BigBrownBox.com Project Goes Live - Over $13k Value In The Box In Less Than An Hour
The Big Brown Box project just went live. Check it out, in less than an hour of it going live, the big brown box has over $13,200 worth of stuff in it. Including a $1700 Dell XPS gaming laptop. Want to put something in the big brown box? It’s easy, find out more here. Here are the first four items in the big brown box. Item #4: $10,000 Web Traffic Package From Jon At Wickedfire Forums! Item #3: $500 Podcast Design Consultation from David Lawrence Item #2: $1000 Professional... Read More »
The Big Brown Box Logo Revealed
We’re almost done with BigBrownBox.com. Just wrapping up some final touches on content and rules. Here’s our logo. Will you be ready for the Big Brown Box? What’s in the Big Brown Box? Stay tuned. Read More →
How To Download & Steal Raw YouTube Video Files In 3 Easy Steps
Yep, it’s pretty easy, and I’ll show you how below. But first know something. I think this is wrong, and I hope that it can be stopped. If you’re not fully aware of copyright issues, you should know that stealing content (video or otherwise) is an offense, and stealing someone’s video out of YouTube is probably going to get you sued quick. Don’t do it. Step 1 To Stealing YouTube Videos The first thing you do is visit a site called KissYouTube.com.... Read More »
Video Search Results Making Their Way Into Major Search Engines
Take a look at one of the results for “kukral” over at Icerocket.com, which is a blog search engine. What will you see? You’ll see a video result, with direct links back to “kukral” tagged video in YouTube. (By the way, Technorati is doing this as well for tags already.) I predict Google will begin posting similar results for regular searches by mid-Summer 2007. Tell me why they wouldn’t. They own YouTube, and this is the natural progression... Read More »
AuctionAds.com Big Problem & The “Porn Test”
What’s the big problem with AuctionAds? It’s simple… “eBay sucks” (in my opinion), and eBay is the basis for the entire datafeed/products. I know, I know, eBay is a billion dollar company, producing trillions of transactions yearly, etc… But you know what? Every single time I’ve used eBay to try and sell something, my auction gets flubbed up by scammers and fraudulent bidders. I hate eBay. But honestly folks, I just signed up for... Read More »
JimKukral.com Was Hacked!
By me. :) Please excuse the horrible link bait-ish headline, but I wanted to get your attention for a special announcement I need to tell you about. You can view the announcement at JimKukral.com. Read More →
Not All Ebooks & ‘Guru’ Guides Are Bad
Jon from Wickedfire forums and the Super Affiliate Marketing Blog writes a post entitled ‘My New War On Internet Marketing Ebooks’, where he wants to ‘stop these assholes from making money off of your foolishness and greed‘. I’ve decided that I’ve had just about enough of these internet marketing ebook self dubbed experts and gurus making money off of their regurgitated information. So, instead of just warning people about it (since... Read More »
Online Video Lighting Tips To Help You Produce High-Quality Online Videos
If you’re a regular reader, you know I’ve been harping on online video for quite some time now. Well, I’ve actually done more than just talk about it, I’ve taken the plunge off the high dive and worked very hard to create video content over the past month or so. I’m here to tell you one thing. If you’re going to do video production, you gotta get the lighting right. Case in point, here are two examples of videos of me talking on a white... Read More »
Internet Marketer Anatomy Lesson - What Type Of Marketer Are You?
