Charles Polanski 
Yes, it’d be nice if we lived in a utopian world where we didn’t ” judge a book by its cover”… …but in the real world, covers and all other first impressions are critical. Even online, digital information products see increased sales with virtual product boxes with attractive covers. So a great cover is a … Read more
Happy Leap Day 2024! It’s the 29th day of February. But February normally only has 28 days. I then thought, “What if I multiply 28 days by 13?” You end up with 364 days! Just 1 day short of the usual 365 days in a year. So why not 13 months with 28 days each? … Read more
Who doesn’t love a contest? Especially if you can win a prize and get bragging rights over others! Even better, contests can bring publicity and business to people, towns, cities, companies, and so on. A famous contest in my backyard is the frog jumping contest of the “Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee”. Amazingly, … Read more
There’s a way to buy ready-made, done-for-you products with unlimited rights to use as you want. Welcome to the world of PLR: Private Label Rights. This world is full of e-books, software, articles, graphics, and more that you can rebrand as your own. There are pros and cons to PLR… PROS: ✅Customizable ✅Quick ✅Affordable CONS: … Read more
“What are the most popular YouTube videos of all-time?” That’s what came to mind this morning, especially since videos are a powerful tool for online marketing. What can these top videos teach us? First, how do you find the top videos of all time? The best way I found was to go to YouTube.com and … Read more
Some crazy person is attempting to brute force attack my site by trying to guess my login! I don’t know what they’d want with my site. I don’t have any treasure to steal or secrets locked away. This just shows that bad people will try to hack and steal anything they come across. I’m just … Read more
I appreciate what AWeber can do as an Email Service Provider (ESP)… …but… …there are several obstacles I’ve had to overcome. One of the latest is my attempts to put branded links into my emails. To properly use emails that show my domains like charlespolanski.com requires me to turn on click tracking. But then, any … Read more
I can still remember the walk up to the Acropolis. The final steps are through a reconstructed entrance of columns. But once you pass through them, the REAL columns stare down at you from the main attraction of the Acropolis… …The Parthenon! See the above image and jump to 21:07 of this video to visualize … Read more
Once again I learned the hard way when it came to email formatting. I had been advised by the training inside the John Thornhill Ambassador program to shrink my emails to a width of 35-42 characters. I determined a width of 37 characters worked best. But this was outdated advice! There is now something called … Read more
So what was that free countdown timer I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post??? Well, I needed a timer to work with WordPress since I switched my landing pages to it from Leadpages.com. It also needed to be an evergreen countdown timer. “Evergreen” means every visitor gets their own countdown clock that starts with their first … Read more