TrishaLyn.comTrishaLyn.comA whimsical look at marketing, my career, and social media in the era of Web 2.0 Articles
Site Hoppin? Looses Efficiency
2008-06-07 00:30:00 First, the history. If you’ve listened to my evangelism regarding Entrecard, you’ve signed up. No doubt, you’ve looked around and perhaps stumbled upon a site called Site Hoppin - View the web like an iPod. When I first found this site, they enabled visitors to quickly browse websites by categories and offered various ... More About: Branding , Blogging , Stumble , Efficiency
Cribbed Content for June 6th
2008-06-06 19:45:00 The first week of June is over and done with and summer officially starts in 15 days! Lisa Picarille reported back on the Affiliate Thing podcast from a dinner last week about a potential industry regulatory body, tentatively called Performance Marketing Alliance. They’ll be starting small, hoping to have a blog, board elections, and sponsorships ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Communication , Email Marketing , Internet Marketing , Page Rank
Early Bird Price for Affiliate Summit ENDS TODAY
2008-06-06 16:00:00 Want to meet me?! Of course you do! Remember that today is the last day to sign up for Affiliate Summit East 2008 and still get the cheaper Early Bird Pricing. The full conference pass - today only - is just $949 while an Expo Hall Only pass is a very affordable ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Today , Career , Price
Need a New Mouse?
2008-06-06 01:16:00 I’m getting to the point where my poor, mishandled computer mouse is about dead. I came across a really good deal online today that I’ve decided to share… this sale ends on Saturday the 7th, so check it out if you’re in the market for a new mouse! The design looks really ergonomic ... More About: Editorial , Mouse , Office Depot
In Consideration of Guest Blogging
2008-06-05 00:16:00 I’ve had the opportunity to blog as a guest for a few blogs now, and I’ve been approached by other bloggers interested in guest posting on this here blog. It’s a weird subject for me. While it might be nice to put the reigns down every once in awhile and get a fresh take on ... More About: Blogging , Guest
Merchants to NY Affiliates: Hit the Road!
2008-06-04 01:00:00 June is here, which means the “Amazon Tax” law, as it’s been dubbed, is now in effect. Merchants with affiliates residing in New York state will now have to charge tax on orders of customers in New York. In short, the state of NY has decided that affiliates constitute nexus, i.e. a term ... More About: Video , Affiliate Marketing , Toys , Geeks , New Jersey
Free Toolsday for June 3rd
2008-06-03 18:00:00 One of my favorite free tools ever sadly went down all weekend due to a fire at their host company The Planet , but they’re BACK! Surviving a shutdown of 9000+ servers, Entrecard is back up and running. Many veteran bloggers speculated that perhaps the users of Entrecard rely to heavily on the site ... More About: June , Free
Win Fabulous Prizes!
2008-06-02 18:00:00 Announcing a momentous occasion - the first ever contest from TrishaLyn.com! In an amazing feat of social media at it’s best, prizes have been graciously donated by a number of sponsors, mostly through Twitter! Now you have a chance to win, and let me tell you, I wish I could keep some of ... More About: Marketing , News , Affiliate Marketing , Branding , Contests
Direct Marketing Ideas for Independence Day
2008-06-02 04:00:00 Independence Day is as hot as a firecracker when it comes to holiday sales, and is the perfect opportunity to launch an effective direct marketing campaign. Whether you?re in retail, services, or B2B, creative Fourth of July marketing can yield a huge return on investment when done right. This time ... More About: Marketing , Ideas , Direct Marketing , Direct , Independence
Sponsor My Wardrobe!
2008-06-01 16:00:00 That’s right - I’m whoring myself out for sponsors! As I mentioned awhile ago, I’ll be attending Affiliate Summit East 2008 in Boston this August. This is entirely on my own dime. So I’m looking to soften the costs a bit. So, space is now available on the back of my shirt! ... More About: Conferences , Sponsor
Cribbed Content for May 23rd
2008-05-23 20:00:00 This week has been nuts - I’ve been on both coasts, in three time zones, and multiple states of mind. Yesterday, I admit, was really hard to get my head back into an “office” frame of mind. Which includes coming back to blogging. So here’s the easy post of the week - ... More About: Boston , Content , Feed , Inside , Front
HOW Conference Post-Game Show
2008-05-22 21:50:00 Well I’m back in the Pacific Standard Time Zone after 4 days in Boston . To date, it’s safe for me to say that the HOW Design Conference has been the best for PsPrint to attend so far! About 80% of people stopping by our booth had never heard of us before, which isn’t necessarily bad. ... More About: Game Show , Graphic Design , Show , Post
Free Toolsday for May 20th
2008-05-20 18:45:00 I learn so much just by hanging out on Twitter most of my day. I learned about a spectacular travel site called Trip It.com from Sam Harrelson. This knocks TripAdvisor out of the park. I got on TripAdvisor thinking that it would be great a resource with all the reviews of hotels and attractions in the ... More About: Free , Conferences
Swapping Business Cards & Mining New Leads
2008-05-19 16:30:00 When so much business success depends on who you know, it’s a wonder more businesses don’t make a concerted effort to network. In fact, swapping business cards is the first step to successfully mining a new lead. If you’re not sure where to network, or you’re not sure how to effectively get your ... More About: Business , Mining , Leads , Conferences , Cards
Win a MacBook Air
