I sold my first cafe press item!!

I had heard some of the Guru's talk about the feeling you get when you sell your first item online.  I can say that I didn't quite believe it would be like it was! 

I wish you could have been there today, I was sitting happily at my desk at work, when to my amazement a new email came in.  The email subject said "You made a sale at CafePress.com!"

Nowadays with the amount of spam we get, I was hesitant at first until I opened it only to see that it was a real email from Cafe Press.  I found out that I made my first sale, I was shocked.  The feeling was amazing, for many years I have had sites on the web, this was my first sale ever!

The best part about it.  I believe the sale came from a link I posted on Twitter . I posted with the #hamradio hash tag and someone found it!

Until, next time.  Leave a comment tell me about the first sale you have ever made on the internet.

Check out my other Sites:

• Danny Mullen .net
• Blog Made Simple .com
• Energy Monitor Blog

(Disclaimer: Some of the links contained in this post are affliate links. See the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”)

What does your business card say about you?

Do your cards accurately describe you and your business?  Does the contact information make sense for the business you are in?

I recently met someone at a business meetup, I was intrigued when I found out he was a consultant on internet marketing.  Within minutes of discussion, I could tell he was knowledgeable on his business niche.  However, I encountered a problem when he handed me his card.  At that moment my very positive first impression shifted slightly negative.

The problem was this gentleman claimed to be an expert on internet marketing and SEO.  In addition he claimed to be an expert on web presence management.  The three things that changed my opinion and made me think to myself  'not sure I would hire this guy' were:

• He had a yahoo email address;

• He had no website listed on his card;

• When I Google'd him on my phone I got 0 results.

Remember in today's technologically savvy world, with a smart phone in every pocket, be sure if you claim to be in a certain type of business don't instantly make yourself look foolish.  If you claim to provide a service on your business card make sure if someone checks you out you can back your statements.

If you are in doubt you could handle it the way I did,  I simply put my name and a link to my blog site.  I did this because I was interested in meeting people and wanted to be able to provide contact info when asked.  Although, I am sure I could litter my business card with many things, I chose not to.

Have you ever unintentionally made a claim, that made you feel foolish when someone tried to verify it?  Leave a comment let me know.

Further Progress, and yet another domain.

Well I made more progress on cleaning up my digital life.  I spent the day getting caught up on reviewing links from podcasts that I listen to.  I love listening to podcast, but sometimes you can get bombarded with info.  The reason I got behind is because I just started listening to the Mason World: Late Night Internet Marketing Podcast.  I just recently stumbled onto this podcast and found it to be very interesting, because of this I am listening to back episodes.  Good news though, so far all of the links have been value added.  I even picked up another book to read from his podcast, I will have to write a review after I read it. 

In addition, I registered the domain(dm0n.net) that this blog is hosted on.  In my last article, I talked about registering short domain names, this is a continuation of that.  I have been wanting something that was shorter than all of my other domains, but finally took the time to register it.  I wanted the short domains for 2 reasons, one I am starting to use Twitter and second I wouldn't mind using it for a short email address.  Since I had the extra short domain I decided to host this blog on it @ http://blog.dm0n.net.  Remember if you want to register a domain I strongly recommend Namecheap.  Check them out here.  I like Namecheap because they have little to no upsells like other registration companies. 

June 2012 Coupons from Name Cheap:

• DEDOMAIN will give you discounted FIRST YEAR com/net/org/biz transfers and registrations. This code is limited to 30 domains per customer and is only available for the month of June 2012.
• BDAYCA has been extended.  Get your .CA new registration for only $8.99 for the first year.  Limited to 10 per customer – offer valid while supplies last.
• POWERUSER will get you 25% off your first billing cycle for our Premium Hosting Package.

Check out my other Sites:

• Danny Mullen .net
• Blog Made Simple .com
• Energy Monitor Blog

(Disclaimer: Some of the links contained in this post are affliate links. See the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”)

Want a custom Short Domain?

I did something I have been wanting to do for some time now.  I registered my custom short domain(dm0.in).  I did this so that I could use this instead of my long domain.  I am using the custom short domain feature on bit.ly to do the actual shortening.  It works great!

Want to register your own short domain, Namecheap is holding a special $2.48 for '.in' domains right now.  Check them out here.  I like Namecheap because they have little to no upsells like other registration companies. 

June 2012 Coupons from Name Cheap:

• DEDOMAIN will give you discounted FIRST YEAR com/net/org/biz transfers and registrations. This code is limited to 30 domains per customer and is only available for the month of June 2012.
• BDAYCA has been extended.  Get your .CA new registration for only $8.99 for the first year.  Limited to 10 per customer – offer valid while supplies last.
• POWERUSER will get you 25% off your first billing cycle for our Premium Hosting Package.

Check out my other Sites:

• Danny Mullen .net
• Blog Made Simple .com
• Energy Monitor Blog

(Disclaimer: Some of the links contained in this post are affliate links. See the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”)

My First Google Blog Post

Welcome to my first Google blogger Post. I created this blog because I wanted to introduce myself on this platform. In addition I was looking for a place that I could make posts at an irregular frequency and about off topic things.

Below is my other blog sites, these are updated on a regular basis:

• Danny Mullen .net
• Blog Made Simple .com
• Energy Monitor Blog 

I know that having the above sites does not require me to have a Google blogger profile, however I wanted to have an embassy in Google blogger. The term embassy comes from a recent book I read written by Michael Hyatt.  The book Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World discusses how one should create a platform on the web.  A platform is one's place on the web that is used to promote one's self.

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts if you purchase the book.

(Disclaimer: Some of the links contained in this post are affliate links. See the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”)

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