John Hasson

I have been using Sprint EVDO for almost a year now and I am very, very happy with the speed and coverage.  I would love an iPhone.  Infact I waited for the iPhone 3G to come out.  Sadly it *still* does not do as much as my Sanyo M1 does.  (but it is close)…  then I read about battery life and other issues.. blah blah.. more or less the consensus is that the iPhone 3G is close but not there yet.

My solution?  Get an iPod Touch and a battery powered personal evdo hotspot. Yep.  If things go right I’ll be walking around with a nearly permanent hotspot in my pocket.  I wonder if they have an affiliate program.  If so I need to change my link .

So.. iPod Touch for $400 ish + $180ish for the evdo hotspot device.  $500-$600 range.  The biggest win is that I DONT HAVE TO SWITCH TO AT&T.  I will have faster internet speeds then any 3G iPhone and it may save on battery life.  (Not sure about that yet… off to do some research…)  Turns out the router lasts about 2 hours but there are tricks (not very sophisticated) to extend it.  The iPod Touch’s wifi usage battery life is only 3 hours anyways.  So… hmmm… $550ish for a good 2 hours a day of highspeed on an iPod touch.  The claim for the iphone 3g is 6 hours on wifi.  I am not sure I believe that.  Looks like I am still in a holding pattern on the whole iphone/internet tablet thing…. More to come I am sure.

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I’ve got a private offer I have been running for a while now.  I even built a tracking and payout system for the 3 affiliates I have with this so far.  Payout is $20 for a 5 field form (no Credit Card) in a very narrow niche.  If are are new to PPC/affiliate marketing or lead gen, etc. then this will be a good thing for you to try.  We can give you keywords and site examples that have worked and what hasn’t worked. (Basically we can hold your hand on this to help you get started — one of our (3) affiliates has taken what he learned from this and moved onto a totally different segment (payday loans) and is seeing some success with that niche )

I will warn you, the system to log in and check your stats is ugly and all that but things have been designed such that the input form and confirmation pages can easily be branded on your own URL (in fact that is really the only way you can do it).

If you are interested, you can contact me via the chat window to the right or send me an email.  I’ll give you a call and see if it is something that would work for you.

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@Nick - Thanks.  I live in Utah.

@Wordpress SEO – Thanks for the advice, I did a bunch of research on hiring/managing teams and so on

@Dmitry Nosov – As far as the thoughts of Russan freelancers vs other places.  I think it is the same as anywhere.  It really seems to be hit or miss.  Sometimes you get somebody great and sometimes you get somebody terrible.

@Benny - Look forward to seeing you at Affiliate Summit East.  I’ll try not to say anything stupid in my presentation.. but no promises

@PPC Fool – Yep.  Those are ron paul magnet signs.  I keep them hidden in the garage though.

@Nate – Can’t take you under my wing at the moment, but if you are interested in an exclusive lead gen affiliate offer I can get you started with keywords, sample ads and places to buy traffic.  Shoot me an email john[at]johnhasson.com.

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After a lot of research, thought, self analysis and so on; I have decided that I am not going to be hiring in the near future.  For now I’ll keep writing code and programs to help me do things faster.  I did have an idea to throw together a quick series on how to automate complex website tasks (for free).  No promises on that one though.

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