Alastair commented on the following stories on BizSugar
Why Affiliate Marketers Suck
"I'd have to say that my experience of affiliate marketing would match the author's. That is that the vast bulk of it is poorly done and tends towards spam and get rich quick territory. He's pretty clear that he believes there are good affiliate marketers but if you lie, spam, sell scam products or mail your list 10 times a day you suck. I can't argue with that."4 Common Online Marketing Hurdles and How to Leap Them
"Nice post. These are really common questions. One thing I've noticed why people have trouble with some of these is they are looking for easy answers. There must be a trick that can get me up the rankings in Google. Twitter or Facebook must be the answer to marketing my site. It must be free and I can automate it so I don't have to invest any time online (I've got important meetings to go to). The answers to these questions quite often involve much more work than people hoped."Business INFOGRAPHIC: Toilet Paper (Facts, Figures, History and Debate)
"Always nice to start the day with a bit of a laugh. To give it a slight business slant, how many links and mentions do you think these guys will generate by taking a slightly different angle on their subject and making something clever and funny?"Of Dissent and Discontent: 3 Vital Lessons in Business from the Political Elite
"Hi Adam, The takeaways in this post are great and it's impressively creative that you managed to get your inspiration from Washington politics. On Obama, surely the $1bn is a stimulous package? I don't think frugal is his style."Subscribe
9 Reasons Why Your Content Is Not Shared on Social Networks: New Research
"Yeah. Google+ is going to change a lot in the social space and it is still difficult to get a picture of how."