Around The Turn & Heading Home, My Last Day As Publisher At ReveNews

My first blog entry at ReveNews was on March 1, 2005. Three months later in June 2005 I was officially handed the keys to the ReveNews community car. And I drove it pretty hard that first year. In fact, I don't think I slept much behind the wheel that first...

ReveNews Snaps Back Into Action

Can you feel it? Change is again in the air here at ReveNews. Little things, big things, you never know, just keep watching. It may appear as though we've been laying low, but appearances can be deceiving. :) Sometimes major things just happen slowly. Today I removed Snap previews, much...

It's No Secret, Digg Still Hates ReveNews

The Secret List of Sites Banned by Digg tells us what we already knew, which was Digg hates ReveNews. This goes back since last year when Digg decided to ban us for one person's actions, and has yet to respond to any emails from us asking to be let back...

Google Master Plan Video - Are You Paranoid?

Nice video to feed your paranoia, however, I think it would have been even better with more ominious and sinister music. The music they have now is a bit too ambient? Regardless, it's worth a watch. Hat tip to MarketingPilgrim....

And The Winner Is... ReveNews $500 Affiliate Summit Contest

The time has come to announce the winner of the $500 ReveNews.com ad giveaway. Congratulations to... no way, I'm not saying here, you have to watch the video. abWritePlayer(792, 468, 400, "http://vid.adbrite.com/video/abplayer?"); Don't forget, the winner also gets a copy of AffStat ($129.99 value/pdf) and a exhibit hall only pass...

In Defense Of Snap Previews

Nick Wilson of Performancing and Robert Scoble are a bit cranky these days. First Nick says that Snap Previews is "ruining your readership" and the Scobleizer follows suit. I dunno fellas, I kinda like the Snap. Before we continue, you might know that I have Snap previews running on ReveNews...

Affiliate Marketers Don't Wear Suits

Mark Cuban should have been an affiliate marketer. Take a read, the guy hates suits. Exactly what purpose does a suit serve ? Why in the world are so many people required to wear a suit to work ? Do the clothes make the man or woman in the western...

eBay Pulls All Virtual Goods/Property Auctions

"For the overall health of the marketplace" was the main explanation. In a story from Slashdot. Personally, this is bad news, and yes, I'm one of the people who have actually done a 'real money transfer' (RMT), having bought a mmorpg game character online, more than once. More at TechMeme.com...

Affiliate Summit Day 3 - Vegas & Back

Answer: 12 minutes. Question: How fast Jim Kukral can run from concourse B to concourse C in Ohare (Chicago) airport to catch a connecting plane back to Cleveland to get home in time to put the kids to bed for the first time in 5 days. I think I'm still...