I have 5 Google Wave invites to give away and I want to give one of  them to you! To enter the giveaway, just comment on this blog post and I will randomly select 5 entries on December 15, 2009. What is Google Wave? Google Wave is a personal communication and collaboration tool. Google Wave works like previous messaging systems like email and Usenet, but instead of sending a message along with its entire thread of previous messages, or requiring all responses to be stored in each user’s inbox for context, message documents (referred to as waves) that contain complete threads of multimedia...

A Facebook fan page is an excellent way to promote your business on the fastest growing social networking site. Facebook fan pages are for every type of business imaginable, not just for singers and stars. Creating a Facebook fan page is easy and takes just a few minutes. If you don’t have a Facebook fan page, go here. Let’s look at some of the things you can post on your fan page: - Overview of company - Website and contact info - Press releases - Videos - Blog RSS - Twitter updates - Company news and status - Customer interaction 1. Recommend your fan page to your friends Your friends...

I recently took a trip to Nicaragua for 10 days with Chris Hedgecock and Cameron Olthuis. We stayed at Surf Zone Nicaragua which is within walking distance of San Juan, Nicaragua. I had a great time on the trip and I can’t thank Shawn & Caleb from Surf Zone enough for showing me the real Nicaragua. I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to have a local show you around town when you’re in a foreign country.  Without Shawn and Caleb we would have had a whole different experience. The guys at Surf Zone Nicaragua are outgoing hosts and I recommend them to anyone looking...

As a blogger, I am always looking for new and cool things to blog about. On any given day the internet is injected with fresh topics to choose from. Today I am going to talk about a great way to generate organic traffic using Google Trends. Let’s face it, Google is telling you what keywords are popular and how often they are searched for. Google is giving you the information you need to succeed in blogging, all it takes is time. What is Google Trends? Google Trends shows how often a particular search-term is entered relative to the total search-volume across various regions of the world,...

Natalie Smith is rumored to be Tony Romo’s new girlfriend according to sources. After dumping Jessica Simpson on the eve of her 29th birthday he has been quoted as having an “emotional affair” with Ms. Smith. A source close to Smith says, Romo, 29, and Smith, 22, “are are not officially dating, but they are having an intimate relationship.”

I have been working more and more with WordPress lately and I thought I might share some of my knowledge with the WordPress community. Earlier this year I designed and deployed a complete WordPress solution for Zeropaid.com. The migration took about 6 months and I learned many things about WordPress and how to utilize plugins. Using the data in the previous version of the site which was a mash up of several open source systems and internally developed code, I migrated all the data to a manageable solution for my company while adhering to SEO standards. If you are looking to generate organic traffic,...

Recently I took a road trip across country to promote my website Cars For a Grand.com.The road trip was designed create buzz about the brand and bring awareness to inexpensive vehicles for sale online. You can read more about the road trip on the Cars For a Grand Website. On April 20th 2009 our story hit mainstream media and CNN covered our trip. Here is the video.

Recently, I was working on an update to Cars For a Grand a website that sells cars for under $1,000. I was recoding the search page and I had a long list of cars in a particular zip code. Since I didn’t want to show the details of the car in the immediate view,  I would use a toggle approach to show/hide the details on the page. Here is an example that should get you started. Test in IE, FireFox, Chrome <html> <head> <script src=”http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js”></script> <script type=”text/javascript”> $(document).ready(function(){ $(”a[id^='carLink-']“).click(function(){ match...

Last night I published my first video screencast for my WordPress project WP Tag Ads. I decided to create a screencast cause I noticed a large number of my users were having problems getting the plugin running correctly. In the past I have used normal blog posts to aid users in setting up my plugin, but this time I decided to use video to demonstrate the installation, activation and testing of the plugin. The end result is a more informative medium for educating the site’s visitors and hopefully a higher conversion in successful installations. If you are looking for a great piece of software...

With the end of the year closely approaching, I need to get my personal and professional priorities in line. Here are just a few things I need to work on so I can start fresh in ‘09 Finish the redevelopment of Zeropaid.com – All we really need to do is finish UI, is that so hard? Get a new snowboard – I need a new one and its time! Get to the gym more often – Need to get my phat ass in to shape. Do a winter clean Do a good job over at red door Organize my desk to maximize my time Read more Get rid of ‘old’ shit!