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Miscellanous Ramblings – Literal Rick Rolled Edition

This edition of the weekly miscellaneous ramblings is brought to you by Twitter. Before, I would have to go out and look for stories out on the net. Thanks to Twitter, the stories comes to me. Follow me on Twitter and your story might be listed here. Internet Marketing Top Blogs – I’m #5 According to Winning The Web, I […]

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The Best Make Money Online Advice Ever

Many people come to this blog to find out how to make money online so I figure I would make that the Twitter Question of the Day. During lunch at Kam Do in Richmond, I sent out a tweet asking followers to reply back with the single best piece of make money online advice they’ve ever received. The answers I […]

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Make Money Online with InLinks

InLink is a new service from the parent company of Text Link Ads. In a nutshell, InLinks takes your blog posts and turns certain keywords into links. Unlike Kontera, InLinks doesn’t pop up an ad when you hover over it. Instead, InLinks links directly to the advertiser’s page. From a reader’s standpoint, Inlinks looks just like a normal blog link. […]

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Paying It Forward with XR.com and Feeding The Hungry

Last week, I wrote a post about XR.com, the URL shortening service launched by Richard Lau. Despite what some comments in the post claimed, that post was not a paid review. Richard emailed me about his service and asked me to help him get some feedback. I didn’t know who Richard Lau was. I figured he was a struggling entrepreneur […]

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Visit To UGM Vancouver

The Union Gospel Mission was kind enough to invite the Dot Com crew (myself, Sally, Sarah, Stephen Fung, Ed Lau and Greg Morgan) down for lunch and tour their facilities. The UGM is one of the charities I support. Over the years, John Chow dot Com readers have open their hearts and wallets when I call on them to help […]

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How To Timestamp Your Twitter Tweets

Most bloggers know about the WordPress timestamp that allows you to publish posts at a later date. This is a very handy feature if you’re going to be away for a few days but would like new posts to keep flowing. The timestamp allows you to write a bunch of posts in advance and then have them go live at […]

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How To Build Your Personal Brand

Tonight was the monthly meet up for Third Tuesday Vancouver. It’s call Third Tuesday because they meet on the third Tuesday of every month. Most of the time, it’s just informal networking among members but tonight there was a presentation by Rebecca Bollwitt from Miss604.com on building your personal brand. What caught my interest wasn’t so much Rebecca’s presentation, which […]

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What Does Twitter Mean To You?

Today’s Twitter Question of the Day ask what does Twitter mean to you? I know that there are many people out there who still don’t understand what Twitter is and how it’s changing the face of social media. I have to admit that when I first discovered Twitter my thought was, “I don’t get it.” At first, Twitter seemed like […]

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