Down In The Trenches – Internet Marketing

Hey gang,

I’ve got something to show you today that I think will completely revolutionize they way we communicate online, and I mean that seriously.

If you have not seen this yet, be prepared to be blown away.

Harry McCracken at technologizer.com says the following:

A new service which – well, it’s one of the most ambitious services that Google or anyone else has cooked up? How ambitious? Project leader Lars Rasmussen says that it began with the question “What might e-mail look like if it were invented today?” … It:

* Is a service that looks like a rich piece of client software;
* Behaves like sophisticated threaded e-mail;
* Acts like IM when multiple collaborators are online at once.
* Is one of the most real-time collaborative tools I’ve ever seen.
* Has revision marking and versioning for workgroup editing.
* Has instant photo sharing.
* Allows its functionality to be embedded into blogs and social networks;
* Can serve as a container for OpenSocial applications;
* Has what Google says is a revolutionary spell checker;
* Comes in mobile flavors for Android and iPhone;
* Is an open-source project that lets developers write both Wave extensions … and their own servers.more

This is something you need to take a serious look at right now, before it slips your mind because this is going to create some huge new waves, pardon the pun.

Here is a 2 hour developer preview Google I/O where they take you through Wave:

Google Wave Preview Video

Notice I said “developer”?

Yes, it is Open Source

Let me know your thoughts on this thing, the possibilities seem endless.

Scot

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Hey gang,

Have you seen or heard of the latest search engine about to be released by MicroSoft?

It’s called BING

It’s not been released yet but they do have a large group of beta testers and this preview video:

http://www.decisionengine.com/Default.html

I have no idea how well this will be received in the world of search, but they did add a bunch of very useful local search tools.

I don’t know about you, but finding something locally is always a crap shoot here, let’s hope they can get rid of some of the directory type sites. Who wants to go from a search engine right to a directory?

Anyhow, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.

Scot

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He there,

I’m up at my camper for the weekend and it started raining so I hopped in the Jeep and headed out to this little hole in the wall discount grocery store around here for something to do.

I love this little store because they always have a large variety of strange foods, snacks and drinks that you never see in a regular grocery store.

While my son was browsing the large selection of energy drinks they had in stock he asked me, “dad, what’s a guru”?

I did a double take and said, where did you hear that term, that’s something someone is called when they are the best at what they do, the all knowing one.

I then asked him where he heard the word and lo and behold, he handed me a 10 oz can of “Guru”.

Here’s a picture

While waiting to check out I had visions of the cashier trying to up sell me on a 12-pack of the stuff, or an auto-ship of some sort

It was warm so I had to put it into the fridge when we got back to the camper, but I plan on cracking that baby after dinner and becoming an instant “Guru”

For Only $1.00

Be on the lookout tomorrow where I espouse my new found wisdom in the form of a $4,997 coaching program WSO from a true Guru

All kidding aside, Happy Memorial Day weekend, get away from the computer, jeez I even live this stuff in the middle of nowhere lol

Scot

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Hey Gang,

Tired of looking for your “Offline Gold” prospects with a pick and shovel?

What if there was a way to up the ante a bit with good old fashion strip mining?

Well, I just unearthed the mother load!

And I’m going to share it here for free!

There is no longer going to be any excuses on how to find businesses to market your “Offline Gold” proposal to.

Instead of looking through the endless crap Google gives you for results, wasting hours thumbing through the Yellow Pages, cold calling or even just walking into a business, this one simple resource will give you every business listed in your city in one convenient place.

OK Scot, enough of the hype, where is it?

Here you go!

Offline Gold Mega Load

Happy hunting!

Scot

P.S. Please feel free to share this post with your friends, they will thank you!

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Hey gang,

The Washington Post is reporting that Yahoo is attempting to create a near complete clone of Twitter.

Have things gotten that desperate at Yahoo that they can’t even seem to come up with their own innovative ideas anymore?

It wasn’t that long ago really that Yahoo was the king of the mountain, now it seems that it pales in comparison to the behemoth in Mountain View.

Anyhow, here is the entire Post article:

Yahoo’s Twitter Clone

Enjoy!

Scot

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Hey Gang,

In case you missed it, Google has just released a cool new set of tools on it’s search pages.

First off, head on over to Google and do a basic search for the term ‘diet’.

When the results come up, look right under the Google Logo to the left of the search box and click, “Show options…”.

Now, down near the bottom you will see a link called, “Wonder Wheel”, click that…

Cool eh?

Now is when it gets very interesting…

Click any of the spokes on the wheel and you can dig deep into the diet niche and find some very cool sub-niches related to the original term,“diet”.

This is a fantastic way to find new untapped sub-niches to exploit

Enjoy!

Scot

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Hey fellow Twitterees,

Is that even a word?

It’s official, you are now able to follow an Astronaut on the latest shuttle mission as he sends back to earth, his interstellar 14o or fewer character Tweets.

Astronaut Mike Massimino will be firing off 140-character-or-less messages at @Astro_Mike.

Check out the complete story from NASA here:

Space Tweets

Scot

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Hey gang,

I just opened my snail mail for the day, the usual suspects and a few bills, then something funny.

I got an ad piece from AT&T U-Verse wanting me to sign up for their Internet, Phone and TV package.

All fine and dandy, except…

I’m already an AT&T U-verse customer!

I wonder how many millions of dollars they are wasting every year doing this?

Is it any wonder some of these companies struggle to make a profit, especially in these trying times?

Scot

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…I want to be part of it.

Check out this lively debate I started over at the Warrior Forum this afternoon and the huge “scam” we unraveled:

CPA Scam?

It’s my understanding that things like this are really prevalent, what are your experiences on this issue?

I know that there are probably ten good programs or more for every bad one, but if this sort of thing is allowed and the money being made makes these companies knowingly look the other way, how long will it be before things like this are gonna be regulated?

Scot

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Hey gang,

Have any of you been watching the new Reality TV show starring Billy Mays called “Pitchmen”?

I watched my first episode last night and was blown away at the amount of usable information you can take away from the show on Direct Responce Marketing.

I went off exploring more about the show today and ran across this great set of tips that helps you decide what products will actually sell.

Have a look and let me know what you think:

Make Millions With Billy Mays

Enjoy!

Scot

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