This Is Why I Didn’t By A New HDTV
EngadgetHD lays it out clearly in ‘Millions miffed at poor quality from holiday HDTV purchase‘. While it’s no surprise that the mystery surround HDTV is further complicated by glossy marketing and a lack of technical support all around, a recent report claims that “about 19.5 million consumers” who purchased an HDTV over the holiday break are now complaining about the quality. Apparently, the “plug and play” approach that has become... Read More »
Free Online Business Ideas For 2007
2007 is about 8 hours away. I’m looking forward to the new year, specifically because this is the year that I’m setting a few goals for myself and focusing ONLY on those few things. As those you of you who know me, I’m ADD when it comes to marketing ideas. In other words, I have too many ideas, and not enough focus. So what happens? Nothing gets done as well as it could. So as I launch myself into 07, I have set these three main goals I need to stick to. 1.... Read More »
I’m Not A Women, Or Gay, But I Have Opinions
Caught a link-baitish piece over at Techmeme today entitled ‘The World’s Most Beautiful Women Bloggers of 2006‘. My first thought on this piece was, wow, isn’t this going to tee off the rest of the women in the blog world? I mean, let’s face it, women have to deal with this type of scruntiny on their appearance their whole lives, now they are getting that same type of designation added to them as bloggers? Tough world. I’m not a women,... Read More »
Cuban Chumps Trump! Here’s Why Trump Doesn’t Need A Blog
Mark Cuban couldn’t resist jumping into the fray by calling out his ole’ buddy ‘The Donald’ on his blog today. Now T the C on the other hand, well Donald, your blog sucks. Its actually pretty embarrasing. First of all, rule number one of blogging Donald is that you are the one that is supposed to write the posts on the blog. Less than half the posts on the front page of the blog have your name as the author let alone are written by you . Blogs are... Read More »
I Get Quoted About Flogs
Got a call from a reporter earlier in the week who came across my BlogKits Blog Honor badges and wanted to talk about fake blogs, or flogs. The piece he put out ran in the Sacramento Bee, you can read it here. I come in at the end. But that’s not going far enough for some in the blogosphere. Jim Kukral, a blogger and online journalist, has created graphical badges for bloggers to post on their sites, promising readers they aren’t stealthily selling their opinions... Read More »
My Story (FanProtest.com) On Channel 3 News
I’ll write a full blog entry about this at a later date, but you can see the story in archive on WKYC.com. Enjoy. Video: Jim Kukral on WKYC.com. December 18th, 2006 Read More →
Free Online Marketing Ideas Radio Show - December 19, 2006
Today’s show was just me, all alone. If you didn’t catch it live like the rest, you can listen to the archives here. Reminder, their won’t be a show next week due to the holidays, but I will pick it back up on Jan 02, 2007. SHOW NOTES: I spoke about my latest quick media hit website/story at www.fanprotest.com. I also talked about my latest idea “Donut Juice” :) Hopefully Dunkin Donuts will be sending me a check soon. The rest of the show was... Read More »
Blog Tag - 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
Alright, I’ll play, why not? Today I got “blog tagged” by Shmuly. The idea is that you tag 5 of your blogger buddies and pass the torch, also that you (the tag-ee) must write 5 things about yourself that many people don’t know. So here goes my list, with my 5 tags below. 1. I read magazines from back to front. Not books or newspapers, just magazines. I’m not sure why. 2. I am not OCD, but I must have the last numeric digit on a gas pump fillup... Read More »
Don’t Blame The Rest Of Us For Digg A-Holes
Pouge at the NYtimes goes off in an almost Andy Rooney tirade about ‘Whatever Happened to Online Etiquette?‘. The deeper we sail into the new online world of communications, the sadder I get about its future. I’m OK with criticism, I’m fine with disagreement, I’m perfectly capable of handling angry mail. That’s not the issue here (although my teenage correspondent above was, in fact, wrong about every single one of his points). I’ve even accepted personal... Read More »
Andy Beal Has 5 Must Read Success Tips For Interactive Marketing Agencies
Andy Beal writes an enourmously powerful and helpful blog entry entitled ‘Five Secret Strategies to Add $1 Million in Revenue to your Interactive Marketing Agency in 2007′. Go read it, now. Ok, assuming you’re in the online/marketing/interactive agency business. If you’re a shoe repairman, you might not find it so intriguing. :9 One of the most common questions I am asked by marketing agencies seeking my advice – especially those that are newly-started... Read More »
