Yes, it’s true.  Jason wants to work you to death.  The New York Times printed a story that says that blogging is deadly so it must be true. Jason has evidently built his wealth on the graves of many.  I’m waiting…

It is that time again…somehow I end up writing about “that time again”.

Often I forget to give thanks to those around me. The people who inspire in little and big ways. I decided I wanted to support “wholesome things”…

Here it is day two - strike that, day three - of AffiliateSummit and I’m still having trouble remembering what day it is. I arrived at the hotel this morning and was thinking about what I would be doing here…

Yes, I’m having fun with acronyms and abbreviations. I have to do something to counter the anger at the poor reporting from AP on the Fair Isaac report on click fraud. Gasp! They just found out that 15% of clicks are…

Not to be left at the altar again, Microsoft took the plunge and announced they will buy online agency/technology provider Aquantive. Aquantive is best known as the producer of the Atlas Media Console and Drive PM tools for advertisers and…

I admit it. I’m a voyeur. I look at ads. It is a great way to observe how the ad industry sees things and to learn from them for our own advertising. I have learned a lot, mostly because I…

When will they learn? Why do marketers think that any newsworthy event makes for a great marketing opportunity? I can see it now. 32 dead in Virginia? Let’s put out a press release linking our product to the recent events…

There is a great article in the latest Technology Review that looks at the current Net Neutrality debate by examining the past. You can look at recent history, such as the cell phone networks of today, or go further back and…

I just got a phone bill at home for long distance. Since we use cell phones with long distance included we rarely use our land line for toll calls. But last month I called my sister in Northern California and…

When we started with our Classifieds service back in 1994, the strategy was to go after newspapers and bring them online. We were small and agile and could get them up and running with classifieds online in weeks. We could…