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Mac Podcasting 101: GarageBand, Skype and the Behringer Xenyx 1202FX Mixer

January 29, 2010 By 23 Comments

Although we’re constantly improving and updating the method of recording Wealth Nation, I spent the day going through and setting up a new configuration of our recording studio for the podcast, and I figured I would document explicit instructions on exactly how you can duplicate the setup we use.

Keep in mind that I am NOT an expert at this type of thing, so don’t bother asking me questions about variations of different setups. I won’t have the answers. However, if you care to do exactly what we have done, you will hopefully have the same experience but without the steep learning curve it took me.
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Social Media: What It Is, How To Use It, and Where To Begin

January 26, 2010 By 13 Comments

Social media is an all-encompassing term used to describe any of several online channels that utilize the technology to facilitate social interaction through written, visual, or audible communication. Examples of different types of Social Media sites include:

The use of social media as a marketing and promotional tool and strategy is becoming more and more popular with businesses because it can be an extremely effective way to promote products and services to a targeted audience. Websites can function as a static billboard to promote products, services, or ideas – but social media opens up a dynamic dialogue with your audience, allowing for interaction and personal connection.
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Dear FTC, You Can Kiss My Blogging Ass!

December 2, 2009 By 6 Comments

Kiss My ButtAt least three people have asked me what I think about the new FTC guidelines dealing with Bloggers who accept freebies. For those of you who didn’t know it, the rules went into effect on December 1, 2009 in the US, so if you have a blog you better be aware of what we’re talking about.

Here is the video summary, straight from the horse’s mouth:

Now, let me be as clear as I can possibly be: the people behind these “updates to the guidelines” are 100% dead wrong, exhibit a complete and total lack of understanding of the Blogosphere, and have just wasted a whole lot of time and taxpayer money focusing attention on an issue that they neither can, nor should, enforce.
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Pretty Link Pro Will Change the World (Wide Web)!

August 28, 2009 By 5 Comments

Pretty-Link-ProI’m pretty sure this is the first time that I’ve ever come out and advocated any sort of add-on, theme or plugin for WordPress that actually costs money. But get ready folks because here comes a game changer!

I heard about a WordPress plugin called Pretty Link Pro from Mitch over at Planet5D (the awesome Canon 5D camera site) and was intrigued enough to check it out. The plugin promised to do a few things that I could hardly believe:

  • Create YOUR OWN Short Links from Long URLs
  • Measure the effectiveness of Pay-Per-Click campaigns
  • Track social media campaigns

After reading through the user manual, and also seeing that Blair Williams (the plugin author) offered a 30 day money back guarantee, I decided I had absolutely nothing to lose and paid for the plugin on the spot. I’ve just spent the last 12 hours installing, tweaking, testing and using the plugin and I am absolutely in love. I 100% recommend that every WordPress user get this plugin now! And I’ll tell you why…
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How Disabled People Use the Internet – Refreshable Braille, Screen Readers and Wheelchairs

August 26, 2009 By 3 Comments

Web AccessibilityThank to Glenda Watson Hyatt (@GlendaWH on Twitter) for sharing a fascinating article by Roger Hudson called Refreshable Braille.

This article has a great deal of significance to me because I’ve been preaching Web Accessibility since the inception of the Internet, having even served on the W3C’s original Web Accessibility Initiative, and having built HTMLHelp.com around educating people about standards compliant Web development.

Heck, I even built the theme for OneMansBlog.com from scratch to try and insure accessibility among other things… But can you believe that in the last decade, I’ve never actually seen real users navigating the Web like this? Wow. It is refreshing to see that people can do it after fighting so hard for so long to build accessible standards.

I believe every person should watch these videos, whether you are a designer or not, to understand the challenges that some visitors face when they come to your Web site. So please take 5 minutes out of your day and give this article a little attention. Thanks!
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The Real ROI of Online Social Media

November 5, 2008 By 1 Comment

Return on InvestmentJason Falls posted an article over on his blog Social Media Explorer a few days ago posing the question, “What is the ROI for Social Media?”

Jason’s overriding theme was presented early on in the article:

The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.

He sat down with Katie Delahaye Paine and had a conversation regarding this topic.


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Another Man Corners the “Aaron Phillips” Market

October 4, 2008 By 2 Comments

Aaron Phillips on FacebookOk. This is hill-arious. Aaron Phillips, and by that I mean the one behind Another Man’s Blog, just invited every other Aaron Phillips on Facebook to be his friend. When they asked him why they should be his friend, he said:

We have he same name!

Duh.

Aaron is also announcing Aaron Phillips Expo 2010 which will be held in a desert location similar to Burning Man. When I inquired as to the nature of the conference he told me:

I am getting them all into one room and killing them so there is only one Aaron Phillips to rule the world.

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Made-For-Adwords (MFA) Sites Suck!

September 30, 2008 By 18 Comments

Listen up folks, cause I’m only going to say this one time. If you are choosing your site’s theme based on how many ads you can shove in your visitor’s face, or if people come to your site and have to scroll down the page before they see anything other than Google Ads, then your site sucks. And you do too.

Here’s an example:

Someone stopped by my site and left a comment on the blog with a link to the site in this image. I marked it as spam as soon as I verified the site was MFA. I’ll continue marking MFA sites as spam until the day I die, and I hope that all of my fellow webmasters admin their comments and do likewise.
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WordCamp 2008: Lorelle VanFossen – 260 Ways to Break WordPress

September 20, 2008 By 1 Comment

Lorelle VanFossen gave a fairly short lecture a few weeks ago at WordCamp 2008 in San Francisco entitled 260 Ways to Break WordPress. She didn’t exactly give 260 ways to break WordPress, but she certainly told a story about how Liz Strauss managed this feat! And she makes some good points about how we all manage to break things.

During the discussion she covers top WordPress plugins and themes, some WordPress annoyances, ways to help foster a community on your site, and much more as only Lorelle can. Enjoy!
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