EP020: Interview with Mahalo.com founder Jason Calacanis

10 Golden Rules Internet Marketing Podcast Episode 20 A live conversation recorded immediately after the Affiliate Summit Keynote address with Jason Calacanis founder of http://www.Mahalo.com and Weblogs Inc., a Special Social Media Miracle from Keith Burtis, Seesmic.com Alpha trial, Compete.com, we discuss the eBay pricing and rating changes controversy and kafuffle, meet the controversial black hat Ted Murphy of Pay Per Post, Tips for using Social Media News sites like DIGG and SPHINN, New policy for Google AdWords, Scott Pooler, Larry Port’s Joke of the Week, Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song). Once. “Falling Slowly” Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.Please call in our K7 call-in line 206-888-6606 Show Notes:IntroductionUpcoming Presentations (http://www.tengoldenrules.com)eBay Live03:15  Keith Burtis – Social Media MiraclePodcamp Toronto09:18  Scott Pooler Call In All Business AuctionsSeesmic Alpha TestCompete.com12:29 Auction Wally Call in the eBay Kafuffle16:03 Joke Of The Week – Larry Port from Rocket MatterLive From the Ten Golden Rules Blog18:01 Susanwww.Digg.com, http://reddit.com, www.Sphinn.com19:51 Jeff23:05 Michael26:31 Interview with Ted Murphy Pay Per Post35:40 Discussions with Jason Calacanis of Mahalo.comTools Jason Uses for personal Productivity and Fun OnlineWebkit is faster than Firefox with plug insDel.icio.usStumbleUponColqiy for MACMIRC for PC’sListServesWiFi Router to share with friends plug in your evdo cardTwitter My own personal Bat SignalJason’s PodcastsTWIT This Week in TechThe Gilmore GangThe Daily Search Cast with Danny SullivanMahalo Daily Video ShowJason’s BlogsScobleFred WilsonDave WinerBrad FeldJeremy Lue Lightspeed Venture partnersSong-of-The-Week1:03:25 Falling SlowlyGlen Hansard & Markéta IrglováPlease share Comments and call in at 206-888-6606 or email us at [email protected]——————————————————————————————————————————-JAY BERKOWITZ: Welcome to Episode 20 of The 10 Golden Rules of Internet Marketing Podcast. We have two of the most controversial figures in Internet marketing today, Ted Murphy from Pay Per Post and Jason Calacanis, the outspoken founder of Mahalo.com.  We have a little eBay kafuffle and the Oscar-winning Song of the Week.MUSICFEMALE ANNOUNCER: Welcome to The 10 Golden Rules of Internet Marketing Podcast, featuring the latest strategies and techniques to drive traffic to your website and convert that traffic into sales. Now here’s the CEO of  www.tengoldenrules.com, Jay Berkowitz.JAY: Well, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Wherever and whatever time this podcast finds you, thank you so much for joining us for episode 20. I’ve had a couple of wild, wild weeks including a trip to Costa Rica and some recording there, a wild nine days in which I did seven presentations. So if you met us at one of these meetings, if you were at the DMA, the South Florida Interactive Marketing Association search training, our Internet Marketing Boot Camp in Las Vegas, the Rocketplace eBay Conference in Orlando or the Palm Beach Foundation Non-profit event, your audio that we recorded at the events is in the hopper and I promise to get it on the show in the next few weeks.If this is your first 10 Golden Rules podcast, a warm, warm welcome to you. Each week or so we cover Internet marketing and how to use the Internet for business, personal productivity and fun. You can subscribe for free at iTunes or listen to each show at tengoldenrules.com. Just click on the ‘podcast’ link. Or find us on several major podcast directories including Podshow and Podcast Pickle. I record this show in one take using software called CastBlaster and I record interviews at events using an M-Audio digital recorder. There’s no fancy postproduction so you’ll probably get a couple of bumps and baubles. Please join in though, this thing is great when you participate. Call our K7 audio line at 206-888-6606 or email me with questions and comments to jay (at) tengoldenrules (dot) com. Share any new Internet marketing ideas you have or websites you’re using to improve your personal productivity.MUSICJAY: There’s the intro to a song called “Falling Slowly.” It’s actually the Oscar winner for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song. It’s called “Falling Slowly” and we’re going to close the show as we always do, with a PodSafe song, the Song of the Week.So let’s get rolling with some of our call-ins. First up, Keith Burdiss with a really, really nice social media marketing story.KEITH BURDISS: Hi Jay, Keith Burdiss here. How are you?   First I want to thank you for inviting me to call in and let your listeners know the little project I’m working on. But first I think I want to give you a little bit of background. In terms of the social media state, I’ve only really been involved in it for about six months now. I got involved first through audio books. After searching around for different content and marketing content I came upon Joe Jaffe’s blog and Joe Jaffe’s podcast. After I had heard the iPhone for an episode and all of the little experiments that he runs on his podcast I really got hooked. Since then I’ve purchased an iPod and I use iTunes and I’ve been listening to yourself and Mitch Joel and Marketing Over Coffee, etc., etc. I really enjoy it.The reason I’m calling is first off, I want to thank you. I am a wood turner and a cabinet maker. I am trying to get engaged the night before Podcamp Toronto. I’m actually going to Podcamp Toronto and I’m using that as a little bit of a diversion to ask my girlfriend to marry me in terms of not just taking her on a trip and having a little bit of a diversion. I get to learn a little bit of something and at the same time get to spend a nice weekend with my girlfriend and ultimately, hopefully, get engaged, as long as she says yes. But the bottom line was I was right on track for making all of my payments to the folks that made the ring for me and it turned out that that weekend was going to be perfect, in terms of paying the ring off. I came into a little bit of a snag with my car and I had to put a bunch of money into that last week. So I