Archive for the 'Fun Stuff' Category

Cartoon of the Week

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Nothing at all to do with Affiliate Marketing Really - Just Funny

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Google Street View driver ticketed in San Francisco

Read all about it here

If Ancient Rome had the Internet

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I stumbled upon an oldie but goodie today.

If ancient Rome had the internet…

  • The destruction of Pompeii in 79AD is the most viewed video at YouTube. The first comment is…”OMG so cool! Volcanos ROCK!”
  • Attila the Hun has his own MySpace page. Nobody ever rejects his “invite a friend” emails.
  • The soothsayer’s “Ides of March” email fails to get Caesar’s proper attention as it’s inadvertently filtered into his junk folder.
  • But at least Caesar’s “Et tu Brute?” comment is available as a free ringtone download.
  • The owner of hadriansucks.rome is compelled to hand over both the domain name and selected body parts by an independent domain tribunal chaired by…Emperor Hadrian.
  • “Naked Cleopatra” is the top search term on Google.
  • Unfortunately, the Queen of Egypt dies an early death after misunderstanding IT’s call to embrace an ASP solution.
  • Hannibal blogs his way across the Alps with posts like, “Whoops, lost another elephant today.”
  • But he runs out of money when his PPC budget is plundered by an iberian click scam organized by Publius Cornelius Scipio.
  • Tiber.com opens, initially selling scrolls and tablets before expanding to include togas, pottery, and do-it-yourself mosaic kits.
  • Websites like handsome-literate-male-british-slave.com pollute the search listings thanks to generous commissions at the slaves.co.rome affiliate program.
  • Roman programmers moan about projects outsourced to cheap coders in Mesopotamia.
  • The Colosseum is renamed the eBay Colosseum, with free wireless hotspots outside the lark’s tongue restaurant.
  • The volume of spam collapses when the penalty for not providing a working opt-out mechanism becomes equal billing with the lions at the eBay Colosseum.
  • But we still get emails featuring Brunhilda, the lonely Visigoth, and hot deals on cheap peacock livers from Gaul.
  • Nobody invents a spam filter good enough for the House of the Vestals.
  • Classical geeks wear t-shirts proclaiming, “there’s no place like CXXVII.0.0.I” (bonus points if you get that one)
  • Finally, Rome burns to the ground while Emperor Nero battles online with Hakkar the Soulflayer in World of Warcraft.

It Just Might Work…

Friday, June 13th, 2008

But we still suggest referring people to our site to save money on their insurance!

Matt Accepts His Award from Affiliate Classroom

Friday, March 7th, 2008

A Loser Gives his Tips for Failure

Monday, February 25th, 2008

OK so this post is quite tongue in cheek, but it is so true and worth a quick read.

The Sleepy Surfer shares his 7 tips that was given by an Affiliate Marketing Loser who just got dumped by his girlfriend.

Growing and Growing

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

It seems this picture is already outdated (it was taken 10 days ago) as we have had 3 new employees start since it was taken and have 4 more starting within the next 3 weeks. We are quickly running out of room here at HometownQuotes!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at HometownQuotes. Love is in the air…or the water…well it’s somewhere at least.

Happy Birthday HometownQuotes!

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Today we turn 4 years old!

It is hard to believe that we have only been around for 4 years.

We have grown so fast and I can truly say that each and every day has been exciting and fun.  I am surrounded by the most amazing people on the planet and it has been the greatest blessing to work with these people.

To our affiliates, you guys are remarkable!  Many of our affiliates joined our team at a time when they did not have to.  Like many of our employees, you turned down better offers to stay a part of our family…and you are truly that, a part of our family.

Thank you to everyone for believing in us and being a part of this ride.

-Matt

Christmas Party at HometownQuotes!

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

We had a blast at our Christmas Party. Here are some pictures :-)

Our Family

Yes, I AM wearing a Mario Brothers Shirt :-)

Krista and Bert

Winners!

These are the gifts we bought for a local family for Christmas.

Geometry Made Easy!

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

For all the math idiots like me, don’t you wish you knew it was THIS easy back in the day?

This is why I got into affiliate marketing!

Images from the Road - Part Thirteen

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Home Sweet Home!

What a great trip!  We got to meet with some awesome agents, affiliates and advertisers.  We learned a lot and now come back prepared to be even better at what we do!

Thanks to all who met with us and we look forward to doing it more throughout the year!

Images from the Road - Part Twelve

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Georgia is on our minds!

Images from the Road - Part Eleven

Saturday, July 28th, 2007


The roof…2 balls his the lights during the game

Sox fans get on their feet for the last out!

Sox win 7-1!!!!!

Images from the Road - Part Ten

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

The Red Sox game was awesome! Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays was pretty awesome. I did not think I would like indoor baseball, but it was not bad. There were 33,100 people there and I would guess about 20,000 of them were Sox fans, which was kind of cool. Here are some pictures from last night. More to come later!

Kevin Youkilis hits a 3-run homer to give the Sox the lead!


Big Papi (David Ortiz)