Category: Reviews

Book Review: How to Make Money With Affiliate Marketing Even Without a Website

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By , June 27, 2012

How to Make Money With Affiliate Marketing Even Without a Website (an ebook by Joan Mullally with Evelyn Trimborn) is mostly sincere — but quite misleading. The authors know and share a lot of information about affiliate marketing, but much of their advice is incorrect or incomplete. And ultimately, their advice won’t work for at least 95% of their target audience.

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My Book Reviews on Amazon

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By , June 4, 2012

FYI: In addition to posting some of my book reviews in this blog (click here for the “Book Reviews” category on MarkWelchBlog.com), I also post more book reviews on Amazon.com (click here for my Amazon review profile).

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Likeonomics, by Rohti Bhargava

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By , May 24, 2012

Likeonomics was an engaging and sometimes interesting book, but without any real substance or value.

(Note: Likeonomics is NOT a book about the economics of “Likes” on Facebook. It’s about the importance of “likeability” for business or professional success.)

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Usefulness of Product Reviews on Etailer Sites

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By , May 13, 2012

Online product reviews are a critical part of my buying process. But how useful, and how legitimate, are the product reviews we see on merchants’ web sites?

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Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day (Geno Prussakov)

By , May 3, 2012

The breadth and depth of the advice in Geno Prussakov’s book, Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day, is exceptional.

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Why Amazon’s Kindle Software Sucks

By , March 20, 2012

Amazon has intentionally “crippled” its Kindle and Cloud Reader software for non-Kindle devices: the software doesn’t allow consumers to organize books in any way. As a result, enthusiastic readers who opt to acquire many dozens or hundreds of ebooks quickly find their collections to be completely unmanageable.

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To-Do List Web App: HiTask.com

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By , March 19, 2012

This week, I’ve started using HiTask.com to manage my “to-do lists.”  It’s a “web application,” which I can use from my desktop computer, laptop, or smart phone.

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I Want a Tablet, But…

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By , March 5, 2012

I’ve been shopping for a new portable computing solution for several months, but I’m experiencing lots of frustration. Basically, I’m finding that every option available includes only a subset of the features and capabilities I desire.

Today, I was ready to buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet.  But when I went to Best Buy today to make my purchase, I made some discoveries that changed my mind.

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R.I.P., Original iPhone

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By , February 15, 2012

Over the past year, my “original iPhone” has lost more and more functionality, and today I realized that it’s time to pull the plug.

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Class Warfare, by Steven Brill

By , August 20, 2011

I’m very interested in the school-reform movement, so I’ve been debating whether to buy Steven Brill’s new book, Class Warfare.

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