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by WillyF 13y ago
I was surprised that we got in and shocked that they put so much time into the article. I can't believe it makes economic sense to put so much into such a short write-up, but I guess it does for The Times. Together my wife and I check
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by WillyF 13y ago
We used a high-end wedding planner, and when we asked her what to do for the NY Times announcement, she told us to submit via the form on the website. Maybe she pulled some strings behind the scenes, but it seemed to us that she had no pull
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by WillyF 13y ago
I don't have any stats, but I know that very few of those who submit are selected. My wife and I received a long form write-up (just under 700 words). The process started with our submission on the website, but then we got a call from
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by WillyF 13y ago
I wonder if there will be any special treatment for gifts (I'm guessing there won't be). My mom has bought me many books. She probably has no interest in having the Kindle versions of them, but I definitely do.
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by WillyF 13y ago
My Dad was part of the Lyme Disease vaccine trials. He ended up receiving the placebo, but was then given the option to get the actual vaccine and he took it. If I remember correctly, it didn't last that long, so it has almost certainl
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by WillyF 13y ago
I'm not sure how hard it would be, but I wonder if you could turn these suggestions into a script. I'm sure a lot of people would pay $10 (just throwing out a price point) for an app that allows you to quickly setup a computer for an extrem
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by WillyF 13y ago
Yeah, I was pretty certain right after it happened that I had sustained hearing damage, but after hearing myself speak I was happy to realize that I hadn't. I've had quite a few thunderstorms come up on me while I was fishing. The one that
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by WillyF 13y ago
This is great advice. I had a very close call last year, and have made it a point to ensure that it never happens again. My Dad and I were on a fishing trip in Michigan and floating down the river with a guide in a long, canoe-like river bo
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by WillyF 14y ago
What about the parent comment indicates that he doesn't know what he's talking about? Here are some Matt Cutts quotes from two weeks ago: "Over time, Google will care more about identity and social reputation." "Links still have many, many
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by WillyF 14y ago
Click tracking on links. Obviously, it only works if your users click.
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by WillyF 14y ago
On my list of about 11,500, just under 400 people have "opened never" but have clicked at least one link. So it's a pretty small number. I'd be you can just about double it to get the total number of opens that haven't been tracked.
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by WillyF 14y ago
That's why you send a warning e-mail. You could also opt them down to a weekly digest instead of daily e-mails. One good thing about Sailthru is that it you can track all clicks on links. So if you have a user with no opens and no clicks ov
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by WillyF 14y ago
Good to know! I'll probably take the same approach at first.
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by WillyF 14y ago
Fab uses Sailthru to deliver their e-mail. See here: https://www.sailthru.com/clients I'm in the process of moving my e-mail to Sailthru. I'm really impressed by their capabilities, though the transition hasn't been quite as smooth as I w
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by WillyF 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil
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Saber Blast Lets Brands Team Up To Form A Marketing Alliance(techcrunch.com)
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by WillyF 14y ago
I work in the careers space and did a conference call with 20-30 career services professionals from Art Institutes campuses across the country. It became very clear during the call that they were in the difficult position of telling their s
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by WillyF 14y ago
Sailthru does this in addition to lots of other things.
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by WillyF 14y ago
I've heard stories that Heinz is so defensive of their brand that they send out "Ketchup Inspectors" to make sure restaurants aren't refilling Heinz bottles with lesser ketchup. This is the only somewhat legitimate source that I could find:
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by WillyF 14y ago
Don't forget to do a reconsideration request after you use the disavow tool. You'd be better off getting rid of the links, but that might be difficult.
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by WillyF 14y ago
The .edu blog comment spamming isn't going to help. I just did a quick look on Open Site Explorer, and your link profile looks super shady. You're setting yourself up to get Penguined if you aren't already.
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by WillyF 14y ago
It's a penny auction site. I'm not sure I'd call it "honest." You are very likely not their target market. I don't have any inside information, but I'll bet that these tactics work really well on the type of people who are likely to sign up
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by WillyF 14y ago
I've always thought that there should be a startup that both sells used books and "rips" books for you. You buy the used version for a couple of bucks, pay a couple of bucks for them to "scan" it, and you get a PDF and they destroy the book
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by WillyF 14y ago
What kind of bloggers? Bloggers in general is a huge category. I am a blogger. My blog is my business. SEO drives a lot of revenue. I sometimes embed videos from 3rd parties in my posts. What questions can I answer for you?
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by WillyF 14y ago
What are you trying to achieve with the blog?
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by WillyF 14y ago
Do you have a picture of the fish?
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by WillyF 14y ago
I've seen shows where they "fish" for sharks with seal decoys (no hooks in them though).
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by WillyF 14y ago
Most flies used in fly fishing incorporate some sort of feathers, but that's usually to imitate an insect or fish. The largest "terrestrial" that I've ever imitated is a mouse (the fly consisted of some other type of non-mouse fur--rabbit a
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by WillyF 14y ago
I had an issue where an API call was failing for Googlebot and other crawlers. I was worried about this being seen as "cloaking," so I was trying to figure out what was causing. Couldn't be my code. The API provider said it wasn't them. I f
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by WillyF 14y ago
Indeed is one of my business' main revenue streams, so I was relieved to see that they'll be kept as a wholly owned subsidiary. The rumor last night was that LinkedIn was going to buy Indeed, and that scared the crap out of me.

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