Below you’ll find an archive of posts that involve reviews of products and/or services that either myself or guest posters have done. Note that regardless of whether or not the review uses affiliate links, it is always 100% honest and my (or the guest poster’s) true opinion of the product.
I make no apologies for making money of the products (if they happen to have an affiliate program) that are indeed good products/services. You’ll either have to trust I’m not looking to make a quick buck at the expense of my reputation or not. ;-)
No matter how much people might say they hate pop-ups, they work when it comes to increasing subscribers to your newsletter. Period.Back in 2011, I began testing the use of pop-ups on various sites I owned. Everyone I knew claimed they found them ... Read More
If you've been a long time reader of the Sugarrae blog, you may have noticed that my posts are better written from a grammar nazi perspective these days. The newfound clarity is because of Grammarly. What is Grammarly? Grammarly is an online ... Read More
I have a particular site (powered by WordPress) that has a high demand for banner advertising. I was tired of cutting in the ad networks on advertising space sales, so I went in search of a fully automated native advertising plugin. I ended up going ... Read More
If you're a regular reader of this blog or have seen me speak, then you already know that I'm a big fan of SEMRush. That said, if you've read my posts about finding profitable keywords, then you've probably also noticed that I have a paid ... Read More
I've "known about" SEMRush for a long time. I'd heard people mention it and had seen the site, but I'd never really used it until my partner in PushFire signed up for it. He loved the service - and since we were paying for it - I decided to fully ... Read More
So, today the Sugarrae site flipped to Genesis after using Thesis for nearly five years, as I mentioned in my Genesis review. The question I said had to wait for a second post to be answered was "Why?". I wanted to address these two (the review and ... Read More
Those with a sharp WordPress eye may have noticed that Sugarrae flipped to using the Genesis theme today.What? The long time Thesis theme evangelist has gone Genesis? Yes, on Sugarrae.But, you can find more on Thesis vs. Genesis and why I ... Read More
When PushFire exhibited for the first time this past summer, we needed to order custom printed shirts, custom lighters and popup banners for the show.You've already read about my [facepalm] experience with Customized Girl when it came to ... Read More
I found Crazy Egg years ago. At first I thought "heatmaps... how exciting [/yawn]" - UNTIL I first tried it out and realized that if I 1. used Crazy Egg 2. paid attention and 3. made "smart" changes based on the FACTS it delivered to me, I could make ... Read More
Update: Customized Girl responded. See the end of the post for the update.For the first time in my life, I'll be exhibiting at a conference - namely, PushFire will be exhibiting at Affiliate Summit East next month (and we're pretty damn excited ... Read More
It's been almost three years since I bought Thesis, did my original review of it and became an avid evangelist for it. I don't think there's ever been a product that I've been a stronger fan of since starting my career in Internet marketing. My ... Read More
I totally admit to having a ton of business books - with 90% of them in the "still have to read" category. As much as I love learning the information in them, I honestly just get bored and eventually decide I'd rather pick up the latest true crime ... Read More
