Patrick

Not to derail this serious discussion, but I just did a quick search and, excluding your post, the word speedo has only been mentioned in 28 of our 506,258 posts. And 11 of those were a spammer. Spammers, etc. aside, there are only 14 posts that used that word. Before you used it, it actually hadn't been used since December 26, 2012. 2013, like 2008, 2007, 2002 and 2001, was a speedo free year here on KarateForums.com. I guess we're just not that big on speedos around here. Patrick

Welcome snowturtle. Thank you for your kind words. Patrick

My pleasure, Noah and Bill. We'll count it, SteyrAUG. Thanks for sharing. Patrick

Welcome aboard, SteyrAUG. Glad to have you. Patrick

Hey all, Do you author a martial arts related blog (or similar)? If so, please share a link to it here. Patrick

Please feel free to share your resources in the thread, Bill. Thanks.

Glad to hear it, Devin. That sounds like fun. Patrick

Happy Birthday to Devin (Lupin1)! Thank you for all of the great contributions that you have made to our community. Hope that you have a great day. Patrick

Congrats.

Hey stubbsy. Welcome aboard. Patrick

Glad to hear it, Bill. Thank you for replying, Brandon and Ted. I appreciate you both stopping by. beley is Brandon Eley and Ted S is Ted Sindzinski. They have a ton of online marketing experience for companies big and small. They are part of my circle of friends that I turn to when I have questions like these. Patrick

Congrats Nidan. Patrick

Hey Bill (ps1), I have had minimal experience with Facebook ads, so you couldn't qualify me as being skilled with them. The main thing I would say is that you should spend time educating yourself on ad optimization, conversion tracking and A/B testing. It sounds like you have some experience buying ads on Facebook and Google. Hopefully you are using that experience to see what works and improve. A lot of people spend $20-$100, get no results and blame the system. But the only effort they put in, more or less, was buying the ad. You have to think about why you are buying the ad. What do you want people to do? And then you want to track if they are doing it. Sidenote: Most small businesses who try to use social media aren't that great at it. They may get some minimal value from it, but they don't take it seriously enough to spend time educating themselves or understanding that it can actually be a job in and of itself. "Post on Facebook? Anyone can do that! Do people actually get paid for that?" Heh. Small business are well positioned to take advantage of social media. They have this great little guy quality and usually have stories to tell. For anyone serious, I'd recommend reading three books: Face2Face by David Lee King, Youtility by Jay Baer and Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk (in that order). That's about $50 invested. King's book sets a foundational understanding, Baer's book introduces more advanced thinking and Vaynerchuk's gives you a crash course on getting the most out of what you post with easy to follow examples. Hope this helps a little. I'll contact a couple of friends and see what resources that they recommend. Thank you for the mention, other Bill (MasterPain). Thanks, Patrick

Thank you for checking in, all. Glad to know that you are doing alright. I'll think good thoughts! Patrick

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. We recognize one member every month as the KarateForums.com Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. The February selection is... Safroot. Congratulations! Thank you for all of your great contributions to our community. Sincerely, Patrick

Yeah. Some books can be worth hundreds, thousands or more. If they are rare, hard to find, a hard to find edition, etc. A complete copy of Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies would go for millions of dollars, even though you can legally download it for free since it is out of copyright and in the public domain. It's about the presentation at that point, far more than the content contained within. Patrick

My pleasure, Bob. Thank you. Patrick

Welcome to KF, xinyitaichi. Glad to have you and thank you for the kind words. Patrick

Sure thing, Safroot. Thank you. Patrick

Thank you for sharing, devil dog and Canadian77. Patrick

Congrats to the Seahawks and their fans. I think the last tense play of the game was a third down conversion by the Seahawks in the first Super Bowl. Patrick

Thank you for the kind words about the community, Safroot and Bob. Patrick

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. It is time for me to archive the KarateForums.com 500,000 Posts Celebration forum. The forum's contents will mostly have been moved to the KarateForums.com Announcements forum, making them a little harder to find. But for anyone who wishes to look back, I wanted to offer an index, in this thread, that you can go back to at any time to relive and reminisce on the great time that we had. Here is an index of all meaningful threads related to the festivities: Announcement KarateForums.com Celebrates 500,000 Posts Member Interviews bushido_man96 CredoTe DoctorQui DWx gheinisch Harkon72 JohnASE Lupin1 mal103 MasterPain monkeygirl ninjanurse pittbullJudoka ps1 PunchPressQueen75 SaiFightsMS SBN Doug sensei8 ShoriKid tallgeese Wastelander yamesu More Members KarateForums.com 500,000 Posts Celebration Live Stream I Want You for the KarateForums.com 500k Live Stream! Live Stream: Saturday, November 9 at 2 PM Eastern (GMT -5) Watch a Replay of Today's 500,000 Posts Live Stream Honoring Heidi (ninjanurse) In Honor of ninjanurse's Outstanding Contributions (Video) KarateForums.com Stats Most Popular Martial Arts Practiced by KF Members Most Viewed Threads and More KarateForums.com Stats KarateForums.com Awards 2013 KarateForums.com Awards 2013: Please Nominate Now! KarateForums.com Awards 2013: Please Vote Now! Thank you to all of the members who participated in our celebration. It because a little more special with each member who did so. Sincerely, Patrick

The pricing will happen like that because people can choose whatever price they want. There is a used copy of my book going for $595.41. Or you could buy it new for $16.43. Whatever works. Heh. Patrick