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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Disqus - Latest Comments for Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</title><link>http://disqus.com/people/313a61243756ee98783a90f8e2723a1e/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:22:49 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: How Weed Increased My Web Design Business</title><link>http://outlawdesignblog.disqus.com/how_weed_increased_my_web_design_business/#comment-21816945</link><description>haha. no problem. I forgot to remind you - wonder where my mind is :-P</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:53:01 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: How Weed Increased My Web Design Business</title><link>http://outlawdesignblog.disqus.com/how_weed_increased_my_web_design_business/#comment-21816943</link><description>Judging from our previous convos I was expecting a completely different subject when I read the title in my feed reader. LOL&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I totally dig this idea though. Great topic and one I'll be combing over again in the near, near future.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:38:22 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: How to Make Money By Giving Things Away</title><link>http://outlawdesignblog.disqus.com/how_to_make_money_by_giving_things_away/#comment-21816348</link><description>Nice video with some great points. Gift wrapping shit in a christmas box doesn't mean people are going to want it :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can tell you're getting more comfortable with the video blogging as well. Keep it up.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:38:54 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Q&amp;#038;A With Danny Outlaw Pt1 (VIDEO)</title><link>http://outlawdesignblog.disqus.com/q038a_with_danny_outlaw_pt1_video/#comment-21816328</link><description>HANK WILLIAMS FTW!!!!!! :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Good video. You can tell you're getting more comfortable with it compared to the first video. And you answered my question very well. I doubt I'd want to spend months on end in the jungle with a half built wall/screen, but for the higher range that would work for me. I'm paying about 700 a month now where I'm at.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And I died laughing at the end during your brain fart haha. My girlfriend turned around and thought something was wrong with me. lol</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:51:15 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Ask Me a Question!</title><link>http://outlawdesignblog.disqus.com/ask_me_a_question/#comment-21816316</link><description>Yeah, I agree with Eric. I'd like to know what the average cost for a 2 bedroom place out there would be.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also, I'd love to know where to view a portfolio of designs you've done (unless I'm totally blind and miss a link somewhere lol)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:25:49 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: News on the Progress of the Redesign</title><link>http://outlawdesignblog.disqus.com/news_on_the_progress_of_the_redesign/#comment-21816313</link><description>I quit a couple years ago but went strong for about 3-4 years with a "so-so" 5-6 years before that. And yeah, I put 2 and 2 together ;)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:44:39 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: News on the Progress of the Redesign</title><link>http://outlawdesignblog.disqus.com/news_on_the_progress_of_the_redesign/#comment-21816310</link><description>I know I've been super excited about the new design since I seen the background change to the BIG image :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;p.s. is it just me, or do you look really really stoned in the video? :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:32:57 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Music of Design:  What do you listen to?</title><link>http://outlawdesignblog.disqus.com/music_of_design_what_do_you_listen_to/#comment-21816264</link><description>If I'm writing articles or writing code I tend to listen to the hiphop instrumentals section on &lt;a href="http://www.soundclick.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.soundclick.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If I'm designing/reading articles I have Joe Budden's three Mood Muzik mixtapes - and most recently his "Padded Room" album - on constant rotation</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:26:03 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: One Uber Twitter Follow List for Creatives &amp;#038; Geeks</title><link>http://imjustcreative.disqus.com/one_uber_twitter_follow_list_for_creatives_038_geeks/#comment-9738953</link><description>My twitter is &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/blogdesigner" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.twitter.com/blogdesigner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mike Smiths last blog post..&lt;a href="http://blogthememachine.com/listing-wordpress-pages-multiple-levels-deep/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Listing Wordpress Pages Multiple Levels Deep&lt;/a&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:40:50 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: One Uber Portfolio List for Creatives and Geeks</title><link>http://imjustcreative.disqus.com/one_uber_portfolio_list_for_creatives_and_geeks/#comment-9738870</link><description>Can't believe I missed this one. geez, I'm slacking.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogthememachine.