One Half Amazing!

Ikea Hacker has a cool project in which you modify an Ikea desk to install a flower vase under it.  Its supposed to make it look as if the flower comes out of the table. Instructions below for the brave.

1. Used mayonnaise bottle lid on the under surface of table with screw.
2. Drill a hole in table and lid. The Vika Furuskog table top from Ikea was used in this example.
3. Fill water on the bottle.
4. Screw bottle.

5 minutes.

This is the first post where I’ve expanded the topics I normally post on this blog.  Is this something you like? Tell me in the comments.

I’ve been struggling in the past few months with the future of One Half Amazing.com.  Sitting down, cranking out interesting and valuable content and then adding genuine thought behind it has become more and more of a chore.  The site has given me many opportunities to meet new people and has opened lots of doors, but I feel like I’m almost a slave to it now.

There is so much going on in the digital marketing realm, but I’m becoming more nonchalant about it all.  I’m excited, but I don’t have any opinions or strong feelings towards any of it.   Maybe I’m just in a lull and in need of something to jump start my engine. I’m not even sure any of that makes sense.

I come to you today in need of some advice.  What should I do with this site? Some options I’ve considered are;

• Keep the site, but post less often (to the tune of 1x per month) or just post small snippets of content (links, videos, slides, etc).
• Wait out the lull I’m feeling and hopefully I’ll get inspiration in the near-future.
• Bring on more contributors to to the site and take on a different role in the site’s future.
• Sell the site to someone who sees value in it
• Totally flip the site in a different direction, use it more as a personal site for family and friends, posting things beyond marketing.

So wherever you may read this, I ask you to leave a comment, offer a suggestion or give some sort of feedback.  I write this for the users; you determine the direction it goes. Thanks so much!

1. Download the WordPress Database Backup Plugin
2. Install and activate (tools > backup)
3. Select how you’d like the backup delivered and its frequency. You can download to your computer, email it to yourself or back it up to a server. Backups can be delivered hourly, daily or weekly.

I hosted PowerPoint Karaoke last week and wanted to share the results with you. Toggle through the videos below.

In case you’re new to it, in PowerPoint Karaoke, contestants deliver PowerPoint presentations in a karaoke-styled venue. But there’s a twist: Presenters see the randomly chosen slides for the first time when they’re presenting. Presentations are on the clock and off the cuff. For more info, check out PowerPoint Karaoke

Thanks for everyone who came out, Craig from Space150 and the fine folks at Imation. We had a blast. #PPTK

PubCon takes place this November 10-13 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, kicks off the event which caters to Search engine marketers, ninja webmasters, platinum trophy affiliate managers, program & channel managers and purchasing agents.  PubCon also features the likes of Matt Cutts, fine folks from Yahoo, SEOMoz and Crowd Spring who will indeed lay the most ground breaking knowledge on the crowd.

Here’s your chance to sponsor me to cover the event for your company. I’ll report the event on your behalf, tweet, (video) blog, network and provide a comprehensive actionable report so you can nunchuck your way past the competition. Heck, I’ll even pimp your gear and stickers. A gold access pass runs $999 for the four day event + travel and lodging. Its a win-win situation.  You get a marketing blogger with a great following and background in the industry along with the promotion, feedback and action plan to run the other guys out of town.

Let’s talk.  Contact me here.