Careful, This Blog Rush is Going to Hurt

Sep 18

My prediction is that Blog Rush will be just another form of Internet gentrification. It benefits the biggest and best blogs the most. Which means that the more you, the little guy, use it, the poorer you will be. Since ProBlogger, John Chow and ShoeMoney are all better bloggers than you and I, our traffic will eventually end up with them the more we use Blog...

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Great examples of Guerilla Marketing

Apr 22

Great examples of Guerilla Marketing

Here’s a large forum thread with lots and lots of pictures of Guerilla Marketing. Some very cool ideas! read more. This post was written by Jon Symons, see my short bio. Or use the contact page to get in touch.

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7 Tips for Running a Logo Competition

Feb 21

I need a new logo for my city blog network, and I was going to use a traditional logo service like My Logo but I thought it would be fun to get the network bloggers involved in the process so I decided to go the SitePoint Marketplace and run a logo contest. The process has been really interesting so I thought I would share my experience and the tips of what...

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Dude, You’re Getting a President

Nov 10

The ultimate in product placement and contextual advertising, although Google would call it spam I’m sure. In a speech yesterday George W. dropped a little product placement for “Dell” televisions into his talk. Check it out: Could it be the highest priced contextul ad ever. Apparently Michael Dell donated $250k to George Dubya’s campaign...

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Glyphius and the Tag Line Redux

Nov 01

Glyphius and the Tag Line Redux

Okay, time to take score from the “Tag Line” vote from last week. Maybe some things just don’t work well as user generated content …mmm how to tally up the votes since there were so many ad hoc suggestions in the comments? For now here the current standings from the official pole: 18.18% Stumbling Towards Online Riches 18.18% Tips...

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How to Promote your Web Site

Oct 30

How to Promote your Web Site

As my newsletter readers will know, I recently began to offer an online version. All I did was put a very basic plain page up and linked to it as an alternative to reading the text email [it also allowed me to do better links]. Of course being the savvy Internet guy that I am, I also went and grabbed a stats project and stuck it on the template for the newsletter,...

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