April 2009

TWIT While You’re Ahead! The Downside of 140 Characters or less

Every second of every day millions of tweets, status updates, post and comments flutter through the air waves seeking their intended targets. At home, work or on the road with our laptops and cell phones we have the ability to tell the world everything we do, as we do it, and hear what others have to say about it instantly. The digital diary of our lives and those we share it can be viewed, reviewed and interpreted immediately by those we chose to express ourselves to. This inevitably leaves the opening for the abbreviated versions of our feelings or ideas to be misconstrued unwittingly and taken in the wrong context.

Now don’t get me wrong, I love the concept. Use it too. It’s just that as this becomes more and more the norm for communication I wonder if a little more thought should be put into what we say. This doesn't stem from a personal experience mind you, so all of my friends or followers and ect can breathe easy now, lol. What got me thinking about this was another stream I was watching. Basically I took the weekend off to spend some time with my family. When Monday rolled around and I was catching up on everything that happened while I was out I came across a feed between two friends that I was not sure how to take. Then I began wondering how each of them had taken what the other said also. My first impression was of offense that he/she would have been replied to that way, what was theirs? Or was I just misreading to original post becasue I was feeling a little pressured to get caught up?
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Recent site update: please report bugs

Yesterday we shut down for about an hour to restructure the directories of the website. You should not notice any difference in the operation of the site from this update.

If you do please report them by posting a comment here or using the contact link above. The types of issues that may arise from this are missing pictures, broken links or 404′s.

I think I updated everything accordingly as I modified the directories but there always seems to be that one thing that got missed.

Thanks!

Simple URL Mask to Hide Affiliate Links

Here is a neat little trick that is easy to do and will mask those ugly affiliate links. This method is a simplified version of what I had made when I created the Build a Niche Store v2 URL Masking Mod. You remember, it was the first url masking to be coded for Build a Niche Store and is surprisingly similar to what the developers ‘created’ and released months later in v3. What a Ko-inky-dink! This trick is for any link you want to mask, if anyone using BANS v2 wants to know how to incorporate this into their stores and mask all those eBay links just let me know and I’ll post the instructions.

This little program here simply hides all your affiliate links, pointing them back to your own site. When a user clicks on the link the program filters the correct response and sends them on to proper website with your affiliate link. There are many other ways to do this but I like this one because it only requires one file rather than making a seperate file with a redirect for every link. It is much more efficient and keeps the clutter down.
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He Wants WHAT Tattooed WHERE?!?

Ok. Everyone is always asking me where I come up with some of the stuff I do. Am I just not ‘right in the head’? Maybe I was dropped on my head as a baby. Some just want to know exactly how far away were the power lines from my house. Well I have proof, right here, that it is not just me! My whole family is nuts (and I mean that in the nicest and most loving way, of course). Recently this little tidbit of humor scrolled across my FaceBook:
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The Facebook Fan Challenge

Here is a great new contest where everyone wins! Niche Store Market now has their own FaceBook page at Niche Store Market on FaceBook.

This contest is simple. Just visit out new FaceBook page and become a Fan. For every 50 fans we get I will release a new, completely free template!

Becoming a fan of our new FaceBook page will also give you access to special discounts and coupons for purchases made here at Niche Store Market.

Right now, Aprils coupon code is published in our open discussion board. Starting next month some specials and coupons will be sent to fans only. So join now and let all your friends know too! Remember, for every 50 new fans I release 1 new and free template here on Niche Store Market!

Oh and while your there, don’t forget to look me up and become my friend too!

Length of Contest: Currently this contest has no set end time.

The Quest to Find Your Facebook RSS Feed

I know its there. I know this feature is available. I know I’ve seen it before… BUT WHERE IS IT! Maybe it’s the newest FaceBook Update hiding the formerly quick and easy link to find your own feed or maybe I just got lucky before but I know I’ve seen it. It really is remarkable how hard it is to find and since there really is no way to show your status updates from Facebook on many other platforms using the RSS feed they provide is about the only way.

So why then is it so hard to find? Well, if you were to ask me I would guess they don’t want you readily being able to post your status updates anywhere someone wouldn’t have to join FaceBook to see them. Talk about Control Freaks! But for people like me, who have found that FaceBook seems to be running horribly slow and ‘buggy’ since the last update but don’t want to abandon it completely, finding alternate means of using it is critical.
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NSM Freedom R2: Free Build a Niche Store Template

Ready for another great variation of one of NSM’s revolutionary templates? Well here it is! The NSM Freedom Version 2 Niche Store Template! The same great template as our NSM Freedom V1 in two new great colors! Niche Store Market was the first to introduce multiple color variations, additional ad blocks and all three sidebars BUILT IN! The NEW NSM Freedom Niche Store Template v2 was updated to be v2 and v3 compatible, features 2 additional ad blocks, 4 built in color variations and 3 built in layouts for a total of 12 TEMPLATES IN ONE! Don’t wait another minute, experience true Freedom today!

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NSM Freedom R1: Free Build a Niche Store Template

Wow! The good ole Niche Freedom Template get an update! Introducing the NEW NSM Freedom Niche Store Template r1! This is the template that laid the ground work for all new NSM templates. The first Build a Niche Store Template of its kind to introduce multiple color variations, additional ad blocks and all three sidebars BUILT IN! The NEW NSM Freedom Niche Store Template r1 was updated to be v2 and v3 compatible, features 2 additional ad blocks, 4 built in color variations and 3 built in layouts for a total of 12 TEMPLATES IN ONE!
Don’t wait another minute, experience true Freedom today!

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