Oddly, I took this photo some time ago, and didn't think much of it. Probably a good idea to review one's work from time to time.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Chris Says This is Perfect
My friend Chris called this photo perfect. I don't know if it's perfect, but it's nice to hear that.
Oddly, I took this photo some time ago, and didn't think much of it. Probably a good idea to review one's work from time to time.
Oddly, I took this photo some time ago, and didn't think much of it. Probably a good idea to review one's work from time to time.
Monday, April 4, 2011
In the News
An unexpected surprise that came out of my April Fools' adventure on the Pulse of Vegas blog: It was mentioned on the local news.
Reporter Dayna Roselli tipped me off to a segment where the Charlie Sheen-retweeted post I did was mentioned. Watch it here.
Reporter Dayna Roselli tipped me off to a segment where the Charlie Sheen-retweeted post I did was mentioned. Watch it here.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Toys 4 Smiles in the News
The nonprofit my dad volunteers with (cutting wooden toys for needy kids) made the news again.
Take a look.
More than 81,000 cars to-date.
Here's a link to their Web site.
Take a look.
More than 81,000 cars to-date.
Here's a link to their Web site.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
A Big Day for the Pulse of Vegas Blog
The blog I write for Caesars Entertainment had a big April Fools' Day today. I worked for weeks lining up posts that would go live throughout the day (every hour on the hour).
At one minute after midnight, I posted the first item, a piece about Las Vegas changing its sign to include a word now made famous by Charlie Sheen: "Winning."
Here's the post.
Yeah, I've kind of done this before.
Two minutes after I posted it, I posted it on Facebook and Twitter. I used Charlie Sheen's handle (@CharlieSheen) in the post, and he (or his people) retweeted it. Well, things went a little nutty from there.
Many thousands of people clicked through to the blog. There were 3.1 million raw hits and 43GB of data downloaded (that's a lot). Visitors viewed an average of 2.95 pages during their visit, and the bounce rate (people who don't find anything they like and click off to another site without looking at a second page) is just %2.88 (the average for the Web is 50%).
The link I created for Twitter was clicked 90,000 times.
Let me help you visualize what this kind of traffic means for a blog like the Pulse of Vegas blog.
Yeah, a bit of a spike. Big day for the blog.
At one minute after midnight, I posted the first item, a piece about Las Vegas changing its sign to include a word now made famous by Charlie Sheen: "Winning."
Here's the post.
Yeah, I've kind of done this before.
Two minutes after I posted it, I posted it on Facebook and Twitter. I used Charlie Sheen's handle (@CharlieSheen) in the post, and he (or his people) retweeted it. Well, things went a little nutty from there.
Many thousands of people clicked through to the blog. There were 3.1 million raw hits and 43GB of data downloaded (that's a lot). Visitors viewed an average of 2.95 pages during their visit, and the bounce rate (people who don't find anything they like and click off to another site without looking at a second page) is just %2.88 (the average for the Web is 50%).
The link I created for Twitter was clicked 90,000 times.
Let me help you visualize what this kind of traffic means for a blog like the Pulse of Vegas blog.
Yeah, a bit of a spike. Big day for the blog.
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