Posts Tagged "Cribbed Content"

Cribbed Content for April 18th

Posted on Apr 18, 2008 in Rambles | 2 comments

Some good stuff going on this week… and I’m going to throw in something fun that has some social media implications…

• Scott Jangro jumped into the podcasting world with a good set of rambles. He gets fairly personal, talking about the inspiration his daughter has given him & some general rambles about what’s going on in his life.  I really like this type of podcasting.  Great first effort… PodPress FTW!  I hope more are coming.
• My new favorite term is Internet Rubbernecker. I may just changed this weekly post of mine from “Cribbed Content” to “Internet Rubbernecking”. The term was apparently coined by this article over at Wired.com (if it’s from somewhere else, my apologies – I’ve never heard it before). The article points out (yes, go READ it first) that this YouTube lash back video is probably not the best legal move the scorned wife could have made, but it makes me wonder how strong a factor the internet’s court of public opinion might now sway the case? Food for thought in this day & age of social media run rampant.
• Mark Wielgus from 45n5.com called out Joel Comm’s latest AdSense eBook marketing as shady and deceptive.  The background basically is that all the ads say just $9.95 for this eBook but once you buy it you’re automatically enrolled in some other program that charges you $29.95 per month.  NOT COOL and I have to agree with Mark’s assessment in his video.

I’m keeping it short & sweet this week and ended on what I hope is an uplifting note.  Everyday I go to work and I have to reconcile two facets of myself to get through the day – the part of me that went to college and got my degree in theatre so I could make a living on my own terms – writing and telling stories and entertaining people  – and the part of me that wants a better life than my parent’s had with more money and gadgets and opportunities and keeps me working in marketing- sitting at a desk all day working a set schedule on someone else’s terms.  I know I’m not the only one out there with this daily grapple.

Earlier this week Sam Harrelson recorded an Affiliate Fortune Cookies episode that I just got around to listening to last night.  In it, he describes his own college decisions, how high school superlatives have affected him, and how all that attempts to reconcile into who he is today.  It was a tough listen for me only because of the state I was in on Thursday – wondering if this blog is worth putting so much energy into and assessing why I do this.  This brought me to a good place and I’m okay with where I am… so if you’re finding yourself at a crisis of faith regarding your career, definitely give this a listen.  At least you’ll understand that it’s not just you.

FeedBurner FAIL

Posted on Apr 13, 2008 in Rambles |

Something wonky happened a few days ago and I didn’t notice… sorry feed readers!

Here’s the posts you may have missed…

• Effective Email Case Study – TubeMogul
• Link Glossary – Alt Text
• Comfortable Branding by Name (Video)
• Hard Sell Tactics DON’T WORK
• Developing Professional Business Cards with Sharp Company Logos
• Link Glossary – Backlinks
• Cribbed Content for April 11th
• Twittermethis v. Twattermethat (Podcast)

Cribbed Content for February 22nd

Posted on Feb 22, 2008 in Rambles |

Yes, it’s that time again… time for me to ignore my writing degree and grab content to share from other sources. It’s not plagiarism… it’s flattery & link bait 🙂

• Trackur is live! My dreams of total reputation management are coming true! Now, to fulfill my dream of the company reimbursing me to buy Andy Beal’s new book Radically Transparent.
• Google launched a beta version of AdWords for Video. If I were a bit easier on the eyes I’d be posting AdWord laden videos left & right!
• Affiliate Summit West 08 kicks off on Sunday for set up & the Meet Market. As if I haven’t already mentioned this a million times.

Tonight I forfeit my own bed for accommodations at the Rio in Las Vegas to get my training on Saturday. See you there!

Cribbed Content for February 1st

Posted on Feb 1, 2008 in Rambles |

Cribbed Content for January 25th

Posted on Jan 25, 2008 in Rambles |

As promised last week, here’s my look around the web for interesting business, marketing, web 2.0, etc. stuff.

• Digg changed their algorithm. No one cared except Digg diehards.
• After two+ weeks, PrintSalesPro finally publishes a reprint of my All For One, One For All Printers post.
• LaTease Rikard, one of my StumbleUpon friends, took some advice after my post about our launch of the affiliate program (officially) and joined up and wrote about it.
• ProBlogger just today published Dropping The F-Bomb: Blogging with Naughty Words. I don’t see a whole lot of repeated topics on my jaunts through the blogosphere, but this is the second article on using the F-bomb since September. The first was Scott Jangro back in September. I wonder if this is really a wide spread phenomenon?

It’s been a slow week, so there you have it. Not much going on, really.