First the good news:
vBulletin 3.7.0 ‘Gold’ has been released, finally! There are tons on new features and improvements from 3.6. You can read more about it here vBulletin 3.7. Announcement
Now for the bad news, although I still think for the price vBulletin is the best forum software out there and considering that it’s been the same price for about 8 years.
But on June 2nd the prices for both the leased and owned licenses will be going up. An owned license will now be at $180.00 and the leased will be at $100.00.
License renewals will also be going up. An owned license will now be $40 if purchased before the license expires or within 60 days after expiry or $60 if purchased at any other time.
Here is what I will be doing, you can do the same also. Renew before June 2nd, twice and you can get two years worth of upgrades for the cost of what will be a years’ worth after June 2nd.
SMX Advanced is coming to Seattle in June, specifically June 3rd and 4th.
I went last year and being in my own backyard, how can I not go. Last year I really didn’t know anyone there, so I was a little bit “lonelyâ€. I had a great time, but just looking to meet some more people in person.
So if anyone is going shoot me an e-mail or Tweet me and let me know. I am interesting in meeting up with you for lunch or some drinks, before or after all the parties.
Last night I was watching the news were a Seattle man was sued for $10,000, that’s right 10K for not leaving negative feed back, but neutral feedback.
Steve Shellhorn was sued for $10,000 by an eBay seller who sold him some coins.
Shellhorn bought some Morgan silver dollars from a man in North Carolina. The price was fair, but Shellhorn says the coins were packed poorly.
“The coins were hanging out of the envelope, loose, with no packing whatsoever around them,” he said.
The seller wanted feedback. Shellhorn couldn’t honestly say the deal was good or bad so he took the middle ground.
So next thing you know he was sued for the 10K, but the judge in North Carolina had a wake up call and did just recently threw the case out.
Makes you think what he would have sued for if he had left negative feedback. It’s a crazy world we live in now-a-days.
My first week Twitter Experience
Well I was very skeptical, okay curious at first about joining Twitter, but so far it’s actually been pretty fun. There are a lot of the big bloggers and affiliate marketing names on there. I am only really following a select few and those I know personally. I don’t need to get overrun with tons of tweets.
People have said give it 90 days to really kick in, so I am giving it all 90. You can follow me on Twitter and see what it’s about! Se ya there!
It’s not to late for a Mother’s Day Campaign
If you haven’t started already it’s not too late to get a site up and running for Mother’s Day coming up on May 11th. This weekend will be the big push to get your PPC campaign going. I know I am just finishing my new site and will be running by tomorrow.
The Seahawks release Shaun Alexander
Well I knew this day would be coming. After taking his physical yesterday the Seahawks released him. Talk about a fall from the top. In 2005 after scoring a then record 28 rushing touchdowns and leading the league with over 1800 rushing yards, leading the team to the SuperBowl and winning the MVP. The next 2 years he has played in only 32 games, rushed for a little over 1200 yards and scored 12 touchdowns.
I wish Shaun well and he brought a lot of faith to the community and he will be missed!
I hear a lot of people talk about testing your landing pages and the like. This is great and highly recommended to do. But one thing most people don’t talk about is all your links. Making sure your affiliate links, privacy policy and your disclosure links all work and go to the appropriate pages.
The reason I am bring this up is not long ago I was guilty of this. It was late and all I was concerned about was getting my site up and not paying attention to the links. Well the next morning I found out most of my links were not link correctly. It only takes a couple of minutes and can save you money in the long run.
One of my favorites programs I use to test my links is SitemapDoc – Google Sitemap Generator and Editor
This program will not only check your links it will also create a Google sitemap (duh). It’s free, simple and I recommend using it every time you get a new site up and running.
Do you have any recommended programs to use?
