Of course, a few days after i registered for Pubcon I found a nice fatty coupon code for Pubcon.  I wasn’t able to take advantage of this coupon code, but i figured i would share it with as many people as I could.

 This code should give you a 20% discount off of your pubcon registration.  If you are signing up drop a comment and maybe we can meet for a beer in Vegas Baby!

Code: md-4520

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I recently installed Auto Social Bookmarker from Mass-automation to a few of my Blogs.  It is a bit cumbersome when you order because you are not delivered the plug-in right away; however, i submitted an e-mail and support ticket and both were answered promptly when i woke up in the morning.

This tool looks like it may be the answer to hands off social bookmarking.  Once the plug-in is configured the it will post to the bookmark sites every time a new post is delivered.  It will even  bookmark future posts so you can upload articles, set the distribution date, and the blog will simple manage and promote itself as long as you have content.

 I will post a more detailed review of the product and the result it provides after it has been installed for a while.

It had been a while since the Weblinks Collection of over 1,000 marketing sites had been updated.  And it showed!  There were quite a few dead links, moved links and otherwise inaccurate information. 
Well as part of our reworking of the KnowThis.com website this section has now been addressed.  For the most part all links should […]

This week 17 stories have been added to the KnowThis.com Marketing Stories Archive.
Highlighted topics include: how to decide when to drop a customer; need for greater understanding of customer behavior; advice for creating an online self-service feature; the growing market for targeting Halloween products to adults; the trade-off between coupon value and expiration date; and […]

This week 16 stories have been added to the KnowThis.com Marketing Stories Archive.
Highlighted topics include: growing use of online live chat for customer service; the science of neuromarketing for market research; Brandweek’s marketers of the year; problems with new television rating system; how drug makers determine product names; how the motorcycle industry is appealing to […]

Yesterday KnowThis.com introduced a new look.  Users will notice a major change to the layout of the front page and minor changes on inside pages.  The changes include:

A simplified front page layout that highlights the key areas of:  Inside Categories, Tutorials and Marketing Stories. 
On the front page the site search feature now takes center stage.  […]

This week 16 stories have been added to the KnowThis.com Marketing Stories Archive.
Highlighted topics include: using Live Chat for selling; how to develop a pricing strategy; Wal-Mart’s early jump on the holiday selling season; the fast growing career market for selling online ads; lawsuit dealing with the accessibility of Target’s website; sales prospecting tips; and use of […]

Tonight I installed Photopost onto TidalRip.com.  The install went pretty smoothly and within about an hour i was posting test photos to the forum and playing around with the integration.  I am waiting for my license to be approved in the support forum, so i haven’t had much of a chance to work any changes into my main index page yet.  Hopefully in the next few days some noticable changes will happening.

 Also, I started a design contest for a header graphic over at Namepros.com.  This contest will be running until next Friday so by next week the layout and design should really start coming together.  Then all that is left is promotion.

So my review so far is positive and am happy i purchased PhotoPost eventhough it was a bit pricy.

TidalRip.com has its final Skin installed.  The Skin name is AquaTeen and has a slick and professional look and feel.  Next week I will be installing the photo software and creating the forum structure.  After the look and feel of the site are finalized i will start promoting the site though SEO and paid advertising. 

 Please provide any feedback you may have.

After careful deliberation, I have settled on a domain name for the new forum.  The new domain name is www.tidalrip.com.  As i mentioned in the last post, this forum will focus on cruising and sailing in the pacific northwest.  One unique option of the forum will be the ability to share a photo album with other users.  Other users will then have the option to comment or discuss your photographs.  I envision users posting destinations they have visited and other artistic photos they have taken. 

 Keep watching for more updates on this project.