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Kim asks: I own your book but it doesn’t say if typepad allows putting ads on the blogs we create. Can you tell me more about this? And how to do it? Yes, TypePad allows you to host ads on your blogs. There’s a couple ways to do it you can add Google AdSense ads […]

Every year, a boatload of tech hopefuls gather for a throwdown marathon of product demos at DEMO. This year’s DEMO points the way towards emerging technologies that are on the edge, on the brink and maybe just bubbling and ready to go mainstream. All of the video presentations are available for streaming. I’ve been working […]

All this post-crisis coverage of the buzz marketing that Turner Broadcasting did for Adult Swim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force keeps using the phrase bomb hoax or hoax bombs They weren’t hoax bombs. With a hoax there is intent. These were not meant to represent bombs. They were little blinky billboards – glorified Lite-Brites.

With services like BlogAds and AdBrite that allow advertisers to reach collections of blogs grouped aroud a single topic it was only a matter of time before Google added this in to the AdSense mix: This seems to be a program that clusters similar sites together to be sold to advertisers as a package. It […]

How fundamentally stupid: A ‘buzz marketing’ campaign for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim feature Aqua Teen Hunger Force consisting of LED-based lightboxes with a cartoon character giving the middle finger has caused panic in Boston and shut down their transit system. They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult […]

In a post published on today’s date, the blog for US Presidential Candidate Joseph Biden completely ignores the mini-flap over possibly-maybe racist comments Biden made about Obama.

The coming rage: TV stations serving all markets in the United States are airing digital television programming today, although most will continue to provide analog programming through February 17, 2009. … Will I Need a New TV if I Have an Analog TV? When full-power broadcast stations stop analog service, you still will be able […]

Got a call from a reporter from The Wall Street Journal. They are doing a story on The Secret movie and they’d found my post/rant about The Secret movie – along with the 90+ comments. Currently that post is the 3rd site listed on the first page of Google search results. Never underestimate your impact.

Install the WordPress Google Analytics Plugin Download Denis’s Google Analytics plugin. Unzip the plugin. Upload the plugin to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder. Go to your WordPress blog’s Dashboard > Plugins. A list of both active and inactive plugins displays. Scroll to the plugin and Activate it. A success message displays. Grab Your Google Analytics Code Block […]

Grab Your Google Analytics Code Block Login to Google Analytics at http://google.com/analytics/. The main Settings page loads. Click on Add Website Profile. A form displays. Select Add a Profile for a New Domain. Enter the URL of your site or blog. Select your country and time zone. Click Finish. Analytics provides you with a code […]