July 29, 2007
Bobcasting (and Google Reader)
An idea as to how RSS feeds can invisibly make our lives more dynamic and productive, without having to know what the hell RSS stands for.
ChickSpeak.com: A Wordpress MU Based Social Network
A beautiful example of how the multi-user version of Wordpress can be the sole powerhouse behind a community.
Protesting can be inspiring, too.
Creativity + Politics + Graffiti = Powerful Message
In Praise of Wordpress Template Tags, Part II: The Magazine Layout
Magazines have somewhat perfected their format over centuries. A format that happens to work perfectly with blogs. Here’s a guide to making your own Wordpress based online magazine.
Enjoying Sparky - The new Alexa Firefox Add-on
Stick this one next to your PageRank, Adsense, SEO, and Gmail notifiers in Firefox, and you’ll have the ultimate toolbox for web geeks.
Free Blogging Tips Podcast with Darren and Yaro
Yaro and Darren share some tips on growing, optimizing, and marketing your blog. Almost an hour full of tips and it just so happens to be FREE. We like free.
Slapping game
If you thought that last game we plugged on YGG was addictive, “you ain’t seen nothing yet”. Slap the hell out of your opponent and work up a sweat, and shiner, while doing so.
Sia - Buttons (Promo Video)
A pretty damn good song with an example of how to make a music video for next to nothing.
Meat = Mine
Get your hands off my meat! I mean my steak, you perv. Can’t you see my name on it?
10 free ways to gain exposure for a young blog
A great list for bloggers just stepping out of the gate to help quickly gain some traction and watch your numbers steadily climb.
Bridge, by Michael Cross
Who wouldn’t like to convince their house guests that they are the son of God? Walk on water with the Bridge.
Mini size me!
You can keep your Supersize. I’ll take a Mini Size of everything on the menu!
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July 19, 2007
This’ll probably result in Paul-ies (Ron Paul groupies) storming the comments, but I had to share this. You’ve seen videos and praise of the Presidential hopeful on Digg and all the other game-able networks, but this one takes the cake.
Get your ballot ready, as I present, the Ron Paul rEVOlution brushes. Yes brushes. As in little headshots of Ron Paul that you would use in Photoshop or Illustrator.
Being that I’m writing about this “viral marketing” you can label it as that, but I mean, come on, brushes?!?
What ever happened to relevancy in communications? Will graphic designers be the deciding factor in next year’s election. We’ll just have to wait and see. (ftw)
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July 15, 2007
Don’t feel bad. YGG came a few spots short of the bottom of the list as well. BusinessWeek presents/estimates, how much moolah the top bloggers are pulling in.
BoingBoing Over $1 million a year
I Can Has Cheezburger? $5,600 a month
ShoeMoney $12,000 a month
Overheard in New York $8,100 a month
Kottke.org $5,300 a month
TalkingPointsMemo $45,000 a month
Perez Hilton $111,000 a month
Gothamist $250,000 a month
TechCrunch $200,000 a month
Go Fug Yourself $6,240 a month
Mashable $166,000 a month
Problogger Over $100,000 a year
You can see this list and read the story that accompanies it at BusinessWeek.
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July 14, 2007
Plenty of entreprenews for you this week. Enjoy!
InviteShare - Everyone is invited!
We’ve shared an invite or two here on YGG, and InviteShare may have just made our lives easier. Create a free account, request and share any invites you have for the latest trendy online services (Pownce, Joost, etc…).
Ten Things to Learn This School Year
A list of what Guy wishes he learned in school before he graduated.
How I Did It: Jerome Boykin, Owner, JB Sweeping Service
An interesting story as to how a young go getter named Jerome, has created a successful business picking up the trash we leave behind in parking lots.
How to Become a Heroic Business Blogger
People that talk about themselves tend to quickly lose your interest. The same can be said for businesses. Brian shares a quick guide on how to become a heroic blogger for your business, without inflating your ego.
Handsoap - literally
One of the creepiest, punny, bathroom accessories you can surprise your house guests with.