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.blogthememachine.com&lt;/a&gt; count me in :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:16:18 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: 12 Motivational Tips for Startups and Entrepreneurs Inspired by the NFL</title><link>http://introspectivesnapshots.disqus.com/12_motivational_tips_for_startups_and_entrepreneurs_inspired_by_the_nfl/#comment-1570548</link><description>Nice article and nice way to break everything down. I'm going to keep an eye on the site. Keep up the awesome writing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mike&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blog's last blog post..&lt;a href="http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/quotable-business-the-simple-explination" rel="nofollow"&gt;Quotable Business: The Simple Explanation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:14:21 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: louisgray.com: Does a Service Need a Business Model to Have You as a Customer?</title><link>http://louisgray.disqus.com/louisgraycom_does_a_service_need_a_business_model_to_have_you_as_a_customer/#comment-5111688</link><description>I have never stopped using a service/product just because I didn't know what their business model was. If we weren't business owners ourselves, would we even worry about that - or even know what it means? We'd more than likely just use the service and leave it at that. If it closes, it closes. I try to use products/services as if I wasn't a business owner. Less stress, headaches and number crunching that way :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:11:39 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Young and (Un)Impressionable</title><link>http://scottmonty.disqus.com/young_and_unimpressionable/#comment-3608541</link><description>I use twitter religiously now as well as stumble upon and I know within the circles I am in on both social media networks, promoting a link/website/product only happens when you're genuinely in favor of it. So, if I tweet a link to another website, it's because I like it and think my network will like it too.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I think we're in a great time right now where reaching people involves a face to face (or internet to internet) connection between people and thus makes companies strive hard to not only connect with their customers but also put out QUALITY in order to be talked about.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:18:17 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: New Bootstrapping Blog Lists 45 Bootstrapping Ideas from Inc.com</title><link>http://instigatorblog.disqus.com/new_bootstrapping_blog_lists_45_bootstrapping_ideas_from_inccom/#comment-1644767</link><description>That is the blog that I started reading before I started my bootstrapping blog. Definitely worth the read and Shawn has TONS of great content on his site. Inspirational to say the least.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:35:47 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Quoted in The New York Times - The Power of Blogging</title><link>http://instigatorblog.disqus.com/quoted_in_the_new_york_times_the_power_of_blogging/#comment-1650154</link><description>I agree with Andy in #4 comment. Definitely a nice spot to be mentioned in the NYT. Speaking in public is the next step :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:37:41 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Marketing Lingo Defined: Guerilla Marketing</title><link>http://cfavreau.disqus.com/marketing_lingo_defined_guerilla_marketing/#comment-2015734</link><description>Thanks for the link :) I am working on some more Guerrilla Marketing articles soon as well. The Guerrilla Marketing book is on my desk at all times. Definitely a reference book in many situations.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:14:25 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: The Savvy Snippet: Chew On This</title><link>http://cfavreau.disqus.com/the_savvy_snippet_chew_on_this/#comment-2015808</link><description>This has to be the quote with the most truth in it I've ever seen. :) It made me believe I'm not as crazy as I feel :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks for posting it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mike</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:48:20 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: My &amp;#8220;Only&amp;#8221; Statement</title><link>http://cfavreau.disqus.com/my_8220only8221_statement/#comment-2015837</link><description>Hi Christina,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Up until right now, I haven't heard of an "Only Statement" but since I like a challenge let me see if I can think of one :) (well, two - one for my blog and one for my blog design business).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogthememachine.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.blogthememachine.com&lt;/a&gt; - only statement&lt;br&gt;--------&lt;br&gt;Blog Theme Machine is the only blog design company confident enough in their designs to guarantee an increase in your profits and branding.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bootstrappingblog.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.bootstrappingblog.com&lt;/a&gt; - only statement&lt;br&gt;--------&lt;br&gt;Bootstrapping Blog is the only website building a community of small business owners that want to share their experiences with the world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How'd I do? :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:34:34 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: When Life Steals Your Lemons, Advertise For Lemonade | The Future of Ads</title><link>http://thefutureofads.disqus.com/when_life_steals_your_lemons_advertise_for_lemonade_the_future_of_ads/#comment-3439741</link><description>That notice ad is hilarious. hard to read at that size, but I did it :) haha. Very funny way of spinning the stolen ad.