A Press Release Should Tell A Story
Great write up here outlining why press releases as we know them should die a slow death. Press releases are nearly useless. They typically start with a tremendous amount of top-spin, they contain pat-on-the-back phrases and meaningless quotes. Often they will contain quotes from C-level executives praising their customer focus. They often contain praise from analysts, (who are almost always paid or have a customer relationship.) And so on… Press releases are created... Read More »
The Flip Donates One Million Video Cameras
This is a neat story. The Flip video camera, you know, the one I keep pimping out which you can buy at BuytheFlip.com. They’re going to donate cameras to charity. One million of them to be exact. Pure Digital Technologies Launches Five Year, One Million Flip Video Camcorder Giveaway To Benefit Non-Profit Organizations Worldwide Hat tip to NewTeeVee.com. Read More →
Do Not Fuck With Blogrush! Hackers Beware!
Yesterday John Reese from Blogrush sent out a very long update letter to address a few things. You can read the entire email here in a text file, it’s too long to publish on my blog. But I am going to publish a snippet of the email where they talk about cheaters. And a quick word to any ‘cheats’ that might be reading this letter… it’s very possible that you may come up with something extremely creative that temporarily gets by us, but you should... Read More »
Make Money Blogging Entrepreneur Radio Appearance
Tony sent me a link to a cool search site called EveryZing.com. Love that name! Anyway, I did a search for my last name, as I always do on new search engines because I’m marketing vain, and some archived audio files came up I had forgotten about. I did an interview with the guys from Entrepreneur magazine EBiz radio show about how to make money as a blogger. It’s in two parts, which you can listen to below. Enjoy. How to monetize your blog part 1 How to monetize... Read More »
It’s My Birthday, Let Me Eat
Posted this update over on Affiliate Fit Club today. Read More →
My Blogrush Stats - A HUGE FLOOD Of Traffic… NOT!
Note: I never put my “affiliate” code in any blog post. I put the widget on my site, but never put my code in a blog post. John Chow is right, you have to write about it for it to truly work. To me, that is NOT doing absolutely nothing. Where’s my flood of traffic for doing nothing as I mentioned above? By the way, I’m #2 on Youtube when you search for Blogrush, with 132 views, which have actually sent me traffic… for doing something, go figure. Anyway,... Read More »
I Can’t Even Draw With Pen On Paper
So while this may be very cool, I can’t see myself trying to draw with a mouse. Still… neato. Via Techcrunch. Read More →
Funny Commentary On Spam
Go to minute 4:49. Pretty darn funny. Read More →
I’m 36 Today - My Birthday Post
Today I’m 36. Yep, I’m on the back 9 of my 30’s. Last night I fell asleep on the couch at 10:30, and this morning I woke up in my bed at 9. Perhaps I needed the sleep to prepare for today. On my birthday I am always struck by this line from an Indigo Girls song that goes… “Every 10 years or so I look back on my life, and have a few laughs.” How true is that? For me though, I tend to chunk my life experiences into 5’s. You know, 10-15,... Read More »
Blogrush Proves A Brilliant Marketing Effort Will Always Win
This whole Blogrush situation just fascinates me, and I’m sorry to keep blogging about it, but I LOVE good marketing and buzz, and John Reese and Blogrush deliver. Case in point, what we’re seeing now is the sliding scale of backlash coming back about the product. Particularly, we’re seeing the guys who have had traffic exchanges for years come out of the woodwork saying stuff like “I did it already, and you just copied it, etc…” Check... Read More »
Video: Selling Ads On Your Low-Traffic Blog
Here’s the video short version of my previous post about how to sell ads on a low-traffic blog. Click To Play play_blip_movie_395248(); Read More →
If Blogrush Proves Anything It’s That Bloggers Are Desperate
So now we’re starting to see results back from bloggers about how/if Blogrush is “working” for them. I have to admit, I’m hearing and reading that some are very happy with the return of “traffic” they’re getting, and not just the bigger bloggers, but it’s still early. Again, as I said before, I could be wrong. I just might be on this one. Note: The idea of Blogrush didn’t bite me, it was the marketing speak that did. Anyway… Looking... Read More »
Give Up Sex For The Internets? I Don’t Think So
Americans are giving up sex for “web life”, eh? So says Reuters. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Surfing the net has become an obsession for many Americans with the majority of U.S. adults feeling they cannot go for a week without going online and one in three giving up friends and sex for the Web. A survey asked 1,011 American adults how long they would feel OK without going on the Web, to which 15 percent said a just a day or less, 21 percent said a couple of days and... Read More »
Franchise Opportunity Search Engine Solves Problems
I’ve always considered the possibility of owning a franchise. The lure of it to me was that it was a pre-built, pre-conceived business that is just handed to you with an instruction sheet for profitability. Then again, every single franchise owner I know tells me that owning a franchise is probably the most work they’ve ever done in their lives. So… I’m not sure it’s for me. However, I am still considering it for someday. That’s why I was... Read More »
I Need To Lose Some Weight - Watch Me Do It
I am not a dieter, in fact, I have never been on a diet per say. Sure, I’ve cut back on things to try to be healthier, like fast food, and soda pop, but I’ve never done the South Beach Diet, or Atkins. I always figured that a diet is just a wrong way to effectively be healthier. In my opinion, and what do I know really, if you’re going to lose weight, you need to do it the hard way, with exercise and hard work… you know… a lifestyle change.... Read More »
How To Sell Ads On Your Blog Even With Hardly Any Traffic - A Step-By-Step Guide
I really don’t want to keep harping on Blogrush. I don’t hate it at all, and I’m not trying to scare anyone… I just think it won’t work for the majority of my low-traffic blogging brethren. Time will tell. But rather than keeping bitching about my opinion of it, I’d rather help you, the low-traffic blogger who isn’t making any buck with your blog, with a few better ways/ideas to make some money with your blog. Here’s my first... Read More »
BlogBucks Is Even Better Than Blogrush
I’ve been working on this for years, and I’m ashamed to say that my criticism of Blogrush is 100% because they got to market before I did. So I’ve accelerated the project and launched it tonight. In my opinion, it’s even better than Blogrush, and easier, and even less work and you’ll get even more… well, just sign up. www.BlogBucks.com. Read More →
I Pissed Off John Reese From Blogrush
Yep, add John to my list of people who I pissed off. Jakob, Jarvis, Cuban… Read the comments here for John’s retort. Look John, as I said in my private email to you. I have zero problem with you. I know for a fact you’re a smart and nice guy and you’re very successful. That’s not what this is about. The problem I have with Blogrush is that it doesn’t, in my opinion, provide value for the majority of bloggers out there. You talk about providing... Read More »
Blogrush Is A Smart Idea, For John Reese
Another Reason I Love Rackspace Web Hosting
You already know I love Rackspace web hosting, even though I pay too much for it. Here’s just another reason why I love them so much. I wake up this morning and see two support tickets, created by them overnight while I slept. The first one said something like… Rackspace said: 2007-09-16 18:03:30 (UTC-4) Greetings, This is to notify you that server #XXXXX appeared in our Rackwatch monitoring system for the following service(s): FTP, HTTPS, POP3 and SMTP Then,... Read More »
