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GameDock is Coming!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:09:48 -0700

Our iPhone development team is responsible for some great apps in the iTunes app store.

iVote Mobile was in the first batch of 500 apps that were released in the app store when it first went live in Summer of 2008.

Last holiday season, iFart took the world by storm. It has gone on to become one of the most frequently mentioned iPhone apps in the world.

Our team was among the first to develop iPhone apps for celebrities as well. HammerTime, iTrippy and The Mashable App are just three of the apps we developed for name brands.

But the team has been very busy working on a new app that has the potential to dwarf everything we've done to date.

Top Ten Things I Learned About Life from Playing Computer and Video Games

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:05:46 -0700

I'm a computer and video gamer from waaaay back.

I remember when Pong came out.

I owned a Fairchild Channel 1 video game system. That came out just before the Atari 2600 for you video game buffs.

I played games on my TRS-80 model 1 computer in 1979.

From adventure games and first person shooters to strategy and massively multiplayer online games, I've been there and done that.

Computer and video games have a way of teaching us how life is.

So I've compiled this list of lessons that I've picked up from decades of playing computer and video games.

I hope they help you on life's journey.

An Open Appeal to Steve Jobs

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:12:36 -0700

Since Apple has opened the iTunes App Store, my company has released a number of applications.

iVote was one of the first 500 apps released.

iFart has gone on to become what is perhaps the most-often referenced app in iPhone history.

And we also had the pleasure of creating apps for Mashable, Charles Trippy and MC Hammer, among others.

I love creating apps and we've got some pretty cool stuff on the way.

The Joel Comm Show with Jen Groover

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:18:42 -0700

For over one year, Dan Nickerson and I co-hosted a live video stream every Wednesday at 11 am.

The show was called Joel Comm LIVE!.

For one hour we would discuss internet marketing, answer questions from viewers, welcome guests and be silly.

However, with my travel schedule becoming busier and busier, it became more difficult to pull off a regularly scheduled live program.

Getting Back to the Basics

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:25:38 -0700

In the fifteen years I've been doing business online, I've done just about everything.

In the beginning, it was all about content sites. My first domain, WorldVillage.com, is still online. In fact, it's getting a facelift soon.

I started adding games to the site and soon launched ClassicGames.com. The site was acquired by Yahoo! in 1998.

As I became enamored with saving money online, I decided to build my own bargain-hunter site in 1999. DealofDay.com has since become a favorite site for finding deals. It's hard to believe that the site just turned ten years old!

iFart Featured on CBS Sunday Morning Show

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:52:32 -0700

Nearly one year after the release of iFart, the app continues to sell like clockwork.

I believe that iFart is also the most-referenced app in iPhone history.

It seems like every week one media outlet or another is referring to it.

A Google search for iFart now turns up 106,000 results.

Success On Twitter Is All About You

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0700

We knew it would happen. It always happens. Not long after Twitter's popularity hit the stratosphere, the spammers began swarming. Now direct messages boxes are packed with Mafia invitations, follower lists have been infiltrated by pornbots, and I had to put up with dozens of impostors trading on my name before my verified account was able to show who's really me.

Whenever something gets big and successful on the Internet, you can bet that there will soon be people looking to make a quick and unscrupulous buck out of it.

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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:41:23 -0700

Improve Your Clickthrough Rates

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0700

Creating a successful Internet business is all about bringing in users and turning them into cash. The more of those users you can convert, the more money you'll make.

Your clickthrough rate - the percentage of users who click on an ad - is a measure of your ability to convert your users. A good website will have a clickthrough rate (or CTR) of around 3 percent.

Or to put it another way, even a good site wastes about 97 percent of its traffic.

Rare collectibles

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:29:36 -0700

I have a confession to make.

I am a packrat.

It's not like when I die they are going to find stacks of National Geographic magazines in my house, but I do have a tendency to hold on to stuff that I think is cool.

My old software collection always blows away people who visit my home. Perhaps I'll make a video of that someday.

New FTC Regulations Begin December 1st

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:13:49 -0700

The Internet has grown at an incredible rate.

Online business is big business.

And wherever there is big business there are bound to be scam artists.

Due to the sheer number of people being deceived by unscrupulous marketers (though I hate to even call them marketers), the Federal Trade Commission has seen fit to intervene with a new set of regulations due to go into effect on December 1st, 2009.

If you do ANY kind of businses online, odds are you will be affected by these regulations, and you need to be aware of their impact on your business.

It's Not What You Know, It's What You Do

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0700

I offer a lot of different products. Some of those products I create myself. Others have been created by people I know. All of them, I firmly believe, can bring real benefits to the people who use them.

If I wasn't 100 percent convinced that someone who is prepared to use the ideas contained in my books and products, and in the products that I recommend, couldn't achieve massive success, I wouldn't offer them for sale.

The NEW Joel Comm Show is Coming!

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:29:52 -0700

Joel Comm LIVE has been absent from the Internet since the spring.

For over one year, Dan Nickerson and I welcomed guests to our program in a live format.

We interacted with viewers, answered questions about Internet marketing, played with flying monkeys, read a number of humourous Top Ten lists and had a generally fun time.

However, with my travel schedule being so heavy, I was unable to do the live program each week.

And so, we took a break in order to figure out our next move.

TweetGlide

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:36:38 -0700

Hardly a day goes by that I don't hear about a new Twitter app, web tool or other utility created to make the use of Twitter easier or more interesting.

It's pretty hard to keep up with them. And it's pretty rare that I endorse a tool or app.

Just as I wait to see new sites pick up steam before jumping on board, I usually don't start using new tools until they demonstrate widespread adoption.

I am straying from my usual modus operandi because what I'm going to share with you intersects with using Twitter as a marketing tool, and for generating money with it.

Blastoff Network Launches

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:15:12 -0700

Some of you may know that I own one of the web's oldest and most popular deal sites, DealofDay.com

I've watched the growth of online shopping and deal sites over the years and trust me... it's not slowing down.

That's why I was intrigued by the launch of The Blastoff Network recently. It's a cashback shopping portal which also pays you on the purchases of those in your network.