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:40:47 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: America Loves Free Stuff</title><link>http://thefutureofads.disqus.com/america_loves_free_stuff/#comment-3489136</link><description>Nice post. I would have to disagree with the bad though. If you're a local business and you're offering a freebie for an even like the world series, or voting or something similar, I'm sure the local news (tv, radio and newspapers) would eat it up to give out the information on it. I don't think you'll get national exposure for a local campaign, but local business is always good business :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:12:12 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: The Twitter-Monster is hungry. Let&amp;#8217;s Feed It!</title><link>http://tabims.disqus.com/the_twitter_monster_is_hungry_let8217s_feed_it/#comment-3433841</link><description>I signed up and will be hitting up every link above me shortly.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;RSS FEED: &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/BootstrappingBlog" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://feeds.feedburner.com/BootstrappingBlog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;TWITTER: &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/bootstrapping" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.twitter.com/bootstrapping&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great idea. I'm working on fixing my hosting now, but when I do, Ill be writing about this in a showcase of how networking is great for business.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:53:31 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Does your Blog Design Kick a** or is it Kicking your a**?</title><link>http://tabims.disqus.com/does_your_blog_design_kick_a_or_is_it_kicking_your_a/#comment-3433928</link><description>I actually wrote a blog post similar to this on &lt;a href="http://clickconsultants.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;clickconsultants.com&lt;/a&gt; recently. I seen this blog post in my reader and went "wow, I'm not the only one thinking it" :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You're definitely right. A lot of times, bloggers think that their design is ok as a free theme that 20+ other blogs related to their topic which is completely false. Setting yourself apart is a big part of becoming a large name in the blogging game, so the design is a great part of it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great post! I stumbled it :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:40:46 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Pracitcal Guide to Avoid Twitter Phishing Scams</title><link>http://kenburbary.disqus.com/pracitcal_guide_to_avoid_twitter_phishing_scams/#comment-4882932</link><description>If you use Google Chrome, the sites been reported as a phishing site, so it doesn't show for you even if you click it. Kudos to Google Chrome for having that feature built in. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nice round up of tips too. I was also surprised that it took so long for the phishing to occur.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:13:45 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Authorize.Net Goes Down</title><link>http://mashable.disqus.com/authorizenet_goes_down/#comment-12076330</link><description>Kudos to the Authorize team for realizing that keeping up to the minute updates via twitter will only help their reputation. I appreciate when companies do something like this and hope they can get everything sorted soon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With that said, as long as it doesn't interfere with paypal, I'm good :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:34:05 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Tumblr Submissions: Create Your Own Community-Powered Blog</title><link>http://mashable.disqus.com/tumblr_submissions_create_your_own_community_powered_blog/#comment-12565930</link><description>I've been pondering building a tumblr site for a while and this new feature is seriously putting me close to the "START" button being pushed. I think it's a great idea and will definitely help tumblr gain a foothold in the market where people want to start sites run on peoples submissions.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:22:49 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: But You Promised | danny brown</title><link>http://dannybrown.disqus.com/but_you_promised_danny_brown/#comment-6443492</link><description>THANK YOU! I thought I was the only one who totally hates the new volcano taco. I ate it three times - just to make sure. Big fail for the marketing efforts to hype it all up.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;lt;abbr&amp;gt;&lt;em&gt;Mike Smith´s last blog post..&lt;a href="http://www.iammikesmith.com/past-present-and-future/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Past, Present and Future&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt;/abbr&amp;gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:35:26 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: When Does Embellishing End and Lying Begin | danny brown</title><link>http://dannybrown.disqus.com/when_does_embellishing_end_and_lying_begin_danny_brown/#comment-6443621</link><description>I&amp;#039;d hold Melrose responsible for the release, but I&amp;#039;d also hold Rolex responsible for not monitoring their brand and making sure they immediately issued a response to this. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Does anyone know if Owen Wilson had anything to say about it? I don&amp;#039;t follow the celebrity gossip columns at all, so I don&amp;#039;t know :) &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Great post Danny. I&amp;#039;m headed over to google alerts right now to add a few more names into the list of names I need to be alerted about :) &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mike Smith&amp;#039;s Recent post...&lt;a href="http://www.iammikesmith.com/see-through-blogger/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;See Through Blogger: Are you on the positive or negative side?