LVH in Las Vegas fee extravaganza!

They charged me $7 per envelope-- I had 3 packs of 50 business cards sent to me.  The cost to pick them up from the front desk is more than to create them or to even ship them to the hotel.

I had FancyHands chase this down via 3 phone calls to the front desk and even the manager. No luck.
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Ever been raped by ridiculous hotel fees? Let's hear it.

Leapfish is giving out prizes

I'm sitting here in a SoupPlantation blogging about LeapFish.  I see one person has already hit the 500 point mark to win their free Ipod, so I'm hoping I can be one of the other two.  Thus, I have to keep writing blog posts until I get there, since they're worth 100 points each and they must also be at least 200 words long.

Hywell runs Biz Dev for LeapFish and he told me about their product just earlier today at lunch, when we met at San Francisco International Airport-- where he treated me to a nice Asian meal.  Thus, how much better will it be to also win a free iPod, too?  

I'm adding in a couple tags for LeapFish to this post, because it will likely get ranked in Google Alerts for anyone who is searching on the term LeapFish.  Hopefully, that will draw more interest to the already popular service.  I believe they have a million uniques a month, which is believable, given their alexa rank under 20,000 and their Google Home Page PR of 6.

I asked about the frequency of the stats updating, since I've now written 3 blogs posts and have also invited a few friends to join among other things.  But it still show me at 60 points, so maybe it updates only daily?  Thus, hard to tell if I'm winning or not.

What can I get for 99 cents?

At Safeway today, you can buy a pound of pork chops or a basket of blueberries.  Not bad for 99 cents, huh?  Better than the dollar menu at a fast food joint.

An even better value is the $10/month promotion we are having for local businesses to get listed on Google and 200 other locations, so you can show up on maps.  Ask me how!  Or just go to blitzlocal for more on local Internet advertising.

Facebook Advertising is evolving

The fact that there are spammers on Facebook, whether via self-serve or 3rd party ad networks, is not surprising. It's actually a healthy sign, provided that Facebook is able to mature their platforms to grow into handling brands and small businesses. And from every indication-- publicly and via meetings with their teams, they're well on their way.

The negative comments are reflective of the folks who are currently making money with deceptive offers. Their time is short. Sunlight disinfects.

in reference to: How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider’s Confession (view on Google Sidewiki)