http://www.joshwhitford.com Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:46:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These are the responses to the first Ask Josh round of questions. I opened up the floor for people to ask whatever they felt like asking. I don't think there will be any perfect answers, but you asked for my opinion, so I'm giving it ;). Here we go: BigPappa asks: ... http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/10/03/responses-to-ask-josh-questions/ To date, I haven't flat out opened the floor on the blog for people to ask questions. I do have a contact page which gets used from time to time, but now: I would like to open the blog or myself up for any questions you might have. So go ahead ... http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/10/02/first-round-of-ask-josh/ I like to have fun from time to time and give away free things like money, so here is your shot. $100 and two copies of the Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss up for grabs. Click here to go to the CONTEST PAGE. http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/10/01/marketing-ideas-october-surprise-contest/ 1. Go out of your way. 2. Make things easy for them to talk to you, then engage in discussion. 3. Direct and guide visitors to where they can go to ask a question, like that bright, shiny new email logo to the right :) 4. Sign up for all the social networking ... http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/09/30/get-connected-with-your-audience/ We have all seen those great word of mouth campaigns that pay off huge for the creator of whatever was being talked about. The latest of these was The Dark Knight starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. Everyone knows the cast was loaded with amazing actors but due to the untimely ... http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/09/29/marketing-ideas-allowing-your-product-to-advertise-itself/ It looks like our dear old friend Graham at Entrecard is listing his site for sale. Now Entrecard and the community that goes with it can be yours, well that is if you mesh well with Graham's vision. The site is listed here on Sitepoint. If you are in the market ... http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/09/26/anyone-want-to-buy-an-ad-network/ In the world of business, things happen and sentiments change. Some of these problems are easy to detect and change with just a minimal effect on the outcome. But what do you do if you are confronted with hurdles and stumbling blocks that prevent you from obtaining your goal? Recently, an ... http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/09/25/what-to-do-when-business-plans-dont-go-as-planned/ We all know that from time to time I like to hold and participate in contests. I think that one of the requirements of blogging should be to have fun. This is the second round of The AdSpace Contest. The winner of this round shall receive their ad on close ... http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/09/24/round-2-of-the-adspace-contest-is-beginning/ This guest post is from Chelle, a freelance real estate marketing assistant and writer. If you enjoy this post, be sure to check out her real estate marketing blog for more marketing ideas. If you would like to guest post on the Unconventional Marketing Blog go to the guest post ... http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/09/24/are-you-taking-advantage-of-auxiliary-services/ Not long ago myself and a few others participated in a contest. The idea was to offer up one ad space on all of our blogs to one lucky winner. The contest went a lot better than we could have ever dreamed with way over 1,200 entries (picked by random.org). ... http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/09/23/and-the-winner-is/