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:56:51 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: But I'm Not a Shepherd | danny brown</title><link>http://dannybrown.disqus.com/but_im_not_a_shepherd_danny_brown/#comment-6444027</link><description>Here&amp;#039;s mine: &lt;a href="http://twittersheep.com/results.php?u=ms" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://twittersheep.com/results.php?u=ms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Looks like I talk to people about design and marketing the most with social media in a close third :) Sounds about right as these are the people I follow the most. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Pretty cool tag cloud. Definitely helps things become more clear and could help if you&amp;#039;re wanting to chat with a specific group but you&amp;#039;re not seeing it big enough :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:48:51 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Why Twitter Mobile Apps Don&amp;#8217;t Interest Me</title><link>http://dannybrown.disqus.com/why_twitter_mobile_apps_don8217t_interest_me/#comment-11248409</link><description>I have a twitter app on my blackberry and rarely use it unless I'm shopping with my girlfriend and she's trying stuff on and I have free time or if we're driving somewhere and I just have that urge to stay connected.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I do like this post though and agree with the "live tweeting" which I could see as being a bit counter productive for people.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:27:21 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Are You Keeping It Simple?</title><link>http://dannybrown.disqus.com/are_you_keeping_it_simple/#comment-11510624</link><description>I agree with Ria - K.I.S.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;great post Danny. definitely something people need to remember - a lot :) especially me. I'm building/designing/coding 4 websites for a mini network by the end of the month (hopefully) and it's a LOT of work but it's a great help to know how to keep it simple and not overthink/overdo.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:49:44 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Branded Tweetdeck &amp;#8211; Great Idea or Waste of Time?</title><link>http://dannybrown.disqus.com/branded_tweetdeck_8211_great_idea_or_waste_of_time/#comment-11916203</link><description>I'm a tweetdeck user at heart and I would never switch to the mashable or techcrunch branded versions - ever. Not that I don't like those sites (I follow mashable more than techcrunch) but I just don't feel the need to have their logo and column in my tweetdeck app.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And for the "helping new twitter users" part, I have to call bullshit. I see this as a blatant advertisement for both websites and also for tweetdeck (they get the added bonus of these two gigantic websites talking about them more). I've talked to seasoned twitter users who find tweetdeck hard to understand at times and with the added stuff they've done in their new upgrade, it's even worse for them.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:57:03 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: What Happens When an Agnostic Follows the Bible Literally for One Year?</title><link>http://timferrissblog.disqus.com/what_happens_when_an_agnostic_follows_the_bible_literally_for_one_year/#comment-8033584</link><description>Hello Tim,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am going to be running a special deal for design clients and will be donating 25% of all sales to your NEPAL school building fundraiser. What a great opportunity to give back and build up a great generation with a large amount of knowledge.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;###&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thank you so much!  That is most generous of you, and many children will have you to thank for better futures.  Rock on :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tim</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:13:38 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Go Media&amp;#8217;s Vector Packs in Super Bowl XLII</title><link>http://gomediazine.disqus.com/go_media8217s_vector_packs_in_super_bowl_xlii/#comment-6954271</link><description>The first two that stood out to me the most were the X and O.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Congrats on having your stuff featured like this. Too bad you couldn't get a little extra kick back from it :) But, none-the-less, good to see your stuff on a big scale like this.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:02:18 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Land Bigger Jobs: Appear &amp;#8220;bigger&amp;#8221; than you actually are</title><link>http://gomediazine.disqus.com/land_bigger_jobs_appear_8220bigger8221_than_you_actually_are/#comment-6954330</link><description>I like the map and phone number idea. I wonder if there is a way to purchase numbers in these cities but have them forwarded to your house/cell phone? Something like vonage, but different area codes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can also use &lt;a href="http://www.kall8.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.kall8.com&lt;/a&gt; or another 1-800 service so you don't give out your personal number but also appear larger because "hey, they have an 1800 number".&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great article.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mike</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:27:07 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: A Pseudo-Sugar Skull: From Start to Finish.</title><link>http://gomediazine.disqus.com/a_pseudo_sugar_skull_from_start_to_finish/#comment-6954434</link><description>This is an awesome tutorial. I am definitely going to try this out with a few different things.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:52:57 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: 14 Free Scatter Brushes &amp;#038; How-to</title><link>http://gomediazine.disqus.com/14_free_scatter_brushes_038_how_to/#comment-6958258</link><description>Thank you. I downloaded them and bookmarked this page so i can make my own. I appreciate you taking the time to write this up.