Sam Harrelson

There’s a place and a catchy name for the type of marketing that I practice.
Components

Amateur
Responsible
Democritized
Fragmented
Non-hierarchical
Based on Attention
Individualistic Open Source
Smale scale and micro profits
Value of ideas as well as commodity products.
Small

Affiliate marketing has (had?) the chance, but it seems tainted, circumscribed and entirely sure of itself.
I need a name.
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Let’s stop erroneously hoping that a guild mentality of online marketing “professionals” will steer online and affiliate marketing in the right direction and realize that the future of all of this online (and eventually offline) marketing belongs in the hands of enabled amateurs.
Marketers shouldn’t seek to be content creators.  Instead, content creators should be enabled [...]

I’ve finally gotten enough invites to get my FaceBook page in order.  It was worth joining to see that my hero Larry T. McGehee has a page with over 50 pictures that he keeps up to date.
So, if you’ve got a FaceBook profile, feel free to add me as a friend.
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I’ve gone from being a skinny and physically active college freshman to being an out of shape and overweight teacher, writer, consultant and online marketer. Those things are great for the mind, but not for the body.
Right now I’m somehwere in the 200-210 range and need to get down to 175-180 since I’m right [...]

Just upgraded my beloved Ubuntu laptop (a Sony Vaio VGN-FE770G purchased last November) to Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).
Everything seems wonderful so far. I love the easy integration of Compiz desk effects and wireless worked right away.
I’ll keep updating with my experience, but so far I’m happy and impressed!
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… is hard work.
I miss Ze.
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I’ve got a new universal phone number for my mobile, office and Skype numbers:
828.414.3578
If you ring that number, you’ll get a hold of me. So, please change my number in your address book.
BTW, this is through a great new service called GrandCentral which allows you to aggregate all of your numbers so that they all [...]

I love it.
A worldwide view of people offering up random details and thoughts.
I call this the “God Machine”…
http://twittermap.com/twittervision 
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I love pranks.
They ground us in reality, make us re-asses our stupidity of seriousness and bring us back to the realization that we’re a bunch of atoms.
This is still my favorite prank of all time (and not just because my alma mater Yale rocked Harvard with it)…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale’s_%22We_Suck%22_Prank 
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Whether or not this is “true” (does it really matter?), it’s an amazing story that reads like a Chuck Palahniuk book…
http://www.zug.com/pranks/super/index01.html 
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