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Wow, we’ve been busy here lately, kicking butt and making money :) Yay, us!
I thought it was time to drop an update though, and there’s some exciting news to share for those of you who are members at our forum, and if you’re not a member–why is that?
First, we’ve added some new sections and HUGE shares there for folks who are serious about growing their sites or business, if that’s you then check it out!
Next, our “Code-Master” has been busy building virtual assistants lately. Little spiders and bots to do some of the niche researching and link building grunt work that most marketers and site owners find time consuming and even annoying; and he’s begun sharing them openly on the forum for others.
Also, Heather just shared an impressive Twitter 101 for people who struggle with getting value from their time spent tweeting, don’t miss that in the Web 2.0 section of the forum. When it comes to “getting the most” out of social media I don’t believe there’s anybody out there that does it better than Heather, and the proof is she doesn’t waste her time trying to hawk “How To” manuals to newbies for a living, she just does what she does in her niches and makes a killing with it! So, any time she’s willing to share some insights like this my mouth starts to water.
For almost a year now my NIMS scripts have been doing great for me and others using them, but I’m never satisfied with anything and have been working on a new version of the script that’s going to blow the socks off of everyone who has seen the original in action. That’ll be released in the next week or two, and may even end up being free for VIP members of the forum, you never know…
That’s what’s going on around here and what I’ve been up to. How and what have you been doing lately? Seriously, I want to know so tell me below.
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Just a quick note today to talk about some of the changes I’ve made, and am making, here on the Leap.
You’ve probably already noticed (if you’re reading this on the blog and not from the news feed) the site pages are a lot faster loading. I’ve trimmed, tweaked and streamlined some of the blog and plugin coding to achieve this. I also pulled a single plugin that wasn’t getting as much use as I had hoped it would by visitors.
Now I’m working on a new theme for the blog that is cleaner and more reflective of my online life. Even though I blog here mostly about web working topics, the fact is my family and friends have begun to congregate here as well and look to this blog for news on what I’m up to (use Facebook you guys! LOL)
So anyway, I figure there’s no reason why I can’t be a little more personable and social here on my own blog and doubt it will turn away any regular readers who should be here for the content and not the packaging. Heck, it may help some regular readers and myself to connect better, we’ll see.
A funny thought came to me last night when I began sketching out the new layout design… this is the third November in a row where the “update your blog theme” bug has hit me.
How weird is that? I wonder if it has something to do with the seasonal change from fall to winter? Something like “if there’s snow on the lawn you must change your blog theme…”
So, that’s what I’m working on at the moment. Along with trying to catch up on some eMails from my overloaded Inbox. If you’ve written me recently please be patient, I will respond shortly.
Happy Hump Day!
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This is one of those things that we all know, yet often overlook. I’m guilty of it myself and often allow my desk, filing cabinets and PC to become overloaded and overflowing with tons of disorganized crap.
Friday afternoon I got into a bit of a cleaning mood though, so wen through all of the papers and notes on my desk, filing cabinets and the table I keep in my office.
It took hours to sort through it all, decide what to keep and what not to, and then to organize what I was keeping in a useful manner.
Then I tackled my PC. I download tons of garbage. From Music to videos, PDF files, presentations, documents and software.
Usually I download stuff, try or review it, and unless it blows me away I tend to forget about it. Which leads to a massive build-up of junk on my hard drive.
In all I removed over 30 GB’s of junk from my PC Friday evening. Then I ran a registry cleaner because that crap always leaves little useless entries in the Windows registry–and then I defragmented my hard drive (which took about an hour).
So, Yay! I’ve got all kinds of free space in my office and on my PC again, but that’s not the point of this post.
This is a little off-topic but I felt like rambling for a few minutes because I really don’t like the way Cell carriers operate at all. It’s a horrid business model to try and impose restrictions on the mobile community through locked phones. Talk about not knowing or understanding your customer base?
Which is exactly why 3rd party businesses offering unlocked cell phones have been able to spring up and grow like they have.
People don’t want to be blocked or locked, but the mobile crowd especially doesn’t want to be forced into or away from certain hardware when everybody knows that it typically isn’t compatibility issues of any sorts forcing the restrictions, but simply a matter of carrier control.
It actually surprises me that this doesn’t get more attention, but then again if it isn’t an iPhone the media won’t touch the story these days.
But for anyone who cares, it’s perfectly legal in the U.S. (and most European countries as well) to buy unlocked phones or to unlock your existing phone and use it with any carrier you like. Heck, in some European countries it’s actually illegal for carriers to sell phones that are locked.
As Austin Powers would say, “Freedom baby, it’s groovetastic…”
As some of you realized (I’ve replied to all your emails) I didn’t get the June newsletter finished in time for sending in June. Half way through the month we acquired the rights to a great niche product and went into a frenzy making some modifications to it and getting it launched right away.
It’s a seasonal niche so we had to rush to get it out in time or risk missing a lot of potential sales.
I consider this blog and the associated newsletter and forums to be very important, but I’m sure (or hope) my readers and friends here understand that my obligations to my partners and associates with our revenue generating ventures have to take priority at times.
I did perform the June case study for the newsletter and it was just getting those videos edited which was postponed when we became sidetracked–so what I’ve decided to do is make the July newsletter a huge double-issue for you all.
