Home > September 2008

Advertising

Leave Them Wanting More

Posted on September 30, 2008

If you do your job well, you shouldn't get paid anything at all for it. That doesn't sound fair, does it? But as an online publisher, that's exactly what should... Continue Reading

Comments (2)

Internet Business

How Fast Should You Grow?

Posted on September 29, 2008

Want to know the difference between a successful entrepreneur... and an entrepreneur who wants to be successful? It's really very simple... An entrepreneur acts. An entrepreneur who wants to be... Continue Reading

Comments (6)

Internet Business

The Price -- And Value -- Of Being Controversial

Posted on September 27, 2008

Recently, I wrote a post laying out what I think of multi-level marketing (MLM). I thought long and hard before I wrote that post. I knew that there would be... Continue Reading

Comments (6)

Internet Business

Online Publishing Is Changing... Mostly

Posted on September 25, 2008

This is a hugely exciting time to be an online publisher. It used to be the case that if you wanted to earn from ads on your website, there was... Continue Reading

Comments (5)

Joel Comm LIVE

Top Ten Signs You are Twittering Too Much

Posted on September 24, 2008

I wasn't feeling great today, but the show must go on! Dan Nickerson and I took questions from viewers, showed some videos, discussed social media and presented a new top... Continue Reading

Comments (1)

Internet Business

AdSense Is Only The First Step To Major Online Success

Posted on September 24, 2008

It's been a long time since I optimized my first AdSense ad. Many things have changed since then. Some things have stayed the same. The principles of AdSense optimization have... Continue Reading

Comments (14)

Internet Business

Are You Missing Your Blog's Growth Opportunities?

Posted on September 22, 2008

I'm amazed that there are people out there -- somewhere -- who aren't making money from AdSense. It's not as though you need a doctorate in computer studies and a... Continue Reading

Comments (10)

Click Here to Order

How to Read Click Here to Order for Free

Posted on September 21, 2008

Click Here to Order continues to sell very well and is showing up in more and more stores. I'd love to hear your CHTO Sitings if you spot it in... Continue Reading

Comments (17)

Social Networking

Be in My Twitter Book

Posted on September 20, 2008

I've got some pretty exciting news. I've been asked to write the definitive book on Twitter for business by a major publisher! I just got done with the launch of... Continue Reading

Comments (5)

Internet Business

Want To Know How to Achieve Success

Posted on September 18, 2008

I'm going to tell you a secret. It's the secret of continued success that every successful publisher knows and benefits from them. Here it is... The secret of continued success... Continue Reading

Comments (8)

Social Networking

Does Twitter need a new slogan?

Posted on September 17, 2008

I was on Twitter the other day, noticing that I had passed 3300 followers (thanks everyone!), and also noticed that Twitter has no slogan. Well, there's "What are you doing... Continue Reading

Comments (12)

Social Networking

What Did You Do Last Weekend?

Posted on September 16, 2008

It's probably the most important decision you can make as a publisher... What are you going to create a website about? So much depends on your choice: The value of... Continue Reading

Comments (7)

World of Warcraft

Wrath of the Lich King to release November 13th

Posted on September 15, 2008

It's been two years in the making. Finally, Blizzard Entertainment has announced the long-awaited expansion pack to the world's most popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. Wrath of the Lich King... Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Internet Business

When Good Users Go Bad

Posted on September 15, 2008

If you were publishing a newspaper, you wouldn't care who read it. As long as the number of readers was nice and high, it wouldn't matter too much to you... Continue Reading

Comments (5)

Advertising

Do You Build Traffic The Easy Way... Or The Hard Way?

Posted on September 15, 2008

There are easy ways of bringing traffic to your website, and there are hard ways. Most people focus on the hard ways. They spend hours playing around with their keywords... Continue Reading

Comments (9)

Fun and Games

Flying Monkey Office Olympics

Posted on September 13, 2008

Everyone was talking about the Beijing 2008 Olympics this summer. Phelps and others stole the headlines with victory after victory. However, in the midst of this global competition, another competition... Continue Reading

Comments (17)

Current Events

Amazon Election 2008 Interactive Map

Posted on September 12, 2008

Here's a cool find. Do the books your fellow countrymen are reading indicate which way their vote may be leaning? You'll be fascinated as you explore Amazon's Election 2008 Interactive... Continue Reading

Comments (2)

Click Here to Order

Book found at local Barnes and Noble

Posted on September 12, 2008

It's always a thrill to see your new book on the shelf of a major bookseller. Mary and I went to dinner at Hu Hot last night (yum!), and then... Continue Reading

Comments (5)

Internet Business

Here's What to Do If You're Stuck for Something to Say

Posted on September 12, 2008

I've got no idea how many blog posts, articles and pages of content I've written for the Internet. I've been doing it for years, so if you're wondering if there... Continue Reading

Comments (7)

Joel Comm LIVE

Dan O' Day comes to town

Posted on September 11, 2008

New media may be taking over the world, but millions of people still listen to their radios everyday. I listen on my way to and from the office, usually to... Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Internet Business

Can Your Networking Give You The Digg Effect?

