Thinking Creatively & Taking Chances Is A Marketing Strategy That Works
Back in 1994 I had a job interview with an advertising agency in Akron, Ohio. During the interview I noticed the President’s office wall covered in yellow post-it notes. And I mean a ton of them, all over the place, like wallpaper. “That’s how I get work done and remember stuff,” he said. I thought it was pretty cool, and it gave me an idea. After I left the interview, I went to the store and bought some packs of post-it notes, and a big paper sheet... 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 »
Online Marketing Videos Every Aspiring Super Marketer Needs To Watch
Mack at the Viral Garden had a great post about how he found some amazing marketing videos by some famous marketers over at Google Video. I started searching through Google Video and found plenty of gems by speakers such as Seth Godin, Joe Jaffe, Jackie Huba, and Robert Scoble. For the other 99.9% of you that have broadband (ie, real internet), enjoy. Do yourself a favor, take a few hours out of your day or weekend, and give these guys a chance to make you smarter. In particular,... 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 »
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 »
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 »
Want To Monetize Your Blog? Start Thinking About “Fun”
Recently I launched a little thing called Kukral’s Top Bananas. Anyone can buy the top banana spot for $10.00, and upload a graphic and get a link. I can hear you now saying, “Jim, are you nuts? What is this top banana stuff?”. Look, it’s all about having some fun and testing new ideas and finding new and creative ways to monetize blogs and get publicity and all that cool stuff. But mostly, it’s just about having some fun. If it was about money,... Read More »
Hire Jim Kukral To Be Your Golf Caddy?
I’m available, check out the pic of me on the right of this page and find out more. Or, just click here, http://www.caddyforhire.com Read More →
Introducing: Ask The Blogger.com
For years now I’ve struggled with recommending tools, services or guides that I liked because I always worked for a company in a brand management type of role. That meant that I was unable to endorse Internet related products. Sure, I could pass recommendations to friends and colleagues, but that was about it. Until now. I’ve recently launched my latest website called AskTheBlogger.com. AskTheBlogger.com is built for me to answer questions from anyone about... Read More »
Free Business Idea: Bottled Bathroom Sink Water
Am I the only person who thinks the water out of the sink (not the toilet) in my bathoom tastes much better than the water out of my kitchen sink? This is both true in my new home, and the house I grew up in, as well as any other domicile I inhabited over the years between leaving the parents house and buying my own home. (Except for the college house, blech). My wife cringes when I talk about this, but I don’t care. I think that bathroom sink water tastes much better... Read More »
Free Online Marketing Radio Show: The Idea Lady, Cathy Stucker @ 1pm, EST
Tuesday’s guest (@ 1pm EST, Jan 16, please call in! (646) 915-9539) on Free Online Marketing Ideas Radio Show is Cathy Stucker, a lady with a lot of ideas. In fact, she’s branded herself as the IdeaLady.com. Should be a great show, full of free advice, so call in. More About Cathy… As the Idea Lady, Cathy Stucker helps authors, professionals and entrepreneurs attract customers and make themselves famous with techniques that make marketing easy, inexpensive... Read More »
The Cheeze Comes To My Radio Show Today @ 1pm
Today’s guest (@ 1pm EST, please call in! (646) 915-9539) on Free Online Marketing Ideas Radio Show is Joel Cheesman, award-winning blogger and fellow Clevelander, and yes, creative online marketer. Joel and I will be talking about a few of his projects, as well as a very interesting story about Joel auctioning himself off on eBay. Cheezhead author Joel Cheesman, president of HRSEO and Oaseo, is one of the most widely-read bloggers on emerging recruitment issues in... Read More »
Vlog Fights: Free Online Marketing/Business Idea #2
I’ve had this idea in my head for a long time now, but today Wired (Michael Calore) helped me finally get it out there. They wrote a piece called ‘ Best Blogfights of 2006‘. If bloggers know how to do one thing really well, it’s fight. Blogging is driven largely by raw emotion. When a blogger goes on an opinionated tirade about one topic or another, it’s often an honest emotional reaction rather than anything malicious. But whatever the motivation... Read More »
Would You Change Your Name For $30k?
This guy would, and will, officially on Groundhog Day in 07. My name is Scott MacDonald (for now) and on February 2nd, 2007 I will change my name to whatever the highest bidder decides! I think this is is pretty clever, and heck, it’s working too. The current bid is $36,789.10 to change his name to “Finest Freshest Fastest” by a company called CupOJoeOnline.com. I can’t imagine paying that kind of money for a publicity stunt without guarantees that... 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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,... Read More »
