Extreme Ezine Vol. 5 - Issue 3
By Brian Hawkins
on Jun 8, 2008 in Archives
-= Site News =-
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- Extreme Changes For The Extreme Ezine -
Dozens of sites removed from our network but the Extreme Ezine remains strong. See the post here:
http://extremeezine.com/extreme-changes-for-the-extreme-ezine/
- Site Advertising -
We purchased OIOpublisher to allow advertising on ExtremeEzine.com. You can now purchase link and 125x125 banner ads that will rotate site wide. All ads are no-follow free and run only on our website. The ezine itself remains ad-free.
-= In The Spotlight =-
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- Akismet –
Akismet is a free WordPress plugin that helps control blog comment spam. I’ve ran Akismet on every blog I’ve owned and it has filtered out thousands of spam comments for me. I don’t know how it works but I do know that it works great.
Extra: Our friend Collin AKA konvictcollin of Feed Flare just posted a nice article on Akismet.
-= Featured Articles =-
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Twitter 101 From A Pro Blogger
-= Marketing Tip =-
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A picture Is Worth A Thousand Sales
Why are video ads so powerful? Commercials help the viewer ‘see‘ the product working for them. The same can be achieved using still photos or graphics. A photo of an actual person using your product successfully, e.g., “Solving their problem” can make or break the sale.
From GoodBusinessTips.com
-= Advertising Slogans, Mottos and Taglines TRIVIA =-
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Do you know your slogans? Answers at the end of this issue.
[1] “Snap! Crackle! Pop!”
[2] “Nothing runs like a Deere”
[3] “It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”
[4] “It’s everywhere you want to be.”
-= WIN WIN WIN =-
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- Win 10000 Entrecard Credits From The General Marketing Blog -
Our friend David Hobson of The General Marketing Blog is running a very nice contest that will award the winner 10,000 Entrecard credits. I’m a big fan of Entrecard and 10,000 credits is a real prize. Click over to David’s post for the details.
-= Very Funny Video =-
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Over twenty two million views and twenty thousand comments! Very funny…
-= This Issue’s Joke =-
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A friend just emailed this to me:
Looking for Work – Funny, but true!
A Japanese doctor said, ‘Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him Looking for work in six weeks.’
A German doctor said, ‘That’s nothing, we can take a lung out of one Person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks.’
A British doctor said, ‘In my country, medicine is so advanced that we can take half of a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have Them both looking for work in two weeks.’
A Texas doctor, not to be outdone said, ‘You guys are way behind. We took a man with no brains out of Texas, put him in the White House, and Now half the country is looking for work.’
-= In a word - Defined =-
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- Pull Marketing -
Basically, if you break all marketing in just two major categories they would by pull marketing and push marketing. Pull Marketing would be the strategy of ‘pulling’ the customer in with special offers, coupons and sales.
The best article I’ve seen on the subject is Push Marketing Versus Pull Marketing on MoreBusiness.com. It’s very easy to understand. Another take on Pull Marketing is Pull Marketing Part 1 by Sam Knoll.
-= Famous Quotes to Ponder =-
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“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
~ John F. Kennedy
“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.”
~ Ronald Reagan
Fun Fact: An aircraft carrier, The USS Ronald Reagan, was named after President Ronald Reagan in March 2001. USS stands for
United States Ship.
Trivia Answers:
[1] “Snap! Crackle! Pop!”
[1] Kellogg’s Rice Krispies
[2] “Nothing runs like a Deere”
[2] John Deere
[3] “It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”
[3] Timex
[4] “It’s everywhere you want to be.”
[4] Visa
Fun Fact
Visa originally stood for Visa International Service Association.
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Sam Knoll (Who am I?) on Jun 14, 2008 | Reply
Outstanding collection of information as always.
I sympathize whole-heartedly with your issue of slimming down your stable of ventures and have done the same myself.
The volume of opportunities, techniques, discoveries etc. that grows and evolves around us on the Internet leads to an easy path of unfocused efforts.
It is quite easy to wake up one morning and realise that you are simply going in too many directions.
The other thing that happens is a growth in understanding, knowledge and expertise. This too leads us toward a point where we often realize what it is that we like doing, excel at and should be doing. This leads many of us to trim the fat and focus in on our core competancies.
Keep the great information flowing.
Onward & Upward!
Sam Knoll
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Brian Hawkins (Who am I?) on Jun 15, 2008 | Reply
Hi Sam, thanks for the comment. I think I made the right choice. I didn’t realize how many links I had generated. I’m in the process of fixing hundreds of dead links and empty pages but I’m already able to spend more time on my main sites and do things right. Thanks, Brian