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Living Out of a Parking Lot? Another Good Reason to Start a Blog The (Girls Guide To Homelessness)

Sep 11, 2009 at 6:32 pm in MUSINGS by ian · 2 Comments »

Here is a great story of a woman who found herself living out of a camper in a Walmart parking lot at 24, with just her dog and laptop computer….and turned the experience into a blog aptly titled – a "Girl’s Guide to Homelessness" – and parlayed that into some pretty good publicity, a few cool TV show style auditions and ultimately today – a front page story on CNN.

It’s truly amazing (and inspiring) what you can do with a [read more →]

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Are Paid Keyword Tools Becoming Obsolete?

Dec 13, 2008 at 4:09 pm in MUSINGS by ian · 8 Comments »

I say Yes. Maybe NOT quite yet…..but I believe they are well on their way. ( and I say that as a subsrcriber – and affiliate of several..:-)

The data Google is giving up is getting so good…..that in my view, many of the older stand by tools are really becoming a completely irrelevent, almost ( and I hesitate to say completely just yet) WORTHLESS expense.

The spy tools are still very valuable, and I doubt , as grass roots, mom and [read more →]

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How To Add Great Graphics, Images and Animations to Your Site for 8 Cents A Day

Aug 31, 2008 at 3:49 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

One of the biggest irritants that you’ll find if you are publishing sites across a bunch of different niches is having to find free ( or low cost) graphics that you can use to spice up your sites. The simple truth is that visuals DO contribute to the end user experience, site stickiness, and certaintly repeat visitors to boot.

Some of the very best blogs (especially out of the internet marketing space – which is MOST of them..:-)) are those [read more →]

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Hope, Help & Hardship

Aug 29, 2008 at 1:18 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

crazy….sexy….cancer?

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How To Sell More Stuff On Your Website Without Coming Off as An Ass

Aug 6, 2008 at 8:41 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

I was looking for a couple videos on Youtube to post for another site, and came across this on here from the Big Idea With Donny Deutsch (sp?) show.

Now, I’m not a big fan of this sort of show ( as I really only watch Intervention (because everyone loves a funny drunk), Keeping up with the Kardashians ( big Bruce Jenner fan) and occasionally I’ll watch Sunset Tan for a little late night intellectual stimulation.

But I thought this video was [read more →]

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Crazy, Sexy, Beautiful. Why I love Nutty Women

Jul 27, 2008 at 5:19 pm in MUSINGS by ian · 3 Comments »

I love crazy women. It’s hard to explain why – but there is something so magnetically, hynopnotically sexy about a girl who is just balls to the wall nuts. Take Heather Thomas for example. Once VERY famous, and very sexy…and still, although a bit on the other side of the street of her prime time bikini days, still a strikingly beautiful woman.

Which is why I find her lunatic fringe nuttiness so damn sexy.

There is a phenomenal freedom that comes with [read more →]