Money Making Scoop

Sunday Chatter – 3/14

Chris Jacobson — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:45:35 +0000

March 2010 Domain Name Discount NameCheap.com is running a promo this month when you register a domain name. From now until March 31, use code NCSPRING to bring your checkout total from $9.69 to $8.81. Many people still favour GoDaddy, but personally, I’d never go near them. GoDaddy has been allegedly known to side with other [...]

2010 Homebuyer Tax Credits: What You Need to Know

Chris Jacobson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:54:19 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Coldwell Banker. All opinions are 100% mine. With tax season upon us, it’s important to be aware of the tax credits you can take advantage of, especially if you’re in the market for a new home. Coldwell Banker — one of the world’s most recognized real [...]

Sunday Chatter – 3/7

Chris Jacobson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:50:59 +0000

What is PubSubHubbub? PubSubHubbub. Try saying that three times fast. It’s a new plugin for WordPress that allows for push notifications to RSS feeds and search engines. How it works is whenever you publish something new to your blog, Google and RSS readers are notified instantly. The old fashioned way would be to wait for them [...]

Google Adds Translation and Privacy Features to Chrome

Chris Jacobson — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:40:28 +0000

Google is working its magic this week updating their Chrome browser by adding some new features and enhancing privacy. One of the new things you can do is automatically translate websites to your preferred language if they happen to be written in anything other than English, and vice versa depending on what you speak. If [...]

The Two Most Influential Sounds in Advertising

Chris Jacobson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:40:58 +0000

The power of sound has a huge influence on how you can get people to buy your product. Whether you’re marketing online, or on television in a commercial, using sound can have the power to encourage customers to listen to what you have to say and make a buy. This rings true for online video [...]

Sunday Chatter – 2/28

Chris Jacobson — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:52:54 +0000

YouTube Dropping Support for IE6 If you’re one of the ancient Internet Explorer users, YouTube will no longer support your browser choice next month. A message appearing on the site for some users reads, “Support stops on March 13th. Stopped support essentially means that some future features on YouTube will be rolled out that won’t [...]

SponsoredTweets Rolls Out Version 1.5

Chris Jacobson — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:45:42 +0000

I’m a big supporter of making money on Twitter, especially since it went mainstream a while ago. There seems to be an unlimited amount of revenue out there to be made from a user standpoint and advertisers want to leverage on the outreach of popular users, or those with a high follower number. SponsoredTweets has been [...]

How to Engage Your E-mail Subscribers in a Fun Way

Chris Jacobson — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:39:42 +0000

The majority of e-mail newsletters I receive are either dull, boring, have no substance, repeat information I already know, or are simply copied from sales pages. I either end up deleting the e-mail, or unsubscribing if I don’t like what the person/company is sending. The problem with e-mail newsletters today is no one tries hard to [...]

Getting Socialable with Your Blog Readers

Chris Jacobson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:45:30 +0000

With the constant change in which social networking sites are the hottest and most-used, bloggers need to adapt to what their readers are using to share content with others. FeedBurner integration at the bottom of posts to “Share on Facebook,” or on a number of other sites, has been a general practice for a while. [...]

Sunday Chatter – 2/21

Chris Jacobson — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:45:00 +0000

How to Add Google Buzz To Your Blog With the popularity of Google Buzz soaring over the last few weeks, more bloggers are adding ‘Buzz’ buttons to their blog. While it likely won’t overtake Facebook or Twitter anytime soon, Google is a powerful promotional machine and can reach an audience you may be missing out on. [...]