http://www.cocomment.com/comments/Tinu Copyright 2007 coComment.com 2009-11-23T23:29:16.857+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/images/logo4rss.gif http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=2474011&comment_id=71615500 Becky This is really useful information. 2009-04-03T06:05:42.142+02:00 2009-04-03T06:05:42.142+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=2042935&comment_id=40164760 Tinu Always a pleasure. Stumbled it too. 2008-12-06T20:33:23.805+01:00 2008-12-06T20:33:23.805+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=2042935&comment_id=40144731 Tinu Thanks for the link Michelle. I love your poll and the design update - been reading through the feed, so didn't know you updated it. 2008-12-06T19:05:40.038+01:00 2008-12-06T19:05:40.038+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1784234&comment_id=31276611 Tinu You had me fooled, Mark. This was a cool way to execute the game, because not knowing which one was false made me subscribe and come back. 2008-09-19T23:50:35.549+02:00 2008-09-19T23:50:35.549+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1724542&comment_id=30884926 Tinu I am too. I retired from the industry in part because the more known you are, the more people come out of the woodwork to exploit you or your ideas. I decided I'd rather go off in a corner somewhere and make money quietly than have to deal with all the latest -- and comparatively ineffectual - trick that misguided affiliates and unethical marketers employ to move product. 2008-09-09T00:03:47.073+02:00 2008-09-09T00:03:47.073+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1626342&comment_id=30644950 Tinu It's an important thing to point out. People constantly ask me how I got to this place, or how I did that thing. And the answer is always the same -- until I got there, I did nothing else. Just to get to the 100k mark, for about three solid years I worked 19 hours a day, slept five, started over, six days a week. Most of that time I barely scraped by and lived in a motel efficiency. With a friend. In such bad health sometimes that I could barely make the walk to the bathroom and back. With no health insurance, so when I started to make money, I still had to maintain that lifestyle in order to be able to pay my health costs. (pre-existing conditions suck). And then? At the end of those three years? I finally got somwhere. And one minor mistake cost me everything, including my health and I had to start over. That time, it only took me a few months to get back where I was, once I stopped moping and actually did something. So the moral of the story is: if you're willing to dedicate Everything to something for long enough, you can get there. You have to consider the costs, sure, the time put in, the risk of failure, stagnated friendships, strained family relations, stress, your health. But in the end, you have to go big. Or go back home. 2008-08-25T22:12:52.534+02:00 2008-08-25T22:12:52.534+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1595078&comment_id=30353189 Tinu yay. :) I bet it will be. 2008-08-15T19:27:03.505+02:00 2008-08-15T19:27:03.505+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1595078&comment_id=30352897 Tinu Awesome. :) I'd say I should write it but I'm enjoying my "retirement" by not writing *anything* important for a few days. Tell me when it's up so I can share it with all my friends. 2008-08-15T19:16:52.437+02:00 2008-08-15T19:16:52.437+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1595242&comment_id=30350383 Tinu You know, there's another reason people don't link to great content - it's the brand. For years, my main site had a title, even an address, that resonated with my population but not my peers, that gave me great search rankings but was only relevant to a few of my closest connections. If I had to go back and do it over, I'd have picked a snappier brand name, and relied more on my link building skills than my long tail to short tail keyword methods. 2008-08-15T18:50:01.310+02:00 2008-08-15T18:50:01.310+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1583991&comment_id=30247104 Ms. Wahala I don't think the fuss, such that it is, is about the number of people you follow - the folks at Twitter seem reasonable, and will likely make exceptions for certain people who feel like they can manage that level of noise. It seems more to be about the feeling of Twitter freedom disappearing. As was recently written, one of Twitters power is the way the issue of audience is treated. This directly affects that, and some people may fear this is the beginning of many restrictions they won't like. 2008-08-12T19:30:11.167+02:00 2008-08-12T19:30:11.167+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1571080&comment_id=30135280 Tinu "Tumblr? Do I look like I'm wearing a dress?" Please. Offend me again. And twice on Fridays. 2008-08-08T19:34:12.686+02:00 2008-08-08T19:34:12.686+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1556559&comment_id=30116681 Tinu Abayomi-Paul Hello Yemi, It's an on-going health problem but it's it's not life threatening. I'll be around. Just not here as much. :) Thanks so much for your thoughts. Tinu 2008-08-08T04:33:03.817+02:00 2008-08-08T04:33:03.817+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1568919&comment_id=30114878 Tinu I shop at whole foods because ... I can. When I couldn't afford it, it was a rare treat. But there is a way to cut back on costs without skimping on your health. And for healthy, untainted food, it's worth the extra money, I'm sorry. I don't mean to say that folks who feel they are too poor to shop there should just because it's healthy. I'm saying that there are ways to get beyond even abject poverty and still eat right, and well. I've been there, I've had to choose between health costs and good food. Without health insurance and really high medical bills, for a few years it was, should I be healthier in the first place by eating right or should I keep treating my symptoms with medication - each time I chose meds only it was a disaster. So I understand the plight of someone who just can't afford it. But Whole Foods doesn't control the cost of shopping organically. If I were on the marketing board there, I'd keep the brand consistent and do a harder push to the population that can afford it, and do more with the manufacturers to get their coupons available to more people, faster. Then you're helping people save money but not losing your brand identity. 2008-08-08T03:33:01.728+02:00 2008-08-08T03:33:01.728+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1562091&comment_id=30044639 Ms. Wahala I loathe PayPal. I will offer it through 2Checkout and Clickbank if that's what my customers want but I try my hardest not to do business with them as a customer or a client. To list all my complaints would take all day, but I started having problems with them when they were bought by eBay. Coincidence perhaps, but that's when it started. 2008-08-06T11:59:04.559+02:00 2008-08-06T11:59:04.559+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Tinu&conv=1361080&comment_id=30043769 Tinu oooh, look at me, I'm so fancy with my cocomment. :) 2008-08-06T09:31:30.278+02:00 2008-08-06T09:31:30.278+02:00