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Personal Thrashing

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:02:34 +0000

I want to invent a term that’s probably already been invented: Personal Thrashing (so please correct me if you know a better term). I came back from Affiliate Summit last week. It took me two days just to respond to all the emails that have accumulated, one day to do (most) of the follow-up emails, and [...]

Affiliate Summit West, Here I Come!

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:42:24 +0000

List of things to do before I leave: Bags & everything else – not yet. Last moment. Business cards and Poken – check. Notepad for taking notes – check. Last time I relied on my memory for names which is really good. I did remember everyone when I glimpsed at their business cards. But not 4 weeks later. [...]

How I Became a Cool Boy Thanks to Poken

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:01:55 +0000

Tomorrow I’m leaving to Affiliate Summit West. I’ve been to Affiliate Summit East (ASE: read about it here), but never been to the Vegas version. Before ASE, a friend told me to bring 200-500 business cards as I will be needing them. I did, and he was right. I also got roughly this number from people [...]

Twitter: The Fourth Milestone

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:43:23 +0000

In this post I continue my earlier discussion of Twitter Milestones: the idea that the Twitter experience changes once you reach a certain number of followers. This post was practically written a month and a half ago. I’ve just been so busy I did not have time to properly edit it. As you might have read [...]

U Labs Website Launched

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:11:17 +0000

Welcome to 2010! This isn’t a real post though. I just wanted to share that I launched my new company site and I love it. If you want to check it out, please visit: the U Labs website. Hey, every now and then I can share something because I want to, don’t I? Mail this post [...]

Some Lessons I Learned in 2009

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:19:42 +0000

Originally I intended to write a summary of “my 2009″. But after reevaluating this, I decided to make it shorter.. or better phrased, easier to digest. Just share some of the lessons I learned this year. I’m mixing both the personal and the professional here, though items are generally grouped together. Overall, 2009 was a great [...]

Twitter Jail: Some Suggestions

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:45:35 +0000

Lately this term is becoming increasing used within the Twitterverse (at least in my circles). Twitter Jail means you maxed out your status updates for a period of time/a day (I think these are two separate things, though not 100% sure), OR you maxed out your number of Direct Messages (DMs) for the day. (Edit: as [...]

Twitter: Beyond Immediate ROI

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:40:20 +0000

A conversation I often have with fellow internet marketers who are not in Twitter is: is it worth the time investment from a financial perspective? Usually I am told that this is obviously not the case, and thus, disregarding the fact it’s a good way to befriend people, it’s not a good investment in terms [...]

Update: Where I’ve Vanished To?

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:31:12 +0000

I know I haven’t been here for a while. Things were incredibly busy for me, and I kept postponing updating my blog. However, when the third person asked me whether I’ve abandoned it, I realized it is time to post something. Unlike other posts, I’ll just write what I’ve been up to. I have several posts [...]

My ad:tech NY 2009 Experience Part 2 – Overview of Some of the Companies I Met With

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:39:43 +0000

As I wrote in my previous post which dealt with my personal experiences at ad:tech, I set up quite a lot of meetings with companies who contacted me. This turned out to be a very positive experience because many – if not most – would’ve been companies that I would’ve been interested in chatting with [...]