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- Ambient Orb - Blog Index by: Mitchell Allen
September 11, 2008, 02:46
Here is the original Ambient Orb Blog Index from WritingUp.com, for nostalgia's sake. It is a chronological list of the 162 posts that I published between No…
- Article Time Machine by: Mitchell Allen
April 3, 2008, 17:05
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- Contact Me by: Mitchell Allen
November 8, 2008, 03:16
Please complete this contact form. I will reply as soon as I receive it! All blanks must be filled in. Your Name Your Email…
- Don't Believe the Hype! by: Mitchell Allen
November 1, 2007, 19:45
Don't Believe the Hype! Curb Your Opportunistic Tendencies Copyright © 2006, 2007 by Mitchell Allen Originally appeared on my Ryze.com page in August, 2005.…
- Empire of the Niche by: Mitchell Allen
October 30, 2007, 19:37
Empire of the Niche The Journey from Opportunism to Entrepreneurship Copyright © 2006, 2007 by Mitchell Allen Originally appeared in eight parts o…
- Fiction by: Mitchell Allen
October 28, 2007, 10:36
Once in awhile, I get the urge to write a novel. By ten o'clock, I've recovered. What remains is a short story. Sometimes, I'll write about a story tha…
- Awesome Business Opportunity by: Mitchell Allen
October 28, 2007, 10:53
Copyright © 2006, 2007 by Mitchell Allen So, I decided to go to Yet Another Ground Floor Once-in-a-Lifetime Make Money Fast Pyramid Scheme. As I walked into…
- Descent, Interrupted by: Mitchell Allen
December 1, 2007, 18:29
Copyright © by Mitchell Allen As the overhead light flickered on again, the shouts in the stricken elevator subsided. Beside me, a pretty, copper-colored gi…
- Djinn by: Mitchell Allen
March 8, 2008, 23:09
Copyright © 2006 - 2008 by Mitchell Allen Originally appeared in a Homeschooling Project, November, 2006. Burp! "Excuse me," said David. "Mom, that was d…
- Jack and Jill, All Funk'd Up by: Mitchell Allen
June 22, 2008, 00:39
Photo by zarylla Jack lay mortally wounded beside a horribly dented galvanized pail. He moaned, "I won't be watering that beanstalk, after all." Ji…
- Marxist Internet Propaganda by: Mitchell Allen
July 27, 2008, 02:49
Copyright © by Mitchell Allen Future Net Return to Xanadu The Internet was designed to connect data. Users are not central to this design. The…
- Secret Shocker by: Mitchell Allen
January 12, 2008, 15:42
Copyright © 2006 - 2008 by Mitchell Allen Originally appeared on FanStory.com, November, 2006. Photo by emdot It looked like a simple butcher knife.…
- The Efficiency Expert by: Mitchell Allen
November 6, 2007, 19:02
Copyright © 2006, 2007 by Mitchell Allen If only. As I walked briskly along the corridor, no longer hindered by the poor lighting, I pondered the cruel f…
- The Oxymoronic Hydroponic Tubers by: Mitchell Allen
October 28, 2007, 14:17
Copyright © by Mitchell Allen Angela was about to get her ashes hauled by Liam Moore. She didn't know this, because it hadn't happened yet. In fact, youn…
- Awesome Business Opportunity by: Mitchell Allen
- Linkable Ladies by: Mitchell Allen
June 28, 2007, 10:15
Here is a little sump'n sump'n for all you ladies out there: a list of cool places on the web. Each site is owned and operated by - you guessed it - one or more…
- Multimedia Memberships: Movies and Music by: Mitchell Allen
March 25, 2008, 00:36
Movie Trivia By Hillard Allen Prostitutes in the movies probably go back to silent films, but I don't. My earliest film that touches on the subjec…
- Join Buffery Movie Trivia Game by: Mitchell Allen
March 25, 2008, 01:22
Buffery is a movie quiz game conducted via e-mail. It's aimed at Movie Buffs but anyone can play. Each day a quiz goes out, accompanied by a s…
- Join Buffery Movie Trivia Game by: Mitchell Allen
- Poetry by: Mitchell Allen
October 28, 2007, 10:39
I like crafting poems. Sometimes, inspiration guides my pen. Often, however, it's the thesaurus, the meter and the message. If you like poetry challenges,…
- Solage Poetry Chapter 1 by: Mitchell Allen
October 28, 2007, 15:35
I discovered this form when I was a member of FanStory.com. Solage is a specific form of humorous verse with the following properties: It has three lines…
- Solage Poetry Chapter 2 by: Mitchell Allen
November 11, 2007, 10:19
What is Solage? all Contents Copyright © 2006, 2007 by Mitchell Allen Can't Bear to Face It The mailman delivered news of the Crash Then went to…
- Solage Poetry Chapter 3 by: Mitchell Allen
November 15, 2007, 13:09
What is Solage? all Contents Copyright © 2006, 2007 by Mitchell Allen Happy Birthday Six years after those terrible two's We celebrate the path you…
- The Closet by: Mitchell Allen
November 26, 2007, 23:46
Copyright © 2006, 2007 by Mitchell Allen The closet conceals the darkness. Hidden within the absence of light, a mysterious force quietly lurks, Enveloping …
- Solage Poetry Chapter 1 by: Mitchell Allen
- Portfolio by: Mitchell Allen
November 8, 2008, 01:58
Here are samples of my work. For reasons of privacy and security, some projects are only partially shown. Click the buttons to visit the category. Contact…
- Databases by: Mitchell Allen
November 10, 2008, 15:50
Here are some databases that I created. Microsoft® Access Some images are altered for privacy reasons. Click on a database to explore. …
- Presentations by: Mitchell Allen
November 18, 2008, 03:22
CLE Presentation I worked at the Philadelphia Police Department for 17 years. I had the pleasure of heading up the elite Latent Print Section for the last …
- Programming by: Mitchell Allen
November 19, 2008, 20:54
Here is a Visual Basic program that I created. It is currently in beta testing. Click to see Microsoft ® Access programming. Imagine a board game that …
- Spreadsheets by: Mitchell Allen
November 17, 2008, 22:55
Here are some spreadsheets that I created. Microsoft® Excel Some images are altered for privacy reasons. Click on a spreadsheet to explore. …
- Web Design by: Mitchell Allen
November 8, 2008, 16:14
Here are some websites that I've created for clients. Static Designs: Live Sites The Fredericksburg Guidebook website was the first (and only!) make-ov…
- Writing by: Mitchell Allen
November 9, 2008, 01:44
Writing Here are some writing samples, arranged loosely by category. User Guides are best viewed full-screen. Complete Indexes Because of the natu…
- Databases by: Mitchell Allen
- Site Map by: Mitchell Allen
January 28, 2010, 21:02
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- What Color is Your Network? by: Mitchell Allen
May 20, 2007, 13:51
"Networking" is one of those buzzwords that gets tossed around so much that, even if folks don't really understand what you're talking about, they always nod kn…
Blog Posts
- Best of the Web (8)
- Hot Buttered Blogs by: Mitchell Allen
December 29, 2007, 10:34
Photo by Hey Paul To all my family, friends, readers and drive-by lurkers: Blogging Rocks. It is our moral duty to spread the word of great writers…
- Merriment with Memes by: Mitchell Allen
January 4, 2008, 12:53
Lest you doubt the manifest powers of the Law of Attraction, let it be known that my Gratitude Token is a lion figurine*. I intend to acknowledge LOA whe…
- Multimedia Memberships by: Mitchell Allen
March 25, 2008, 01:13
Movies and Music. Two of the three M's required for a fulfilling life. I'll present these two and leave the third to you, as there is no satisfactory…
- My Favorite Web Comics and Captioned Photos by: Mitchell Allen
December 22, 2009, 10:09
Photo by lincoln-log I love comics, pictures and captions. Here is an unsorted list of assorted comics, pictures and humorous blogs. They speak for themselv…
