David Risley - Latest Comments

Re: Bloggers: It’s Important To Be Yourself

Rahul — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:43:06 -0000

I'm starting to find that this is the best way to connect with readers and gain a readership. Steve Pavlina recently wrote a post titled "Share your Shame" that essentially says the same thing that you're saying here.

By revealing who you really are to your readers, it's kinda like you transcend the feeling that you're communicating with eachother through a computer, and instead it starts to feel like you're talking face to face.

Great article, and thanks for the reminder. I'm gonna get to work on an article about what I've been up to for the past year or so.

Re: Searching For The Bad Economy

nullvariable — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:21:56 -0000

I think its sad that people let the news dictate how they approach life. Sure, plan ahead but don't let the emotions that are making the stock market go nuts run your life, its a pretty lousy way to live

Re: How to Get a Brand New Blog Off The Ground [Traffic]

Tony — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:26:34 -0000

Great information detailed information man. Working on my Videos as we speak!

Re: Ustream Working On New Revenue Model?

Mike Software — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:39:13 -0000

I think that it is great that they work on a new model. It is the thing we need to do to survive. Adapt, adapt, adapt

Re: The Single Biggest Mistake in an Economic Downturn Is…

Shazzalive — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:58:17 -0000

That is sensible advice if I ever heard it.

Re: Is Social Media Killing the Blogosphere?

Mike — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:50:40 -0000

Great info. and message. For us newbie bloggers, this helps with our perspective on blogging.

Re: Flight Over Florida [Video]

Ryan Wade — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:34:34 -0000

That's freaking SWEET dude!

I've never seen an "airport community" before.

Thanks for the vid!

-Ryan

Re: Take a Tour of the Wild Side

Ryan Wade — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:00:11 -0000

Cool stuff dude ... so ... when you having everyone over for a slumber party?

Re: Youtube Offers Custom Player and Other Goodies

colorchart — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:27:18 -0000

Thats great info thanks... ive been using youtube for quite a while and i never knew about that :)

Re: Why Bloggers Should Start a Mailing List

123bargains — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:20:52 -0000

Thanks for the post. I was thinking of using the other free services, but decided to go with Aweber also.

Re: Screw You, Domain Renewal Group

Shari Voigt — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:40:11 -0000

Thanks for referencing my blog post, David. The more we do to expose these companies, the fewer people will be taken in by their tactics.

Re: Are Adsense Publishers Scared About the Economy?

spierzchala — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:50:37 -0000

In complete agreement. I was baffled by this as well. Unless they were using it as a sly way of getting the DoubleClick message out, it was unnecessary.

Re: The Power of My Blog

Shazzalive — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:29:47 -0000

If that actually happened Sarah Palin would rename you Jesus Risley and have Obama burned alive as a Witch in front of the Whitehouse; paid for, of course, by money embezzled from state funds. :) Don't forget to vote for Obama: Thwart the Religious Reich in its tracks.

Re: Why I Simply Cannot Vote For Barack Obama

BradK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:57:46 -0000

Don't look at the claims that Obama will be taking 'from the rich'. Think, "Obama will be taking from *my boss*. Where will I work then?"

Re: Ignore The Stock Market - Seriously

Shazzalive — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:30:04 -0000

Brilliant post! You managed to state in writing pretty much exactly what I've been thinking for years. I've said similar to people but they just don't seem to be able to take it in. If a single person is saying one thing in the face of the huge media organisations with their multiple-billions then the average "sheep" is going to follow the news media as the shepherd.

I say "sheep" because that's how I see a lot of people: Sheep are pretty dumb creatures really. They have no real self-will of their own, and rather little intelligence. They just follow the rest of the sheep, who follow the shepherd. If they have no-one to follow they're lost basically.

Many channels use this quality of people to their advantage: religion, the news media, the advertising media, the fashion moguls, politicians...The people don't think; they follow. They see a person not following and they can't understand it. They hear a single voice telling them that there's something wrong and they're totally oblivious to reason as they continue to follow the herd.

Well said anyway David. I hope someone listens to sense for once.

Re: My Income Report - Just To Mess With John Chow

John Hall — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:54:38 -0000

Yes. More than one income source. We're hearing that a lot lately. All the gurus and wannabees are saying the same thing. Couldn't agree more. The sky will "be falling" for a while yet. I'm glad the membership program is going forward, and that I'm not the soul supporter of your efforts. By your growing the program, can I expect a PCMech T Shirt in my mailbox anytime soon? John Cow has his youth, and he caught on to this thing with a vengeance. Reading his stuff his sometimes a chore. But he's apparently doing something right. Not everyone's cup of tea, but helpful nonetheless. Got his ebook. Good stuff.

Re: Aweber Pop-Over Form: Follow-Up Report

Shazzalive — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:02:20 -0000

Would the fact that you ran an online promotional campaign with a discount voucher, from the PC Mech Live Ustream feed - which coincided with the (re)implementation of the pop-over form, on the day that the increases began, have anything to do with it by any chance? Is it all accomplished by using the pop-over alone; or with the assistance of other marketing campaigns?

Is that the Seesmic plugin you're using for recording video comments?

Re: Merchant Account or Paypal?

Merchant Services — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:51:36 -0000

Excellent post,

It is always better if you got many alternatives in doing transactions online especially when money is involve, but we must all aware the pros and cons of it.

Best Regards,
Craig Leshinger
National Merchants Corp

Re: Barcamp Tampa Bay Wrapup

Megan Hendricks — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:48:46 -0000

Hi, David. Thanks for the mention in your blog, and I'm glad you enjoyed BarCamp. I didn't realize you are one of our alums!

Megan Hendricks

Re: When Blogging Meets Internet Marketing

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Re: Wordpress and Curing High Server Load

Stocks — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:27:55 -0000

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Re: Disease: Burnout. Cure: Systems.

Bryan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:51:33 -0000

Dave, this is a very similar situation to what I am dealing with, except I am 3 years behind you looking ahead and fly instead of run my own business. Trying to decide between this lifestyle of airline flying (away from home 1/2 the time) vs. being at home every night /w family is a tough call. I am ready to run down a path with all my being and a build a career, but just don't know which path to take (satisfying job or more family time). Good ideas though. Remember what DMSMH said in that the attainment of pleasure is much more noble and on a higher level than the avoidance of pain. I can think of no greater pleasure than family. Watching your beautiful daughter grow up and learn is pleasure and holding your wife in your arms is pleasure. Work ought to be pleasure in a perfect world, but its purpose is to provide the former (by preventing foreclosure, no food, or similar pain). Sort of like driving to the beach. The pleasure is the beach, the drive just gets you there. But the drive can be enjoyable too!

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Re: Why This Slowdown Is An Opportunity

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