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 »
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 →
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 »
Affiliate Marketing Friends Have Helped Raise Over $500 So Far
We’ve passed the $500 mark of donations raised for charity over at AffiliateMarketingFriends.com. I wanted to thank all of those who have participated so far. The page is starting to fill up and it looks great! There’s still plenty of time to get in and get your spot. Some banner spots up top available as well, very cheap. Update: I’ve decided that the money should go to an organization in my hometown that is doing some AMAZING things. This page should... Read More »
The Big Brown Box Project Is Coming
Awesome Dave and I have been secretly plotting out our next project, one that we hope will top the Awesome Million. It’s called BigBrownBox.com, and it’s almost ready to go live. We have one problem. We can’t find a box. We’re looking for a box about the size of dishwasher. So I went to Sears and asked for a box, but they said they immediately cut the boxes down, so no luck, and I’m not buying a dishwasher just to get the box. Then I went to... Read More »
An Awesome Way To Start Your Week, Make Yourself Awesome!
If you’re new to the ADHD world of Jim Kukral and his many projects, then perhaps you didn’t know that I’m awesome. So awesome in fact, that I’m the co-founder of the Awesome Million, a website that lets anyone or anything become officially awesome, for free. Me “Awesome Jim” and my business partner “Awesome Dave” are on a mission to help 1 million people, places or things prove their awesome-nicity. So far, over 1,000 awesome... 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 →
You Ain’t Fat… You Ain’t Nuthin!
I gotta tell you, there’s probably nothing more annoying than skinny guys hoisting an extra 20-30 pounds stealing all us real fat guys thunder. C’mon Calacanis, you are rich and slightly famous and smart… You gotta get the limelight for pretending to be fat too? Pa-lease. Kevin Smith’s thigh weighs more than you. Let me ask you a few questions my friend. Call this a fat quiz. Did you shop in the husky section growing up? When you sit in an airplane... Read More »
Become An Affiliate Marketing Friend!
Do you love affiliate marketing? I sure do. I’ve been working knee-deep in the trenches of it since 2000 or so, as an affiliate, a merchant and from the agency side of things. Affiliate marketing has been good to me. There are many positive things happening in the world of Affiliate marketing these days. Bumpzee from Scott Jangro has literally exploded the discussion. The Affiliate Summit event has blown away everyone with its growth and amazing success. And of course... 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 »
Personality Marketing & Branding Starts With The Right Image
When it comes to branding yourself successfully, you need to start with the right image. I would argue that the most successful personality “brands” on the Internet today have a strong graphic identity. Today I wanted to talk about cartoons or “icons” as successful branding graphics. Let’s examine a few of them. Dave Taylor at AskDaveTaylor.com Chris Pirillo at ChrisPirillo.com Shawn Collins at Affiliatetip.com/blog Sam Harrelson at Costpernews.com Of... Read More »
Hello, My Name Is Mr. Freebeestore!
Programming Note: Mr. Freebeestore will be on my radio show on Tuesday, Feb 13, at 1pm est. We’ll be discussing how he came up with the idea and other creative marketing things he’s working on as well. Please call in! I wrote about this guy a while back. He sold his name to the highest bidder and the auction ended a few days ago on Groundhog Day. So, who was once Scott MacDonald is now… Mr. Freebeestore! It’s official, I am now Mr. Freebeestore!... Read More »
Best New Web 2.0 Company Ever! Useless Account!
Ok, I don’t think it’s as funny as my CompleteRipoff.com, but it’s pretty darn funny. Get an account at UselessAccount.com. Via Techcrunch. The trick to any good humor or hoax site is an attention to detail and a seriousness about your work. Useless Account is the best recent example I’ve seen. It’s clear, for example, that more work has gone into this joke than many of the startups we see every day. The site has a single function - to create... Read More »
Jeremy Zawodny Commits Headline Terrorism On Andy Beal
What else are we gonna call it? Honestly, what Jeremy did is the worst thing you can do to someone in the online business, and that is to insinuate negative things, purposely, through a link-bait headline. Case in point. He wrote, and I quote, ‘Andy Beal Spamming MyBlogLog?’. Link. For those of you who don’t know Andy Beal, he’s a well-known and respected search engine marketing expert. So to drop a headline with his name, and the word “spamming”... Read More »
Doppelganger Watch: Jimmy Kukral Spotted Buying Skiis
I have always been fascinated with people who share my name. Fortunately for me, now with the Internet I am able to monitor my name showing up anywhere in the world through Google and Yahoo news alerts. If you don’t use this technique, you’re missing out. You can, for free, setup news alerts on your name, your company names, your competitors, etc.. Anyone. I have about 30 setup and have it set to email me immediately when a “hit” is found. Go to http://news.google.com/... Read More »
I Invented Something Today: Vlog-terviews
Check out my first vlog-terview over at my ReveNews blog. It’s a video blog interview with Loren Feldman of 1938media.com. I’m inventing, I think, a new form of online interview that I’m calling “Vlog-terviews”. Get it? “Vlogs” (video blogs) plus “Interviews”. Ok, maybe it needs a new name, I’ll work on it. A Vlog-terview is when you interview someone by sending them questions and asking them to respond via video.... Read More »
Finally, An Honest Website That Isn’t Shy About Ripping You Off
Tired of being ripped off by crazy websites like Pixelotto, Adcubes, FurbySays.com, 500words.com & Quest for the million?. Well, there’s a new website in town that wants you to pay them a dollar to be ripped off, and they’re honest about it. Visit CompleteRipoff.com. The site asks you to give them a dollar for “absolutely nothing”. What do you get for your dollar? Absolutely nothing, really. Seriously. Disclaimer: Yeah, this is my website.... Read More »
