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What it is to be selfish
For me the definition of a selfish person is clear I don’t like what you are doing, so I want you to change for me. Recently a friend of mine seems to be running up against this from inside their family. And it got me thinking. I’ve been accused of being very selfish because I…
July 29, 2013
Is buying frequent flyer miles worth it?
Right now Miles and More (Lufthansa’s StarAlliance rewards program) is having a sale on. You get 20% more miles when you buy. Often this scheme is touted by people (like Chris Guillebeau for example) as a good way to get more miles. But, I sometimes wonder if it is worth it. During the sale, if…
June 6, 2013
BannersBroker – the plot thickens (or the waters muddied?!). StellarPoint??
Well, I just got a very interesting email with a Word document attached. Here it is: The email looks like this: The problem is – I don’t advertise BB (as anyone who reads this would know!). I never have. I am a publisher! Who is StellarPoint? Where do they fit into the mix? Well –…
January 11, 2013
BannersBroker – I’m getting heavily quoted!
Hi everybody. Recently I’ve noticed a significant increase in traffic here to philsmy.com. It seems there are a lot of people interested in what I have to say about BannersBroker (and interested in Banners Broker I guess!). One of the places I am getting a lot of traffic from is ‘The Motley Fool’ message boards. This…
December 23, 2012
BannersBroker – never give up, never surrender!
Just a quickie about our old buddies at BannersBroker. Seems their latest thing is that their script tag you place on a page to supposedly get ads from THEIR network simply puts up stuff from clicksor. You’d think a company as big and important as BannersBroker would at least use their own domain name.
December 15, 2012
BannersBroker – the old, its not me, its you, story.
Recently on my blog post declaring BannersBroker a scam someone posted a comment giving a second-hand response from BB UK rep, Jamie Waters. Being the good netizen, I went over to Jamie’s blog and commented on his posting (and video) called Explaining Banners Broker Slightly Differently. I said: Hi jamie, I have heard that you have commented…
November 28, 2012
BannersBroker – Tell me your tales
It seems there is a thirst for real-world experiences about BannersBroker. Recently I’ve seen a steady rise in traffic – all people coming to my site here to read about my BannersBroker experiences. But I can’t be the only one. Other people must have publishing experiences with BannersBroker. If not, then they really ARE in…
November 26, 2012
YYZ and air Canada – reinforcing my negative feelings
It’s rare, even for my very cynical self, to have so many negative things to say in such a short period of time about an airport and airline. I am writing this in terminal 1 of toronto’s pearson airport. Not from the lounge. More on that in a minute. Now, I fly a lot. In…
October 31, 2012
BannersBroker… verdict: scam
Well, it’s not an accusation I level lightly, but, I have no option but to conclude that BannersBroker is in fact a scam. To summarize my experience with this ‘ground breaking revolution in internet advertising’: I did the OPPOSITE of what most people are doing with BannersBroker. I didn’t sign up for an ad/pub combo,…
October 2, 2012
BannersBroker – Another 10 days of silence
Well, just to keep things up to date I thought I’d mention that another week has gone by and still no response from BannersBroker. We’ve had their ‘ads’ on LotteryCanada.com for over a month now. In that time LC has had over 1.1 million page views, half a million visitors, etc etc. BannersBroker still refuse…
September 15, 2012