2008-05-17 21:00:00 That’s right. Mike over at Bloggin-Ads.com is having one spectacular contest right now. Mike is giving away 2 80gb Mac Book Airs and 10 prizes of $100. He’s got some pretty specific rules, so read carefully about how to win. Good on Mike - this caliber of contest is really a great way to ... More About: Contests , Blogging , Macbook
Cribbed Content for May 16th
2008-05-16 17:30:00 This week has been a roller coaster along with a devastating heat wave here in the SF Bay Area. But still, I’ve trampled along and have some great stuff to share with you today. I just found this online - Google Guide .com has a great article on improving your page rank. There’s some great tips ... More About: Content , Overstock , Robert Scoble
Affiliate Thing Post-Show
2008-05-16 03:20:00 On Tuesday I had the pleasure of co-hosting the Affiliate Thing podcast with Shawn Collins of Affiliate Summit. Let me start by saying that I was unaware that it’s a live show since I always listen to it on iTunes or GeekCast.fm. I listened to the recording last night that’s up over at GeekCast.fm and ... More About: Radio , Skype , Webmaster , Show
Making It Big
2008-05-13 22:00:00 This week has been full of win, and it’s only Tuesday! All the Cool Kids (and me) My humble little blog TrishaLyn.com has been featured on Alltop.com under the Marketing category. Alltop is a digital magazine rack, per se. At each Alltop site, they display the latest five stories from 30+ sites on a single ... More About: Radio , Affiliate Marketing , Webmaster , Blogging
CourtesyCast 1
2008-05-13 16:00:00 I know in the podcast I say that I’m going to call this EthicsCast, but I’ve decided that CourtesyCast because it’s more appropriate. I’ve been meaning to talk about some common courtesy things to take into consideration when working. Some of these may be common sense, but you’d be surprised how many people ...
Cribbed Content for May 9th
2008-05-12 22:15:00 Okay, I was sick on Friday so this is coming at you late. I know I should be drawn and quartered, but where else will you get this info? (That’s a rhetorical question, by the way.) Digg is launching a new comment system soon. Maybe I’ll use it more often now that it will ... More About: Marketing , Affiliate Marketing , Amazon , Awesome , Content
Online Video Toolkit - Live Today!
2008-05-12 20:30:00 Today is the date, kiddies! The launch of Jim Kukral’s latest joint, OnlineVideo Toolkit.com, has brought your freebie early this week. Jim himself has said he’s never been the kind of guy to put up a 3 mile long sales page and sell the information he knows, so he’s giving it away! That’s ... More About: Tools , Blogging , Today , Online Video
Sunday Shopper
2008-05-12 02:37:00 On my weekends I do like to look around and expand my horizons. So I’ve put together some books for you to take a look at. Amazon.com Widgets Now I, myself, have not taken a look at these books yet, but I’m going to start with Kris Jones’ Search Engine Optimization. Once I ... More About: Sunday , Shopper
Tradeshow Madness
2008-05-08 23:14:00 Is there really a “trade show season”? I’ve heard this referred to time & again, but I seem to go year ’round so I don’t know what that season is! Yes, soon it will be time for me to hit the road again and make my rounds of the country in search of ... More About: Graphic Design , Blogging , Conferences , Career , Missy
Changes A-Foot
2008-05-07 21:43:00 Frequent visitors here to TrishaLyn.com will notice that the design has changed, among other things. I haven’t updated in awhile because I’m trying to fix the issues first. This is all in an attempt to NOT corrupt my source feed. As with all budding bloggers, I’ve screwed the pooch a bit and now having ... More About: Blogging , Foot
Fired on the First Day
2008-05-03 02:18:00 A little wisdom to start your weekend - remember to be grateful for what you have. A friend of mine was telling me a story earlier that made me remember how lucky I am to work for a laid back company. He works at a small marketing firm in San Francisco and they hired a ... More About: Career , Fired
Fired on the First Day
2008-05-03 02:18:00 A little wisdom to start your weekend - remember to be grateful for what you have. A friend of mine was telling me a story earlier that made me remember how lucky I am to work for a laid back company. He works at a small marketing firm in San Francisco and they hired a ... More About: Career , Fired
Cribbed Content for May 2nd
2008-05-02 19:30:00 Welcome to May, my darlings. We’re inching closer to summer every day, and it’s starting to get warmer and warmer. Take a few minutes on this lovely Friday to check out my collection of crap from over the week! This edition is slightly longer since I didn’t do a CC last week ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Web 2 , Expo , Contests , Awesome
Cribbed Content for May 2nd
2008-05-02 19:30:00 Welcome to May, my darlings. We’re inching closer to summer every day, and it’s starting to get warmer and warmer. Take a few minutes on this lovely Friday to check out my collection of crap from over the week! This edition is slightly longer since I didn’t do a CC last week ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Web 2 , Expo , Contests , Awesome
Social Media Pays Off
2008-05-02 01:36:00 Whoever said that hanging around social media platforms never helped anyone is flat out lying. I’d like to think of myself as ahead of the curve in most situations. I try to be an early adopter whenever I can now. So I’ve been eager to jump onto the bandwagon with new social ... More About: Social , Media , Live , Pays
Social Media Pays Off
More articles from this author:2008-05-02 01:36:00 Whoever said that hanging around social media platforms never helped anyone is flat out lying. I’d like to think of myself as ahead of the curve in most situations. I try to be an early adopter whenever I can now. So I’ve been eager to jump onto the bandwagon with new social ... More About: Social , Media , Live , Pays 1, 2, 3, 4 |
|
 |
|
 |
