March, 2010

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Craigslist Phishing Scam

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Yesterday I added an event to Craigslist.  Today I get this email

Quoting Jordan Miller <fcd@craiglist.org>:

I am VERY interested in your add. Please look and tell me if this is the one.

http://www.craigslists.org/fcd/ctd/909780589.html

Thanks !

At first I thought it was weird that someone would reply to a posting about an event like this.  I closed it and didn’t think anything more until a few minutes later when I took a second look.

Ah ha!

The URL – check it out.  It goes to craigslists.org.  I’m not clicking on it. I’m betting anything it’s a spyware/malware site.

Sure enough, Google shows that site as only having 5 pages. Yeah, that’s because all the vicious scripts are hidden, probably.

If you’re posting ads on Craigslist, watch out for this one.

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Big Discount for Upcoming Midwest Internet Conference

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

On April 1st I’ll be speaking at the Market Saint Louis conference about how any business can dominate their local area in search results. Along with myself are some other awesome speakers including Jason Tinnin from Saint Louis-based SimpleFlame and Derek Chew, former SEO lead at Yahoo!.

The conference only happens once a year, and there are only 100 tickets sold.  It’s a perfect fit for  small and medium business owners/execs.  There are two tracks – a beginner and an advanced, so no matter what you’re expertise level, you’ll learn a lot.

The tickets are $249 each, but I’ve been given the green light to offer a pretty sweet deal.  From now until tickets sell out, all purchases are Buy One Get One Free!  But that’s not even the best part – if you use the promo code ‘SPEAKER‘ you’ll get $50 off of the ticket price.  That means 2 tickets to this premier conference will only cost you $199!

How cool is that?

Like I said, this deal only lasts until all the tickets are sold out.

As if I need to sweeten it any more, the tickets also get you admission to the conference’s pre-event mixer on March 31st at 7PM.  You’ll get a few free drinks and will be able to meet the speakers and mingle with all the other business owners.

It’s going to be so cool.  I hope you can make it!

Details
Market Saint Louis
http://www.MarketSTL.com
April 1, 8am-4pm

Mixer (free with ticket purchase – sponsored by SimpleFlame)
HoteLumiere
March 31, 7pm

List of freebies: http://www.marketstl.com/register/freebies/

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Your Most Important Post

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Many times when we come up with great inspiration for a blog post or twitter status update, we take it straight to the web and start typing.  Since numbers and analytics data are what drive many of us, (perhaps we should call it egolytics), we’re always on the lookout for that one great post that drives a huge amount of traffic.Most Important

…and to you it seems like the most important post of your career.  This is the one.  You’ve got some great info and you’re ready to bust on the scene with a groundbreaking update.

It may be good info, it may bring you a ton of traffic, and get lots of inbound links, but it’s not your most important post.
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