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July 13, 2007
Choosing an open source e-commerce application is kind of like shopping in the bargain bins. Everything is a few models old, none of it matches today’s style, a good portion of it is damaged beyond repair, and in the end you get what pay for.
Open source, in many realms of the online world of apps, can mean an incredible application. But for some reason, e-commerce was never a part of that goodness. You have osCommerce, Zen Cart, phpShop, and all the other clones. When they were first released several years back, they were great. But with thousands of hacks and fixes slapped on, no update to the UI or standardization of code, they resemble a war vet covered head to toe in bandages.
Finally…….finally, finally, finally, a new application is joining the game, and in my opinion, will do to it’s market what vBulletin did with forums and Apache with servers, dominate!
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July 11, 2007
It’s taken us a little while, but YGG has finally surpassed the 800 marker in RSS subscribers. Woo-hoo!
Thank you speech, right. Umh, none of this would have been possible without, without, I guess, without either the 812 people out there that faithfully read YGG via RSS, or the 13 that put us over the 800 plateau. Being that 13 isn’t too lucky a number, I’ll go with the first one.
So thank you to the best damn readers and community members out there (that’s you), and here’s to the next 800 (quadrillion) subscribers.
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July 2, 2007
I got to tinker with an iPhone over the weekend. It’s fantastic. It really is going to change the mobile landscape. I have no major gripes about the iPhone’s features, functionality, design, or price. But this is what I do have a problem with…
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July 1, 2007
10 Sales and Marketing Tips I learned from Strippers
There are plenty of numbered how-to lists about marketing, monetization, and just about everything else you can think of. But how many are there that involve strippers?
Carlos Ulloa’s Portofolio
One of the most interestingly simple interactive executions I’ve seen in a while. Use your keyboard to control a three-dimensional car that looks like nothing more than a header image on his website.
Can we measure the health of communities?
Measuring the health (success) of a community is key in determining it’s future direction. Miss Rogue shares some of her notes from FOO Camp and the insights contained within them about communities.
Video: Watch James Dyson Dry His Hands
The man behind the World’s most expensive vacuum, shares a sneak peek video of the soon to be World’s most expensive hand dryer. Coming to a bathroom you’ll never be rich enough to excuse yourself in, no time soon.
Dell adds a little colour
It’s been done by Sony, Apple, and a few others, but I still think this’ll result in a nice bump in sales for Dell. Their notebooks are now available in 8 different colours.
Fruit Crate Art
Before Photoshop existed and packaging was managed by marketing executives who knew more about coffee than they do art, labels for fruit were beautiful illustrations fit for a gallery.
Kinda says it all…
Something big was happening this past week. I think it may have been on Friday. But I can’t quite remember exactly what it was…
15 ways to maximize your lunch hour
Some simple ways to effectively make your lunch break all about you, and not let anyone step into the brief time you have away from your ball and chain.
Got Comments? How to Get More Interaction on Your Blog
Its not a difficult process. Ye give, and ye shall receive.
19 Blog Designs that are a Sight for Sore Eyes
A collection of some of the most interesting looking blogs out there, which just so happens to include a blog you may visited before. ;)
Generic Company Names Get Lost in Web Searches
When generic URLs used to fetch millions of dollars, and still fetch quite a bit, the hype was about getting a name that covered an entire industry. Maybe Cats.com or Cars.com. But it seems niches and specific terms have taken over and those big investments or worthless in the game of SEO.
Miles Rug
Last but not least, a piece of decoration that your kids will one day love, and the child within you can enjoy until that day comes.
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July 1, 2007
What is it?
Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You’ll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them, or even just one other person really fast.
Leave your email in a comment below. I’ll invite you and then you invite the 3 people below you…
EDIT by Travis: I didn’t even see Darius’ post here. I’m losing it. So my post is deleted and I’ll share the remainder of my invites to any commentors in this post.
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PPC Management
Hell Yeah Dude!
Reverse Funnel System for Beach Bums
