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Rap artist 50 Cent went on a Twitter tirade last night, spewing profanity and an endless stream of obscene photos after 
apparently discovering for the first time that he has a Twitter account with over 2.9 million followers. Surprise! The rapper’s account is usually run by a PR rep, but at some point yesterday 50 Cent decided he wanted to have some fun/shoot himself in the foot/vent to his 2.9 million followers. Read More→
In this post I am going to tell you about how you can split test your WordPress theme to get better results from your blog – but let me give you some background first on how this post came about.
Background: I was just consulting for a former student of mine. He has a great site called www.crazymikeapps.com – I was looking at his site and my immediate thought was that the black background looks cool, but may actually be hurting his user experience – which has a much bigger impact on all of his efforts on the site. I’ll get into more detail on that later.
***Side note: We talked about a bunch of ways he might be able to improve his site, but this post is about split testing his theme so I will focus on that.
Did you know that visitors will stay on a site longer with a white background more than any other color? Read More→
Once upon a time, I was just like the rest of the online marketers out there. Then I made some changes, and I guess you could say I saw the light. That’s the story I want to share with you….
In August of 2009, I was contacted by a friend on Twitter who wanted to organize a social media webinar. He had been hosting several webinars for business and thought it would be a good opportunity to get our names out there and provide some value.
Our initial ideas were simple. We would teach a lot of cool stuff we knew about Social Media and then offer my Twitter eBook for sale at the end of the webinar for those wanted to learn more. We decided to include my new friend, Lewis Howes, and all three of us were able to promote it using affiliate links and make some money.
Things were going as planned – we all had promoted the event and had 900 sign-ups. The live webinar went great with more than 500 live attendees. Read More→
Recently my friend Trevor Mauch sent a message over to a mastermind group we’re both in with a link to create your own YouTube “search story”. It’s a fascinating tool that can be used to create a great piece of marketing for your business or brand in all of about 5 minutes.
What is a “Search Story”?
Remember the popular “Parisian Love” commercial that ran during the 2010 Super bowl? That was the the basis for the search story campaign. YouTube & Google have now made a tool for you to to use to create your very own search story. Read More→
I found this on Break.com via Digg.
Unreal – Wait till the one minute mark of the video. All hell breaks loose.
Pool Bombarded by Incredible Hail Storm – Watch more Funny Videos
How to enter -
Simply leave a comment below with your best caption – a RT would be cool of you too!
I will leave this contest open for 48 hours – so on May 13th at 6pm Eastern I will announce a winner.
The other day I was surfing around Facebook and I noticed something strange. In the language settings I noticed a language titled “English – Pirate” So I clicked it and to my surprise someone over at facebook has developed a language setting for pirates.
Not only have they developed the language, they have gone to great links to change almost every aspect of common text in Facebook. It’s impressive and entertaining. Some of my favorite lines are:
The list goes on and on – even the notification emails are in Pirate. Check out this video I made to demonstrate how to change your language settings. Also about two minutes in, I play a prank on my wife with her settings.
Enjoy.
5 Changes Twitter should consider – Part 1
Below, I present some changes that In my opinion would enhance the user experience and take Twitter to another level. I know any or all of these changes could be risky as Twitter has had no problems growing in its original state, but it does seem the growth has slowed and user retention seems to be an ongoing issue. In my humble opinion, the platform could be greatly improved.
Yes, I realize that some of these changes are currently available in third party clients, but as for me and many other users (especially new users), Twitter.com is the place we use to access Twitter the most.
I know some of these changes I propose may be not in line with Twitter’s vision, but I definitely think they would grow and retain their userbase if implemented – which is in line with the goal of Twitter growing and becoming a major player in digital media.
If Twitter’s ultimate goal is to be a global information network, then I think some of these changes will aid in that goal as well by attracting and retaining more users to fully realize their vision of being “the” global information network.
Twitter has now hired over 150 employees and is looking to double its workforce . I suspect some big changes are coming soon, so if you like the ideas presented below please ReTweet this post and maybe someone will take notice.
So here are 5 changes that I think Twitter should consider:
One of the main criticisms for most people is that Twitter’s platform limits the ability to truly connect with people on a more intimate level. Think about it for a minute and I’m sure you have some Twitter friends that you know well and like, but really don’t know at all. How nice would it be to be able to take the conversation to a whole new level beyond a daily tweet here or there. Read More→
I find funny stuff and I share.
Below are the two funniest videos I think I have ever seen.
This comes from www.collegehumor.com – Personally I dont care for much of the content as it seems a bit juvenile, but these two videos are pure comedic genius.
They come from a series called Prank Wars where two friends play pranks on each other. Things really heated up in this prank war when one friend somehow got a Major League baseball team to punk Read More→
About 5 months ago, a mutual friend Introduced me to Than Merrill as he was needing help figuring out how to use Twitter for his online business and for his real estate business. He had been fledgling along for over a year and was not getting any value out of Twitter.
In the few weeks that followed that introduction we had several phone calls & one on one webinars where I got a good understanding of his goals and needs and gave him some advice on how he could use Twitter.
In this call you will here how Than & his company:
Listen Here
A few things to note – we did this on skype with the webcams running and at one point when I was asking him about the value of the lead – I saw him reach for his iPhone, so you’ll here me ask him “are you calculating the value of the lead?”. I should have recorded that skype call with video, I dont know why I didnt think to do that.
The most Important thing I want you to take away is that Than had a plan. He had a simple blueprint and the tracking in place to measure his results. Anyone can do this – that is if you have the discipline to make a plan – measure your results and stick with it.
It was a pretty fun call and I think we will do a follow up – so please if there is anything more you want to hear or for me to ask him – leave it in the comment section and I’m sure I can get your questions answered.
I tweeted today that I was knocking out my “To-do” list and @msbillionaire1 responded back with the following tweet
@SeanMalarkey Awesome! I could never finish my lists. Any suggestions or tricks you might wanna share? 
So I made this quick video to show her and YOU how I get Massive Amounts of Sh*t Done on a daily basis.
How do you do it? Do you use a to-do list? A daily planner? Nothing at all?
In this post & video I want to share with you a technique I use to maximize click throughs -(not opens) with each email.
I know every email marketer always talks about the importance of split testing and open rates – but in this video I want to share with you a little technique I use to maximize click-through rates Read More→
This has to be one of the funniest, clean & safe for work videos I have seen in a while. Before you watch it, consider this social media tip.
I like to share funny thing’s on social media. I recommend you do the same.
These types of posts get a lot of traffic and re-tweets on Twitter. When someone RT’s you on Twitter it includes your username which inevitably drives traffic back to your profile, which inevitably Read More→
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