Taylor Marek

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

I said I would explain this quote in the next post, enjoy. In my previous post , I said, “ The best stimulus to our economy is no stimulus at all.”. I am a free market capitalist, meaning that I prefer complete government absence from the economy. Markets and businesses can take care of themselves best if left alone. We’ve never really experienced this yet, but that is beside the point.

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Taylor Marek

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Honestly, I’m not trying to make this into a political blog, but this is just too funny to notice. Browsing Reuters, I ran across this article: [link]. I thought this stimulus package was supposed to pull us out of this “recession” and bring everything back to normal? Was I wrong in thinking this? Did we do something worse? Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term

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Taylor Marek

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

With 2009 comes another year, and with a new year comes taxes. Time for all business owners to pull out their books and tally up everything. But before you send it into the Fed, here is a tip. Have you checked all your expenses? If you haven’t already, sit down with your accountant to see if there are any hidden expenses that could be reported.

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Taylor Marek

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Yes, it is true. The Podcast Peer Awards has come to an end. I’m separating my podcasting posts from my financial/business/tech posts now, staying true to the theme running on taylormarek.com. You will find this article, as well as any podcasting article over at my premium site, [link]. Here is the link: [link].

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Taylor Marek

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Haha, my mind has been wandering all day. I think I’ll let it drift for a while… #. Ok, I’m going to try something new out at my site. This may or may not fit to my liking… #. @ gavinseim I agree, think they are poking around too much and preventing something innovative to happen. in reply to gavinseim #.

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Taylor Marek

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Want a video that you will die laughing @? [link] @ JenChicago knows that for a fact #. @ JenChicago Gotta love this song! ? [link] #. @ JenChicago well, I went and did it. I’m now on blip. I’m scrobbing over from last.fm to blip, we’ll have to see how it works in reply to JenChicago #. Gotta love watching Wipeout, its hilarious! #.

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Taylor Marek

MARCH 1, 2009

Must pop out for a bit, but I will be back! #. Ah, but @ trumpuniversity is here! Looking forward to the tweets!

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MARCH 2, 2009

Taylor is having a blast! literally! [link] #. Taylor is at lazertag waiting for the fun to begin!! [link] #. Now off to LAZERTAG! I’ll be back later #. @ ThePodgineer yup, I’m working out the bugs in reply to ThePodgineer #. Off to dinner! #. Love this tweet! RT @taylormarek: Currently at the podcast tuneup suite drinking some awesome soda w/ @ colligan #. @ brassblogs you sure can!

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Taylor Marek

MARCH 3, 2009

Huh? What’s this you say? If you’re a math geek, you already know this. But if you don’t, let me introduce you to a holiday that occurs only nine times in a century. Tuesday is Square Root Day, a rare holiday that occurs when the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits of the current year. Numerically, March 3, 2009, can be expressed as 3/3/09, or mathematically as ?

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MARCH 3, 2009

Taylor is still hobbling around from last nights FUN! [link] #. HAHAHHA, now that’s good @chrispirillo! [link] #. RT @nealcampbell: Our president wants your money. Polls say 70% of you are happy about that. Weird. #. hence why I don’t use ping.fm for updates, it bounces around too much. #. taylormarek What I this [link] thing? Its been a while since I’ve been here, what’s up people!

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Taylor Marek

MARCH 4, 2009

The television landscape is drastically changing as new digital distribution platforms emerge that enable truly personalized television. ZillionTV is one of those platforms. ZillionTV is a new company joining the digital tv age, but this is more than “digital tv” I am actually interested in this service. This is regular tv service, as well as movies, that is streamed over the internet to your television.

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Taylor Marek

APRIL 1, 2009

Yes, new episode everyone! Come take a listen! In this episode , learn whether you should take control of your money, if you should let your business go, and what kind of April Fools Day pranks went down on the internet. My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-c501184f1dce9e6d9ffaeb0a846bff3a}. Links: [link]. Continue the Conversation: Toll-Free Comment Line: 1-866-TMP(867)-2860.