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:19:18 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Go Media Watercolors in Skateboard Art</title><link>http://gomediazine.disqus.com/go_media_watercolors_in_skateboard_art/#comment-6958612</link><description>Very nice use of the watercolors.  Awesome board.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:41:44 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Go ahead, dream small</title><link>http://ducttapemarketing.disqus.com/go_ahead_dream_small/#comment-8131010</link><description>Great article. I'm creating one of these pages tomorrow and printing out a copy and then going to photocopy a bunch of them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I've been in that slump lately and I think this will work well to get me motivated again.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:09:41 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Agloco? Told You So!</title><link>http://johncowdotcom.disqus.com/agloco_told_you_so/#comment-9388762</link><description>I never liked the idea of Agloco and figured this would happen sooner or later. Horrible that so many people signed up and put time into promoting it though.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:51:46 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: 100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/100_blog_topics_i_hope_you_write/#comment-8512652</link><description>Thanks for this list. Awesome ideas here and I'll definitely be putting some to use ;)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:48:12 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: How Small Boxes Help You Succeed</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/how_small_boxes_help_you_succeed/#comment-8526190</link><description>Great article and overview of your plans. Good to see I'm not the only one already planning ahead for 2009. I think I'll post to my site once I get a core overview and plan put together.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;stumbled and re-tweeted :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:07:19 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Free eBook- Fish Where the Fish Are</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/free_ebook_fish_where_the_fish_are/#comment-8527663</link><description>Read it, loved it, tweeted it and stumbled it. Definitely a powerful outlook on using social media to build sales.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:24:15 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: No Regrets About Good Music Promotion</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/no_regrets_about_good_music_promotion/#comment-8527695</link><description>Good video. I like the music too, which means I am at his myspace page now poking around and listening to more music. Oh, and I added him on twitter too! Very well played. It did its job very well.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:14:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Secrets of the Annotated World</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/secrets_of_the_annotated_world/#comment-8527766</link><description>Nice post and definitely a lot of good points. I agree with Paul above me. Pidgin.im does well in syncing all of our IM clients together so we don't need to have 10 programs open at once. Now, if it could add twitter and a couple other items, it would be a god-send to me.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For the non-tech-savvy user, all of these options are going to overwhelm at first, but for those of us 'in-the-know' it's a great time to be social. I haven't used Brightkite yet, but I think I'm going to try it out soon.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:09:28 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: How Blogs Improve Customer Service AND Product Development</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/how_blogs_improve_customer_service_and_product_development/#comment-8516546</link><description>If your company targets anyone who could possibly be online, you should be using any possible method to connect with them and become "real" instead of a robot that they can't seem to get close to. Friendly, open and honest chatter from your company can be the deciding factor when a potential client is making the decision to hire you or not.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great post Chris</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:04:57 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Do You Have To Touch Every Conversation</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/do_you_have_to_touch_every_conversation/#comment-8529061</link><description>I love this post. I've been debating on dropping my activity on a few of the social networks I'm on and after reading this post, it has given me the urge to drop a few more than originally planned :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:50:27 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Dear Twitter- I'll Give Back SO Much Space</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/dear_twitter_ill_give_back_so_much_space/#comment-8529145</link><description>I thought I was the only one wondering why they didn't have this option. Thanks for posting this Chris. Hopefully something gets done about it :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:24:29 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Cafe-Shaped Conversations</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/cafe_shaped_conversations/#comment-8529177</link><description>Nice article Chris.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I agree that switching over from 100% mass media won't work. Mainly because not every consumer is wrapped up in Social Media, so they would miss out on the offerings, just like they are now. They're not worried about deals on wordpress templates, or 100 dollar hosting plans for an entire year, ect.