If you’re new to the “making money online” business in general, you’ll soon find out that there are two types of Internet marketers. And those are… Type A Internet Marketer: The type that will find a way to make personal profit at all costs just to make money regardless of the technique and approach. Type B Internet Marketer: The type that do it the harder way, because they care about the industry, and instead focus on real content and businesses... Read More »
Affiliate Marketing & Blogging Disclosure Test, Your Help Needed
Would you help me test something? I’ve posted two links below, both are to the same website, but one will have my affiliate link encoded in and is clearly labeled, and the other will be a straight link. I want you to tell me which one (honestly) you would click on if you saw it on my blog, and why. Link #1 (non-affiliate link): ReviewMe.com Link #2 (my affiliate link, I get a spiff if you use this): ReviewMe.com Would you avoid my clearly labeled affiliate link? Why... Read More »
Reposting Other People’s Blog Content Is A Quick Way To Blog Failure, Not Success
I just came across an article over at Lee Odden’s TopRankBlog.com by one of his contributors entitled ‘4 Ways to Successfully Re-Post Others Content’. Re-Posting other peoples content is a great way to feel included in a conversation and get additional traffic. However, simply copying their post word for word won’t give any additional value to your visitors. So here are 4 ways to successfully re-post someone else’s content. I do believe the... Read More »
Want More Blog Traffic? Give Your Expertise Away
You’re an expert at something, right? Or maybe you know a heckuva lot about the topic of your blog, right? At least I hope so. Give your knowledge away. Here’s a perfect example. The Copyblogger had a simple request for his readers yesterday. His headline is written: ‘Let’s Remix a Few More of Your Headlines’. Last fall, I invited readers to submit posts they had written, and I chose several and rewrote the titles. Quite a few people seemed... Read More »
BUMPzee Expands Into Search Engine Marketing Communities
Hot off the presses, my favorite mashup, about to kick Digg’s collective butt BUMPzee, has officially opened its doors beyond the beta affiliate marketing community, and added a community for search engine marketing. Oh yeah, and they have a semi-new design. This should be of special interest to my Cleveland search friends at ClevelandSeo.com. Guys and gals, get in on the game and get your blogs added quick. The exposure you can get from being in the BZ community is... Read More »
Online Marketing Idea: Keep The Conversations Alive On Non-Blog Content
What if you have a blog, and a website? I know, it sounds so archaic, believe me, I know. But even blogging geeks like me still sometimes have “non-blog” pages as part of their blogs, or, have pages that were created years and years ago before the blog ate the main part of the site. The problem with those old pages is that they aren’t interactive without comments, right? It’s foolish to not attempt to keep the conversation alive, even on old non-blog... Read More »
How To Manipulate The Media & Get Free Publicity With Creative Marketing Ideas
Got 10 bucks, an hour of time and a creative idea? Because that’s all it really takes to get all the media publicity and exposure you or your business could ask for, all for almost free. Don’t believe it? I can prove it. This is a story about how I did it, why I did it and the results I got from it. You can do it too. What, you don’t like free publicity for little work? I know you do, read on. The Setup I live in Cleveland, Ohio, and I’m a die-hard... Read More »
I’m An Affiliate Marketer & My Blog Has Affiliate Links. What Else Should You Expect?
Mark at 45n5 (what does 45n5 mean anyway?) is talking more about disclosure on his blog these days. It’s good conversation, but it got me thinking. I’m a long-time full disclosure guy, having fought the PayPerPost battles and many other blog battles over the years and recently. So I get the need to disclose, heck, I even invented these blog honor badges. Disclosure is all about deception and intent. If it is your intent to fool or deceive someone for your own... Read More »
The $100 Laptop & Another Reason Why I Don’t Get Along With Jakob Nielsen
If you have never heard of the $100 laptop, you should read this article in BusinessWeek Online. To me, I think this might be the one of the most important ventures ever taken on. Do you have any idea how much education this could bring to people who may never even have a chance to see a computer in person? Can you fathom how many lives can change by being able to have an education? To see outside their little world that would normally never be possible? The audience he... Read More »
Pay Per Click (PPC) Marketing Tutorial
Jon from Wickedfire let’s loose with a very nice summary of how to make money as an affiliate using pay per click marketing, from start to finish. It’s a great read, and makes a lot of sense, especially for those who might be confused as to how to do this kind of thing. Frankly, you don’t need to read an entire ebook to learn this stuff, which is why I’m linking to this post. And I especially like and appreciate the last paragraph. :) So there you... Read More »
The Wassup! Project, Share Your Wassup!
Happy Friday! The Wassup Project goes live, and the Big Brown Box goes live this weekend, stay tuned. You know you want to participate. Answers to your questions below. Question: How does this make money? Answer: It doesn’t, it’s just for fun. Question: What’s with you lately Jim, you’re even further off the deep end than usual? Answer: I’m living my dream, where I sit around and do stupid stuff all day. Question: Wassup? Answer: Please go... Read More »
Not Doing Video Online Yet? What Are You Waiting For?
Perhaps you need some convincing yet still? Ok, let’s try to jam a few things into your brain from a NewYorkTimes article today. I’ll pull out the points that need to stick in your head. But most of YouTube’s licensing deals have been done quietly. It says it has firmed up more than 1,000 partnerships with content owners ranging from the Sundance Channel to small independent video producers. Are you hearing what they are saying here? Small independent... Read More »
