Follow Me at Affiliate Summit West 2014 #ASW14

I am heading out to Las Vegas in a few hours to attend Affiliate Summit West, and I am really excited. I am attending on a press pass thanks to you, my wonderful readers. I don’t know what limitations I will have as far as live blogging goes, but I downloaded a live blogging plugin, […]

The Worlds Most Expensive Headphones! Only $78,967.80

Do You See That, $78,967.80 Craaaazzzyyyy!!!! This is obviously, a typo or some crazy marketing scheme but THIS PRICE IS SHOCKING!!! Nokia WH-920 Purity In-Ear Wired Stereo Headset By Monster – Magenta I am currently looking for a great wired headset for my smart phone, and look what I came across. On a side note, […]

Why Lazaro Is Still On American Idol and How He Earned My Vote Fair and Square!

If you are like most of America, you are probably stumped by why Lazaro Arbos is still surviving on American Idol. For weeks now he has under-performed the competition, and all the judges and Jimmy Iovine want him gone, gone, gone. If you recall, I wrote a post before the live competition started with a […]

Ebay Knows What You Did (Bought) Last Summer and Is Not Afraid To Use It…

Running successful banner ad campaigns or “Display” campaigns are a really big challenge for many marketers. For the most part, this ad inventory is used for branding advertising which doesn’t show a direct response measurement and is therefore too cost prohibitive for your average small advertiser. I get asked all the time how to run […]

Can Disney Turn A Mistake Into a Miracle? What To Do When A Small Gal Has a Gripe Against A Big Guy…

Disney screwed the pooch this time…. But, if they lived up to their reputation, they might just turn a low level mistake into a True Princess Miracle. As you can see in the image above, the first painting was painted by Katie Woodger, herein referred to as small gal, was clearly knocked off by Disney, […]

How To Write Sticky Slogans You Can’t Help But Remember

“Kids, get in the car, we are going to the Ice Cream shop.” Dad proclaimed to his smiling family. Little did they know that they were on the way to the dentist. This car commercial was probably very funny, but I can’ t remember it because I was barely six years old. More importantly though, […]

How To Build Your Online Reputation In Social Media to Grow Your Business. Part 1

“Don’t Take This Personally, But People Simply Do Not Care About Your Company. What They Care About Is Themselves. And If You Can Talk To Them About Themselves, You’ll Have Their Full Attention.” – Jay Conrad Levinson As you can imagine, building my reputation online is on my mind, and it hopefully is on yours […]

Will Sync With Twitter Enable You To Buy Products Placed In TV Shows As You Watch?

Last Month Twitter and Amex announced Amex Sync With Twitter, which lets you connect your Amex Card with your twitter account, and buy thinks by tweeting special hashtags. Twitters hope with this is to bring an additional revenue stream to their business. I think it could become so much more. You can already grab great […]

How I Got Featured on The Wall Street Journal, and Entertainment Weekly, Reaching Over Four Million People For Just a Few Pennies

Have you ever noticed when you scroll towards the bottom of your favorite news or entertainment website there is a section called, “From Around The Web” that showcases several curated stories? Well, those are advertisements typically placed by the content promotion advertising network Outbrain.com .   This is a great example of Native Advertising. What […]

The Single Most Valuable Marketing Tactic In The World

Some businesses find customers to make sales. Smart businesses make sales to find customers. Most marketers focus on finding new customers, when they can probably make much more money increasing their average ticket and finding ways to maximize the value of each customer. I personally wont work with a company that doesn’t focus on maximizing […]