No One’s Asking For Contextual Ads, But People Do Ask, And Pay For, The Help They Need

Writer, traveler and entrepreneur, Chris Guillebeau, doesn’t like AdSense, the Google product that lets publishers place ads on their site in return for a trickle of change. Here’s a passage from his free PDF download, “279 Nights to Overnight Success”: Guillebeau doesn’t run ads on his site, instead he sells Unconventional Guides in eBook form.… Continue reading No One’s Asking For Contextual Ads, But People Do Ask, And Pay For, The Help They Need

Faulty Premise Du Jour: Stamps Are For Writers, Inventors, Statesmen And Such

According to Ad Age, Chinese officials are embracing capitalism at alarming rates. If you need evidence for this, here it is: China’s postal service has issued a stamp featuring Bartle Bogle Hegarty’s managing director in Shanghai, Christine Ng. Ng, of course, is in the business of selling things. Not that writers, inventors and statesmen are… Continue reading Faulty Premise Du Jour: Stamps Are For Writers, Inventors, Statesmen And Such