Weapons of Mass Consumption » Uncategorized http://micker.sdrn.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:18:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 I love detroit…. http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=100 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=100#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:18:32 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=100 This video just completely made my morning. It’ll do good things for yours too…

V count MACULA from Vaughn Taormina on Vimeo.

]]> http://micker.sdrn.org/?feed=rss2&p=100 0 “fiendishly clever” http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=98 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=98#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 03:39:23 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=98 Dean Levitt of MadMimi.com called BigTie! “fiendishly clever” today.  Actually he said a bit more than that;

“Wordpress bloggers rejoice!
BigTie! have come up with a fiendishly clever tool for your wordpress blog – A simple one-click solution that turns your blog into a Marketing Machine! When a user registers for your WP site, they are immediately added to your Mad Mimi audience. Hooray BigTie!” — From the MadMimi Loud Report Newsletter

It’s been a crazy evening since that newsletter went out.  This has been our busiest sales day yet and I’ve just now finished all of the open support tickets.  An interesting note, all of the support tickets today were caused by hosting companies with either broken installs of the Ioncube loaders or hosts that didn’t have Ioncube installed at all.  In this day and age, how can a company as big as Godaddy have a broken install of Ioncube?

That amazes me.  For the record, BigTie! works best with MediaTemple, Mosso, Dreamhost and VPS.net.

If you are using Godaddy search google for some good howto documents on installing your own Ioncube loaders.

]]> http://micker.sdrn.org/?feed=rss2&p=98 0 In what world does this make sense? http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=64 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=64#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:47:10 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/2009/04/in-what-world-does-this-make-sense/ Anthem Blue Cross with cover chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer, but they wont cover a prescription for chantix or zyban to help me quit smoking. How does that make sense for their bottom line?

]]> http://micker.sdrn.org/?feed=rss2&p=64 0 Insights on Startup Weekend Detroit http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=63 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=63#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:38:43 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/2009/03/insights-on-startup-weekend-detroit/ @CharlieCurve’s comments on the Startup Weekend

Startup Insights: What it takes from Charlie Wollborg on Vimeo.

]]> http://micker.sdrn.org/?feed=rss2&p=63 0 The StatsBragger.com elevator pitch from PitchLabs! http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=55 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=55#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:08:38 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=55

Thanks much to the fine folks at PitchLabs for this, check out the other pitches from Startup Weekend Detroit at PitchLabsTV

]]> http://micker.sdrn.org/?feed=rss2&p=55 0 Startup Weekend Detroit – Charlie interviews the Penguin http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=53 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=53#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:32:49 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=53
Startup Insights: No bad ideas at SWD09 from Charlie Wollborg on Vimeo.

From Charlie’s video blog http://charliecurve.com/

]]> http://micker.sdrn.org/?feed=rss2&p=53 0 Startup Weekend Detroit 2009 is winding down http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=51 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=51#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:36:23 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=51 We’re finishing up the pitches and winding down.  More info to come later, but lots of great presentations and ideas here!

]]> http://micker.sdrn.org/?feed=rss2&p=51 0 detroit startup weekend day 2 roundup http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=49 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=49#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:43:45 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=49 Wow, we worked from 10am to 10:30pm today on our project, now called StatsBragger.  StatsBragger is system for recording scores in competive events; both athletic and non (football, hockey, competitive eating, roller derby, chess, beer pong, whatever…)  StatsBragger will also allow you to then share your wins, losses, victories and defeats with the world through a facebook app, a wordpress widget and possible other methods.

Milestones today:

 

  • Refined scope and refocused goals for the weekend.
  • Created future expansion roadmap to minimize feature creep.
  • Developed logos and started artwork
  • Wrestled the Kohana PHP framework to its knees and made it work (Damn you James for suggesting this framework, the doc’s leave ALOT to be desired)
  • Got a name! StatsBragger
  • Got a Domain Name! StatsBragger.com
  • Completed design of the StatsBragger database and populated it with testing data.
  • added opt-in list for pre and post launch communications
  • created facebook group and began marketing campaigns
Tomorrow we need to bring everything together and make it work.  We will launch.  There are quite a few things we need finish up but I’m confident we’ll get it done. Our team rocks and we will launch on time.

 

 

 

Other items of interest from Day 2

 

 

Giggidy! Giggity! The LoneyTrucker team has rebranded themselves as GeeSpots!

I found a sneak peak of one of their whiteboards on the twitter stream.  Too all of you that think I’m crazy, when was the last time you used phrases like “Peter Meter” and “Pleasure Map” in a professional context.

 

 

Some of our collaborators and competitors at Startup Weekend Detroit 2009

 

 

This is the place where businesses are born… Atleast one of the rooms.  What this picture doesnt show is the 30-40 teenage girls dancing the hustle in front of the hard rock cafe in the lobby of the building.

Thats it for tonight, but as usual follow the twitter hash tag #SWD09 through out the day tomorrow for more info!

]]> http://micker.sdrn.org/?feed=rss2&p=49 0 Startup Weekend Detroit 2k9! http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=47 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=47#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:58:19 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=47 Well, after a day of coding we’re going to have to go get a beer.  We just updatd the svn on http://statsbragger.com and then posted it to twitter when mediatemple went down for an emergency maintenance.  If anyone asks, they crumbed under the weight of our massive popularity.

]]> http://micker.sdrn.org/?feed=rss2&p=47 0 Twitanium has gone live! http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=43 http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=43#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:13:27 +0000 admin http://micker.sdrn.org/?p=43 After a couple weeks of coding and testing, Twitanium has gone live!  

 

Twitanium- Put the viral power of Twitter Marketing to work for you!

Who else is tired of hearing about “ground breaking Twitter marketing techniques” only to find out that the product being advertised is nothing short of out-and-out spam? No one wants another auto-follow tool or Twitterbot.

Twitanium doesn’t auto-follow and it isn’t spam.  Twitanium is permission marketing automated and amplified!

So what is it?

Twitanium is an application that acts as a gateway allowing you to give away a free “premium” download to your site visitors in exchange for following you on Twitter, reTweeting your marketing message or both.

To see Twitanium in action check out the Twitanium Method Demo

Twitanium is easy to use and includes full video install documentation and only requires very minor user configuration.  Everything else is automatic!  As Ron would say, “set it and forget it!” As Vince would say, “you’re going to love my nuts!” But I say try out the Twitanium Method demo and you’ll realize without a doubt the power of Twitter Marketing!

Check out the Demo tonight and when you realize just how powerful Twitanium is head over to Twitanium.com and get your own copy for only $35!

 

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