Last week, a guy came to the door. That in itself is a notable occurrence – we rarely leave the house and receive visitors even less. Unless you count the mailman, which I don’t. So, when the guy came to the door with a backpack and lacking the requisite suit, partner, and nametag that says… Continue reading Why I don’t buy stuff from door-to-door salesmen
Tag: marketing
A slow day?
For those that haven’t noticed it yet, upstartblogger.com has taken yet another turn. Remember the old tagline of the site? If you don’t, I’ll remind you: Successful blogging made simple. As it turns out, successful blogging just is…
adobe fights fire with…teddy bears
Adobe launched a new ad campaign today along with a response to Steve Jobs’ declaration that Flash will never be supported on iPhones, iPads, and iPods last week. (In fact, they’ve added a whole new Freedom of Choice section on Adobe.com.) There are a few amusing (and somewhat contradictory) statements in Adobe’s open letter (like this one: “If… Continue reading adobe fights fire with…teddy bears
fix the music biz by taking cues from the porn industry
some ideas occurred to me after my recent post about the music industry, and then erin said something that i thought was not only genius, but perfectly summed up the kind of thinking that needs to happen to save the music business: if you want to figure out what people will pay for online, look… Continue reading fix the music biz by taking cues from the porn industry
rise above
[audio:RiseAbove.mp3] so i had this long post all ready to run based on some stuff i discovered through clicking around a certain blogger’s twitter feed. it became the fictionalized story of two like-minded neophyte bloggers who came to the blogging world from an altogether different online world — the online porn industry. they both had similar… Continue reading rise above
so this is what pro blogging is all about
arcane palette just got our first affiliate commission. this is really exciting for us, because this is essentially like getting free money. and suddenly, i get it. i get how upstartblogger and probably countless other pro-bloggers make their living. it’s not through adsense, on which you make pennies unless you get thousands and thousands of hits a day… Continue reading so this is what pro blogging is all about
she’s easy
so, i went to the corner store near our house the other day because we were out of juice. this is a tragic occurance in our household, one that results in much angst and screaming if we are not able to supply gavin with his beverage-of-choice. so, gavin and i took a field trip. having… Continue reading she’s easy