morgante on "Billions & Billions"

2009-10-07T23:13:18-04:00

Indeed. I'd like to think that in an ideal world we'd donate more to charity than we spend at Walmart. But that'll never happen. We like stuff too much.

Gradster One on "Billions & Billions"

2009-10-07T20:25:21-04:00

Love the image, especially the humourous little snippets tucked away in corners. Chunk that caught my interest: The amount donated to charity. Intriguing.

Joseph Thibault on "In Pursuit of Meritorious Advertising"

2009-10-05T13:48:18-04:00

I appreciate the review...I just want to make a few clarifications.

1st, I think you discount the value that Richard Byrne @ freetech4teachers.com provides to his audience. Richard churns out a LOT of website and resource/tool reviews (he helped us get our first 5 affiliates by posting about us). His site represents an aggregation of the newest and best free resources to teachers (it's why he is generating a lot of traffic: he provides resources to all subjects and levels of educators but also gives a quick synopsis of how he would use it in the classroom). Quality, especially on the internet, isn't exclusive to original content.

2nd, I think you misinterpreted Paul Graham's post about lists. He never suggests that they are inferior. In fact, he rather suggests that they may be a more efficient and succinct way to provide information to readers (which is why audiences love them and writers love to write them--they're easy to create and digest and have value even if you disagree with one/some/all of the points. Note that THIS is an N list of my points...it doesn't mean I didn't think about it critically). Though I'll agree that the "100 best __" lists have little merit. Paul also goes on to suggest that typical expository writing (where there is an intro, N points as the body and a conclusion) is a waste of words. Why not just focus on N points?

3rd and final: in your comment to Sean you suggest we tweak the payment system and look at Authentic Jobs, that only reaffirmed my belief that Postlearn.com can and will work. They are exactly the same model.
PL: $65 | AJ: $250
PL: provide payment only for a post conversion | AJ: provide payment only for a post conversion
PL: targeted affiliates (edu) | AJ: targeted affiliates (web/creative)
PL: 20% payout | AJ: 30-33% payout

Note that we already rotate live jobs through our widget; providing a fresh. This discourse did get us thinking though...so look for some nifty enhancements shortly from http://postlearn.com.

Thanks again for sharing your review!

Newly Ancient

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