It’s a tough distinction to understand for many in the field, so I can imagine how it seems to those just entering the world of internet marketing and social marketing. I have been involved in one heavily over the past several years, and interested in being involved in the other. So what is the difference between internet marketing and social marketing?
2 Steps To Save Hundreds of Dollars on Domain Names
November 12, 2008 By 2 Comments
Hello, my name is Troy and I am a domain name junkie.
Since 1995 I have registered several hundreds of domains, and let hundreds of domains expire. From the days of Network Solutions charging $70 (2 year minimum) to today’s super cheap resellers – I have seen it all. But there is one formula I keep coming back to regarding registering domain names and it has saved me hundreds if not thousands of dollars on both new registrations and renewals.
Use GoDaddy.com for everything
I used to use a site called “betterwhois” to look up domain names to see if they were available. I have also used several web sites by searching for “cheap domain names” that allow you to search for availability.
DO NOT USE THESE SERVICES!
Here’s the deal, it is really easy for somebody to write a script on the Internet, claimit is a “domain name lookup” service, offer it for free, and promote it with ads. Then, after an unsuspecting visitor types in a domain name, they go out without your knowledge and register the domain name, and offer it back to you at a significant price increase.
Shady.
What’s worse is the schemers don’t even have to pay for the domains in most cases – they actually get a refund if you don’t fall for their trap!
I use GoDaddy.com’s search on their home page for most of my domain name lookups. It is fast, reliable, and definitely not a scam.
Use Coupon Codes
I listen to a lot of podcasts, including some of the top rollers like Adam Curry and CC Chapman. For the past several years they have been offering coupon codes for godaddy.com that give you significant dollars off yoru purchase. Here are the codes CC shares:
- Hash1
Gets you 10% off of any order. No maximum! - Hash2
$5 off of any order $30 or more - Hash3
New domain names for only $7.69 a year
I use HASH3 for my single domain name buys and the HASH1 when I have a whole list of renewals.
Domain names are still big business. Play it smart, and the savings will let you buy even more.
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Guilty Pleasures
January 28, 2008 By 1 Comment
Many of my readers know of of the autograph collecting I did while I was in Los Angeles (NOTE: I really need to spend the time to scan in everything, and rescan some others) but another one of the collecting I have begun, and only have a few of, is collecting/acquiring autographs on books.
I only have a couple right now, but I have uploaded them to Flickr and they appear below. I hope to be able to add CC Chapman’s to my list at some point (nudge nudge, CC!) – but I think I’m off to a good start with these two.
"Book" Marked
November 13, 2007 By 1 Comment
I was tagged in J. Erik Potter’s blog (whom I didn’t know had one!) answering questions about books – what you have, how many, etc etc. Seemed interesting.
The Protocol: Answer 5 questions. Tag 5 booklovers.
The Questions:
1) How many books do you own?
2) What was the last book you read?
3) What was the last book you purchased?
4) What five books are most meaningful to you?
5) What is your most obscure favorite book? Or, favorite most obscure book?
My Answers:
1) Only about 70 or so. Ive donated mega boxes full to libraries in both Ames and Simi Valley at various times of moving.
2) Tie between The Dip and The Four Hour Work Week
3) The Dip (see above)
4) Geez. Mirror by Graham Masterton, The Eternity Brigade by Stephen Goldin, Kids in the Biz by Troy Rutter (I had to put it in…), How To Publish Your Non-Fiction Book, Othersyde by J. Michael Straczynski
5) Hm, now this is a hard one. I would have to say The Eternity Brigade above. I read it several times growing up, and then it was near impossible to find. Now he has reprinted it both in print and digitally, so it is available again. There are so many levels dealing with war that parallel things going on today even, plus the science fiction aspect. It’s not a literary classic by any means, but always a good read.
So now I get to tag people? How about…
Jennifer Nieland, Michael Burstein, Dan Wood, CC Chapman, and what the heck Wil Wheaton
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