It’s Rhode Island & California’s Fault (And There’s Chocolate!) On Traffic Exchange Live

Feb 25 2010

Posted by Lynn M. as Traffic Exchange Live

Tuesday and Wednesday at Traffic Exchange Live wound up being kinda mainly chitchat days amongst the attendees and hosts (there’s a reason why TE Live tends to be “the water cooler of the TE industry”), while at other times there were very lengthy discussions/ideas being tossed around about various things, so I really don’t have a ton of anecdotes for either day. Plus I was a little late getting there Wednesday after being stuck in line out at a store (having already avoided one other store after walking in, seeing huge lines at the only open cash registers, and walking right back out). I really, really hate shopping and though the Internet’s done pretty well, it hasn’t quite caught up with me yet in letting me shop online 100% and I do so wish it would.

Anyway, let’s see what havoc there was wreaked (lol) Tuesday and Wednesday…

Tiny Update Tuesday & Wee Update Wednesday on Traffic Exchange Live:

Jon Olson, Tim Linden, and John Guanzon were all on board both days. We didn’t really expect to see Jon on Wednesday since he was having to drive to Edmonton that day, but he was on TE Live Wednesday anyway.
Lengthy discussion of (and many kudos all around) about the new bracket surfing at I Love Hits. Some needed additions/modifications were brought up, like the possibility of users having an option to be notified by e-mail if they get passed by their opponent.
Jerry Iannucci was not in attendance on Tuesday, which was odd. However, the sky did not fall down, the world didn’t end, and Hades didn’t freeze over, so it was cool, but his lack of presence was definitely noticeable!
A visit from the Mini-Tims. The future programmer in the house immediately went to work on StartXchange.

We saw a hand behind Jon. Someone asked if The Foot knows The Hand is there.
Jon said The Foot is injured right now.
John was going to have his ThumbVu users “slap” Twitter on Wednesday, Tweeting about ThumbVu and someone would win a $50 prize, others would win credits.
Jon declared the continual lag program as Rhode Island and California’s fault.
Jon said he wouldn’t be at TE Live on Wednesday, as he was driving to Edmonton (but he was there after all anyway).
John said something about the “pressure of entertaining” on TE Live. We told him/them they don’t have to work that hard or make a big effort to entertain us, we’re all easily amused.
Tim showed us a really cool new photo he has on his photography site.
Jon gave The Foot a hand.
Winter Perkins is making a 125×125 banner for StartXchange and Tim asked her where it was (see “Quote of the Day(s)” for the rest of THAT story).
Jon pointed out an American flag on Canadian money.
John told us about a joke you can play on people, asking them to find the milk product, the song, and the famous person on any American bill. The joke involves tearing the bill in half and tossing at the end. There was discussion about how one might get one’s booty kicked depending on how big the bill in question was.
Jon had to leave.
Tim wanted to know if Canadians used the term “whipped” in Canadia (sic).
John was looking at food. He said Arby’s curly fries are the worst, but they look soooo good.
Long discussion about the differences in fast food places, chain restaurants, etc. John talked about ordering “animal style” at In-N-Out again.
On Wednesday, a majority of TE Live was spent discussing the finer points of I Love Hits’ new bracket surfing and Facebook fan pages, and answering questions about both.
Tim stepped away a second and came back with what he said was one of his favorite things – Cadbury chocolate Mini-Eggs. (This must be his favorite time of year.)

Jon needed help with his Facebook fan page.
Tim said fan pages are for your business and talked about why people should have one.
Jon left a little early, since he was going to be spending five hours driving to Edmonton.
Around ten after the hour (yes, ten after!) John and Tim left as well, and thus ended the Wednesday edition of TE Live.
GIVEAWAYS: No giveaways on Tuesday or Wednesday.
I CALL YOU OUT ABOVE, YOU GET LINKAGE: Safelist Marketing Tactics (Jerry Iannucci), Seamless Web Solutions (Winter Perkins)
ALSO ON THE SCENE (one or both days): Brett Phillips, Brenda Broyles, Charles Smith, Paul Brown, Cat Heiter, Lynne Sherman, Ian Bakewell, Sarah Cozad, Wanda Robinson, John Cheshier, Brett Phillips, Dorena Begonia, Diane Merriam, Austin Hallock, Bartender Mo, Cherrie Ryning, Phil Ames, Sean Supplee, Stephen Whittle, Carl Bailey – and of course, Randy Ritter.
QUOTE OF THE DAY(S) – Tim Linden, to Winter Perkins: “I thought you had one-hour turnaround time.” Winter: “This isn’t one-hour photo!”

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So, Lynn M. Is Somewhat Rested Lately: Yeah… I’ve actually been getting more sleep lately than I normally do. It’s kinda weird, but good.

Lynn M.’s Traffic Tidbit of the Day: Well, not really a traffic tip or anything like that today, but I just wanted to publicly thank Mark Hodgetts for the very nice post about me and Traffic Pro-X. That was a nice surprise, I’m very honored and humbled and thank Mark very much for all the kind words. We don’t always agree (in fact, that’s how we got to talking in the first place because of a little and very brief disagreement between us spawned from Twitter, LOL), but he’s a good guy, we just have some different ways and opinions on doing some things. Anyway, Mark’s blog is pretty cool and has a wide and broad take on many different and varied aspects of Internet marketing, so check his blog, Traffic Exchange Secrets Revealed, out!

Surf’s Up Site of the Day: Visit Maniac

Why: Sean’s really been busy amping up the action at VisitManiac & I’ve gotten some good results lately there!

Hey, Check This Out: In case you haven’t noticed, I have finally had enough time to do some updating of links and other stuff in the sidebar lately, including links to many of most recommended tools, all of which I use (or have used) myself and give a big thumbs up to. I’ll be adding to it as time goes on (and especially as I upgrade and rebrand stuff… you really shouldn’t do much promoting of stuff you’re not upgraded in or haven’t rebranded, though I do make an exception for a few, but otherwise you’re just building the program owner’s list and not your own). Anyway, for now, I have built a little virtual library over there of all the resources and tools I use and like, especially all of what I consider my “MUST HAVE” tools.

So here’s one of those things in my “MUST HAVES” that most of you probably already have – but if you don’t (and especially if you’re new to all this stuff), you really need it (AND need to follow it, AND rebrand it for maximum value to your pocketbook)… Mr. Olson’s spiffy little Pizza Plan graphic below basically tells the story of what it is, so just take a look, click it, and get your copy today!