Archive for the ‘Online Custom Publishing’ Category
The Amazon Gift Registry I Didn’t Create
January 29th, 2008Today I received an email informing me that someone purchased a gift from my Amazon Baby Registry! Two Problems: 1. I’m not pregnant. (That’s not a problem for me – just for Amazon.) 2. I never created an Amazon Baby Registry. I was curious, so I signed in to view my registry. Lo and behold, [...]
Open Thread: Beating Writer’s Block
November 27th, 2007What are your tips? Share in the comments. (BTW – posed this question on Twitter – thanks to joannayoung and LenEdgerly for answering!)
If I could write what I really want, it would look something like this:
November 27th, 2007Hi! I’m Nathania. I was paid to write content for this page. Let’s cut to the chase. We want you to buy the stuff on this page. If you do, then it helps this company turn a profit. In turn, they pay consultants like Bold Interactive to find more people like you to buy more [...]
How Not To Do Email Marketing
November 24th, 2007Today, I received an email from Best Buy. BB has a notorious reputation for not making the customer first. What’s worse is that this was sent out to their affiliates – people who sell their products for them. Ouch!
I Attended a Fantastic Webinar on Email Marketing Today
November 8th, 2007I don’t have a lot of experience in email marketing. But, many of Bold’s clients are growing closer to the email marketing stage of our online marketing services. So, today I attended a free webinar on email marketing offered by Elastic Path, an ecommerce software company based out of Canada. After the hour long event [...]
Premium Content Comes in a Variety of Models
October 25th, 2007My son started an informal club at his elementary school. They meet during recess over their mutual dislike for High School Musical. At the beginning of the year, there were only 3 members. But this week, membership increased by around 300%. Why? My son introduced membership cards to the club. These cards, handwritten on lined [...]
Condé Nast Traveler Ignores Transience of Web, Encourages Burmese Travel
October 25th, 2007In a previous post, I argued that the transience of the web is a good thing. And I wish Condé Nast Traveler would take advantage of this. I was flipping through the October 2007 issue and noticed an article and a follow up guide on traveling to Burma (formerly known as Myanmar). Magazines are planned [...]
Top September Content for Bold Interactive
October 2nd, 2007Dear Google Bot: Here are some internal links to help you index Bold Interactive better. I hope you like them. Please increase our rankings as a results. Respectively yours, Us 3 Unfortunate Consequences of Poor RSS Feed Management The Secret to Controlling the Social Media Conversation I No Longer Want My MTV Adbazz.com Redirects Sites [...]
I Will Take Care of You as if You Were a Stray Kitten
September 27th, 2007I have a sixth sense. I have the uncanny ability to spot cats. Just ask my family. We’ll be driving down the road and I’ll say, “Look there’s a cat.” And the feline of the moment is way out in a field or ditch and we pass it so fast that no one else sees [...]
Search Feature FINALLY Added to Google Reader!!!!
September 7th, 2007I do not normally write about updates to various things that Google produces. (I stated as much in a comment on Liz Strauss’s blog just today!) But something happened that has given me a new lease on life. I was just looking through my feeds for an interview with Wendy Piersall and thinking for the [...]
