Yellow Dog Ventures

Boomtown is the new name for Jaime Mintun’s consultancy program. Her intention is to provide participants with everything they need to create and sustain businesses as Internet consultants. She promises to hold one’s hand until they are making thousands each month.

I joined last year when it was called Turbo Charged Consulting. It was a bit slow getting off the ground at the time and, to be honest, my intention was to use it as a back up only if my efforts to create streams of Internet income fizzled. So it was way on the back burner.

I’m currently… Continue reading

Today I finally finished reconfiguring my eBay affiliate sites from Commission Junction links to eBay Partner Network links. What a process! I only have about 6 sites promoting the eBay affiliate program. I really feel for the people who have thousands of pages! What a job for them.

Now comes the question of reporting by the EPN. Folks on the E1KaDay forum are reporting inconsistencies and errors in EPN’s stats. I have to admit I haven’t gotten into checking out the reports yet. But, it will be important to watch how this… Continue reading

My involvement with the Black Ink Project has led me to Twitter.

Jeremy Palmer recommended that all participants in BIP follow him on Twitter, along with a course specific blog, to stay updated on developments in the program.

Actually, I’ve seen references to Twitter all over the place lately. It seem to be escalating. “Everyone” seems to be recommending it as an excellent tool for marketing. Since it’s Web 2.0 social marketing, though, the value is in the connecting with others over time and what can come from that, rather than direct selling.

I’m starting to have fun with… Continue reading

A week ago I mentioned a training program that I had signed up for: The Black Ink Project. This is being offered by Jeremy Palmer and the topic is affiliate marketing.

Got an email today from Jeremy who reports WebEx (they do webinars) has decided to feature the training. This means the number of seats available has tripled. Sounds like there’s plenty of room left. Go here if you’re interested. You can see an outline of the whole program and sign up. The training is free, and Jeremy is one of… Continue reading

A couple months ago I became aware of a really cool video creating service on the web. It’s called Animoto.

The way the system works is you feed them a bunch of pictures/images along with some music and they create a video with a mixture of the pictures and a variety of special effects. The result is very cool and can look quite professional.

I’ll show you a sample video if you keep reading and click the “continue reading” part below. Then you’ll be able to see the video.

At the time I first heard of Animoto, I decided to create… Continue reading