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Are We Too Connected?

I have asked myself, and others, this question many times. It all started with the answering machine. Then we had emails, mobile phones, and now mobile phones with emails. We now have Twitter, & ppl posting constantly about their lives. It isn't that I don't see how it could benefit this blog, but simply put, quite a bit of the time I don't give a da-- that you are sitting in Starbucks reading a book. Unless of course there is some benefit to me from that information, such as you are a friend I'm meeting for coffee. Also, I really don't figure you give a da-- that I am sitting somewhere either. I understand Twitter goes beyond that, but you get the point. I use twitter, and yes I've posted that I was sitting in a Starbucks. So we have people running around with their iPhones and Crackberries worried they are missing emails, phone calls, and text messages. They are doing this while listening to music and Twittering away. With all of the social networking a
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eCPM - What It Is And How To Use It

I have been asked this question several times and noticed it posted recently so here is a quick explanation of what the eCPM means in adsense. I also calculate this for my other contextual advertising programs as it a very useful tool. eCPM is "effective cost per thousand." The m is a holdover, I'm assuming, from manufacturing where it is "cost per million." It is basically estimated earnings for every thousand impressions received. Don't be fooled by excessively high numbers at the start because as your sample size, i.e. impressions, increase your eCPM will most likely drop. eCPM is calculated by dividing your earnings by your impressions in thousands. earnings -------------- x 1000 = eCPM impressions I use it to compare ad units to help find optimal color, size, left/right placement etc. example: ad unit 1 has 500 impressions with earnings of $2.00 giving you an eCPM of $4.00. ad unit 2 received 400 impressions with earnings of 1.75 for an eC

Shel Israel, Author & Social Media Expert, Discusses Twitter

Watch Shel Israel, Author and social media expert, discus Twitter &its far-reaching potential in the business world. Shel Israel's Twitterville Part 1 Shel Israel's Twitterville Part 2 later all and have a profitable and productive blogging day Get more profitable and productive information by Following me on Twitter , or subscribing to my FEED .

Methinks We Doth Protest Too Much? Do You?

Have you all seen this video of a flash mob protest @ a Bay area Whole Foods? Sorta funny. What do you think? Do Americans protest too much or not enough? Have you ever been involved in a peaceful protest? Not peaceful? later all and have a profitable and productive blogging day Get more profitable and productive information by Following me on Twitter , or subscribing to my FEED .

Beer Makes Your Blog Better!

Yep...After a very short meaningless totally anecdotal study, I have decided that beer makes my blog better. How, you ask? Well let me explain. For those of you who drop by on a regular basis or subscribe to the feed and read that way, you may have noticed that I haven't posted much on many of my blogs recently. Since the middle of November I have been very busy and just have run out of time. I just have waaayyy to many projects going, and have been eliminating superfluous time-consuming ones since the first of the year. I made the mistake of getting too many irons in the fire and have been paying the price. I was on vacation quite a bit from the middle of Nov through the end of the year and just didn't have time to get to everything. I realized I was just spread too thin to really be enjoying the fruits of my endeavors and decided to begin a New Year's pruning. During the process of looking over data and analyzing projects from my blogs, affiliate marketing, variou

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