Courtney Tuttle pointed out a great resource today. He just had a logo designed by a regular at the Digital Point forum called Adrian … and he paid only $10 for it.

This guy does fantastic work for incredibly cheap prices. He definitely has a style — all his designs are typically Web 2.0, with puffy fonts, rounded corners, flat colors, etc. But if you’re looking for that particular feeling, Adrian’s the go-to-guy it seems.

Sounds like he’s been so busy that he doesn’t yet have a portfolio site, but you can read through the Digital Point thread and see many examples of his work. He’s got me thinking of new niche ideas just so that I can order some logos!

Courtney Tuttle just wrote the ultimate blog post: This Worst Post in the Universe. Every awful post deserves an awful comment, but I couldn’t bring myself to actually inflict it on Courtney’s blog. So here it is.

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Yay, number 1!!

Courtney, I don’t think I agree with u but everyone’s entitled to there opinion, OK? — LOL — Some of the things you said … Dang, I just spilled Cheez Whiz on my pants, don’t you hate when that happens, the spicy Cheez Whiz I mean, the regular stuff blows, you know?? … anyway, some of the things aren’t quite accurate. I mean, I don’t think you’ve really thought it through this idea of not repeating what you just said even though you may not have said what you meant to before you repeated it the first time. The way you just said it, ya know?

Anyway, the reason I wrote is because you must make mad money online ya? And I’ve got a computer and so I figured that you could tell me how to do like no work ever online and still get loads of cash from suckers who want to buy Vi@gra and stuff? (yeah, I know i know, I’m learning … gotta use those $ymbols for words like Viagra or your computer just stops cold cos of spam right?)

I already set up this kicking Geocities site here www.geocitys.com/tuppysplace/cool_site.httml , so could you check it out and give me some good ideas of what to write about … or maybe I could just copy it from another site right?My friend told me that’s what all you big bloggers do, but she was drunk when she told me, know wot I mean? She was partying like a rockstar so she’d be ready for conferences when I’m a guru.

BTW, I looked all over your site for that picture of you with your bald head holding up that sweet adsense check for like millions of dollars … where did it go?

There’s a delightful post about linking strategy this morning from Monica at Easy Wordpress:

… you can use incoming links to give back to those who clearly favor you and your blog. Here is what I do and it is fun …

She outlines the ways in which one can show gratitude for an incoming link. Since reciprocal links are potentially counter-productive, she suggests that one should instead Stumble, Zoom, Sphinn & Twitter their post in gratitude. And of course, you could simply drop them a friendly thank you email.

She has lots of other ideas for link loving, and her post is a nice reminder of the value of gratitude.

There are aspects of my work life that I find very easy and pleasant, and others where I’m conscious I have some real weaknesses. One of my greatest failings is that I enjoy learning about a new subject — a new internet marketing technique for instance — much more than I enjoy getting down to work.

I can read and read for hours about article marketing; AdSense arbitrage; affiliate marketing; PPC campaigns; niche blogging; list building; and on, and on. I’ve become quite an expert on many of these subjects, although I’ve no list and I’ve done precious little affiliate sales.

I’m not sure exactly why I find it so hard to take action. I don’t think the pop-psych generalities are necessarily accurate in my case … I’m certainly not afraid of success, nor do I believe that I’m incapable of achieving good work. Continue Reading »

I’ve had this domain name for a while, ever since inspiration struck in the shower. (I guess it’s better to be struck by inspiration rather than by the shampoo bottle or worse, by the shower head. I need to get around to fixing that shower head …)

After exhaustive thought, I realised that what the world needs is another blog about making a living online. I even had that confirmed by one of my favorite bloggers, Lynn Terry at ClickNewz, during a webinar she hosted recently. She assured me that there’s always room for another blog, so long as the content is compelling … now, there’s a challenge I can get my teeth into. So, here’s the obligatory introductory post to set the scene. Continue Reading »