Posted on September 11, 2008

I'm always going on about the importance of networking at conferences. That's because I don't know of any strategy that can improve an online publishing business's success rate faster. Networking... Continue Reading

Comments (3)

Free Stuff

Should You Give Away Your Content?

Posted on September 09, 2008

It sounds like a terrible idea. You spend ages thinking up an idea for an article, doing the research and writing it out... then you give it to someone else... Continue Reading

Comments (15)

Gadgets and Gizmos

Sarah Palin Action Figure can take down Democrats!

Posted on September 08, 2008

Oh, now this is a RIOT! Sarah Palin has taken the political world by storm. Whatever you think of the woman, Conservatives are pumped-up about her being on the ticket... Continue Reading

Comments (3)

Internet Business

PublisherSpot from Tyler Cruz

Posted on September 08, 2008

There are millions of blogs on the web, but there are only a handful that are creating content of value. I learned about Tyler Cruz a few months back and... Continue Reading

Comments (1)

iPhone apps

iVote surpasses 10,000 users

Posted on September 07, 2008

Today we released v1.1 of iVote, the mobile application for the iPhone. The app has been out just a couple weeks and we've already surpassed 10,000 users. Even more exciting... Continue Reading

Comments (3)

Joint Ventures

Joint Ventures Build Businesses

Posted on September 06, 2008

You've probably noticed that I'm often talking about seminars and conferences. That's not just because I talk at some of them. It's because I think that they're essential stepping stones... Continue Reading

Comments (4)

Internet Business

The Secret to Creating your own Serendipity

Posted on September 04, 2008

When I was researching "Click Here to Order," there was a story I kept coming across time and time again. Marketers would tell me how they were down to their... Continue Reading

Comments (7)

Current Events

The Heart Kids Tweet-a-thon

Posted on September 04, 2008

There's nothing better than welcoming a new child into the world and your family. Being a father of two, I can tell you that the health and welfare of your... Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Click Here to Order

Click Here to Order moving up the charts

Posted on September 02, 2008

What a fantastic book launch day! My book, Click Here to Order, took Amazon.com by storm on Tuesday, September 2nd, moving up the charts at record pace! As of this... Continue Reading

Comments (6)

Click Here to Order

Click Here to Order now available

Posted on September 02, 2008

Google. Amazon.com. eBay. Yahoo! MySpace. Facebook. Everyone has heard of these Internet giants. These companies have generated billions of dollars in revenue and made their founders multi-millionaires. The mainstream media... Continue Reading

Comments (2)

Advertise Here

Subscribe to JoelComm.com, Free!

Subscribe to JoelComm.com via RSS

Subscribe to ASK.JoelComm.com via RSS

Subscribe to Joel's YouTube Channel

 

Or, subscribe via email:

Name:
Email:


Photos from our Flickr stream

Signing books at Barnes and Noble

Wellman, Tellman and Fellman

Signing books at Barnes and Noble

Signing books at Barnes and Noble

speaking at Barnes and Noble

Barnes and Noble book signing

Joel on the beach

Joel in California

Dinner with Mike Koenigs, Gary Ambrose and Mike Filsaime

Joel with Joe Sugarman

Chris Guerierro and Joel

Joel, Armand, Stephen and Ken

See all photos

Advertise Here

INFORMATION

Joel Comm is an Internet entrepreneur who has been online for over 20 years. In 1995, Joel launched WorldVillage.com, a family-friendly portal to the web which enjoys thousands of visitors each day. Joel is the co-creator of ClassicGames.com, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 1997, and now goes by the name Yahoo! Games. Since then, Joel's company, InfoMedia, Inc., has launched dozens of web sites which offer online shopping, free stuff, website reviews and more. Joel is the author of many popular books, including the NY Times Best-Seller, The AdSense Code. He regularly makes appearances at Internet marketing conferences and seminars.