Opinion

Don’t Use GoDaddy

Why so many people end up doing business with GoDaddy, I have no idea.

But, of course, I must look in the mirror. As I used to use GoDaddy for my domains. Well, not anymore.

Like many who’ve been in online business for awhile, I owned a lot of domains. Close to 90 of them, actually. I have been meaning to ditch some of them that I realized I’d never use. But, in the process, I’ve decided to transfer the ones I’m keeping away from GoDaddy.

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4 Internet Marketing Buzzwords That Should Die Painfully

This whole biz-ness of internet marketing and social media has it’s share of little buzz phrases.

And some of them just need to go away.

Let me explain…

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SOPA Protest – My Support

Today (Jan 17th) is a large-scale protest day to SOPA/PIPA. No doubt, you’ve heard all about it.

Many large websites are going black today in protest of the bill, including Wikipedia, Wordpress and Google (in the form of a censored logo).

If I had more time available, I might have set things up to black out DavidRisley.com and PCMech.com. But, I don’t really have the time do set it up in the right way.

I am, though, in full support of the protest.

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Blogworld East 2011 Wrap-Up

For the blogger side of the conference circuit, Blogworld is and remains my favorite such conference. It is huge (and growing) and I just love watching it develop.

This year was different. Rather than a single conference in Vegas, this year it was broken up into an East and West edition. Blogworld East in New York City, and Blogworld West will be held in Los Angeles in early November.

This year was also different because I found myself in the position of track organizer. So, rather than doing the usual speaker thing, I instead was in charge of organizing all the speakers on the monetization track.

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10 Last Minute Tips For Blogworld Expo Attendees #bwe10

The 2010 Blogworld Expo is THIS WEEK. In fact, I’m flying out tomorrow morning (yes, a bit earlier than most since I have some meetings planned before the event starts).

I’ve been watching the #bwe10 hashtag on Twitter and there appears to be a lot of first-timers to Blogworld this year. And that’s AWESOME. It is great to see so much interest in this.

This will be my third year at Blogworld. Even though there have been a number of posts out there with Blogworld tips, I thought I would offer a few of my own. These are simple, but they will make your trip smoother and more rewarding.

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Is WordPress Getting Hostile With Developers?

We love Wordpress. And, yes, we love the fact that it is free.

Wordpress is also GPL. Thesis (the popular premium theme) is not GPL. Matt Mullenweg thinks it should be. The argument is that, because Thesis is a “derivative work” from Wordpress, it is required to also use the GPL. There is a counter-argument, too, which says GPL doesn’t apply.

But, the debate got louder today and now there is even talk of Mullenweg suing over the issue.

Here’s my take…

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Blogging About Blogging: Fair Warning

This post is an off-the-cuff, shoot-from-the-hip response to a guest post today by Derek Jensen over on Blogussion. In his words, stop blogging about blogging already.

In short, I agree with his post. But, I thought I would just offer my viewpoint on this – from the perspective of somebody who clearly blogs about blogging.

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My Product Launch Formula Experience & Review

I want to tell you a story. Actually a couple of them.

Back in January of 2009, I was sitting on the balcony of my cabin. Sitting there on the Crown Princess (A Princess Cruise lines ship), my wife and I were relaxing in our cabin. We decided to get away – just after the 1-year birthday of our daughter.

There is no land in sight. Just the blue water of the Caribbean, racing by several decks below at a speed of 20 knots or so.

I pulled out my laptop. Oh, don’t worry, I had no intentions of actually working. Are you kidding me?! No, instead I just wanted to check in on a promotional campaign that I had set in motion before I left Tampa.

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7 Web Services I Use Every Day As A Pro Blogger

I am a big fan of working “in the cloud”. Meaning, I like working online and having things based on the Internet. It means I can run things from anywhere and from any device. In running my online business, I’ve come to rely on a handful of web-based services. For me, these are the most [...]

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iPad – A Blogger’s Field Test

I’ve been messing around with the iPad for a little over a week now. I thought I would offer a few thoughts, as well as answer this question…

Can you blog from this thing?

First, let me talk briefly about the Ipad as a media consumption device, then I’ll talk about blogging from it. Hint: I’m writing this post from my MacBook, if that tells you anything.