Category Archives: Achievement

Check out Widget Bucks

Posted by Andy Boyer in Achievement, Marketing, Media

I’m going to give a big ol’ plug to my friends over at mpire, and congratulate them on the launch of Widget Bucks.  Here’s the straight skinny from one of their promotional emails:

Are you earning $2 – $15 CPM on your current ads? Do you wish you had more control over the type of content being displayed on your site? Are CPA ads frustrating because you can’t control if a user actually does make a purchase?

After years of dealing with ad networks, we saw too many ads that sucked and networks paying too low of CPM’s to effectively monetize people’s sites, we decided to do something about it. We’re proud to announce the launch of WidgetBucks.com a shopping ad network. With our widgets displaying contextual product offers in an engaging format, we’re seeing $3-6+ CPM on thousands of sites.

Today we have made our beta available for you to try it for yourself and start earning more money. Configuring the widget for your site is quick and easy and you’ll see immediate results.

I will be playing with Widget Bucks tonight here on AndyBoyer.com, and we’ll also be testing it on MyElectionChoices.com.

Inspiration from an Unlikely Millionaire

Posted by Andy Boyer in Achievement, Entrepreneurism, Marketing, Media, Personal

If you had an Internet connection at work in 2000 or 2001, one of your colleagues forwarded you a link to HotorNot.com.  You played with it for somewhere between 5 minutes and 8 hours, helplessly clicking on the neverending stream of pictures of people who wanted you to judge how good looking they were.

About 1% of this crowd probably wondered if the founders were making any money, or if they simply launched the site for fun.  Well it turns out they were making GOBS of money.  Giant trucks were backing up and dumping bars of platinum into their backyard.  In a nutshell, it proved that a simple idea, at the right time, with the right people, was infinitely more powerful, satisfying and worthwile than simply attending weekly staff meetings.

Well, if you read techCrunch you probably already wandered over to this blog post from the CEO of HotorNot. If you have ever considered running off and starting your own idea, here are some wise words to help get you moving in that direction.

Overachiever….

Posted by Andy Boyer in Achievement, Entrepreneurism, Sports

Not sure how I missed this last week.  And I’m not sure if this makes me feel inadeqaute or just dumbfounded.  According to sources, including FoxSports, Lil Romeo, the youth rapper and son of Hip-hop mogul Master P, is now going to play basketball for USC. 

The kid is 17.  His life to date includes the following accomplishments:
– The son of a record mogul worth $225 million
– A young hip-hop artist with several CD’s and concert tours
– And now, he’ll be a guard on a top 25 college basketball team.

Hello perfect life. 

Plus, I give him a huge amount of credit because you never see his name listed next to Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie. 

Can we look 30 years ahead and predict that this kid is going to either be the President of the U.S. or the guy backing the President?  Legacy, music, sports – with what is sure to be a future in film, TV and more.  This kid is obviously no dummy, and his father has certainly proved himself to be highly intelligent. 

What an exciting future this guy has in front of him.

Congrats to UW VCIC Winners

Posted by Andy Boyer in Achievement

I was fortunate enough to spend this weekend as an observer at the UW Intramural round of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC).  The team of Rahber Thariani,Thomas Moore, Lauren Witt, Bradley Roberts, and Stephen Hawdley ran away with it and now look to competing at the regional in California.

This is a great University event, and one the UW has done quite well in, winning Nationals twice in the last 3 years.  Good luck Rahber et all!