Author Archives: Vinay

Bring on the Controversy 20

Electron plumber just released a post on his blog ripping into me for using Amazon Mturk as a marketing tool in the Shoemoney Affiliate Competition. Its true, I wont deny it. I did it. And kudos to him, we all gotta do what we gotta do to win and attempting to eliminate the competition is an age [...]

Step by Step Guide to Hiring a Virtual Assistant (or How I Hired my First VA) 9

A few weeks ago I hired my first VA (Virtual Assistant). I have outsourced things before like development projects to Elance and little bits here and there to Fiverr (which rocks by the way, the amount of stuff you can get done for $5 is amazing) but this was my first venture into hiring a [...]

I’m a Finalist!! VOTE NOW! :) 0

Hey there sexy people, It seems my entry for Shoemoney’s crazy affiliate west contest made it into the top 10 finalists!!! Here is the mega awesome prize if you have forgotten: A platinum pass to Affiliate Summit West. 2 nights hotel accommodations paid for at host hotel. $500 Airfare Reimbursement. $2000 to gamble on 1 [...]

The Ultimate Contest – Shoemoney, Affiliate Summit and the Playboy Mansion! 16

Wow Oh WOW! Could this possibly be the best possible prize, contest thingi ever to be created? Two points, that instantly highlight the craziness of this contest: An opportunity to roll with Shoemoney at Affilaite Summit West A ticket the Epic Playboy Mansion Party I can’t decide which one is better. I know that spending a [...]

Video Failure and a New Future – Niche Site Duel 04 6

This is a continuation post from the niche site duel I started earlier. Take a look at post one, two and three first if you haven’t already. As you may have read, I started with a slightly different method of creating a niche site from the standard model that Pat and Tyrone followed in the [...]

My First Collaborative Ebook is Here! 0

Just a quick post to tell you about my first colaborative ebook that I released over at my other blog eshopwiz.com This has been a great experience, I got to meet many interesting people from all different areas of business. More about the creation of this book in the near future. But for now, go [...]

Founders of Youtube, Twitter and Skype Speak at Dublin Web Summit 0

My friend Michael Clyne of Pathpacific.com just posted up the recording of the Dublin Web Summit where they had some truly amazing speakers. The line up included Chad Hurley – Founder of YouTube, Jack Dorsey – Twitter Founder and Niklas Zennstrom – Skype Founder to name a few. Michael runs a video production studio in [...]

How to KILL it In the Corporate World (or the Big, Small, Big Theory) – Part 2 1

Last post I introduced the big-small-big theory on how to get ahead in the corporate world. If you haven’t read it yet, I suggest you go back because this post won’t make any sense otherwise… I talked about the concept of how working in a small business produces more productive employees which can then progress [...]

How to KILL it In the Corporate World (or the Big, Small, Big Theory) – Part 1 10

My Corporate Experience For a 25 year old, I think I know more than expected about the corporate world. Working as a corporate recruiter for almost 4 years in Sydney and my natural curiosity for business kinda helped. I had some of the biggest companies in the world as my clients including Citigroup, JP Morgan, [...]

The Secret to Eternal Youth – Play the Game of Life (It’s Actually a Game not a Metaphor) 2

The Game of Life is an awesome game. I’ve been playing it for a couple of years now but have slowed down since I started travelling. I managed a few decent sessions in Budapest but you really need to know people (usually) for longer than a few hours to get them to join in on [...]