- Showtime at the Blue Morpho by: Mitchell Allen
October 10, 2008, 07:50
Special (em)bedpost My buddy, Nukemdomis, sent me a YouTube video via Stumbleupon. (Sadly, his StumbleUpon profile is off-limits to most of us.) @slide…
- Social Awkening: The Bookshelf or the Coffee Table? by: Mitchell Allen
November 15, 2008, 20:38
Photo by defrost.ca I've been writing a fair number of posts about social media. I never expected to come up with a new way to use it. Now, I'm not sayin…
- Social Sunshine by: Mitchell Allen
October 18, 2008, 12:21
Social Media is reaching a critical mass in my thoughtspace. From participating in social activity like Blog Action Day to commenting on The Finer Points of So…
- Sunday Comics Jan 20, 2008 by: Mitchell Allen
January 20, 2008, 18:35
Photo by makelessnoise Football and the Sunday Comics, ahhhh… I don't know if this will be a regular feature here, but I just have to share this one with …
- Hot Buttered Blogs by: Mitchell Allen
- Biographical (12)
- 10 Ways to Recover Your Sanity After Computer Dies by: Mitchell Allen
December 7, 2008, 22:33
Photo by mikrosopht 1. Breathe A Sigh of Relief The vigil is over. The bloated registry, clogged Start Menu and ten thousand temp files have been silenced…
- A Scrap of Honest Proportions by: Mitchell Allen
December 28, 2008, 17:00
Photo by Tony the Misfit* Pinhole heaped a heavenly helping of Honest Scrap Award upon me. Having mistook this for a Commemorative Metal of Honor for the…
- About Me, the Extended Version by: Mitchell Allen
October 30, 2007, 19:47
Showing off the sweatshirt I won from EntrepreneurDad.com* I am Mitchell Allen, and I think up stuff. I continually tap into the charged atomic cloud of C…
- Chase What Matters by: Mitchell Allen
December 24, 2009, 10:55
Photo by cliff1066™ Change is inevitable. As I review my online activities, I continually revise what I think is important. Three years ago, I paid lip …
- Do You Remember the Ambient Orb Blog Index? by: Mitchell Allen
September 11, 2008, 04:01
Image by www.customroadsign.com Make your own custom road sign! I used to rank number one on Google for this keyword phrase - I wonder why! On my first …
- Easily Identify Your Single Most Important Piece of Software by: Mitchell Allen
February 16, 2010, 10:23
Photo by Truth Went Trendy As you muddle through yet another boring task on the word processor, the computer's sluggishness becomes annoying. In a huff, you …
- Father's Day Introspective by: Mitchell Allen
June 15, 2008, 13:12
Step into my Office and read my bio On this Father's Day, I reflect on what it means to be me. I also give a shout out to my father, who has guarantee…
- Flat Earth Wagon Wheel by: Mitchell Allen
December 3, 2008, 09:45
Photo by * Nina * Here is my end-of-year self-evaluation. I look at all of the systems in my life and judge which ones have added value and which ones have…
- Letting Things Go by: Mitchell Allen
June 26, 2009, 08:55
Photo by *L*u*z*a The past two nights, I have awakened before dawn, driven from sleep by powerful dreams. The first night was awash with a harrowing halluc…
- Night of the Living End - Lost in Ohio by: Mitchell Allen
August 17, 2008, 21:15
Dominique is safely tucked away at Indiana State University. Toni prepared for the trip by printing out directions from MSN Maps & Directions. The trip ou…
- Weeping On the Shoulder of the Super-highway by: Mitchell Allen
September 20, 2009, 13:38
Photo by theslowlane A chasm, a yawning credibility gap, lies between marketing professionals and self-proclaimed Internet Marketing gurus. As chasms go, t…
- Winter Wonderland – Living through Blizzard of '09 by: Mitchell Allen
December 20, 2009, 22:53
Sheldon and I traveled from Virginia to Terre Haute, Indiana to pick up Dominique from Indiana State University. The first afternoon, we were sitting outside at…
- 10 Ways to Recover Your Sanity After Computer Dies by: Mitchell Allen
- Fiction (11)
- A History of Brief Time by: Mitchell Allen
September 15, 2008, 09:59
Photo by juria yoshikawa “Why do people wish to go back in time to ‘fix’ their mistakes, when they can go forward and pretend it never h…
- Awesome Business Opportunity Recognized by: Mitchell Allen
December 21, 2006, 07:41
Awesome Business Opportunity, a light-hearted jab at the MLM industry, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence by the reviewers at FanStory.com. It is a fict…
- Funky Fairy Tale - Fame And Fortune In Fifty Words! by: Mitchell Allen
June 22, 2008, 00:27
Photo by jurvetson OrganicsYes is sponsoring a Mini-Saga Contest. Fifty Words! Write a 50-word story and submit it as a comment. Contest ends June 27, …
- Grave Error by: Mitchell Allen
January 27, 2008, 16:49
Photo by ikon vodka Shortly after the New Year, Pinhole, the man with the golden pen, Revived an Old Challenge: write something based on a required opening…
- Mad Morpho - The Caption Deconstruction Challenge by: Mitchell Allen
November 2, 2009, 07:12
Photo by KevinZim You may have seen contests where the challenge is to provide the most clever caption to an image. You can find them all over Google . …
- Physicists Discover New Particle: Introducing the Retentron by: Mitchell Allen
December 16, 2007, 22:04
Photo by jurvetson Specialists in sub-nuclear particle research have discovered a new particle of energy. The particle, one millionth the size of an io…
- Saturday Story, December 2007 Edition by: Mitchell Allen
December 1, 2007, 18:37
This month's Saturday Story is titled "Descent, Interrupted". Six people are trapped in an elevator that threatens to plunge to, well, the bottom. This experi…
- Saturday Story, January 2008 Edition by: Mitchell Allen
January 12, 2008, 15:53
This month's Saturday Story is titled "Secret Shocker". Intruder Alert! Homeowner and burglar both get a nasty surprise in this futuristic monologue. It origi…
- Saturday Story, March 2008 Edition by: Mitchell Allen
March 8, 2008, 23:14
This month's Saturday Story is titled "Djinn". Our young protagonist meets a different kind of magical creature. He also gets a special peek into his mother's…
- St. Valentine's Day Mascara by: Mitchell Allen
February 13, 2008, 23:35
Photo by RBerteig Ode to a Cornish Hen Stalking Iris, on my way to St. Ives Alas, alack! Apparently I am smitten, - Hiding plainly, in the road lie se…
- Twitter – Thesauritically Acclaimed by: Mitchell Allen
May 19, 2008, 14:26
On Twitter, I am Anklebuster Beneath twitter, my thesaurus mentions agitation, cry, music, emotion and excitement. Unbelievably, I experienced all of t…
- A History of Brief Time by: Mitchell Allen
- Funky Fairy Tale (2)
- Funky Fairy Tale - Fame And Fortune In Fifty Words! by: Mitchell Allen
June 22, 2008, 00:27
Photo by jurvetson OrganicsYes is sponsoring a Mini-Saga Contest. Fifty Words! Write a 50-word story and submit it as a comment. Contest ends June 27, …
- Twitter – Thesauritically Acclaimed by: Mitchell Allen
May 19, 2008, 14:26
On Twitter, I am Anklebuster Beneath twitter, my thesaurus mentions agitation, cry, music, emotion and excitement. Unbelievably, I experienced all of t…
- Funky Fairy Tale - Fame And Fortune In Fifty Words! by: Mitchell Allen
- Games (5)
- Christmas Traditions by: Mitchell Allen
November 3, 2007, 08:52
For those of us who celebrate Christmas and enjoy the festive holidays, there are special memories that stand out like mileposts. Seeing distant relatives, ga…
- Mad Morpho - The Caption Deconstruction Challenge by: Mitchell Allen