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With social media, it works with the smaller businesses because we're crafting our efforts and being helpful first (at least I hope we all are). From there, the trust comes into play and when people trust you, your thoughts and your recommendations, it makes the selling aspect much easier.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:12:24 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: My Site Dressed in Thesis</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/my_site_dressed_in_thesis/#comment-8529623</link><description>I LOVE IT!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I personally love the links in the footer. Nice touch.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:29:43 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Get Your Google Profile Tidied Up</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/get_your_google_profile_tidied_up/#comment-8529514</link><description>nice find. I just set mine up here: &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/109372472324232400651" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/1093724723242...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hopefully it helps in the long run. And as far as I can see, the links are do-follow :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:38:48 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: What's In a Name?</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/whats_in_a_name_73/#comment-8531233</link><description>For the record - I didn't really follow the lashing from last week. However I wanted to let you know I do not care what others say about you; I do not see a problem with that post at all. paid or unpaid.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For this post, I agree 100%. As a jack of all trades myself I struggle to label myself as one specific thing. If I say I'm a blog designer - people don't know that I'm also a writer and move on (if they're looking for a writer). If I say I'm a writer - people don't know that I'm also a blog designer and move on (if they're looking for a designer). Its hard to define yourself and as you said, I am just going to do. Being productive doesn't mean you read and write productivity articles all day - its about doing.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:54:09 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: No Comment</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/no_comment/#comment-8532700</link><description>Blog comments are definitely a big morale boost for the author - it lets them know that what they write is worthwhile to more than just themselves. They do grow over time, so if there's only zeros now, give it time - people will soon chime in. You can also try the technique that asks a question at the end of the article. Spike your readers interest in conversation.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:57:27 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: What Storytellers Can Do In Real Time</title><link>http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/what_storytellers_can_do_in_real_time/#comment-8533450</link><description>I like the idea behind this post - it's definitely true. You've scooped everyone that follows you while everyone else had to wait until later to write, re-write, read, re-read and publish articles. Kudo's!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The seeds idea was first done with a gas station that ran on solar power as well. Saw it on the news before. I'll see if I can find the link. But I agree, its a great idea</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:35:45 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: How to Take Compliments</title><link>http://dadomatic.disqus.com/how_to_take_compliments/#comment-8995638</link><description>I am not a parent of a teen (or a parent for that matter) but I saw your twitter message and came over to check this post out.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I've got a 19 year old brother who was raised completely different then I was. Same family, same house, same parents, different ways of being raised. I grew up with the ability to go outside and play, run around, get dirty and get into trouble every now and then. On the other hand, my brother had a heart defect when he was born and was sheltered. My mother would always explain to me that she "didn't want to force him out of his shell".&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When you compare the two of us, it's like night and day. I am loud and grateful while he's the type to kick around rocks and stare at the floor or mumble out awkward replies that just seem a bit weird.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I think by doing things with your kids to help them become more outspoken in other areas, it should/could/would translate into being grateful as well. Just my two pennies :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nice site Chris.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:51:09 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Well designed Twitter landing pages or&amp;#8230;</title><link>http://socialmediafish.disqus.com/well_designed_twitter_landing_pages_or8230/#comment-12537457</link><description>Good post. I need to get my landing page together. As for the landing page you show, you should let her know that the big logo on the left doesn&amp;#039;t link properly. Other then that, good landing page.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:23:10 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Are you a Social Media or Marketing expert?</title><link>http://socialmediafish.disqus.com/are_you_a_social_media_or_marketing_expert/#comment-12537538</link><description>I am an expert and being an expert in a field where experts talk to other experts about how much of an expert they are :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The thing that kills me the most is that now "EVERYONE" is a "social media marketing" specialist, yet they've got 36 friends on twitter, only stumbled 400 pages in stumbleupon and has never used digg, mixx, sphinn or other social media websites.