Online Marketing Tip: If It Feels Wrong, Don’t Do It
Ok, so we’ve got quite a storm brewing from a story in the Washington Post the other day that basically says that word of mouth marketing, well, read this. The FTC issued an official opinion stating that people who endorse of a products, and who are compensated for their efforts, must disclose the nature of that relationship to their “customers”. Now, some are already trying to tie word of mouth into Affiliate Marketing, which I think is a big, big stretch. I’ll... Read More »
Free Online Marketing Ideas Radio Show - December 12, 2006
My radio show goes on for installment #2 today at 1pm est. Hope you can call in and chat with me. The dial in number is (646) 915-9539. Looking forward to hearing from you, and hopefully helping your with a creative, free, marketing idea for your business. SHOW UPDATE: My business partner and good friend Dave Potokar (Awesome Dave) called in and co-hosted the show with me today. Dave is a freelance creative gun for hire, visit www.davepotokar.com. I pimped out my new, relaunched,... Read More »
Valleywag Smacks Down Digg Users
In DIGGBAIT: The 8 People You Meet on Digg, Nick hilariously outlines the 8 types of people that use Digg. My favorites are… 4. The One-liner. Always walks right in with the right thing to say. Often replies to trolls and spammers with some wordplay or a conceptual Monty Python reference. or… 2. The Loud Downdigger. Pushes the thumbs-down and won’t stop talking about it. “What do you get when you submit a 3 year old website?” “THIS IS BULLS**T... Read More »
How Much Does Your Blog Make With Google Adsense?
I just release BlogKits’ brand new Google Adsense Blog Earning Calculator Tool. Give it a try for yourself, and see how accurate we are, or not. Update: I just got outed on Digg. Can you digg it? :0 Read More →
Being Awesome Is Now FREE!
Yeah, that’s right, now anyone can be really awesome for nada, zip, nothing. Why go free? Well, we figured out that way too many really awesome people, places or things were really awesome, yet weren’t able to afford proving it. The real, non made up reason? Why the heck not? Free rules! Enjoy, and tell your friends. It’s free! And, in case you didn’t know, I’m really awesome baby. Read More →
Alex Tew’s Pixelotto A Rip Off?
Tonight I got an email from Peter who owns The Quest For The Million site (aff link). He claims in his blog that Alex Tew has ripped off his idea and created Pixelotto. It’s basically what we came out with in the summer of 2006. The big difference is that Alex’s site looks cheaper, has no affiliate program, and not even a blog. How lame can you get? So here’s the deal. We’re cheaper, we were first, and we have an affiliate program. Perhaps Peter, but what you need... Read More »
Calacanis Is My Sound Bite Hero - “SEO Is Bullshit”
Jason, man, nice work. This innocuous sound bite of information is so perfectly crafted to get attention, yet so utterly meaningless. Check out the story. You said… “SEO is bullshit, if you generate a web page with good content Google will rank the page properly.” Now, everyone read this in the voice of Mr. Scott. DIRECT HIT CAPTAIN! ALL SEO PROFESSIONALS AND BLOGGERS RETURN FIRE, PHASERS SET TO KILL! Good work man, seriously, I’m impressed. Read More →
Big Sister & Little Brother Take Xmas Photos
Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays from the entire Kukral family. :) Read More →
Free Online Marketing Ideas Radio Show - December 5, 2006
Ok, so my first show went well, I think! 30 minutes goes really, really fast. Show Notes: I did a brief introduction of myself and then chatted about Pixelotto, Alex Tew’s new project. I talked about my project at www.awesomemillion.com. Then I talked about my brother Ken’s company, International Excess. He wants to start a blog about the insurance industry, so I gave my tips that I forwarded on to him. I did have one caller today, which was Greg from www.seethewall.com.... Read More »
Pixelotto Is Alive - Will You Win The Million?
I was skeptical at first, but after seeing the new Pixelotto idea in action, I think it’s going be another home run. The site went live this morning. Here’s why it’s better/different. Because he’s giving away 1 Million bucks to someone (the ad clickers, not the ad buyers), and all they have to do is click on the ads. You max out at 10 entries per day. I clicked on 10 ads today and it took me less than a minute. So assuming the site sells out in 6... Read More »
