Last night I went to my first high school wrestling meet. It was intense. My oldest son joined the team this year and last night was their first meet. Previously, Ryan has always participated in team sports. He has played football and lacrosse, both of which are tough and physically demanding. By the way, if [...]
I was browsing around my local public library the other day. You may remember libraries. They were large buildings with lots of books and you could go in and borrow a book for free. I had heard rumors these still exist, so I went to visit. Okay, that’s a bit tongue in cheek. Anyway, I [...]
When I got my kids a desktop PC, I was glad to see it came with wireless connectivity built in. Since I already had a Linksys router working, it was easy to hook them up. Unfortunately, I soon had problems. “Dad, the internet is slow” became a frequently heard complaint. I tried to tweak the [...]
Sometimes it takes blood, guts and a lot of effort to get what you want. Here’s the story of how my son worked to get something he wanted – and what it might mean to you. Read full story: Blood, Guts and Success. Let’s talk more about this… can you do me a quick 30-second [...]
Some people treat Twitter like they are speaking from a stage. Some like they are talking to friends in a booth at the local bar. And some like they are whispering in your ear. How do you Tweet? As I look at those I’ve followed and unfollowed, I think the ones I like best are [...]
First, understand that I haven’t even seen it yet. But plenty of other people are piping up about it, so I will, too. Here is my Google phone review featuring 5 things wrong: (Note that I have no basis in fact for any of this, but most reviewers have no facts yet either.) 1. Changes [...]
I just came back from the Affiliate Summit in Boston. The show floor was full of merchants looking for affiliates, and networks looking for both publishers and affiliates. At one point during the day, a pretty young lady approached me, said “Hi”, and put a flyer into my goodie bag as she asked me to [...]
I’ve never written about anything remotely political before, but ’tis the season and I wanted to make one observation, specifically about internet sales taxes. Naturally, many states want the ability to collect sales taxes on internet sales. The economic arguments for and against are all over the net so there’s no need for me to [...]
Masterminding is when a group of like-minded individuals get together to share ideas that help each other. In the internet marketing business, masterminding is a powerful technique that helps one develop new ideas, refine existing business tactics, and generally improve one’s business and profits. I recently organized a mastermind session in San Diego for some [...]
This morning I was driving my 9-year old son, Danny, to school early. He was elected to the student council, and he had a meeting.On the way, I asked Danny what the student council had done so far this year. He proudly told me that they had succeeeded in getting the snack cart to carry [...]
