Friday is the last day to get 20% off the early bird price for ADSPACE. Use code “AdSpaceC” and you get in for $316. Wait until the last minute and pay $595! The list of speakers you’ll see at the show is phenomenal – I actually can’t believe that we’ve managed to get all of these people together in one place. So register now or forever hold your peace (or just pay more later). Here’s the speaker list: Steen Andersson, CO-Founder and VP, Marketing, 5th Finger Brad Bender, … Continue reading →

This post is a bit off-topic, but hey its my blog and I’ll blog off-topic if I want to. I’ve recently started shopping on Amazon.com for groceries and the amount you can save by doing this is amazing. Take a Clif Bar as an example. At Safeway, a Clif Bar costs $1.50. With 8.75% tax here in CA, your total price is $1.62. If you order a Clif Bar from Amazon (note: you have to order 24 at once, so you do have to really enjoy Clif Bars), … Continue reading →

Some interesting investigative work by ABC – turns out the Acai berry weight loss model was a $1 stock photo of a German model! With mainstream media raising the alarm, seems like only a matter of time before Google and the FTC say no mas.

First Google added “Google Checkout” logos to the AdWords results for participating merchants. Then they offered “product images” for retailers. Today I noticed the latest non-text test on AdWords search – mini logos (or, maybe these are favicons, I don’t know). See screenshot below – the keyword I typed in was “project manager degree.” I’ve said this before – why not just go all out and try banners on Google search? Sure the negative press would initially be bad, but if it monetizes better it can’t possibly be … Continue reading →