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I think the word EXPERT should only be used by people who make a million+ each year SOLELY through social media work. just my opinion though.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I run a blog with social media related articles, but I never claim on it to be an expert. I'm just sharing my advice and things I've seen work/not work. More people need to play the right roles. But then again, in another couple years the next big craze will come through and 90% of the "experts" with social media will become experts somewhere else.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;lt;abbr&amp;gt;&lt;em&gt;Mike Smith&amp;#180;s last blog post..&lt;a href="http://www.iammikesmith.com/managing-the-time-you-spend-daily-on-social-media-sites/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Managing the time you spend daily on social media sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;lt;/abbr&amp;gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:48:14 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: How to lose friends and uninfluence people</title><link>http://socialmediafish.disqus.com/how_to_lose_friends_and_uninfluence_people/#comment-12537593</link><description>Awesome post. definitely some great tips to follow if you want to be a douche bag :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;By the way, your header looks awesome. I love the changes going on with the design. Definitely a step in the right direction ;)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;lt;abbr&amp;gt;&lt;em&gt;Mike Smith&amp;#180;s last blog post..&lt;a href="http://www.iammikesmith.com/burger-king-connects-with-virgins/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Burger King connects with virgins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;lt;/abbr&amp;gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:52:28 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: How YOU should tweet</title><link>http://tdhurst.disqus.com/how_you_should_tweet/#comment-12569948</link><description>"Stop following the popular people because you think it’s cool. Follow the interesting ones."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thats my fav piece from this whole article. However, the whole article is spot-on.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I follow some of the bigger names like Guy Kawasaki and a few others only because I enjoy checking some of the links they post - However, I vary rarely (if ever) even try to talk to them since it's more than likely not that person anyways.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'm busy following awesome people like @tdhurst ;)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:51:07 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Web Design Trend Hunting &amp;#8211; The Messy Desk: Examples &amp;amp; Best Practices</title><link>http://inspiredmag.disqus.com/web_design_trend_hunting_8211_the_messy_desk_examples_amp_best_practices/#comment-13268863</link><description>Nice round up here. Definitely some good ones. I agree though that some are a bit busy. The wood backgrounds definitely got overdone when the first few websites came out. Some still get designed now that do look good though, but for the most part - wood=overused :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:59:22 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: My Favorite Design Links of the Week</title><link>http://egracecreative.disqus.com/my_favorite_design_links_of_the_week_61/#comment-13788610</link><description>Thanks for linking to my post. I like your blog. Subscribing to it now</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:47:56 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Ten good links</title><link>http://craigbaldwinblog.disqus.com/ten_good_links/#comment-14971382</link><description>Thanks for including the link to the updated version of Sociable. and nice list. I'm checking them out later today.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;lt;abbr&amp;gt;&lt;em&gt;Last blog post...&lt;a href="http://blogthememachine.com/sociable-wp-plugin-update-with-votetime-included/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Sociable WP Plugin Update With Vot.eti.me Included&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;lt;/abbr&amp;gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:33:44 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: John Cow dot Com&amp;#039;s Lifelong Dream of Scamming The Blogosphere</title><link>http://garryconn.disqus.com/john_cow_dot_com039s_lifelong_dream_of_scamming_the_blogosphere/#comment-17880821</link><description>I don't read MMO blogs for this reason :) I read marketing and business blogs, but no MMO blogs. They all suck (from what I've seen. if there's good ones, point them out).</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 13:57:11 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: John Cow dot Com&amp;#8217;s Lifelong Dream of Scamming The Blogosphere</title><link>http://garryconncom.disqus.com/john_cow_dot_com8217s_lifelong_dream_of_scamming_the_blogosphere/#comment-18592844</link><description>I don't read MMO blogs for this reason :) I read marketing and business blogs, but no MMO blogs. They all suck (from what I've seen. if there's good ones, point them out).</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 13:57:11 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: I Am Thinking Viddler</title><link>http://slymarketing.disqus.com/i_am_thinking_viddler/#comment-19482409</link><description>viddler is really good and from what I can tell, is only growing to become more popular. From what I've seen, I don't remember it ever having down time. I'd go with viddler. Plus, their video player is much much cooler looking :)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:12:44 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>