November 2, 2009, 07:12
Photo by KevinZim You may have seen contests where the challenge is to provide the most clever caption to an image. You can find them all over Google . …
- Printable Sudoku Puzzles Using Microsoft Excel by: Mitchell Allen
October 29, 2009, 07:27
Does the world need yet another printable Sudoku puzzle software? Of course it does. I wanted to make one using my creaky spreadsheet programming skills. A…
- Racing around the Office by: Mitchell Allen
October 12, 2008, 04:47
We downloaded a fun game this weekend. It's called Office Race. @UMLGuy is the creator. He based it on his comic strip, Ulterior Motive Lounge. The cast o…
- Zuma Warrior Princess by: Mitchell Allen
July 22, 2008, 00:43
Zuma Screenshot You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you can become a Zuma Warrior Princess. Just ask my wife. The all-time Zuma champion in …
- Christmas Traditions by: Mitchell Allen
- High Tech (18)
- A History of Brief Time by: Mitchell Allen
September 15, 2008, 09:59
Photo by juria yoshikawa “Why do people wish to go back in time to ‘fix’ their mistakes, when they can go forward and pretend it never h…
- And I Quote by: Mitchell Allen
April 28, 2008, 18:21
“ Talk about the hidden web! Some of the best writing is buried in comments, replies and user-supplied content. Just as we have repositories of the b…
- Disk Detective: The Case of the Window Snatcher by: Mitchell Allen
August 2, 2008, 14:42
Photo by crowt59 Breaking and Entering Obsession is a robber of time. But, compulsion isn't the culprit in this criminal caper. No. This case involved …
- DOA: Ultimate Warrior Fragged, Bagged and Tagged by: Mitchell Allen
November 7, 2007, 22:39
Into Every Life, A Little Rain Must Fall In pursuit of my no-strings blogging, I've deactivated the Ultimate Tag Warrior plug-in. I just read the update o…
- Easily Identify Your Single Most Important Piece of Software by: Mitchell Allen
February 16, 2010, 10:23
Photo by Truth Went Trendy As you muddle through yet another boring task on the word processor, the computer's sluggishness becomes annoying. In a huff, you …
- How To Secure Your Personal PC by: Mitchell Allen
February 18, 2010, 02:28
Photo by Don Hankins (Note: while this article contains much general information, the scope of solutions and resources is limited to Windows-based compute…
- Microsoft: Spilling Drinks on the Surface by: Mitchell Allen
August 23, 2007, 20:16
Microsoft Surface, a new computing platform, is being touted as the "PC Killer" by Michael Estrin of iMedia Connections, a marketing trade publication. Accordin…
- PayPal at the Pump - Don't Get Burned by: Mitchell Allen
September 3, 2008, 17:49
Photo by ninjapoodles I've been buying gas with my PayPal card whenever there is a balance collecting dust. There are not one, not two, but three finan…
- Phishing Attacks: 3 Ways to Protect Yourself by: Mitchell Allen
January 8, 2010, 19:12
Phishing attacks are attempts to steal passwords and other personal information. One way fraudsters do this is by tricking people into visiting fake websites. T…
- PhraseExpress: Trés Cool by: Mitchell Allen
November 4, 2008, 05:31
Disclosure: This post contains no affiliate links - however, I am a reseller. The free version is more than enough for 99% of us. I spent a few minutes se…
- Printable Sudoku Puzzles Using Microsoft Excel by: Mitchell Allen
October 29, 2009, 07:27
Does the world need yet another printable Sudoku puzzle software? Of course it does. I wanted to make one using my creaky spreadsheet programming skills. A…
- Psst! Wanna Get Away? by: Mitchell Allen
February 23, 2008, 17:09
Photo by Cubbie_n_Vegas Like the morons in the highly entertaining Southwest Airlines commercials, I wanna get away. For the past few days, I've been t…
- Social Awkening: The Bookshelf or the Coffee Table? by: Mitchell Allen
November 15, 2008, 20:38
Photo by defrost.ca I've been writing a fair number of posts about social media. I never expected to come up with a new way to use it. Now, I'm not sayin…
- Stirring the Stockpot and Digesting Gore by: Mitchell Allen
April 19, 2008, 03:24
Photo by azrainman The Book I skimmed The Assault on Reason, by former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore. The introduction was disturbingly profound, given that …
- StumbleRush Course is Critic's Choice by: Mitchell Allen
August 9, 2008, 05:02
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links I just finished Lesson #20 in Caroline Middlebrook's StumbleRush Course, which teaches you how to use Stu…
- The Fish, the Bait and the Club by: Mitchell Allen
March 20, 2008, 23:58
Photo by Mitch This post comes with a bonus word game! Yours to keep, even if you skip the rest of the story! Fish I was hunting around for a program th…
- The Great BlogRush of 2007 by: Mitchell Allen
September 17, 2007, 07:45
Well, the intrepid Sharon Hurley Hall has done it again. She discovered BlogRush, yet another community for bloggers. Created by John Reese, BlogRush aims to li…
- Word Association: Web Browsers, Vehicle Cigarette Lighters by: Mitchell Allen
June 14, 2008, 15:08
Inside My Creaky Green Van If the word plug-ins came to mind, then you are weird, like me! My week-old copy of Windows Secrets has a freebie for all o…
- A History of Brief Time by: Mitchell Allen
- Information Overload (6)
- Conventional Wisdom of Crowds by: Mitchell Allen
January 15, 2010, 08:00
Photo by A. www.viajar24h.com Conventional Wisdom Conventional wisdom is an unexamined proclamation that is generally accepted as truth. We use anecdotal …
- How To Secure Your Personal PC by: Mitchell Allen
February 18, 2010, 02:28
Photo by Don Hankins (Note: while this article contains much general information, the scope of solutions and resources is limited to Windows-based compute…
- Interweaving Change and Power by: Mitchell Allen
July 13, 2008, 16:01
Photo by jacalynsnana "Perhaps the biggest gift that humankind has been given is the choice to decide what thoughts and attitudes we put in our minds." …
- Phishing Attacks: 3 Ways to Protect Yourself by: Mitchell Allen
January 8, 2010, 19:12
Phishing attacks are attempts to steal passwords and other personal information. One way fraudsters do this is by tricking people into visiting fake websites. T…
- Plums in the Deep by: Mitchell Allen
July 15, 2008, 08:49
Photo by mrpattersonsir "The next empires will be empires of the mind." - Winston Churchill This is the conclusion of an essay about changing…
- The Continuum of Mutability by: Mitchell Allen
July 11, 2008, 22:40
Systems The world and the systems which define it are dynamic. Change itself is a system. It's called chaos. Once we recognize that chaos is, in fact, …
- Conventional Wisdom of Crowds by: Mitchell Allen
- Journal (2)
- Staccato Snap - Entry 002 by: Mitchell Allen
March 27, 2008, 23:20
Photo by Mitch (weekly? what weekly?) Staccato Snap is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. WHY? Multiple streams of income is…
- Staccato Snap - Week 001 by: Mitchell Allen
March 13, 2008, 12:35
Photo by Mitch (mad skillz, huh?) Staccato Snap is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. WHY? Your card arrived today. It was ju…
- Staccato Snap - Entry 002 by: Mitchell Allen
- Law of Attraction (8)
- Deprogramming the Difficult by: Mitchell Allen
January 6, 2008, 21:00
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."- Henry Ford Photo by qqlauraqq Henry the First From an early age, many of u…
- Frank McCourt - Six Degrees of Separation? by: Mitchell Allen
July 21, 2009, 10:01
