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Moved In.. Sorta

June 4, 2009

Well I've moved to the new house! Woot! But still not up to 100% work load as I now have this for an office.. But hopefully soon it'll all get fixed up right. So if you are wondering why I'm not doing XYZ it's because of that right there. I'm having to turn down JV [...]

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Marketing Tip 001

May 7, 2009

So I've been receiving telemarketing calls on my cell phone. Apparently the law changed so people can do that, even though I am on the do not call list. But some of the calls I've been getting make me laugh. Particularly the ones in spanish. Why? Well it's because I don't speak spanish. So I [...]

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Wow - 7,000 Readers!

April 17, 2009

I just wanted to say a quick thanks! to all my readers. We've reached 7,000 subscribers. That is just insane! I remember when my blog was in the double digits and I thought it would never grow. Then I decided to actually advertise it on traffic exchanges and it's been steadily increasing since! I know [...]

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New Traffic Exchange WordPress Plugin

April 10, 2009

This is something I've been working on for a while, and finally made it today while watching West Wing. Basically it's a plugin for wordpress that auto links exchange names to Traffic Exchange List, but with your referral link. So if you mention StartXchange or even Farm Traffic it'll put the links in for you [...]

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What do you think about Farm Traffic?

April 8, 2009

Farm Traffic launched yesturday, already I've recevied 690 hits and 2 new subscribers! I think it's great when a new exchange launches and I begin to see results immediately. Many times someone will open a new exchange, but they won't get together with other owners and open it with a bang. Then there is no [...]

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Google Friend Connect Disappointment

January 21, 2009

Well I added Google Friend Connect to Traffic Exchange List. It's disappointing to say that it didn't work out. I had to reverse the effects on the site. This means all the new comments aren't there any more, and the way old ones are. I'm going to have to setup the page so you can [...]

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Updated Some Tools

January 12, 2009

I updated two tools: Twitter Me Fun and Quick & Easy Link Cloaker Twitter Me Fun stopped working because two people deleted their Twitter accounts. I now have it run a script daily that'll check to make sure everyone still exists. So at worst case you'll have to try again the next day. Note that [...]

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Twitter Me Fun

December 13, 2008

Well I had a fun idea, and whipped this idea into an actual thing. Basically it's like a friend builder of sorts for Twitter. You follow the people in the list, and then it adds you to the list. Eventually a bazillion people will have a bazillion people in their list. If you have any [...]

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Cindy Battye Calls It Twitter Spam

November 24, 2008

So I saw all the cool people had their twitter updates on Yahoo status. Well, I had to be cool too. This is a pretty sweet plugin that syncs your yahoo status and your twitter account. Change your status on yahoo, it changes it on twitter, and vice versa. So I'll be tweeting again as [...]

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Cleaning the Office, Day 2

November 6, 2008

Well after talking about the time management things I decided maybe it's time to clean the office. I know I'm way more productive when the office is clean, and after yesturday and today I can say it's almost clean. I'm shocked at how much junk has piled up. I've got enough PC parts for 3 [...]

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How I Do Time Management

November 5, 2008

In the Get More Buyers Review comments Carole asked about how I do time management. Well, I'll go over different things I've tried and what works or doesn't work for me. Notepads I use for things like jotting notes while in a conference room or discussing details about things I'm working on with other people. [...]

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Lets Pick A Winner!

October 8, 2008

I decided to have a contest where you could win a Flip Mino, and the deadline has been reached! Now it's time for the subscribers (that's YOU!) to vote on your favorite post! Simply goto the survey location below where you'll be asked to register and then put the posts in order from most favorite [...]

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Zero to IM Hero

September 18, 2008

Well you've got to know Solomon Huey, if not, well, get to know him! I met him in Washington DC last August, and it was great meeting him! He also recently released a new free ebook, titled "Zero to IM Hero". I hope you are all grabbing at these freebies. Not only are they full [...]

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Video Response to DC Seminar

August 27, 2008

This is a quick video of me telling you how the seminar went, and a few of my thoughts. If you want to goto the UK Event I'd love it if you used my referral link. There is a contest for the most referrals and theres a sweet $1000 prize. Now that's not the reason [...]

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DC Seminar Photos and Why You Should Care

August 21, 2008

Well I'm back from the marketing seminar and my friend finally posted the photos from the event he took. Above you'll see a group shot. We really shoulda planned a big group shot with all the TE related people, but oh well. The name of the place we were in is "crystal city". If you [...]

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Jon Olson Paid For Dinner

August 16, 2008

Well Jon Olson paid for dinner last night, and there were 17 of us! Robert Purcell got a glimpse of the bill and all I can say is wow! The food was great and it was one of those Japanese places that cook right in front of you. These marketing seminar events are great, and [...]

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Focus Marketing Seminars UK Event

August 15, 2008

I'm at the Focus Marketing Seminars DC Event, and there is talk about the Focus Marketing Seminars UK Event. They announced the dates for it and are having a contest to see who can blog about it and get the most sales. So if you are looking forward to going to the UK Seminar, stay [...]

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Two Cool Tools For You

August 8, 2008

Tool #1 - Twitter With Twitter you can follow startxchange and receive notifications that there's a bonus hour going on! Once following you can goto the friends page and even select to receive updates on devices (SMS/Gtalk, etc)! Tool #2 - PhoneTag PhoneTag lets you setup your voicemail to go through them and get transcribed [...]

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Why would you want to surf large exchanges?

August 4, 2008

I found a forum post where a reader was asking for input on her exchange, and she references my blog series on how to spot a bad exchange and the design element. 3 people respond saying that I'm a guru (thanks!) and that I have a hidden agenda. But one of them posted a question [...]

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Exchange Reviews.. Do you want them?

July 31, 2008

Well my goal is eventually to review every traffic exchange on the blog, but I'm not sure how interested you guys are in reading them. So do you want to know about them all, or should I have a reviews section that gets added to but doesn't email you every time? I'd hate to drive [...]

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