http://www.jimkukral.com Daily Geek Videos For Geeks... By A Geek! Mon, 12 May 2008 13:00:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this world, you have to give to get back. So when I started getting about 10 emails a day asking me how I make my web videos, I had two options. 1. Create a guide about how I do it and sell it for profit. Or... 2. Create a guide about ... http://www.jimkukral.com/onlinevideotookitcom-is-live-win-my-flip-camera/ You should start a podcast. Why? Because your competitors are starting to do it, and frankly... it's pretty easy and fun to do. There's no excuses really. Look around... Are you going to be the person who waited to do it and be behind the curve a year from now, or ... http://www.jimkukral.com/you-should-start-a-podcast/ Being "social online" using things like Twitter and Facebook is all part of having and building a brand online, especially a personal brand. I cannot "not" be on Twitter and be active. If I wasn't, it would be a liability to me in my line of work as a consultant ... http://www.jimkukral.com/is-your-online-social-life-ruining-your-real-family-life/ Twittermethis.com, my grand Twitter marketing experiment, is up for grabs. Who wants to take it over and give it a good home? I just don't have time to do it. Watch the video for details. http://www.jimkukral.com/who-wants-twittermethiscom/ I always thought that doing "article marketing" was a waste of time. That was until I actually started doing it and I'm now seeing that if you do it right, it can drive lots of traffic to your web properties. Plus, hey, if you're writing high-quality, original content... that's not ... http://www.jimkukral.com/ezinearticlescom-article-marketing-tips/ Today I'm reviewing a service called ACCertified.com, which is affiliate manager training and certification. Why? Well, I've been in the affiliate marketing industry for years, and I can tell you that this is a much needed service. Affiliate Classroom was smart. They saw a need in the marketplace, and filled it. ... http://www.jimkukral.com/accertifiedcom-affiliate-manager-certification/ 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. ... http://www.jimkukral.com/what-color-is-your-flip-camera-submissions/ Writing blogs, or doing videos, or audio, or anything we do in marketing is storytelling. Today I read from one of my favorite children's books 'Frog and Toad' to demonstrate that storytelling is what we should all aspire to be better at. The copyblogger will tell you this over and over. ... http://www.jimkukral.com/storytelling-with-frog-toad/ 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 ... http://www.jimkukral.com/everything-is-show-business/ 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 ... http://www.jimkukral.com/marketing-with-sms-text-messaging/