I don't know how I do these things; perhaps coincidence has something to do with it. While considering twittering about some old stories on this blog, I decide…
- Letting Things Go by: Mitchell Allen
June 26, 2009, 08:55
Photo by *L*u*z*a The past two nights, I have awakened before dawn, driven from sleep by powerful dreams. The first night was awash with a harrowing halluc…
- Merriment with Memes by: Mitchell Allen
January 4, 2008, 12:53
Lest you doubt the manifest powers of the Law of Attraction, let it be known that my Gratitude Token is a lion figurine*. I intend to acknowledge LOA whe…
- Plums in the Deep by: Mitchell Allen
July 15, 2008, 08:49
Photo by mrpattersonsir "The next empires will be empires of the mind." - Winston Churchill This is the conclusion of an essay about changing…
- Social Sunshine by: Mitchell Allen
October 18, 2008, 12:21
Social Media is reaching a critical mass in my thoughtspace. From participating in social activity like Blog Action Day to commenting on The Finer Points of So…
- Staccato Snap by: Mitchell Allen
March 6, 2008, 16:57
Photo by Mitch (believe it or not) Staccato Snap* is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. Each post provides a glimpse into my …
- Weeping On the Shoulder of the Super-highway by: Mitchell Allen
September 20, 2009, 13:38
Photo by theslowlane A chasm, a yawning credibility gap, lies between marketing professionals and self-proclaimed Internet Marketing gurus. As chasms go, t…
- Deprogramming the Difficult by: Mitchell Allen
- Marketing (24)
- Affiliate Marketing Revolution by: Mitchell Allen
November 19, 2008, 00:17
It's a joy to know that some people put service before commissions. In fact, people like Joe Stallard don't even care about commissions. But, people like Jo…
- Affiliate Program to be Launched May 5th by: Mitchell Allen
May 3, 2007, 22:22
It's about time Morpho Designs got its own affiliate program. I am so excited about this. I've been looking for a way to reach more prospects. Networking has th…
- Amazing Amazon Jungle by: Mitchell Allen
December 13, 2007, 09:34
Amazon Jungle **************************** When you give yourself a chance to do whatever you want with your blog, sometimes, you get some neat ideas. Ch…
- Butterflies by: Mitchell Allen
June 5, 2008, 17:24
Photo by KevinZim Cocoon Logos are living messengers of your business. When a logo gets old and tired, you need to send in a reinforcement. Just as ba…
- Can You Prove the Existence of Dysepistemology? by: Mitchell Allen
November 1, 2007, 20:21
How would you like to be the person who discovered the mental map to our reading manner? Every day, thousands of messages are misread, misinterpreted and mista…
- Hello world! by: Mitchell Allen
November 28, 2006, 16:00
Functional Inertia One of the biggest problems I have is something I'm going to call functional inertia (FI). This mental affliction shows up as one or more…
- How to Rank for the Term SEO by: Mitchell Allen
October 28, 2007, 09:30
It's easy. Just be Aaron Wall. The rest of us should just do something else. I mean, really, why bother jumping into the pool when you're more likely to land o…
- Invasion of the Eyeball Snatchers by: Mitchell Allen
October 31, 2007, 17:59
Halloween is the Best Time to Use a Hellish Headline. Alliteration Also Attracts Attention Rhythm that Pounds Hits Harder than Sounds. Can a Question Catch…
- List Building by: Mitchell Allen
February 21, 2007, 23:03
My friend Crystal Pina, of VisionsVirtualAssistance.com, wrote an excellent post about using business cards to build your list of subscribers. Are You Spamming?…
- Meet the Mentors: Rosalind Gardner by: Mitchell Allen
January 13, 2007, 23:55
I have been following Rosalind Gardner's online career for three years. When she wanted me to find out how she made $436,797 selling other people's stuff onlin…
- Microsoft: Spilling Drinks on the Surface by: Mitchell Allen
August 23, 2007, 20:16
Microsoft Surface, a new computing platform, is being touted as the "PC Killer" by Michael Estrin of iMedia Connections, a marketing trade publication. Accordin…
- Opportunist - Which Type Defines You? by: Mitchell Allen
September 22, 2007, 13:17
Is opportunist a dirty word? As with most things, it depends. The classical definition of an opportunist is one who adheres to the practice of adapting action…
- Panning Flash by: Mitchell Allen
July 1, 2008, 05:09
From: Dept of One Picture Worth a Thousand Words To : Dept. of Relationship Marketing Attn : Campaign Manager How …
- Selling More By Helping Your Client by: Mitchell Allen
February 5, 2007, 21:47
Sales goals don’t have to get in the way of being a good consultant. You should not be sacrificing quality for quantity. Indeed, sales goals should be vi…
- SEO and the Pizza Parlor by: Mitchell Allen
September 4, 2007, 12:48
I was talking with my friend Todd, today. I was on a little rant about how - despite my efforts - too many of my customers and prospects just don't get the whol…
- Smoking the Information Pipe by: Mitchell Allen
October 14, 2009, 08:51
Photo by j o rdan It has been fashionable to equate intense experiences with crack cocaine. That is twisted, perverse and sooo effective. So move outa my w…
- Staccato Snap by: Mitchell Allen
March 6, 2008, 16:57
Photo by Mitch (believe it or not) Staccato Snap* is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. Each post provides a glimpse into my …
- Staccato Snap - Entry 002 by: Mitchell Allen
March 27, 2008, 23:20
Photo by Mitch (weekly? what weekly?) Staccato Snap is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. WHY? Multiple streams of income is…
- Staccato Snap - Week 001 by: Mitchell Allen
March 13, 2008, 12:35
Photo by Mitch (mad skillz, huh?) Staccato Snap is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. WHY? Your card arrived today. It was ju…
- Stretching Social Media by: Mitchell Allen
July 25, 2008, 23:48
Dominique's Social Media Model, Overloaded It seems as if we are all shouting into the wind of a million simultaneous whispers. As the novelty wears o…
- StumbleRush Course is Critic's Choice by: Mitchell Allen
August 9, 2008, 05:02
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links I just finished Lesson #20 in Caroline Middlebrook's StumbleRush Course, which teaches you how to use Stu…
- The Relationship Side of Affiliate Marketing by: Mitchell Allen
December 1, 2006, 19:52
Betty Dietch and her husband Donald created Wall Street Spin ®. Their game was the first product I sold on the internet. There is a nice backstory to ho…
- To Market To Market! Who's Slaughtering Whom? by: Mitchell Allen
July 14, 2007, 09:37
Neil Shearing wants to know: Is the ClickBank system prone to abuse? In this post, Shearing talks about the deficiencies of ClickBank from a merchant's perspect…
- Who Has Time For All This? by: Mitchell Allen
July 15, 2007, 18:07
A few days after Thanksgiving, 2005, I wrote the following post. I don't agree with it any longer, because of the advent of the authority site mentality. This c…
- Affiliate Marketing Revolution by: Mitchell Allen
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- Multimedia Memberships by: Mitchell Allen
March 25, 2008, 01:13
Movies and Music. Two of the three M's required for a fulfilling life. I'll present these two and leave the third to you, as there is no satisfactory…
- Multimedia Memberships by: Mitchell Allen
- Musings (52)
- 10 Ways to Recover Your Sanity After Computer Dies by: Mitchell Allen
December 7, 2008, 22:33
