  Long tail is very popular now.  But have you ever wondered if the long tail popularity has actually been self fueled to a certain degree.  As people try to make up long tail phrases, do they actually pollute the data?  Do some tools [...]

Cheating Girlfriend… A little more crowded

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Well yesterday we looked at Cheating Boyfriend for some longer phrases that did not have a lot of competition and found some opportunities.  Trying the other side of the coin appears a little more crowded, but there are still some possibilities.
Using my fun tool
“tips girlfriend is cheating” about 118 results
“cheating girlfriend test about” about 85 [...]

Cheating Boyfriend…. still some options available

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Think that this is saturated? well, there are some options there for people that can write and get indexed.
For example
“Dreams about boyfriends cheating” only has 49 exact matches in google
or
“How to tell if boyfriend is cheating” only has 31.
when looking at my friendly search tool, these two phrases do get some searches each day. [...]

Getting Started

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

The purpose of this site is to list ten ideas each day of good phrases to write Bum Marketing articles about. Some days I also hope to include some tips and tools that will be helpful. Feel free to leave comments or send me questions and ideas for the site.