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APRIL 2, 2009

Well, very simple. I went to a conference in March of 2006, and there met Ken Pierpont. It was at that conference I first heard about blogging and the power behind it. He also touched a bit on podcasting, which I had never heard before. I came home and purposed at that point to start “blogging” I kept it as a bit of an online journal if you will for a while, then started digging deeper into blogging.

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MAY 23, 2009

Ever had a dream in the morning? I did, and boy was it a good one.

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JUNE 9, 2009

This is fascinating to me. After I had updated (roughly 6 days ago) all the links and other backend things on my website, I browse over to see my website stats. I found someone came from Bing.com, and that was the exact day Bing.com launched. Naturally, I was interested in how they came to my website. I was floored when I saw this (You can click on the picture to see a bigger picture): What do you guys think?

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Taylor Marek

JUNE 10, 2009

This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while. Everyone has a hero they look up to, someone they admire. The realm I most associate myself with is the new media crowd (blogging, podcasting, internet video). Let me introduce you to my mentors: Internet Business: Jason Van Orden -Podcaster first and foremost, entrepreneur at heart. He was responsible for most of the promoting ideas I’ve implemented on this blog/podcast.

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Taylor Marek

JUNE 10, 2009

I think this is the longest episode I’ve released yet! Lots of updates and changes to the site, and plenty stuffed into this episode. First off, my start into the video realm came on May 19 with the launch of the TaylorMarek20 Vlog. Find the latest vlog/video of my making over at: [link]. This episode is a new twist, in that I have New Media instead of Finances for this episode.

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Taylor Marek

JUNE 13, 2009

I was browsing my usual flow of tweets from twitter, when one by Mitch Joel ( @mitchjoel ) caught my eye: That video (included below) pulled out a strong reason for why I do what I do online. Actually, it was more of a reminder, but lets continue. For me, the year old media died was 2007. Do you see how powerful this movement is? Do you see the seismic shifts this is having across the globe, impacting every industry?

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Taylor Marek

JUNE 14, 2009

This is something I am seriously considering doing. It has been on my mind a while, on and off since last year (2008). I’m not going to self-publish it, I plan on getting it to a publisher and go the more traditional route of writing and publishing a book. What would it be on you ask? It might be either New Media, Podcasting, or Young Entrepreneurship.

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Taylor Marek

JUNE 16, 2009

Yes, and I have to say it. Twitter is dead. I could make the same comparisons about Facebook, but for the sake of this post, I’m sticking with Twitter. It has been my experience that as soon as something, anything , hits mainstream and is “talked up” all the time in the media means it is on the verge of dying out. Completely opposite of mainstream thought eh?

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Taylor Marek

JUNE 24, 2009

Derek Johnson over at his blog, [link] , has come out with a list of those who are under 30 and running their own successful companies. Derek is a 23 year old CEO of internet startup, Tatango.com and quite successful in his area of expertise. I personally heard of him through Gary Vaynerchuk and Daniel Brusilovsky. I’ve added myself to his list (I’m #29) and if you are a young entrepreneur, go ahead and add yourself to this list as well.

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Taylor Marek

JUNE 24, 2009

There is a fine line between having an Entrepreneur mindset and an Employee mindset, lets see if you notice the difference: Entrepreneurs are willing to risk it all, employees prefer to play it safe and stay off the radar. Entrepreneurs can’t adjust to what society dictates, employees flow right along with the mainstream. Entrepreneurs make the rules, employees follow rules.

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Taylor Marek

JUNE 26, 2009

Here is an audio file for you guys I thought would sum it up. Take a listen and leave a comment. Here is an audio file for you guys I thought would sum it up. Take a listen and leave a comment.

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Taylor Marek

JUNE 28, 2009

I first found value in Twitter when I was at New Media Expo 2008. Take a listen to find out more! I first found value in Twitter when I was at New Media Expo 2008. Take a listen to find out more!

