Zappos Mandals Contest Winners
Congrats to the winners of the Zappos mandals contest. Each winner gets $100 each to spend at Zappos.com. Last week we took votes and the winners were chosen and below is the video showcasing the winners. Remember, you’re the best! And don’t forget to join the Zappos affiliate program. Please contact me with your information so I can send it over to Zappos so they can comp you. Click To Play Here are all the entries just in case you... Read More »
Vote for Zappos Mandals Entries
Update, the contest is over. Voting can continue, but I took a screen grab of the votes when it expired and will be posting it in another blog post soon. You can still vote if you wish, it just won’t count. Ok, it’s time to vote. Watch the video and look at the entries, and vote in the poll below for your favorite picture. The winners, who will be the top 5 vote getters, will each get a $100 Zappos.com certificate to buy anything they want on Zappos, even more... Read More »
Word of Mouth Marketing with Andy Sernovitz
Do NOT miss this podcast. Andy Sernovitz (THE mast of word of mouth) from Gaspedal.com gives some unbelievable advice about how anyone can get started with word of mouth marketing. Buy Andy’s Book at Amazon. We talk about what WOM is and how anyone can do it, with examples of how real companies are doing it every day, and get this… with no real money spent! Andy gives two major things that you need to know about WOM. Huge tips that will make you start thinking... Read More »
“Funner” Should Have Won Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2007 is… 1. w00t (interjection) expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word “yay” w00t! I won the contest! Submitted by: Kat from Massachusetts on Nov. 30, 2005 23:18 We’ve been lobbying for “funner” to be a new word. So much so we made a website to help it along. Visit www.makefunneraword.com to cast your vote and support. Read/Write... Read More »
Are You Awesome? You Can Be!
Visit www.awesomemillion.com to make yourself awesome! Want to know more about it? Here’s a few videos Dave and I did last year promoting it. The short intro version… The long version… Read More →
I Go To The Dentist For A Teeth Cleaning
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Video: Shift Happens
Commander Kukral?
A stretch? Maybe. The odd part is, I play the trombone too (well, I use to in high school). Read More →
Don’t Piss Off The Blogger!
While at the Affiliate Summit, someone, I can’t remember who, came up with the phrase “Don’t piss off the blogger”. So I grabbed the domain and vowed to make a t-shirt out of it. So here you go bloggers. Visit Dontpissofftheblogger.com and get your very own t-shirt. And honestly, it’s never a good idea to piss off the blogger. Seriously. I used Spreadshirt to create this design. If anyone else wants to design some more, feel free. Read More →
Online Advertising Just Got Fun - My Latest Project: Scratchback.com
You thought I was done helping others make money online when I sold BlogKits eh? Not quite. Starting today, I’m accepting only 100 beta testing applications for my latest project called Scratchback.com. The press release goes out later this week, but loyal JimKukral.com blog readers get the scoop early of course, and can apply for one of the spots early as well. I’m thinking they’re going to go fast though, so sign up now if you’ll want to have an... Read More »
Big Brown Box Update - Over $18k Now In The Box
Just posted a new update at Big Brown Box. An online company called the Karcher Group donated about $2,100 worth of stuff to the box, including one year of free webhosting and a search report. Nice stuff, and the box will gladly accept it. Got anything for our big brown box? Lots of stuff in there already. Check out the blog for details. Read More →
The Most Overlooked Aspect In Business Online: Fun!
One year ago in June 2006 Awesome Dave and I launched AwesomeMillion.com, a fun project that allows anyone or anyplace or anything to be really awesome at their own personal url. Example: JimKukral.Isreallyawesome.com. Since then we’ve helped make thousands of people, places and things really awesome. Through my experience of designing, building and marketing this fun project, I’ve come to realize that this is what I want to do for a living. In other words,... Read More »
Shareasale Star Thingy Vs. MacGyver? No Contest!
As Shawn mentions, Shareasale is running a contest where they try to get their affiliates and merchants to submit videos explaining the purpose of their “ShareASale Star Thingys”. Those “thingys” are yellow spongey stars that they gave out at the last Affiliate Summit event. Great idea Brian and company. So I had to participate in my own way. But this is NOT my entry, rather, an introduction to my entry. Or view it at Youtube direct. Here’s... Read More »
Online Success Lessons From ZEfrank
ZE’s gone, but not forgotten. Well at least “The Show” is over, and yeah, ZE’s still around in spirit, that’s apparant by reading one of his post “the show” interviews over at Slate.com. This piece is for anyone who wishes to learn how to be a successful online, in any capacity. Why? Because if you read it, you’ll learn just how accidental this type of stuff can be at first. Ze Frank tasted Internet stardom early. In 2001, he... Read More »
New BUMPzee Community Launched Today: How To Be Successful Online
You all know how much I love BUMPzee! Well, I love it even more now that I was chosen as one of the select few to manage my very own community while it’s still in beta. So what community did I make? Introducing the ‘How To Be Successful Online’ BUMPzee Community Bookmark this: http://www.bumpzee.com/onlinesuccess/ What is the community all about? The How To Be Successful Online community is for anyone who is interested in learning how to be successful on... Read More »
ZEfrank’s Last ‘The Show’ Today
I gotta tell you, I’m a bit weepy after watching his last show today. Why? Well, I’m a sucker for sappy music and slow-motion montages, plus, you know, ZE is THAT good. It sucks this run is over. You can watch ZE’s first show one year ago here. My only solace is that I can be sure of meeting ZE in person and seeing him speak at the Affiliate Summit this summer in Miami. Bring it ZE, I know you will. Thanks for the content and follow through, you have... Read More »
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 →
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 →
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 »
