Archive for October, 2008

Are Adsense Publishers Scared About the Economy?

I got an email from the Director of Adsense and it starts out as follows:
We understand that the recent economic turmoil has created a lot of uncertainty in the lives of AdSense publishers. During these difficult times, we’re continuing to invest in innovations that improve publisher monetization and advertiser value in the content network.

The email [...]

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The Power of My Blog

My last post went into my reasons why I plan to vote for John McCain for President. The post has gotten a lot of commentary. But, did it generate so much buzz that it could throw the election to McCain? Is this video a look into our future?

OK, obviously this is a joke. And, I [...]

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Why I Simply Cannot Vote For Barack Obama

This is not a political blog, however with a pretty historic election coming up, I wanted to write up my opinion at least somewhere. I’ve been a champ (for the most part) of keeping politics off of my Twitter profile. So, at least I can vent on my own blog at least once. Here I [...]

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Ignore The Stock Market - Seriously

It is no mystery to anybody that the economy is going through some turbulent times right now. As I type this post, the headline over on Drudge Report reads “Friday Fear” (see right). On top: “Recession alarm rings around the world”.
This pisses me off to no end.
Pure alarmist bullshit.
Deep down, you already know [...]

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My Income Report - Just To Mess With John Chow

I have a lot of respect for John Chow. I’ve met him a couple of times and I read his blog (like a lot of folks). One of the things he does is post monthly income reports of how much money he makes on his blog.
Now, I’m not a guy who thinks that kind of [...]

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Digg, The Server Killer And How To Rescue Wordpress From It

I love Wordpress and I’ll continue to recommend it to anybody over another blog platform. On top of a great product, you also have a HUGE library of available plug-ins available which allow you to extend Wordpress into almost any situation. That said, that same extensibility also beefs up the code-base of Wordpress. This leads [...]

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Aweber Pop-Over Form: Follow-Up Report

In my last post, I talked about using a pop-over form from Aweber to increase subscriptions. Above is a screen shot of the last few days of activity after re-implementing the pop-over form. You can see, clearly, that we have a nice increase.
I should note that that last day is today, which means it [...]

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Using a Pop-Over Form To Collect Subscriptions – Is It OK?

I have said it before and will continue to say it – if you’re not building up a mailing list on your website, you’re wasting time. A mailing list is invaluable for any Internet entrepreneur.
Obviously, once you have a list, you want to maximize the number of people who sign up for that list. This [...]

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Barcamp Tampa Bay Wrapup

This last weekend, I attended the first ever Barcamp in the Tampa Bay area. Now, for those not familiar with Barcamp, it is basically an open source conference. It is free to attend and the speakers are decided at the very last minute. It is based on the community and anybody who wishes to speak [...]

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From Business Misery To A Solution

What follows is a bit of a personal story which happened yesterday, but one which led to a huge realization about my business.

Yesterday, I got some work done in the morning. By early afternoon, I was feeling burned out. Unenthusiastic. Just not happy. I was at Panera Bread working because it is nice to get [...]

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