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JUNE 30, 2009

I just finished a good show on America’s Got Talent, though this could apply to American Idol as well, and it got me thinking… Remember Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent? She had an awesome voice for singing and everyone was floored by it. She didn’t make it that far though, but she left a mark nonetheless. She became so popular that if she had instantly monetized on what she was doing, regardless of whether she won or lost, she would have enough money to live on and mo

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Taylor Marek

JULY 6, 2009

This one contains bloopers at the end! Back to the regular show format, though I changed a couple things. Good to be back in the hotseat! Finances : Who runs the boat? Are you the captain of your ship or are you letting someone else run it? Do you have a crew and a guide? Listen to find out. Business : For all you DIY’s. Are you a one-man show in your small business?

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Taylor Marek

JULY 16, 2009

We have an audio comment! Sponsored by GoToMeeting, try it FREE for 30 days: [link]. Can’t wait to release this episode, though its in the midst of a festival right across my street. You’ll have to ignore the background noise, but awesome content regardless! Sammie called in and left an audio comment. His question was regarding this post: America’s Got Talent Tips.

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Taylor Marek

JULY 19, 2009

Did you know that during your life, as well as afterwards, you will be known by these 4 things? What you follow after. What you fight for. What you flee from. Who you put your faith in. How will this change the way YOU do things? How will this affect your Life? Lets start a conversation below. First person that does will WIN in life. Are you that person?

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JULY 20, 2009

I mentioned in Episode #85 of my podcast about the Panasonic Plasma 103inch television. Well, I have an update to that. I’m a little behind on posting this, but this is roughly a years span from when I first talked about it, to some news coming out about it. Panasonic is slashing the price on this gigantic tv. And not just by a couple hundred bucks.

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JULY 21, 2009

This could also be titled, “How to File an LLC Yourself”, but I decided against it…

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JULY 26, 2009

Interview Special! Sponsored by GoToMeeting, try it FREE for 30 days: [link]. It is smack in the middle of the night, and I am releasing this episode a couple days behind schedule. Oh well, such is my life eh? ;P. Finances : The Next Step. Bouncing off of Episode #95, You aren’t going anywhere if you are standing still. Have you taken that next step?

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Taylor Marek

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Something has been on my mind for the past several years now. It is in regards to showing you how to take advantage of the tools available to us today. I know I haven’t spoken much on it, and I know a small handful of you are following me like a dog to learn from me. I apologize I haven’t been able to provide this sooner, I guess I needed to be bitten on the rear end to actually put this idea into action!

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Taylor Marek

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Yes, if you haven’t figured it out by now one of my favorite online games is World of Warcraft. But not for the reasons you may think, nor am I addicted. When you first start out in WoW, as its called by its rabidly loyal fan base (probably should write another post on that…), you begin at level one. Currently the maximum level you can reach is 80.

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Taylor Marek

DECEMBER 21, 2009

For those interested, yes, I finally have my first product to offer this industry. I’ve only taken forever to bring this product to completion. It all started in 2008 at the New Media Expo. I was speaking to my mentor, Paul Colligan , and he strongly recommended that I launch a product. At that time, my podcast had only been around for two years.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

I went with a group of friends to see Avatar last night. If anything, this was the one movie on my list that I had to see. I had seen the previews for it, and it sparked my interest immediately. Oddly enough, the day started out with nothing planned, but I knew for a fact that I would see Avatar before the day was out. I was waiting on a call from the friends as to the exact day and time, and when I did check in with them they said it would be that very night.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Ah, the Super Bowl. Sitting around with family watching two teams batter each other for the title of Super Bowl Victor. For me, in years gone by, I used to enjoy watching the Super Bowl for the pure fun of it. I was young, there was food, and something cool was on the screen to entertain me. Then I grew up. I still enjoy watching the Super Bowl and can hold my own when it comes to debating over football teams and players, but that is just side knowledge.

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Taylor Marek

DECEMBER 28, 2009

© 2009 Patrick Smith Photography. I’ve been reading some very good material around the web recently, and I’ve been coming to realize the difference between social media rockstars and thought leaders, though this can apply to almost any industry. (I love having StumbleUpon to archive all of this stuff…). Tim Ferriss nailed it on the head for me.

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