Quite a bit, actually. This year was funny in that way.
I opened 2011 with money saved and no good ways to earn, so by the end of January I was a little tense from the work-search. On January 27th,
AppSumo Review: Facebook Ads Action Video Bundle
I’ve messed around with Facebook ads before, but never with any real success. It’s not an intuitive process, nor does Facebook make it very easy to figure out what’s actually going on with the ads dashboard. The financial commitment itself … Read more
AppSumo Review: Brand Perception with Grasshopper.com
It’s time for another AppSumo Review! This Action Video’s headline was “Grasshopper.com got big through extremely creative marketing, learn the tactics” and led in with a story about Grasshopper’s Jonathan Kay getting kicked out of SXSW by police. That’s … Read more
Our first night turning a profit – Denver Seitan Company
At the time of writing, Denver Seitan Company is about two and a half months old. I know that I haven’t posted about it here yet – we’ve been a little busy prepping for the more or less official launch … Read more
AppSumo Review: One-Hour Marketing Plan
AppSumo Review: Uncommon Sense with Derek Sivers
I’ve only seen CDBaby.com mentioned in one other place, so when AppSumo offered an action class of CDBaby’s founder Derek Sivers talking for 45+ minutes, I wasn’t immediately sure if I should check it out. But the description was, in … Read more
AppSumo Review: Blogging for Startups
I picked up another AppSumo action video called “Blogging for Startups: Straightforward steps to get more traffic and conversions”. It’s a great conversation between Andrew Warner of Mixergy and Hiten Shah from KISSmetrics. These are cool dudes.
Warner runs … Read more
Benziger Family Winery – the cave
Barrels and barrels and barrels of the sweet red and white stuff.
Via Flickr:
Jackie and I toured the Benziger Family Winery in Sonoma County, California. They’re a biodynamic hotspot, and they’ve got all kinds of cool stuff hanging around … Read more
The time that my family thought I’d been kidnapped
It was raining. I was maybe five years old, but probably not older than six, because I was only six after we’d moved north from Lostant and the Wal-Mart that we were at was definitely the one in Lasalle, that … Read more
The things I carried
I’ve got nothing in my pockets right now save for a pen. It’s one of those nice recycled cardboard ones that they give out at environmentally-conscious conferences and presentations.
This is important. Allow me to explain.
I present a refrain … Read more