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Re: Amazon Affiliate Links On Twitter: To Tweet Or Not To Tweet

Tim_Jones — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:46:35 -0000

I agree with Geno -- the way I understand the FTC, the advertiser/merchant does bear responsibility, also. I'm leaving that to Amazon -- I know I disclose when I post the links.

You can customize the tweet, Eric. -- I've changed it every time I've done it and added a disclosure statement of some kind.

Re: Amazon Affiliate Links On Twitter: To Tweet Or Not To Tweet

Tim_Jones — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:30:37 -0000

Thanks for the question, Geno! I guess I should have been more specific about what the button actually does. It automatically shortens the affiliate link to a bit.ly link, but there is no disclosure. Amazon leaves that up to you. I pretty much take responsibility for that, anyway.

Re: Twitter On Your Business Card – Duh!

Tim_Jones — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:24:57 -0000

That's OK, Nathan -- you could have done what I did -- have the Twitter name on the card and then change your Twitter name right before leaving for the conference, not realizing that it's still the old name on the cards. Big time FAIL! :) Oh well, I have had my Twitter name on my card for a while and will continue to do so -- just need to be sure it's the right one. :)

Re: Make Three Times As Much Money with Your Blog

Tim_Jones — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:32:33 -0000

Definitely! Publish away! Have you seen all the ones John Chow's been putting up? I definitely need to take more video at these conferences.

Re: Make Three Times As Much Money with Your Blog

Tim_Jones — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:31:37 -0000

Thanks for the comment, Dave! You crack me up with your math. :) Copyblogger is a must-read for me -- every day.

Re: Don’t Buy The New Flip Mino!

Tim_Jones — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:57:09 -0000

Thanks for the comment, Andrew! What are your thoughts on the Flip alternatives, such as the Kodak and RCA Small Wonder? Not as portable?

They both have external memory, something that appeals to me, but they are a bit bigger.

Re: Blog Money Strategies: Don’t Make These Mistakes!

Tim_Jones — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:51:45 -0000

Thank you, Drew! Really appreciate the feedback! It was a lot of fun to be up there with two big personalities like Chris Pirillo and Dave Taylor.

Re: Random Las Vegas Thoughts

Tim_Jones — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:26:29 -0000

Yeah, the convention center is not in the heart of the strip. Off to Bellagio and others, today, though.. :)

Re: BlogWorld Expo #bwe09 Party Guide

Tim_Jones — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:50:39 -0000

Cool! I'll be there. I have to be back for a church function on Sunday -- no way to get out of it, so I'm leaving Saturday night..

Re: Top 18 #IZEAFest Take-Aways

Tim_Jones — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:12:44 -0000

Nice, Dina -- wasn't going to go there, but I'm glad someone did. :)

Re: BlogWorld Expo #bwe09 Party Guide

Tim_Jones — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:04:48 -0000

OK, the maybe was waiting on you to confirm that I was welcome at the dinner and second -- I would love to hang out in the cabana, but I will be flying back to FL on Saturday night. :)

Re: IZEAFest Opening Keynote by Craig Murphy?

Tim_Jones — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:25:08 -0000

Thanks, Jay! I appreciate input from someone with your expertise! I agree, Tim Jones is generic -- and that was something Ted actually mentioned in his presentation -- "if your name is John Doe" (or Tim Jones, in my case :) ), "then you should probably use a persona."

The work involved could be monumental, but I think it will be worth it in the long run.

Re: Top 18 #IZEAFest Take-Aways

Tim_Jones — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:25:20 -0000

Excellent take-away, Drew! :)

Re: Affiliate Marketing Fail

Tim_Jones — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:13:17 -0000

Thanks for the comment, Jim....and I agree, he has an amazing following that makes up for poor marketing (hell, I'm one of his fans!), but I'll tell you this --- that was the slowest Margaritaville I've ever seen!

Re: Toastmasters For Speech and Leadership Development

Tim_Jones — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:47:35 -0000

Great point, Dina!

Re: Toastmasters For Speech and Leadership Development

Tim_Jones — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:47:06 -0000

Same here, Shawn. I'm glad you're enjoying it.

Re: LeapFish Affiliate Program. Can Giveaways Keep It Afloat?

VladZablotskyy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:34:08 -0000

Adam, actually that Mark is their "Marketing Director". Thanks for stopping by and for sharing your experience.

Re: Back to Disqus and Why?

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Re: Back to Disqus and Why?

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Re: Back to Disqus and Why?

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Re: LeapFish Affiliate Program. Can Giveaways Keep It Afloat?

VladZablotskyy — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:19:03 -0000

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Re: Beach Sunrise

Tim_Jones — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:40:47 -0000

Oh yeah, the silhouette one was done with my XShot. :) -- little product plug. :)

Re: Beach Sunrise

Tim_Jones — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:40:04 -0000

Air travel used to be a great place to get some thinking and reading, done. Now, with wi-fi becoming more prevalent, it's harder to get anything other than internet surfing done. :)

Re: BlogWorld Expo Monetization Tract

Tim_Jones — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:37:46 -0000

Awesome!

Re: BlogWorld Expo Monetization Tract

Tim_Jones — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:37:21 -0000

Hey Rick! Thanks for coming by! I am honored to be participating at BlogWorld, again. Thanks for that opportunity.