What Color Is Your Flip Camera Submissions
A few weeks ago I asked you to shout out your color of your Flip camera in video or picture format on Flickr. By the way, you can still do this so c’mon and have some fun! Here’s some video responses by a few people that got in on the fun. First is a video from the gang at Marketleverage. Second is a video from Missy Ward, and third is from Shawn Collins. Check out the live Flickr stream for all the videos and photos. Read More →
Everything Is Show Business
Look. Don’t get fooled. A LOT of what you see on the Internets is “show business”. Loren Feldman is the best example. The guy is an entertainer who’s doing a “show”. It’s to entertain you and get attention. Ratings/traffic. Mylee Cyrus and those “racy photos”… same thing. Paula Abdul reading scripts on American Idol… same thing. It’s all about ratings and if you think that this stuff isn’t planned... Read More »
Marketing With SMS (text messaging)?
So, how much SMS marketing have you done? If you’re like me… probably none. Yet. It’s coming. The first thing us marketers need to do is understand what SMS is. It’s text messaging. Imagine a double opt-in email sender, but through text. Here’s an interview I did with the guys at Mobilestorm about SMS. Will be interesting to see how marketers use text to get messages out in the years to come. Read More →
Finance Tips For Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs
I’m bad with finance. I mean, really bad. It’s the weakest part of my game. So I always look to the experts to help me out. I ask a LOT of questions and I let them do their jobs. In today’s video, I get get some finance tips for small business owners from Elizabeth from Growupstrategies.com. Enjoy. Read More →
What Color Is Your Flip? Show The World!
UPDATE!!! Click here to view the Flickr stream of tagged photos and videos for “myflipcamera”. Awesome! My orange Flip camera is the best! I love this thing. What color is yours? Here’s how you can participate. Take a picture or video of yourself and your flip and upload it to Flickr with the tag “myflipcamera”. I’ll feature all the images and/or videos here on JimKukral.com. Did I mention that orange is the best? :) Show some pride in... Read More »
Leave The Online “Gurus” Alone!
Look, not all online “gurus” are scammers. Many will have you believe that they are, but let me tell you from 10+ years in this space… not all of them are out to steal your money by selling you junk. The big issue is determining which ones are legit and which ones are not. It’s harder than it seems. Hence, the confusion we all have. How do I know? Well, I’ve seen them all, and I’ve met with and become friends with many of them, as well... Read More »
Do You Have A Mentor?
Do you have a mentor? You know, someone who you can turn to for advice? You should. The video below is about why you should have a mentor, and a bit of advice on how you can go about getting one. FYI, I’m not sure Mike Arrington would be a good mentor, I just used his name in the video for some reason. Read More →
Send Me Your Elevator Pitch
Here’s a deal for you. Record your elevator pitch on video and send me the embed link and I’ll post it on my blog. Then I’ll review it and give you some tips. Good exposure for your blog, or business, or whatever. :) If you want to be successful you need to be able to give your elevator pitch, or your “unique selling proposition”, to a customer. Can you do it? You need to be able to. Take my challenge. By the way, happy tax day to those of you... Read More »
Ecommerce Tips from StickerGiant.com
Ecommerce is a tough business. Some people think you just throw a site up there and your stuff sells. Very wrong. John from StickerGiant.com has been running a successful ecommerce site for years and years now. So I though it would be fun to hear from him about his business. Check out his laptop stickers, pretty cool. About John Fischer: John Fischer is began collecting and selling bumper stickers in 2000 after the Bush-Gore Election. His passion these days is printing custom... Read More »
Tenacity Means Never Giving Up
Are you tenacious in your live and in your plan for success? In this video I talk about how never giving up can lead you to your dreams. It’s pretty simple really. If you’re passionate and committed to something, and if you never give up the dream and stick with it… you’ll win. Read More →
We Brought The Thunder, Oh Yes We Did!
