Business The Net
Over the last few months we have been testing how well emailing a weekly newsletter would work in driving traffic to our blog. I am glad to report that this system works very well. For every 100 emails sent out, it drives 45 people to the site as a visitor. We currently send out 3000+ emails a week to our […]
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Ramblings Videos
Last month, Ed Lau and Michael Kwan held a contest asking readers to name their new hockey blog and win an iPod nano . They haven’t selected the winning name yet but they did select the random winner of the 4GB nano during Saturday’s Dot Com Pho. A video was made of the drawing. I was asked by Ed and […]
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The Net
We all have outside influences that pull us from blogging on a daily basis. I previously posted about the lies that are holding your blog back. I know posting once a day can be a difficult task when you are just starting to blog. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself though what is holding you back from blogging? Experts […]
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Videos
First off all, I don’t know how 45n5 managed to get their hands this video that featured Darren Rowse and myself doing the hula. However, since it’s been released, I guess I have no choice except to release an official statement on it. Official statement: This video is a fake. That is not me doing the hula. However, I can’t […]
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Fine Dining
The evening dinner reception for my cousin’s wedding was held at Kirin Mandarin Restaurant at the Three West Centre in the heart of Richmond. The entire 350 seat restaurant was booked out for this event. If you have ever been to a Chinese wedding banquet then you know they are a big deal. I think Chinese wedding banquets ranks near […]
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Ramblings
Congrats goes out to Terra Andersen of Better For Business. Terra is the first winner of my latest book giveaway, 7 Winning Strategies for Trading Forex by Grace Cheng. Hopefully, Terra can use the book to really make things better for her business. Terra just needs to reply to my email and I’ll send the book out to her. I […]
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Ramblings
Yesterday I saw my cousin, who I used to babysit when she was just 4 years old, get married. It was a beautiful ceremony held at Queen Elizabeth Park. I love family weddings because it brings people together. Family members flew in from Toronto, New York, Hong Kong and China to attend. The weather could not have been better. However, […]
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Business The Net
It’s time for the much anticipated blog income report! These are exciting times here at John Chow dot Com. Summer is about over and companies are getting ready for the advertising bonanza that happens in the fall/winter months. As a blog, I’m surprised at how well I’ve done during these summer months. I expected income to drop but it had […]
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