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"Not sure about Europe. As for your other question, it works in conjunction with your Google contact list. You assign contacts to certain groups, then you can specify that anybody from that group gets a particular voice mail greeting when they call you." - David Risley

"This is awesome. Let me know if I can help. :)" - David Risley

"Totally. BTW, if you ever wanna write up a guest post on how mind mapping has helped you, I'd be interested. I've tried mind-mapping and, while I can see the value, I tend to be more list-oriented. The bubbles and stuff in a mind-map just don't get it done for me." - David Risley

"Yoda was a wise little elf. ;)" - David Risley

"Yoda was a wise little elf. ;)" - David Risley

"Heh, maybe we can throw some money together and buy a custom canoe. ;)" - David Risley

"Right on, bro." - David Risley

"To answer your question, I think it is both marketing and conversation. I checked out your Twitter account and I think you do it right - you bring people to your site and you also interact. That's a good use of Twitter." - David Risley

"Yah, "Trust Agents" is a good read. Recommended by me." - David Risley

"Thanks. :)" - David Risley

"Many don't recover. That's the sad part." - David Risley

"That's two people who've mentioned FastSpring. I'll need to check it out. Never heard of it until today." - David Risley

"Just to note, Aweber can also email RSS feed content to your list. It is called a blog broadcast in Aweber terminology, but it does it just fine." - David Risley

"I've not used Mailchimp, but I know people who have. The consensus is that the company doesn't really get email marketing very well. They attract people with the free offer, and they have a good service, but don't forget to think ahead, too. Because the day you decide you want to move to something like Aweber, you risk losing much of your list in re-confirmations. You'd probably have to go with another company who allows list imports and no re-confirms." - David Risley

"yes, I do. In 2010, I'll probably be using it for public webinars, too." - David Risley

"Not familiar with FastSpring, no. The thing to keep in mind with Paypal is that they are practically an industry standard, which means most of your buyers will have it. If you put your buyers through an extra step with another service, they'll more likely skip it." - David Risley

"Its on, dude. ;)" - David Risley

"Hi honey. ;-) (a) If you don't find value from the tweets you see, then you're following the wrong people. (b) You get what you put into it. If you're not willing to be proactive, it'll look boring. For example, if you wouldn't walk up to somebody out of the blue at a party and start a conversation, then that carries over to Twitter. Twitter is just a microcosm of social interaction in real life. People who don't find value in it are probably also reactive rather than proactive in their social interaction in real life." - David Risley

"Great site you got there. You might be on a list sooner than you think. ;)" - David Risley

"I have the same feelings about 2010. It is going to kick ass. :)" - David Risley

"A blog is a website." - David Risley

"Thanks, Josh. Yeah, it sounds pretty good... the thing is I have already-established sites using Amember and I really don't want to have to rebuild them. Plus, as you can see in my post, having all of it hosted on another service isn't really ideal for me. Your systems looks great, though, and I might have some use for Nanacast with some other projects when the time comes." - David Risley

"Their shopping cart sucks, though. It isn't even in the same category as any of the solutions I talked about." - David Risley

"Never heard of them. That right there would keep me away. :)" - David Risley

"Well, if none of it would translate into something I can do with 1SC, there isn't much point. I don't really want to get a custom-built thing. I do appreciate the offer. BTW, hit me up if you come back to Tampa for anything. I think you said you were in Austin now? I'm not going to make SXSW this year, but perhaps next year I'll make it and we can hook up while I'm there." - David Risley

"Thanks for the reactions, guys. Interesting stuff. :)" - David Risley

"If you build up a lot of traffic, then perhaps you can make a little money with ads. But, a real income comes from treating this like a business. The key (and what I do) is to make it a business that I enjoy. Best of both worlds. :)" - David Risley

"Of course. And I mainly do it via Twitter and live events. Once I have an "in" with somebody, Skype/email." - David Risley

"Funny, I ended up on your site today while research a quick thing on Thesis. Wonders of Google." - David Risley

"Funny, I ended up on your site today while research a quick thing on Thesis. Wonders of Google." - David Risley

"Not for his family, it won't." - David Risley

"Thanks, Valerie." - David Risley