OkDork v3: It’s Live

April 30th, 2007 22 Comments Ben

If you’re reading this post from your favorite RSS reader then now would be a good time to click through and look at Noah’s new blog design. After about a week and a half of working on the design we decided to launch it today, just in time for the May 1st reboots - [...]

I Love Justin from Blockbuster…

April 27th, 2007 23 Comments Noah

I was recently renting two movies when a woman with a thick Russian accent said:
Lady: ” I vant the lateest virsion of Lost, now ”
Justin: ” I think we have it. Let me look. Oh, but did you know that it is much cheaper and on sale right now at Target ”
Lady: “Really? Thas okay [...]

Okdork v3.?

April 25th, 2007 18 Comments Noah

Ben is not happy with this current design of Okdork so he wants to do it again. I would appreciate your feedback since you have to stare at the site;)

Best comment gets a pack of big league chew mailed to their house;)

Book Review: Buzzmarketing by Mark Hughes

April 25th, 2007 18 Comments Noah

Bottom Line: Luke warm. There are a few case studies and a few principles of creating Buzz but not the magic secret. I think that happens through 1/2 hard-work, 1/2 luck & 1/2 randomness. Yea, 150%. Skimming this book in a library/book-store may do you good. All the key take-aways are below…

I got BuzzMarketing by [...]

How to Get a Book Deal with World’s Largest Publisher

April 24th, 2007 30 Comments Tim

The most common question I’ve been getting over the last few days is: how did you manage to publish your book? It’s not as straight-forward as you might think. Most assume that you should write a book and then pitch it to a publisher, which – especially with non-fiction – is total [...]

How to Pitch a ‘Noah’ or Bloggers in General part 2

April 23rd, 2007 13 Comments Noah

I wrote a post on how to pitch a blogger and recently I got pitched to meet someone that was so great I had to post it for everyone.
Subject Line: Insert Flattery Here
Body:
Noah,
Honestly, I am a big fan of your site, it has been part of the three or four blogs I check daily [...]