WordPress 2.8.2
July 20, 2009
Wow! It’s getting hard to keep up with the releases at WordPress.
No sooner do they release one update with various fixes, than they release another one a few days later with even more fixes. It used to be that you could update to the latest version and then relax for a little while. Now, it almost seems like you’re better waiting for a week or so after a release to see if they offer a newer version still!
What do you do? Do you update as soon as a new release is announced?
Free Royalty Free Photos
May 13, 2009
I use a lot of stock photography myself – well, a fair amount anyway – and the cost can soon add up.
Recently, while surfing the web, I came across a great list of resources for free royalty free photos. Rather than repeat the list, let me give you a link to where I found that list.
http://www.affiliatemarketingdiary.com/main/my-top-20-royalty-free-photo-resources/133/
There’s a lot of resources in that list to look through. If you’re thinking of using some stock photography on one of your sites it’s well worth a look.
Lying Internet Marketers
March 31, 2009
Do marketers who lie really think that’s the only way to make money?
I mean, seriously. Is that the only way they can think of to make a few dollars? By lie I mean mislead.
I’ve just received two emails from marketers whose lists I’m on. Here’s an excerpt (they’re identical emails, by the way, hmmm….):
I've just received a *private* link to a video that I'm not really meant to share with you...
The email goes on to tell me I can get my own money making website – they even hope that I can get in because it’s so limited!
Look, if they weren’t supposed to share that link then they wouldn’t have canned emails provided to them to use in their email promotions!
So let me see.
Either I believe that these marketers are low enough to do something they shouldn’t – share a private link – or they’re lying, right? I certainly call it lying because it’s not telling me the whole truth.
Let’s summarise that:
- They’re low-life pond scum who’ll give out private information that they know they’re not supposed to.
- They think I’m stupid enough to believe their pathetic lie and sign up, earning them a nice, easy fat and juicy commission.
I wonder which of those scenarios paints them in the worse light? Because whether it’s option 1, or option 2, those marketers should be ashamed of themselves. I mean come on, they didn’t even bother to change the canned email the original promoter obviously gave them. They really ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Clever marketing, if it’s ethical, is perfectly fine. But this is disgraceful. At a time when so many people are looking for genuine chances to earn money, is it any wonder they’re so scared of being ripped off when they see things like this? What’s worse is that it tars the rest of us with the same very unpleasant brush.
I just unsubscribed from both those lists. They’re actually harming people who need help, by perpetuating the idea that internet marketing is all about making a quick buck off people the easy way. It isn’t.
There are legitimate and fair ways to make money online – you need some effort and just a little time. And there are a lot of people for whom that could make a world of difference to their lives, but they might never even try for fear of getting caught by garbage like that.
You know what the saddest thing is? Human nature being what it is, they’ll catch some people with this simply because they’re suggesting you can get your hands on something that you shouldn’t have. And for some people that makes it all the more appealing.
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