Photo by mikrosopht 1. Breathe A Sigh of Relief The vigil is over. The bloated registry, clogged Start Menu and ten thousand temp files have been silenced…
- A History of Brief Time by: Mitchell Allen
September 15, 2008, 09:59
Photo by juria yoshikawa “Why do people wish to go back in time to ‘fix’ their mistakes, when they can go forward and pretend it never h…
- Affiliate Marketing Revolution by: Mitchell Allen
November 19, 2008, 00:17
It's a joy to know that some people put service before commissions. In fact, people like Joe Stallard don't even care about commissions. But, people like Jo…
- Affiliate Program to be Launched May 5th by: Mitchell Allen
May 3, 2007, 22:22
It's about time Morpho Designs got its own affiliate program. I am so excited about this. I've been looking for a way to reach more prospects. Networking has th…
- Bear Right: Alcohol, Abortion and Arms by: Mitchell Allen
September 6, 2009, 21:35
Photo by takomabibelot Getting Our Bearings One of the biggest problems that plagues rational beings is debating on dual planes. The use of emotionally…
- Can You Prove the Existence of Dysepistemology? by: Mitchell Allen
November 1, 2007, 20:21
How would you like to be the person who discovered the mental map to our reading manner? Every day, thousands of messages are misread, misinterpreted and mista…
- Cat Killers by: Mitchell Allen
January 21, 2008, 22:31
Animated GIF by joeltelling Curiosity Killed the Cat . . . What if you clicked on links without care? Eventually, you'll click on a semi-relevant link that…
- Delightful DVR "Detail" by: Mitchell Allen
May 25, 2008, 15:56
Photo courtesy of CNN and my quick eye It's a slow news day over here in Morpho Land. The ticker tells a tale on CNN. Donkey tail? You make the call. …
- Deprogramming the Difficult by: Mitchell Allen
January 6, 2008, 21:00
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."- Henry Ford Photo by qqlauraqq Henry the First From an early age, many of u…
- Do You Remember the Ambient Orb Blog Index? by: Mitchell Allen
September 11, 2008, 04:01
Image by www.customroadsign.com Make your own custom road sign! I used to rank number one on Google for this keyword phrase - I wonder why! On my first …
- Duplicate Content - Part 1 of a Bazillion by: Mitchell Allen
November 30, 2006, 00:14
The following post originally appeared on my WritingUp.com blog. It's a fluff piece, but my point in posting it is to show you how you can reuse your content wh…
- Email Reloaded by: Mitchell Allen
December 2, 2006, 14:15
I finally bit the bullet and cleaned out my email system. For those of you who prefer the short version, here's a quick summary: I don't recommend using th…
- Flat Earth Wagon Wheel by: Mitchell Allen
December 3, 2008, 09:45
Photo by * Nina * Here is my end-of-year self-evaluation. I look at all of the systems in my life and judge which ones have added value and which ones have…
- Frank McCourt - Six Degrees of Separation? by: Mitchell Allen
July 21, 2009, 10:01
I don't know how I do these things; perhaps coincidence has something to do with it. While considering twittering about some old stories on this blog, I decide…
- Functional Inertia - Day 2 by: Mitchell Allen
December 4, 2006, 15:05
If you read my Hello, World post, you may recall the five symptoms of my made-up term for failure to take action: excuses procrastination indecision …
- Graduation Day by: Mitchell Allen
May 4, 2007, 21:58
My son graduated from high school today. Magna Cum Laude. The rigors of homeschooling have prepared him to face this world head-on. I am so happy to be here…
- Graduation Day 2008 by: Mitchell Allen
May 17, 2008, 18:30
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, my son Dominique Allen graduated from high school. We listened to speeches from his brothers and sister and then we heard …
- Hello world! by: Mitchell Allen
November 28, 2006, 16:00
Functional Inertia One of the biggest problems I have is something I'm going to call functional inertia (FI). This mental affliction shows up as one or more…
- Hijacking Blogs - Urban Renewal Project by: Mitchell Allen
September 27, 2007, 10:44
Public Announcement I did some thinking about blog etiquette after reading GracePub’s post on Communati.com: Should Bloggers Let Other Bloggers Hijack T…
- Holiday Season: Business Review by: Mitchell Allen
December 12, 2006, 15:30
Although my business is only nine months old, the end of the year is a good time to reflect on how far I've come. Essentially, I've realized two things: network…
- Letting Things Go by: Mitchell Allen
June 26, 2009, 08:55
Photo by *L*u*z*a The past two nights, I have awakened before dawn, driven from sleep by powerful dreams. The first night was awash with a harrowing halluc…
- List Grinder Makes Hamburger of Web Resources by: Mitchell Allen
July 31, 2008, 21:13
Photo by Secretly Ironic Don't Have a Cow! If you feel compelled to check out a blogger's top ten list or technical tweaks for your favorite software, but…
- Mailto:Friends by: Mitchell Allen
August 21, 2008, 22:11
Photo by uberculture Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This I would love to take control of my email. I think about how much more time I would have for real wor…
- Mastermind: The Private Partners by: Mitchell Allen
January 12, 2008, 00:22
Photo by d 'n' c If you ever read Consumer Reports, you may remember their reader-rated movie guide. Because of the subjectivity of cinema, Consumer Repor…
- Meet the Mentors: Perry Marshall by: Mitchell Allen
December 15, 2006, 21:04
To kick off a new, occasional series, let me introduce one of only four people to whom I listen to for marketing advice: Perry Marshall. Perry Marshall is a …
- Networking on Sunday by: Mitchell Allen
February 11, 2007, 14:50
I'm supposed to be working on my taxes. That's boring. Instead, I spent a few hours on Yahoo Instant Messenger, chatting and strategizing with my friend and par…
- Night of the Living End - Lost in Ohio by: Mitchell Allen
August 17, 2008, 21:15
Dominique is safely tucked away at Indiana State University. Toni prepared for the trip by printing out directions from MSN Maps & Directions. The trip ou…
- Opportunist - Which Type Defines You? by: Mitchell Allen
September 22, 2007, 13:17
Is opportunist a dirty word? As with most things, it depends. The classical definition of an opportunist is one who adheres to the practice of adapting action…
- Opportunity Knocks You Out by: Mitchell Allen
October 25, 2007, 19:58
Imagine that you are a blogger. You have the power to influence people. Your words can sooth or provoke. Your essays can enlighten, encourage and entertain. …
- Patience, Yahoo, Patience! by: Mitchell Allen
November 25, 2007, 20:28
I was regaling my wife with a story from my childhood. My cousin, Todd, (no relation to my partner Rock the Todd) told one of those long, never-ending pointl…
- PayPal at the Pump - Don't Get Burned by: Mitchell Allen
September 3, 2008, 17:49
Photo by ninjapoodles I've been buying gas with my PayPal card whenever there is a balance collecting dust. There are not one, not two, but three finan…
- Physicists Discover New Particle: Introducing the Retentron by: Mitchell Allen
December 16, 2007, 22:04
Photo by jurvetson Specialists in sub-nuclear particle research have discovered a new particle of energy. The particle, one millionth the size of an io…
- Pigeon Holes and How to Plug Em by: Mitchell Allen
October 26, 2007, 18:28
How many kinds of people buy stuff? It helps to think of consumers as bird-brains. No, I'm kidding. This is just a way to talk about our customers without …
