Posted on April 19, 2010 by Eric
Brad Callen is giving away his brand new product for free!
I’ve used Brad’s stuff before. I still to this day use keyword elite 2.0 for my keyword research, and will be training some contractors how to use it in the future.
So I was thrilled when Brad announced his foray into an SEO link building network product because I know it’ll be high quality.
The info on his product is here:
http://www.seolinkvine.com/ (not an affiliate link)
But I was even more bat shit crazy excited when I saw that he was giving away his product to a few people who have a plan on how to use it!
Well, because I’ve been working out the plan on how to use his product for the past few weeks, I figured this was right up my alley.
So here’s the info on the givaway:
http://www.seolinkvine.com/blog/2010/04/win-a-lifetime-membership-to-seolinkvine-here%E2%80%99s-how/ (not an affiliate link)
Check out SEO Link Vine and see if you can come up with a plan that’ll get you the program for free.
The system probably won’t be cheap (Brad hasn’t released the price yet) but knowing him, it’ll be good stuff.
’till next time,
~E
Posted on April 15, 2010 by Eric
Recently I won a bid to take over Cartips.com
It wasn’t cheap, but I really want to build it into a brand that can be trusted, and have a ton of information that is really valuable to readers.
Over the next few weeks I’m going to be posting a lot of content on the site, and hopefully people really start to like it.
Let me know what you think so far. You can check it out here:
http://www.cartips.com
~E
Posted on April 12, 2010 by Eric
I’ve written about zipcar before, but my blog has changed a lot since then and the post has been lost.
For that reason I wanted to touch on my experience with Zipcar in Vancouver once more.
I signed up with Zipcar about 3 years ago because having a convertible rear wheel drive car I didn’t have wheels during the winter.
What is zipcar?
It’s basically a car coop that allows you to reserve a car from your cell phone or computer and then go and pick one up and drive it for your reserved time.
Sounds awesome, right? That’s what I thought too so I signed up and used it… and used it a fair bit. So here’s my experience:
The cars that Zipcar offer are pretty cool. You can pick up a Mini Cooper, Honda Civic, or Toyota Prius… they have trucks and SUVs and even an Audi – though I forget what kind.
The locations of the cars that Zipcar has is pretty good too. I found one close to my work, and about 8 that were pretty close to my home. The Zipcars are spread out around Vancouver so that you don’t have to walk too far once you reserve one.
The signup is cheap, and you get a nifty card that can open up the cars.
Once you need a car you just reserve your Zipcar online or on your phone, head on down to the location of the car and swipe your card over the windsheild… this will open up the car and the keys are inside… pretty cool, huh?
You drive it around and then bring it back… though bring it back on time because the penalty for a late arrival is pretty hefty.
I can see the point of the high penalty price though because if someone else has it reserved after you it’s a pain in the ass for them to not have the car available.
I was thinking that it would be kinda difficult to keep track of the time when the car was due back to it’s home, but actually Zipcar sends you a text message to your phone to remind you… that’s kick ass!
Plus, if you have an iPhone you can even download a Zipcar app that allows you to find and open the Zipcar once you’ve reserved it.
I don’t have an iPhone… nor do I want one… but I think that’s a pretty cool feature.
All in all I use the Zipcar whenever my car is off the road and it’s very convenient. It’s not the cheapest option, but it’s really the best one for my purpose.
If you want to check out Zipcar in Vancouver or any of the other locations in North America you can actually get 25 bucks just for signing up through my link… plus I get 25 bucks in my account so we can both help eachother out.
Here’s the link to Zipcar’s website and the offer… or you can hit the banner at the top of this page.
Also check out Car Tips‘ zipcar review.
Posted on April 7, 2010 by Eric
I own a lot of website domains… and I’ve played around with what to put on them for quite some time.
But finally I feel as though I’m starting to get some direction in my online site building efforts.
For example, this blog has moved from a poetry blog, to random ramblings, to a marketing blog…
Well, it’s time for yet another change.
I’ve built a site that is based around my business of helping small businesses do online marketing. I’ve used the domain before, but never for anything particularly useful.
This time I want to create a resource that actually can help people… and hopefully make some money at the same time.
It’s called OutFromTheCrowd.com and it’s all about Vancouver online marketing.
So head on over and check it out, I’d love to know what you think.
So what’s happening with this blog?
Well, really I just want a place where I can write about anything… coffee, cigars, travel, life, wine, Vancouver, cooking, yorkshire puddings etc. etc.
So that’s what it’s going to be… I hope you like it, and if you’ve been interested in the marketing side of my life be sure to check out OutFromTheCrowd.com
But speaking about yorkshire puddings, I’ve gotta run and check on my oven…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by Eric
Well I’ve been away from the blog and PPC affiliate marketing for a bit. Mainly because I’ve been focusing on other things. I’ve had a ton of freelance work to do lately, and one of my clients is hosting a party in San Francisco that has needed a lot of promotional material made.
Plus, I’ve found a new addiction… I tend to be a really intense person when it comes to new things that I like, and coffee is a new one. Not regular coffee… real coffee. I mean if I’m going to be a work junkie and spend my nights working on affiliate marketing I might as well be drinking really good, kick your ass coffee.
For those who don’t know what crema is, I’m not going to explain it… just go here… read… and know that most of what you get in coffee shops has none of it.
There are a ton of factors that go into a really great espresso, and it seems that since I’ve been sucked into the world of coffee geekdom I’ll be chasing them all… as of now, I’m just scratching the surface.
The first thing is a really great coffee grinder. Even if you have an amazing espresso machine, you’ll never make a decent cup if you use either pre-ground coffee or have one of those crappy blade thingies… Go get yourself a proper bur grinder. It doesn’t heat up your coffee when it grinds it, and it will keep all of the ground coffee a similar size (perfect for crema… haven’t you read that article yet???)
I just acquired a Rancilio Rocky Grinder (you can pick it up from amazon here… and yes, that’s an affiliate link). I know I know… spending that kind of money on a grinder seems silly. But really, the difference it made in the coffee is just amazing! I had no idea that the grinder was creating such shyte!
I still unfortunately have a shitty espresso machine. It sucks… I mean it realllly sucks. But I can still get a decent cup out of it, and for those of you with cheap espresso machines (I have a 70 dollar Krups one) here’s how to at least make a drinkable espresso. For any coffee geeks out there, please let me know if there are any other steps I can add, or correct me if need be.
- Fill the machine with cold water (no distilled crap, just filtered).
- Make sure every part of the machine that touches water is clean, and without putting any coffee in it turn it on brew.
- wait until the water has built up and a bit of steam is produced.
- Turn it off.
- dump the water that has come out and pull off your coffee basket and fill with fresh ground coffee from your Rocky Grinder… what, you haven’t bought it yet?
- pack your coffee into the basket a bit. No need for a tamper here or to apply too much pressure… these terrible machines have no pressure.
- By now the water in the boiler will have dropped in temperature… turn on the steam portion and wait until it produces full steam for about 5 seconds.
- Put your coffee basket (portafilter) back into the machine and turn it onto brew.
- Wait for your coffee and turn it off when it starts to change color and gets a bit washed out.
You’re done! With a bit of practice you can get decent (not great) coffee from your crappy machine… suck it starbucks! If the coffee is bitter, you’ve either tamped too hard, or left it brewing for too long. Dump it and try again. I usually get about 1 out of 3 shots that are decent enough to drink straight… the others get turned into americanos…
Why does this belong on a marketing blog? Well I suppose it doesn’t, but I find that a lot of entrepreneurs are very intense people when it comes to their hobbies… besides, how can it hurt?
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