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2008 Comes To A Close

John — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:59:22 +0000

Since it is the last day of the year, I just wanted to thank all of my readers for following my blog faithfully for the past year. At times, I have gotten to the place where I did not know what to say or I did not want to say anything…but you continued to follow me.

In 2009, I have decided to make my online presence larger. My ultimate goal is to work 100% online and not have to go to an employer’s location 9-5 M-F. I feel that I am on the right path towards this goal, and with your help, I can make it.

With the economy the way it is, these words may be worthless, but I hope you had a great 2008 and I hope your 2009 is even better. If you ask my opinion, I think the economy has reached the bottom of the curve and things are turning around.

If you want to follow me even more, my exploits and spoutings can be found on Twitter, by email, on Facebook, or on LinkedIn. I can also be found on digg and can be reached by paper cup and string.

Happy New Year

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Twitter Curiosity

John — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:44:11 +0000

I have been on Twitter for a while, but I just started tweeting on a regular basis. What do you know? People are starting to follow me more. I don’t know if it’s because of my good looks or because I have something to say that they want to hear. Regardless, today’s tip is to Tweet Unto Others As You Would Have Them Tweet Unto You.

Family Sticker

John — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:33:59 +0000

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Steps To Online Success

John — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:04:59 +0000

If you want to know what you need to do to make it big on the Internet, here is a podcast you should listen to. Tim Knox was interviewed by Heather Vaile on Internet Marketing Unwrapped, and Tim gave his blueprint to Internet Success.

I started listening to this podcast a month ago and I am still pulling new information out of it.

The biggest complaint I hear about getting into business on the Internet is that no one has been able to present a clear list of steps to take to do the same thing. A lot of those peoples’ judgments are impaired by the fact that they want to make money on the information. Tim laid everything out, step-by-step.

A great idea for all blog readers…

John — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:52:34 +0000

Add my friends as your friends on Digg. WooHoo!!!!

6/24 Efforts toward quitting my day job…AGAIN!!!

John — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:25:56 +0000

I’m pissed. I wrote out this nice post with a whole list of things I did today and ScribeFire lost it.

Here it is…AGAIN:

Found additional items to post on eBay. Took pictures of all items.
Inspired by the sale of a $48.00 book today, I decided that I am going to acquire all the books that I can from FREE sources like FreeCycle, so I can sell them on half.com and Amazon.
Created new footer for posts and RSS entries on www.johnasimpson.com and www.spendingless101.com (see below).

SocialSpark.com creates new linkbuilding opportunities

John — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:35:55 +0000

I didn’t think of this one. Someone else did. I’m talking about using Social Spark, which I thought was specifically for paid blogging, etc., to promote one’s blog…without having to pay anyone.

I logged onto socialspark.com and after adding all of my blogs, I started looking through the offers. Since my blogs are not approved, I can only accept the offers that do not involve money. I figured it would be a good exercise, so I settled on one to try. It actually was not related to posting. It was a request for an RSS subscribe exchange. I did it. I’ll have to see if the other part reciprocates. I found another offer, which involved writing a post about a site, then leaving a comment on that site. The payment is supposed to be the addition of my blog to his blogroll. The site is a PR3. The problem is, it won’t help me if I cannot somehow tie that site’s subject to the subject of my blog. It just so happens that it is related. In fact, you can check out http://lepixelshoppe.com/scrap4dollars yourself. I will also be adding this blog to my blogroll.

Monitor Contest — Like I Need Another One

John — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:12:57 +0000

OK…so I probably don’t need an additional monitor. What I am thinking is that if I can win this 24″ wide screen LCD monitor, I can probably get rid of the two small ones. How am I going to do that, you ask? I am entering a monitor contest over at John Chow dot Com. The contest sponsor is BlueFur, a hosting service which is hosting Canada (and the rest of the world, for that matter). To enter, all I have to do is write about the contest. You are reading my entry. John Chow not only helps me make money, he also helps me to feed my addiction to technology.

Email Signature

John — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:55:00 +0000

Web Site Promotion for the Small Business
October 17, 2007

Today’s tip is a simple, but often forgotten one.

What does this look like:

John A. Simpson
Owner, Simpson Properties, LLC
314-779-7821
www.simpsonpropertiesllc.com

It’s my email signature. Every email you send out, as a small business owner, should contain your web address. This will get your site some hits from people you correspond with on a daily basis.

Site Promotion Questions

John — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:09:00 +0000

You can send all site promotion questions to me at john@csmediagroup.net.

Introduction

John — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:38:00 +0000

My name is John Simpson. I have been a Software Engineer (Computer Programmer) for 22 years. I’ve been an Internet Developer for most of that time and I currently work nowhere. Yep…I’m out of work at the moment. I have launched and maintained several web sites, and one of the things that was consistent across all of them was the need to promote (market) the site. Having a site is great! Having a site and people knowing about it is even better.

I am in the process of writing a book on web site promotion for the small business owner. The small business owner needs to do things as cheaply as possible. All of the techniques that will be in the book will be ones that are FREE, for this very reason.

I am going to use this blog to help those of you out there with questions and concerns about promoting your web site. I will gain insight into issues that I may not have thought of…and you get free advice. Sounds like a win-win situation to me.