My family helps Gary Vaynerchuk ‘Bring the Thunder’. A weekend project. A lot of fun. Enjoy! Get your own wristband from Gary for free by following @santagaryvee on Twitter. Read More →
Success - You Want It? Take It!
Success is achieved by working hard, knowing what you want…. and then taking it! Too many people think that successful people just get lucky. Wrong. They work very, very hard to get what they want, and they reap the rewards. If you want to be successful, you’re going to have to make it happen. You’re going to have to take it. Watch the video below for more of my thoughts on this topic. Success today! Or not. It’s your choice. Read More →
Fun, Do You Have It At Work & In Life?
Hate your job? Dread going to work every day? If so, you’re not having fun. Do you have fun in life and in your work? I do, every… single… day. I make “fun” a priority. Look at the projects I work on (AwesomeMillion.com, BigBrownBox.com, TwitterMeThis.com, to name a few). Most of them are built around fun first. It’s by design, believe me. Life is too short to work on stuff that isn’t fun. YOU CAN DO IT! YOU CAN HAVE FUN AND EARN... Read More »
My Biggest Mistake: Centralize Your Brand
My biggest mistake from the past 7-years or so was not building my personal brand on my own blog hard enough, earlier enough. Some may wonder why someone like me who’s been around for a long time blogging (since 2001), only has about 600 rss subscribers. I’ll tell you why… because I never focused blogging and building my brand here on JimKukral.com until recently. I have been too focused on helping other businesses build their brands, and I was too busy... Read More »
April 3, 2008 Is Good People Day
Yesterday I talked about negativity. Today, Gary Vaynerchuk takes it 100 times further (or is it farther?) and creates a whole day out of “good people” (April 3, 2008). Gary gets a LOT of play in my world (tweets/blog posts/articles) because he’s got the best message out there right now, consistently, and YOU need to see it and live it. And, well, the guy is a friend who inspires me. I want to try to get the WHOLE INTERNET COmmunity behind this mission... Read More »
Negativity
Negative thoughts and people can ruin your life. The video below is my thoughts on how you should eliminate negativity in all forms from your life and career. It’s just not worth it. Life is short, do you want to spend it surrounded by negative people who want to bring you down to their level? No, you don’t. I hope you find my message inspiring. Have a comment or thought about my video? Please leave a comment below or heck, make your own video response and send... Read More »
Stop Asking Me To Digg Sh*t
Just a bit of a rant in the video below. Stop asking me to Digg your stuff. I think Digg is lame, and the traffic you get from it is lamer. So I’m asking you to stop asking me to Digg your stuff. Look, we’re friends, or we know each other online sorta. I like you and I really don’t have a problem with you wanting to use Digg. I just don’t believe it in and I think it’s a waste of my time. So when you ask me to Digg something, I think “Ugh,... Read More »
Guest Post On The Daily Flip
I’d love to have your video guest post right here on the Daily Flip. Can you create a video that will help or inspire my readers? If so, I’ll post it right here for all of them to read, along with a link to your website or blog. Remember though, it’s not an opportunity to sales pitch, it’s an opportunity to help people by providing good information. Contact me for details. Subscribe to my email update list. No spam. Subscribe... Read More »
Why I Blog?
Darren Rowse, you know, the Problogger, put up a video challenge for everyone to say “why you blog?” So I did. The video below is my response. So why do I blog? Well, I started blogging in August 2001 because a friend (Josh) showed me what it was, and I realized that I could publish my thoughts to the world without an editor/gatekeeper. It was an outlet for me, and being a creative person, it just felt darn good. Over time I’ve moved from blogging about... Read More »
My Post-It Note Story, Attention = Success
The video below is all about getting attention to create opportunity, or revenue, or whatever it is that you’re looking to do. It’s a story about how I used a stack of yellow post-it notes to get offered a job. You should appreciate the middle part of this video where I post the notes all over my face for comedy effect. The point is… you can get a lot in this world if you can get someone’s attention. Anyone can do it. You just have to not be afraid... Read More »
