Business & Marketing

DebtFreeBlog.net - A blog about financial responsibility

I’ve launched a new blog - DebtFreeBlog.net. The website came about as my wife and I have taken a strong look at our current financial situation. We looked at our current debt levels (normal for our income) and I figured how much money we actually spend on interest per month and year. It’s just astonishing.
As [...]


ProBlogger Book by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett

Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett have published a book about how to make money blogging: ProBlogger Book — Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income.
I first met Darren at SxSW in Austin in March on the Chitika/ProBlogger Beer Bus and at the b5 Blog Network Camp. Darren and Chris are both full-time blog [...]


Test your AdWords ads before turning them on…

I was searching Google this morning - I’m trying to find a list of cell phones/mobile devices and their javascript capabilities - and noticed this interesting paid ad by Verizon.

In the trenches of everyday work, it’s understandable to make a mistake here and there, but if you’re paying for an ad, you should make it [...]


SXSW, My Review

I’m back from Austin and while I definitely have enough catchup work to keep me busy, I thought I’d post a quick review since it was my first time at the conference.
First, I finally got to meet a lot of people in person that I’ve known for years… Patrick O’Keefe, Chrispian Burks, Jeremy Wright, Aaron [...]


Back from Vegas: An Update

We spent four days walking the show floor trying to find suppliers who made big shoes. I think we found a few. We had already known about several of these companies, but just had the chance to sit down and setup an account or talk to a rep. Here’s what we found:

Crocs up to size [...]