Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05

February 5, 2012 by JD · Leave a Comment
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  • Good morning! It's a beautiful sunshiny day in my little slice of paradise in Murphy, NC. What a lucky guy I am. #
  • New video on http://t.co/ZqVhm72j – Valley River Railroad Club – #MurphyNC – http://t.co/TyWN9yrT #
  • Welcome to the folks who visit this page from around the world, thanks to Sitesell's Shameless Self-Promotion… http://t.co/C8qBG7jf #
  • I don't enter many contests, but I'll take a free MacBook Air, thanks! http://t.co/G06zzdlr via @appsumo #
  • Today is Rants and Raves day. I'll be asking about your feedback for several companies and their owners. I hope… http://t.co/n6xyoebL #
  • Who wants to talk about Dena Taylor Howard and her business, Images By Courtnie?

    She is a very popular portrait… http://t.co/cJ1U0PyZ #

  • John and Jessica Poltrock are popular real estate brokers in Murphy. I know they have a lot of satisfied clients…. http://t.co/tp9cGWH4 #
  • Paul Beaster, owner of S&L Auto and Tractor Parts on the four-lane west of Murphy, is my go-to-guy when I need… http://t.co/2rRYncso #
  • Tim Dockery owns and operates Timco Transportation in Murphy. He provides outstanding service for anyone who… http://t.co/oSCjLBI8 #
  • Heather Posey Rice owns Rumors Clothing Loft and Accessories in downtown Murphy. She finds and brings trendy… http://t.co/1heh8NZP #
  • And, while you're here, if you like what you see, I'd appreciate it if you'd click the Like button at the top of… http://t.co/11WPAMtr #
  • Sam and Sherri Warren own and operate Mountain Office Systems in Murphy, which is the authorized Kyocera Mita… http://t.co/uo4phWuV #
  • Who doesn't enjoy watching a first-run movie in an historical single-screen movie theater? The Henn Theatre has… http://t.co/aZPBbjOB #
  • Ron and Kathryn Jenkins own and operate Appalachian Outfitters of Murphy and they do a good job of providing what… http://t.co/D9JIj5ob #
  • WKRK Radio, in Murphy, NC, is a voice for our community, and provides local Information for Murphy, NC and the… http://t.co/91A8V5n2 #
  • George and Muffy Kerber own and operate ShoeBooties Cafe in Murphy, NC.

    I think that I've made this clear over… http://t.co/78hXO0ik #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08

January 8, 2012 by JD · Leave a Comment
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  • What do you like best about living in Murphy, NC? #
  • I added WKRK's latest announcements (from their Facebook page) to the left column of the home page on http://t.co/ZqVhm72j. #
  • New: Jan 4, What do I want?: You know you want something, but you don't know how to get it. Perhaps you are not … http://t.co/cC9ZUuSl #
  • Contest: The top 40 business books for web entrepreneurs: http://t.co/FZhqtMxP #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-18

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-04

December 4, 2011 by JD · Leave a Comment
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  • New: Nov 30, Act On Your Dream: Do you have a dream? Isn't it about time you stopped just dreaming? Make some pl… http://t.co/QcqBtEuk #

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I am starting a new tradition for the day after Thanksgiving

November 25, 2011 by JD · 2 Comments
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Today, I am starting a new tradition.

And, I’ll be the first to admit that it’s a strange tradition for someone who loves selling and marketing.

While everyone else, apparently, goes into a month-long extravaganza of profligate spending, I choose to not buy and I will reduce my marketing so that I don’t add to the cacophony of advertising pitches that threaten to drown all of us this time of the year.

I am tired of the crass commercialism and greed of the so-called Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping hysteria. I choose not to participate.

For most of the last decade, I earned 100% of my income from affiliate marketing and plan to earn a major percentage in the coming years, but I have decided not to promote Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

Many of the merchants with whom I am affiliated sent me email this week announcing — breathlessly — their after Thanksgiving shopping sales.

I have chosen not to promote them. I will not promote them in the future. For the most part, I am declaring the few short days between Thanksgiving and Christmas to be commercial-free.

Instead, I intend to focus even more on being thankful for all the blessings I enjoy and for the wonderful people who are my family and friends.

(In fact, about the only things I’ll be promoting are the upcoming events at Sitesell over the next few weeks. Their timing just happens to be now; they are not tied to this season of advertising excess. Sometime in the next few days, Sitesell’s Facebook page will reach a milestone of 50,000 fans — or people who like them, if you prefer. There will be a celebration with prizes and I’m looking forward to this. I have predicted that they will reach 50K fans on December 2, 2011, a few minutes after 2:00pm (ET). The other thing I’ll enjoy is helping to beta test their new sitebuilding tool known as BB2, that should be introduced in mid-December. I’ll be discussing this on my 21st Century Affiliate Marketing blog.)

Years ago, I gave up giving Christmas gifts. I got tired of all the crass consumerism, commercialism, and greed, and decided not to participate.

It’s not because I’m cheap. I enjoy giving gifts, but not when it becomes something that is required. I would much rather give a gift because I see something that I know someone will enjoy and then give it to them for no special occasion. I give gifts because I want to, not because they are expected.

I have extended my personal gift-giving ban to include birthdays, too.

Today, I am carrying my little personal anti-consumerism boycott and protest another step forward.

Today, instead of rushing to the stores to buy more stuff, I will go through the castle and find everything that doesn’t fit and get rid of it.

I don’t remember much from last year, but I do remember deciding that everything had to have a place, or get tossed.

I have lived in a house with someone who reached a point where it was almost impossible to throw things away and I never want to live where stuff is piled up, ever again.

About the only things I’ve bought this year that don’t have a home are all these books. So, now, I have a pile of books in my to-be-read pile (12) and in my reading-them-now pile (5). I’ll be buying more.

(Ironically, they are all related to marketing, advertising, and selling.)

Before the sun sets, they will have a home in a cabinet, and whatever was there, will be gone. Everything else that doesn’t have a place of its own — and that does not include being piled on the couch or floor — will be gone, too.

I don’t have a name for my little protest and I don’t suggest that anyone else should agree with me. I am not trying to start a movement.

Do whatever floats your boat. It’s your choice.

If you want to buy all you can afford (and more) over the next few weeks, go for it.

It’s not for me.

Am I being hypocritical? I don’t know.

Am I being an old curmudgeon? Probably.

Am I tired of all the endless advertising hoopla? Definitely.

All the best,

JD

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-13

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