Do you think CPA Deals beat CPC deals on your site?

Recently it came up at lunch, and I was wondering what some of you thought about this.

I've actually got a book on the subject as I think it's "the next big thing" in a sense.

See what I mean? You weigh in too, I'm curious to hear your experience.

Meanwhile, Vote on whether you agree with this or not?

Thoughts on NextMedia 08

Web Publisher Expresses Delight

Christmas is always a slow-time. Seems much harder to get things done through that season. Since the New Year, it has been one heck of a flurry. Major pieces of XLsuite are coming together, as are interested parties who are discovering how this business-in-a-box available anywhere there is an Internet connection can help them succeed and manage their business.

Look, I'm not even going to try and convince you. Listen to this one example from a typical start-up business owner instead:

As a site Publisher myself for years, I've been frustrated by the limitations of publishing tools. I've been agonized by the repetitive task of emailing a few hundred people from Microsoft Outlook, or by paying some other third-party for their email application. Then I'm using MS Outlook to manage contacts, and a variety of other online systems that I have to subscribe so I can get a job done.

Since the creative side took over I haven't been that sharp on the business management stuff to begin with. Maybe the tools wouldn't have made a difference, and maybe they would have. Business management tools aside, my real passion was sharing empowering and inspiring writing with my web audiences. Each time I'd write some clever new piece, I created a new table-based-layout web-page, FTP it to my host, copy a clever bit of the text, create an email message, hot-link the Read More tease to the web-page, and save it as a draft. Why a draft? Because now I have to email this teaser to about 300-400 email subscribers and I've just found it easier to click and shoot from the one central place I do manage my contacts: MS Outlook.

As you can see, that is a lot of tedious work. It almost takes the reward out of publishing your own site content, regardless of how inspiring it is. Then along comes XLsuite. Initially, even though I saw the possibilities of what I was hearing and seeing, it wasn't there yet, and I was still dubious of many things. As months went by, I kept involved and watched what would unfold.

Now I'm chomping at the bit, feeling the ants-in-my-pants, and I want to use this tool to launch a number of exciting web-site properties for some very exciting ideas of serving people and community.

Oh, and of course, it has to earn its' keep - and mine! ;)

XLsuite Engine behind Tradeshow Offerings

The boys have been working hard on furthering the development of the XLsuite product. As with every worthwhile goal, we have our bumps and obstacles on our road to success. This past week, we got to participate in presenting a couple of new Verticals launched with the XLsuite back-end.

StrataXL.com
AgentXL.com
LiveInStrathcona.com
LiveOnCommercialDrive.com
LivinginMountPleasant.com
BlueAgent.ca
SellFM.com

Participating in those events clearly demonstrate interest in the technology, the social values, the ideas, and visions held by the creative force behind IXLD New Media.

Forget Furbie, now there's GenPets

OK, so this is one of those... OMG moments in time.

Check this out and tell me what you think?

Should this be banned, or is this just the same as giving your kid a rabbit for christmas, knowing it'll be dead in a couple of years.

Bio engineered pets could be the wave of the future, I'm just not sure if we're quite ready for this sort of commercialization of life.

Although, we do grow pig hearts for replacement parts, why not pets that are drugged and engineered to entertain our young ones.

You just know this will be a script from an upcoming Steven King movie. GenPets Revolt.

Oh the humanity!!!