- Potatoes Spill from Truck by: Mitchell Allen
May 15, 2008, 12:52
Photo by Donna Reynolds, Trucker From the Department of Stopping to Smell the Roses: Our friend Donna sent us this picture of her rig being lifted to …
- Quotable Comments by: Mitchell Allen
November 22, 2008, 16:23
Is it Safe? My friend Brian Clapper sent me a link to a post about a safe made from Lego® building blocks. I laughed so hard at the comments, I almost forg…
- SEO and the Pizza Parlor by: Mitchell Allen
September 4, 2007, 12:48
I was talking with my friend Todd, today. I was on a little rant about how - despite my efforts - too many of my customers and prospects just don't get the whol…
- Serendipity-doo-dah by: Mitchell Allen
May 29, 2008, 06:55
Screenshot of my ISP Usage Meter I love visual gags. 1980's television included the best of them with British comedy show Benny Hill. My favorite was t…
- Sheldon Says the F Word! by: Mitchell Allen
April 29, 2008, 13:41
I was shocked. What did he think he was doing? Well, I looked deep into his recent activities and discovered ... Another aspiring writer. Sheldon is at…
- Six Simple Sounds Summarize Self Story by: Mitchell Allen
February 24, 2008, 10:14
Photo by Ella's Dad Blogging's more fun when you have friends over. Breakfast's more fun when you have fried eggs over easy. Pinhole tagged me for a …
- Smoking the Information Pipe by: Mitchell Allen
October 14, 2009, 08:51
Photo by j o rdan It has been fashionable to equate intense experiences with crack cocaine. That is twisted, perverse and sooo effective. So move outa my w…
- Social Media Manifesto by: Mitchell Allen
September 23, 2008, 22:32
Clipart from Microsoft ® Word I Will embrace the ideas of social media experiments; participate fully in the discussion surrounding these ideas; …
- Spambots Ate My Cell Phone! by: Mitchell Allen
October 9, 2007, 22:07
Why am I not surprised? I signed up for Yahoo Alerts, using my Verizon Wireless SMS address. SMS, which stands for Send More Spam (actually, it's Short Message…
- Stalker Tag: the Game by: Mitchell Allen
July 11, 2007, 10:57
After sitting on the sidelines at the Bloggo Playground, I was finally picked to play Tag. Sharon Hurley Hall, the consummate free-lance writer, took time out t…
- Stirring the Stockpot and Digesting Gore by: Mitchell Allen
April 19, 2008, 03:24
Photo by azrainman The Book I skimmed The Assault on Reason, by former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore. The introduction was disturbingly profound, given that …
- Sunday Comics Jan 20, 2008 by: Mitchell Allen
January 20, 2008, 18:35
Photo by makelessnoise Football and the Sunday Comics, ahhhh… I don't know if this will be a regular feature here, but I just have to share this one with …
- The Secret of the Circular Reference by: Mitchell Allen
November 25, 2007, 20:21
In philosophy, where I learned about fallacies, circulus in probando was not mentioned. Would that be because it is impossible to define circular reasoning wit…
- The Worst Crap on the Internet by: Mitchell Allen
December 31, 2008, 17:17
Here, for the first time since I indulged myself with a list of posts from my very first blog, is a folder dump of folderol that seemed like a good idea at …
- Twitter – Thesauritically Acclaimed by: Mitchell Allen
May 19, 2008, 14:26
On Twitter, I am Anklebuster Beneath twitter, my thesaurus mentions agitation, cry, music, emotion and excitement. Unbelievably, I experienced all of t…
- Well, I'll be Tagged! by: Mitchell Allen
May 20, 2007, 11:40
I've installed Ultimate Tag Warrior 3, a Wordpress plug-in for tag management. Not only are tag clouds pretty, they also help drive traffic to blogs. I'll be g…
- Winter Wonderland – Living through Blizzard of '09 by: Mitchell Allen
December 20, 2009, 22:53
Sheldon and I traveled from Virginia to Terre Haute, Indiana to pick up Dominique from Indiana State University. The first afternoon, we were sitting outside at…
- Word Association: Web Browsers, Vehicle Cigarette Lighters by: Mitchell Allen
June 14, 2008, 15:08
Inside My Creaky Green Van If the word plug-ins came to mind, then you are weird, like me! My week-old copy of Windows Secrets has a freebie for all o…
- WordPress Site Maps – Three Ideas by: Mitchell Allen
January 30, 2010, 09:45
I love organizing and presenting data in pleasing formats. WordPress blogs have a wealth of database goodies that describe posts and static pages. Seeing your e…
- 10 Ways to Recover Your Sanity After Computer Dies by: Mitchell Allen
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- A History of Brief Time by: Mitchell Allen
September 15, 2008, 09:59
Photo by juria yoshikawa “Why do people wish to go back in time to ‘fix’ their mistakes, when they can go forward and pretend it never h…
- Affiliate Program to be Launched May 5th by: Mitchell Allen
May 3, 2007, 22:22
It's about time Morpho Designs got its own affiliate program. I am so excited about this. I've been looking for a way to reach more prospects. Networking has th…
- Butterflies by: Mitchell Allen
June 5, 2008, 17:24
Photo by KevinZim Cocoon Logos are living messengers of your business. When a logo gets old and tired, you need to send in a reinforcement. Just as ba…
- Functional Inertia - Day 2 by: Mitchell Allen
December 4, 2006, 15:05
If you read my Hello, World post, you may recall the five symptoms of my made-up term for failure to take action: excuses procrastination indecision …
- List Building by: Mitchell Allen
February 21, 2007, 23:03
My friend Crystal Pina, of VisionsVirtualAssistance.com, wrote an excellent post about using business cards to build your list of subscribers. Are You Spamming?…
- Merriment with Memes by: Mitchell Allen
January 4, 2008, 12:53
Lest you doubt the manifest powers of the Law of Attraction, let it be known that my Gratitude Token is a lion figurine*. I intend to acknowledge LOA whe…
- Networking on Sunday by: Mitchell Allen
February 11, 2007, 14:50
I'm supposed to be working on my taxes. That's boring. Instead, I spent a few hours on Yahoo Instant Messenger, chatting and strategizing with my friend and par…
- Networking Online by: Mitchell Allen
November 28, 2006, 19:02
Well, now that I've taken the first steps to rid myself of Functional Inertia, I'll keep the stone rolling with a post about Working at Home. I've come to t…
- Social Awkening: The Bookshelf or the Coffee Table? by: Mitchell Allen
November 15, 2008, 20:38
Photo by defrost.ca I've been writing a fair number of posts about social media. I never expected to come up with a new way to use it. Now, I'm not sayin…
- Social Media Manifesto by: Mitchell Allen
September 23, 2008, 22:32
Clipart from Microsoft ® Word I Will embrace the ideas of social media experiments; participate fully in the discussion surrounding these ideas; …
- Social Sunshine by: Mitchell Allen
October 18, 2008, 12:21
Social Media is reaching a critical mass in my thoughtspace. From participating in social activity like Blog Action Day to commenting on The Finer Points of So…
- Staccato Snap by: Mitchell Allen
March 6, 2008, 16:57
Photo by Mitch (believe it or not) Staccato Snap* is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. Each post provides a glimpse into my …
- Staccato Snap - Entry 002 by: Mitchell Allen
March 27, 2008, 23:20
Photo by Mitch (weekly? what weekly?) Staccato Snap is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. WHY? Multiple streams of income is…
- Staccato Snap - Week 001 by: Mitchell Allen
March 13, 2008, 12:35
