TIPS ON AFFILIATE PROGRAMS AND SPONSORS

For your information: I have removed the 125x125 banner ad for Zeekler penny auction, after reading the news. I never came around to participate in an auction or buying something from the site, as I wrote that I would do in my post, BLOG BREAK (June 24, 2011). I will follow the development in social media and mainstream media.

I am interested in receiving tips on affiliate programs that could fit as a sponsor of this blog. If I don't find product or service that could fill the empty space at the sponsor section, I will probably add another banner for Text-Links-Ads [Editor's note: affiliate link], like the following:

Related: My post, SUCCESS IN 10 STEPS.

THE SOCIAL QUARTER-HOUR

Here is the new episode of EGO podcast show. The title, the social quarter-hour, is a homage to The Social Hour with Amber Mac & Sarah Lane.

• Philosophy - Paul Ryan versus Ayn Rand.
• Social Media - new media fatigue?
• Good Life - chile pepper.
• New type of broacast...

Show notes:

• Further Thoughts on Why Objectivists Should Actively Campaign for Romney-Ryan by Craig Biddle. - The Objective Standard.

• Ayn Rand And The 2012 Presidential Campaign - The Diane Rehm Show at 11 AM ET. Hat tip: The Harry Binswanger List.

• Anil Dash of Dashes.com: Blogging & Business Then And Now by Brent Leary. - Small Business Trends.

• The Age of the Platform by Phil Simon.

• "Kick it up a notch!" - Emeril Lagasse on WikiPedia.

Jalapeno sauce with Tequila

• Cinch.fm mobile audio service shuts down, demonstrates troubles of when you bet on services you don’t control by Robert Scoble - Scobleizer. [Editor's note: My material on Cinch.m and SoundCloud.]

• David's tips for online show hosts: how to narrow down your topic like a champion by David Siteman Garland - The Rise To The Top.

THE FALL FORWARD OF EGO PODCAST

Please listen to my latest episode of EGO Podcast FTW. I have given it the title, Fall Forward as a play with words on the autumn season (fall) and my attempt to push my podcast forward into the future...

The weekly podcast will be around 15 minutes in length and have three sections (philosophy, social media, and the good life). The following is covered during this podcast:

• Philosophy - "Books That Shaped America" by Library of Congress.
• Social media - guest blogging.
• #GoodThing in life - TeaFTW. "Far Too Good For Ordinary People."
• EGO podcast - stats, schedule, future plans, etc.

Additional show notes:

• The books that shaped America (in chronological order). Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (1957).
• A List of Books by Stephen S. Smith. Future guest blogger on AtlasAnd.
• My new post, Far Too Good For Ordinary People, on TeaParty.nu.
• BlogTalkRadio’s New Integration With Facebook Gets You More Listens! [sic]

EGO Podcast - stats (premium feature) on BlogTalkRadio.com

Related: David Siteman Garland's post, 3 Questions & an Opportunity for You to Shamelessly Promote Your Web Show/Podcast.

SITEMETER AND BLOG STATS

It looks like SiteMeter is having some problems...

I hope it will be resolved in the near future. In the meantime, here is an overview of the blog stats on Blogger:

Related: My post, ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: SITE METER PROBLEM from 2004.

BLOG COMMENTS

EGO blog has received 300+ comments by readers since the comment feature powered by Blogger was implemented in 2007 with the new layout of the EGO template.

I am sorry that I missed to change the option to allow reader comments in some of the latest published posts. It is now fixed! Please keep 'em coming!

I have now enabled the threaded commenting feature on the blog.

Here are two great posts on comments on blogs:

• How to get more comments by Scott Berkun of WordPress.com (Automattic, Inc.).
• Are Blog Comments Worth It? by Georgina Laidlaw - GigaOM.

What is your take on the following comment platforms: Disqus, IntenseDebate and Livefyre?

  by  miss miah 

INTERVIEW WITH ANITA CAMPBELL

I interviewed Anita Campbell on May 18. [Editor's note: I am sorry for the technical glitch around 51 min. Anita Campbell took over and ended the show in a great way! :) I have some "endnotes" for about 10 minutes at the end of the program.]

INTERVIEW WITH DAVID STIERNHOLM

I interviewed David Stiernholm on August 23, 2011. [Editor's note: I am sorry for the technical issues. Please fast forward circa 12 minutes and listen to my interview with David Stiernholm.]

I have written a guest post on David Stiernholm's blog, Strukturbloggen. Another post will be published this week.

TUNING IN

Here is a short "commercial break" from my summer break! ;) I will create a new EGO podcast during this week, announcing some news and plans for the future.

In the meantime, I will publish two posts, highlighting two interviews I have done.

  by  Tropic~7 

EGO BLOGGER PROFILE ON GOOGLE PLUS

I have now migrated my EGO blogger user profile to Google+. Read A Googler's post, Socialize and grow your blog with Google+.

Related: My posts, "ABOUT ME" / BLOGGER USER PROFILE PAGE and GOOGLE PLUS ONE FEATURES.

TRANSLATE EGO BLOG

I have added Google's Translate gadget to the blog. You could now translate EGO blog into 60+ languages. Interlingua is not included yet...

[Editor's note: Roland Horvath: What's your take on the Hungarian translation?]