Thoughts On Making Money On The Internet and Other Stuff

Frank Kern Fail – Toys R Not Us!

March 11, 2010

Two posts ago I wrote about what at the time I thought was a stark contrast between two Internet marketing (IM) gurus. One once created his online fortune under the now discredited brand name character of The Rich Jerk. This person eventually realized the folly of unethical behavior with regards his customers (his product was [...]

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Massive Effort and The Flying Pig Syndrome

March 7, 2010

In the last 24 hours at least 2 people I know pushed themselves much further than they ever thought was possible. As I am one of those two, only now do I think I understand what Gary Vaynerchuk really meant in this video he made a couple months ago when he emphatically said: “Most people [...]

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Using and Abusing Power On The Internet

March 3, 2010

Imagine having unlimited power. Over nature, over people, over anything. This quirky thought was inspired earlier today by getting the Firefox confirmation message opposite when I was uninstalling an addon theme for the browser. Hey, imagine owning the ultimate Playing God app. What a way to create total havoc — instantly take away one of the [...]

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Winter Olympics, Heart Attack Snow, and The Internet Marketer

February 22, 2010

Bear with me as I begin connecting the dots among those 3 items in the headline! After all it’s only Monday. Summarizing, you can expect stuff about winning, effort, roadblocks and so on.
To write something (anything) about the Winter Olympics at this time, that’s a no-brainer! Most of us marvel as we witness (via TV [...]

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Online Traps for Young and Old

February 16, 2010

Spelling, I’ve got that down. Typing, mmm, not so good there — if only I’d finished that college touch-typing class I once started; yep, back in the real typewriter days! Now you can see how I got a surprise web page (logo illustrated) instead of the real Facebook site a few minutes ago. So what can [...]

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To SEO or Not To SEO, That Is The Question

February 7, 2010

During the 2 weeks since I last posted, my online efforts have been drawn more and more to this SEO stuff. This new focus sharpened during a hiatus as I experienced a bit of online wheel spinning and while standing at the crossroads wondering where to head next. Which niche, which product? Make my own [...]

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SEO with Thesis Theme – How Google Ranked a Test Post

January 24, 2010

OK here I’m following up the previous post by summarizing how things went with my unofficial little SEO test.
Two points, which I knew before I wrote that test post. (1) I’m not a search engine optimization (SEO) expert, and (2) this blog had very little in the way of help from third party plugins [...]

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Golden Orb Weaver Spider In SEO Test With Thesis WP Theme

January 18, 2010

Hey, this post really is about a real spider, yep the creepy kind that bites you! OK then, what’s an 8-legged creature got to do with internet marketing? Good question — glad you asked.
Here’s why. For the last 6 months I’ve used the Thesis premium theme for my WordPress sites and I’m a bit ashamed [...]

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Inspiration of the Decade!

January 9, 2010

Do you want to be totally inspired to make 2010 your best year ever? And for this to be the start of your best decade ever?
If you answered ‘Yes’ then I’ve found just the person to do that for you. Brendon Burchard made available on his blog an electrifying speech designed to help us put [...]

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My Three Guiding Words for 2010

January 1, 2010

It’s the 1st of January as I write this. Traditionally the tendency for a lot of us is to impulsively come up with a bunch of New Year’s Resolutions, take a few overt actions to try to implement them but then, once reality bites sooner rather than later, allow the whole idea to slide off [...]

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