Photo by Mitch (mad skillz, huh?) Staccato Snap is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. WHY? Your card arrived today. It was ju…
- Stretching Social Media by: Mitchell Allen
July 25, 2008, 23:48
Dominique's Social Media Model, Overloaded It seems as if we are all shouting into the wind of a million simultaneous whispers. As the novelty wears o…
- StumbleRush Course is Critic's Choice by: Mitchell Allen
August 9, 2008, 05:02
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links I just finished Lesson #20 in Caroline Middlebrook's StumbleRush Course, which teaches you how to use Stu…
- The Great BlogRush of 2007 by: Mitchell Allen
September 17, 2007, 07:45
Well, the intrepid Sharon Hurley Hall has done it again. She discovered BlogRush, yet another community for bloggers. Created by John Reese, BlogRush aims to li…
- The Rainmakers by: Mitchell Allen
December 15, 2006, 21:10
This post originally appeared on my Writingup.com blog. Michelle mentioned it at our networking meeting recently, so I brought it here for folks who don't know …
- The Relationship Side of Affiliate Marketing by: Mitchell Allen
December 1, 2006, 19:52
Betty Dietch and her husband Donald created Wall Street Spin ®. Their game was the first product I sold on the internet. There is a nice backstory to ho…
- To Market To Market! Who's Slaughtering Whom? by: Mitchell Allen
July 14, 2007, 09:37
Neil Shearing wants to know: Is the ClickBank system prone to abuse? In this post, Shearing talks about the deficiencies of ClickBank from a merchant's perspect…
- Twitter – Thesauritically Acclaimed by: Mitchell Allen
May 19, 2008, 14:26
On Twitter, I am Anklebuster Beneath twitter, my thesaurus mentions agitation, cry, music, emotion and excitement. Unbelievably, I experienced all of t…
- A History of Brief Time by: Mitchell Allen
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- Amazing Amazon Jungle by: Mitchell Allen
December 13, 2007, 09:34
Amazon Jungle **************************** When you give yourself a chance to do whatever you want with your blog, sometimes, you get some neat ideas. Ch…
- Chase What Matters by: Mitchell Allen
December 24, 2009, 10:55
Photo by cliff1066™ Change is inevitable. As I review my online activities, I continually revise what I think is important. Three years ago, I paid lip …
- Staccato Snap by: Mitchell Allen
March 6, 2008, 16:57
Photo by Mitch (believe it or not) Staccato Snap* is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. Each post provides a glimpse into my …
- Staccato Snap - Entry 002 by: Mitchell Allen
March 27, 2008, 23:20
Photo by Mitch (weekly? what weekly?) Staccato Snap is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. WHY? Multiple streams of income is…
- Amazing Amazon Jungle by: Mitchell Allen
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- A Scrap of Honest Proportions by: Mitchell Allen
December 28, 2008, 17:00
Photo by Tony the Misfit* Pinhole heaped a heavenly helping of Honest Scrap Award upon me. Having mistook this for a Commemorative Metal of Honor for the…
- Adwords Poetry by: Mitchell Allen
November 11, 2007, 10:50
Want to increase your click-through rate? Need to advertise stuff Google thinks is questionable? Use poetry in your ad! Solage is a form that is most s…
- Staccato Snap - Week 001 by: Mitchell Allen
March 13, 2008, 12:35
Photo by Mitch (mad skillz, huh?) Staccato Snap is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. WHY? Your card arrived today. It was ju…
- A Scrap of Honest Proportions by: Mitchell Allen
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- Poverty Inaction by: Mitchell Allen
October 15, 2008, 00:40
Really Thinking About Poverty There are thousands of resources dedicated to the age-old problem of poverty. The causes, symptoms and proposed solutions…
- Poverty Inaction by: Mitchell Allen
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- PhraseExpress: Trés Cool by: Mitchell Allen
November 4, 2008, 05:31
Disclosure: This post contains no affiliate links - however, I am a reseller. The free version is more than enough for 99% of us. I spent a few minutes se…
- StumbleRush Course is Critic's Choice by: Mitchell Allen
August 9, 2008, 05:02
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links I just finished Lesson #20 in Caroline Middlebrook's StumbleRush Course, which teaches you how to use Stu…
- PhraseExpress: Trés Cool by: Mitchell Allen
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- Networking Online by: Mitchell Allen
November 28, 2006, 19:02
Well, now that I've taken the first steps to rid myself of Functional Inertia, I'll keep the stone rolling with a post about Working at Home. I've come to t…
- Social Awkening: The Bookshelf or the Coffee Table? by: Mitchell Allen
November 15, 2008, 20:38
Photo by defrost.ca I've been writing a fair number of posts about social media. I never expected to come up with a new way to use it. Now, I'm not sayin…
- Social Media Manifesto by: Mitchell Allen
September 23, 2008, 22:32
Clipart from Microsoft ® Word I Will embrace the ideas of social media experiments; participate fully in the discussion surrounding these ideas; …
- Social Sunshine by: Mitchell Allen
October 18, 2008, 12:21
Social Media is reaching a critical mass in my thoughtspace. From participating in social activity like Blog Action Day to commenting on The Finer Points of So…
- Stretching Social Media by: Mitchell Allen
July 25, 2008, 23:48
Dominique's Social Media Model, Overloaded It seems as if we are all shouting into the wind of a million simultaneous whispers. As the novelty wears o…
- StumbleRush Course is Critic's Choice by: Mitchell Allen
August 9, 2008, 05:02
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links I just finished Lesson #20 in Caroline Middlebrook's StumbleRush Course, which teaches you how to use Stu…
- The Rainmakers by: Mitchell Allen
December 15, 2006, 21:10
This post originally appeared on my Writingup.com blog. Michelle mentioned it at our networking meeting recently, so I brought it here for folks who don't know …
- Twitter Reciprocal Following: Ack! by: Mitchell Allen
November 16, 2009, 07:02
Photo by lepiaf.geo Early this summer, I started an experimental blog called OrangeJackass.com. It is a compendium of ideas, grouped into two categories, S…
- Twitter – Thesauritically Acclaimed by: Mitchell Allen
May 19, 2008, 14:26
On Twitter, I am Anklebuster Beneath twitter, my thesaurus mentions agitation, cry, music, emotion and excitement. Unbelievably, I experienced all of t…
- Networking Online by: Mitchell Allen
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- Can You Prove the Existence of Dysepistemology? by: Mitchell Allen
November 1, 2007, 20:21
How would you like to be the person who discovered the mental map to our reading manner? Every day, thousands of messages are misread, misinterpreted and mista…
- Stirring the Stockpot and Digesting Gore by: Mitchell Allen
April 19, 2008, 03:24
Photo by azrainman The Book I skimmed The Assault on Reason, by former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore. The introduction was disturbingly profound, given that …
- Transparent Wool by: Mitchell Allen
December 20, 2007, 14:24
I am not alone. I am not Legend. I will not be executed by A-List Bloggers. At least two other bloggers have made the paradigm shift that I did on October 2…
- Can You Prove the Existence of Dysepistemology? by: Mitchell Allen
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- Adwords Poetry by: Mitchell Allen
November 11, 2007, 10:50
