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ian — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:18:17 +0000

Since its launch over four years ago, Tumblr has watched its growth rates soar. According to the Greylock Partners, Tumblr generates 13 billion pageviews each month. What’s more, the company is closing in on 30 million blogs, and has seen over 45 million posts added to the site today alone. Recently, Tumblr announced that it reached 10 billion posts since its inception.Nielsen earlier this month helped shed even more light on Tumblr’s growth, saying that the company “is an emerging [read more →]

WARNING: The #1 Reason People WILL Unsubscribe From Your List That the “Guru’s” Will Never Tell You

ian — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:43:48 +0000

If you said “Bed English” you’d be right.

No one wants to get email messages from someone who’s English is Bed.

In some ways, Bed English is the biggest blight on your blog, your brand, and your business that there is.

And to be honest with you, while I’ve never been one to be good with constructive critisizm (which I clearly can’t even spell, let alone hear) – I have a ZERO tolerance for bed english in my own inbox, so I [read more →]

An Attitude of Gratitude

ian — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:30:41 +0000

This is such a great innovative, inspiring and AWESOME idea on so many levels……I absolutely love it.

Regardless of who we are, where we’ve been and where we want to end up, being genuinely GRATEFUL for what we’ve got is often the easiest way to understand that sometimes, life sort of gives you what you need to get where you’re going, even if it’s not abundantly evident in the moment.

I say that being a toe tapping, line hating, disruption loathing, impatient [read more →]

How to Create Viral Videos That People Love to Watch (and The Art & Science of Super Simple SEO)

ian — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:24:18 +0000

This has NOTHING to do with internet marketing……and yet it has EVERYTHING to do with internet marketing. One of the most common questions I see asked online – is about how to turn your passion…..into profit.

So many people stuff down the things they really WANT to do, succumbing instead to the temptation to try a myriad of different marketing machinations in the hopes that each "new big thing" will open up the gateway to great fame, fortune [read more →]

Are You Smarter Than a Dumb Ass?

ian — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:44 +0000

NO……………………… These are NOT Halloween Masks, folks…….. These are DISGUISES. As in – this is a STICK UP and you can’t recognize me because I’m in "DISGUISE"..:-) Are you kidding me? Please tell me these guys weren’t serious. (they were) I can’t believe how smart I feel right now. I ALWAYS use a hockey mask. (and I never wear my own number, either)

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Making a Fortune in a Down Economy

ian — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:57:58 +0000

Here is a great article on how direct response style advertising and promotional methods are the perfect antidote to a small and sluggish economy, especially as it pertains to more mainstream advertising dollars. Direct response style ads, always sort of looked at as the Ugly Duckling approach to advertising, is making a HUGE move these days across many mediums, and I dare say….SMART internet marketers everywhere are helping make the push.

Have you read any of the recent posts here where [read more →]

Does Anyone Know What Happened to Last Months Posts?

ian — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:19:27 +0000

I don’t. But either I imagined I wrote a hell of a lot more in November, or half the shit I did write is missing. I’m not sure. Anyone got any ideas?

When Big Breasts Come Calling: (or Why I get Nothing Done Most Days)

ian — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:51:06 +0000

For example - I learned today that large breasts can make high school difficult, lacrosse a chore, and relegates soccer to a spectator sport even if you've got lots of natural talent and are a nifty dribbler to boot.