One of the websites that I own is hosted with Globat. I wanted to switch its hosting, but didn’t have the time to move over to another host in time before my yearly renewal, and got charged for another year. I thought: “Okay. I’ll know better next year” and entered […]
Globat, Opt-Out E-mails, Shady Marketing and Abused Trust Read More »
Let’s look at this marketing initiative from one online marketer’s point of view — mine. Earlier this week I have received received a letter which started liked this: The Pluses Being an online marketer, the first thing that I have noticed was, of course, that URL with my name in
Toyota Stimulus Program Letter: "Pluses and Minuses" Read More »
A few days ago I have encouraged my Twitter followers to take a poll. In it I have asked them how they prefer to get their credit card statements. The options were: “Online”, “Snail Mail” and “Both”. Even though only 7 people have voted to this date, the poll results are consistent enough for
Online vs. Physical. They Coexist. Read More »
It is always beautiful when someone markets their product or service, making a work of art out of it. The ad from AT&T Wireless that I saw at the Dulles airport today, returning to Washington, DC after the Affiliate Summit in Vegas, is a great example. Here’s the picture of the
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After receiving a “Super Bowl-like spike in traffic and domain registrations”, registering “more than 20,000 .ME names” in the first 24 hours of registration [source] and many more in the days that followed (no wonder why, when NetFirms.com is selling them for 50% more), GoDaddy.com now shows hundreds of .ME domains going to
Hundreds of .ME Domains Already Auctioned Read More »
As many of you know the registration of .ME domains was open to public yesterday. The .ME extension is still an official ccTLD (country code top-level domain) for Montenegro, “the pearl of the Mediterranean … situated in the south of the Adriatic” [source]. For over three hours yesterday afternoon I
Picked Up a Few .MEditerranean Pearls Too Read More »
I have incorporated their search wijit into my blog yesterday. It was easy to install and customize (you may see it now in the right-hand sidebar under my brief bio), and I’ve actually had a lot of fun playing with it even at the installation level. I put it up late at night, and
Lijit.com – A Must-Have for Bloggers Read More »
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. But what do we market next?… Of course, Mother’s Day!! But did you know that Mother’s Day is celebrated on two completely different dates (almost two months apart) in the U.S. and the U.K.? Yes, it is. While Father’s Day (in the U.S. and the U.K.) always
At Least 2 Mother's Days Every Spring Read More »