Want to increase your click-through rate? Need to advertise stuff Google thinks is questionable? Use poetry in your ad! Solage is a form that is most s…
- Christmas Traditions by: Mitchell Allen
November 3, 2007, 08:52
For those of us who celebrate Christmas and enjoy the festive holidays, there are special memories that stand out like mileposts. Seeing distant relatives, ga…
- Disk Detective: The Case of the Window Snatcher by: Mitchell Allen
August 2, 2008, 14:42
Photo by crowt59 Breaking and Entering Obsession is a robber of time. But, compulsion isn't the culprit in this criminal caper. No. This case involved …
- Do You Make these Mistakes with BlogRush? by: Mitchell Allen
November 6, 2007, 20:10
If your blog is out of tune with the BlogRush widget, now is the time to tweak it. Category Not Relevant Duh! I forgot to change my category from Business…
- Email Reloaded by: Mitchell Allen
December 2, 2006, 14:15
I finally bit the bullet and cleaned out my email system. For those of you who prefer the short version, here's a quick summary: I don't recommend using th…
- Hijacking Blogs - Urban Renewal Project by: Mitchell Allen
September 27, 2007, 10:44
Public Announcement I did some thinking about blog etiquette after reading GracePub’s post on Communati.com: Should Bloggers Let Other Bloggers Hijack T…
- List Building by: Mitchell Allen
February 21, 2007, 23:03
My friend Crystal Pina, of VisionsVirtualAssistance.com, wrote an excellent post about using business cards to build your list of subscribers. Are You Spamming?…
- Mailto:Friends by: Mitchell Allen
August 21, 2008, 22:11
Photo by uberculture Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This I would love to take control of my email. I think about how much more time I would have for real wor…
- Mastermind: The Private Partners by: Mitchell Allen
January 12, 2008, 00:22
Photo by d 'n' c If you ever read Consumer Reports, you may remember their reader-rated movie guide. Because of the subjectivity of cinema, Consumer Repor…
- Mozilla Thunderbird: Virtual Folders by: Mitchell Allen
December 2, 2006, 14:06
If you're like me, you subscribe to dozens of alerts, email notification services from forums and blog subscriptions. Unless you judiciously delete each email …
- Social Awkening: The Bookshelf or the Coffee Table? by: Mitchell Allen
November 15, 2008, 20:38
Photo by defrost.ca I've been writing a fair number of posts about social media. I never expected to come up with a new way to use it. Now, I'm not sayin…
- The Great BlogRush of 2007 by: Mitchell Allen
September 17, 2007, 07:45
Well, the intrepid Sharon Hurley Hall has done it again. She discovered BlogRush, yet another community for bloggers. Created by John Reese, BlogRush aims to li…
- Well, I'll be Tagged! by: Mitchell Allen
May 20, 2007, 11:40
I've installed Ultimate Tag Warrior 3, a Wordpress plug-in for tag management. Not only are tag clouds pretty, they also help drive traffic to blogs. I'll be g…
- Adwords Poetry by: Mitchell Allen
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- Duplicate Content - Part 1 of a Bazillion by: Mitchell Allen
November 30, 2006, 00:14
The following post originally appeared on my WritingUp.com blog. It's a fluff piece, but my point in posting it is to show you how you can reuse your content wh…
- Father's Day Introspective by: Mitchell Allen
June 15, 2008, 13:12
Step into my Office and read my bio On this Father's Day, I reflect on what it means to be me. I also give a shout out to my father, who has guarantee…
- Mozilla Thunderbird: Virtual Folders by: Mitchell Allen
December 2, 2006, 14:06
If you're like me, you subscribe to dozens of alerts, email notification services from forums and blog subscriptions. Unless you judiciously delete each email …
- The Rainmakers by: Mitchell Allen
December 15, 2006, 21:10
This post originally appeared on my Writingup.com blog. Michelle mentioned it at our networking meeting recently, so I brought it here for folks who don't know …
- Who Has Time For All This? by: Mitchell Allen
July 15, 2007, 18:07
A few days after Thanksgiving, 2005, I wrote the following post. I don't agree with it any longer, because of the advent of the authority site mentality. This c…
- Duplicate Content - Part 1 of a Bazillion by: Mitchell Allen
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- Awesome Business Opportunity Recognized by: Mitchell Allen
December 21, 2006, 07:41
Awesome Business Opportunity, a light-hearted jab at the MLM industry, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence by the reviewers at FanStory.com. It is a fict…
- Butterflies by: Mitchell Allen
June 5, 2008, 17:24
Photo by KevinZim Cocoon Logos are living messengers of your business. When a logo gets old and tired, you need to send in a reinforcement. Just as ba…
- Hello world! by: Mitchell Allen
November 28, 2006, 16:00
Functional Inertia One of the biggest problems I have is something I'm going to call functional inertia (FI). This mental affliction shows up as one or more…
- Hot Buttered Blogs by: Mitchell Allen
December 29, 2007, 10:34
Photo by Hey Paul To all my family, friends, readers and drive-by lurkers: Blogging Rocks. It is our moral duty to spread the word of great writers…
- Merriment with Memes by: Mitchell Allen
January 4, 2008, 12:53
Lest you doubt the manifest powers of the Law of Attraction, let it be known that my Gratitude Token is a lion figurine*. I intend to acknowledge LOA whe…
- Multimedia Memberships by: Mitchell Allen
March 25, 2008, 01:13
Movies and Music. Two of the three M's required for a fulfilling life. I'll present these two and leave the third to you, as there is no satisfactory…
- SEO and the Pizza Parlor by: Mitchell Allen
September 4, 2007, 12:48
I was talking with my friend Todd, today. I was on a little rant about how - despite my efforts - too many of my customers and prospects just don't get the whol…
- Social Sunshine by: Mitchell Allen
October 18, 2008, 12:21
Social Media is reaching a critical mass in my thoughtspace. From participating in social activity like Blog Action Day to commenting on The Finer Points of So…
- Spice Rack Chocolates Wins Two Awards by: Mitchell Allen
December 26, 2006, 17:52
From Mary Schellhammer's Spice Rack Chocolates Website: BEST CHOCOLATE With two awards to its credit, Spice Rack Chocolates emerges as one…
- Staccato Snap by: Mitchell Allen
March 6, 2008, 16:57
Photo by Mitch (believe it or not) Staccato Snap* is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. Each post provides a glimpse into my …
- Staccato Snap - Entry 002 by: Mitchell Allen
March 27, 2008, 23:20
Photo by Mitch (weekly? what weekly?) Staccato Snap is a weekly journal highlighting my return to Network Marketing. WHY? Multiple streams of income is…
- Stretching Social Media by: Mitchell Allen
July 25, 2008, 23:48
Dominique's Social Media Model, Overloaded It seems as if we are all shouting into the wind of a million simultaneous whispers. As the novelty wears o…
- Twitter – Thesauritically Acclaimed by: Mitchell Allen
May 19, 2008, 14:26
On Twitter, I am Anklebuster Beneath twitter, my thesaurus mentions agitation, cry, music, emotion and excitement. Unbelievably, I experienced all of t…
- Who Has Time For All This? by: Mitchell Allen
July 15, 2007, 18:07
A few days after Thanksgiving, 2005, I wrote the following post. I don't agree with it any longer, because of the advent of the authority site mentality. This c…
- Awesome Business Opportunity Recognized by: Mitchell Allen
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