Internet Marketing Blog

tonydbaker.com Tony Darrick Baker is a leading Internet marketing expert having served more than 1,000 clients over 15 years. As an author and public speaker, Tony Darrick Baker has written several ebooks and has spoken at conferences throughout the United States. Baker has interviewed Mark Victor Hansen, Brendon Burchard, Alex Mandossian, Lorri Morgan Ferro, James Roche, Lynn Rose, Van Crouch, Dan Roam, Derek Gehl, Jim Stovall, David Meerman Scott, and a variety of other top authors, speakers and thought leaders.

07 November 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Can Online Gaming Do More Than Simply Pass Time?

Can Online Gaming Do More Than Simply Pass Time?

So have you ever played games while at work or while attending a class?
Games are everywhere these days.  People of all ages are flocking to games on their iPhones, cell phones, iPods, PSP’s, and of course laptops.
Obviously many argue that they’re perfectly capable of doing more than one thing at once, and with games like [...]

22 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Video: If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived


Failing to take action because of your fear of failure may be the biggest failure you ever make.
Watch this short video revealing some of the biggest failures in history who we commonly consider successful.

Never let the fear of failure cause you to give up on your dreams.
This is true for all of us at any [...]

17 October 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Lose 200lbs in 1 Year? Yes it CAN be done!

Lose 200lbs in 1 Year?  Yes it CAN be done!

Yes, with over 20lbs lost in one month, THE TONY DIET is back on!
Over the last few weeks a transformation has been going on in my life.  I’ve been quite about it because I didn’t want to publicly repeat another failure.  You see, earlier this year I got all excited because with a major life [...]

12 October 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Do’s and Don’ts for Professional Websites


Now that most people are familiar with the Internet and many businesses are building an online presence, the line between professional website design and the work of an amateur is becoming more distinct. There are several mistakes that people new to web design tend to make that can be easily avoided for a more [...]

11 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Don’t be a Jerk! Make Your Website More User-Friendly!


You know what I’m talking about.  A jerk is someone who’s being difficult on purpose.  They could be nice and show you the way, but they just don’t feel like it.  Well ask yourself.  Are you being a jerk?  Does your website make it easy for people to find what they are looking for?
The oldest [...]

09 October 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Don’t Get Lost in Website Navigation


Good navigation design is essential for every website. If you want your website to be explored, it is critical that you have simple and easy-to-use navigation.   If your visitors can’t find what they’re looking for, they’ll get lost, frustrated, and eventually leave to explore other areas of the Internet.   To design better [...]

08 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

5 Tips for Marketing with Banner Ads


Once you’ve designed an eye-catching banner ad, the next critical step is to use it as an effective marketing tool. It can be most exciting banner ad on the Internet, but it won’t do your company any good if your target audience never sees it.
Tip #1: Target Your Banners
Put your banner ads on websites [...]

07 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Nine Tiny Words to Help Build Eye-Grabbing Banner Ads


A web banner ad can be a seizure-inducing block of flashing color cluttering up a perfectly good webpage or an excellent vehicle for bringing targeted leads back to your site. To make sure your banner ad is the good kind, here are some nine tiny words.
Seven
Mantle’s number, the lucky number, and the maximum number [...]

06 October 2009 ~ 1 Comment

12 Critical Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Multimedia Presentations


Do incite your audience. Effective presentations end with a call to action. The most important question to ask yourself before you design your multimedia presentation is, “What do I want my audience to do, and how do I convince them to do it?”
Don’t drown your audience in facts. While your first instinct may be [...]

05 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Selling With Color: What Your Color Choices Really Say about You


Thousands of hours have been put into researching the effects of color on the human brain. It has been discovered that color has subconscious connotations and provokes emotional responses. This makes it critical to match the colors you choose for your business with the appropriate subconscious message you want to send to your [...]