Wow! It's already been a year since I launched CurtisTucker.com. That was quick. Unfortunately I'm still trying to find my groove with this blog. I want to enlighten my daughters with wisdom and tales from my childhood but feel this blog needs something more.

It has slowly taken a turn towards my memories of the 70's which has been fun. Can anyone help me out a little? If there were a blog out there about _______, that you would read daily, what would it be? What kinds of posts do you enjoy and wish there were more of?

I'm open to just about anything and would love to take this blog to the next level in the up coming year two. Send me your ideas and thanks for reading over the past year!

Email me.

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Hey guys, have you seen the cool new button icons along the side? There are now so many social media type sites it is getting tough to keep up with them all. As an Internet guru I have been trying to stay on top of the latest and greatest sites and services.

I have joined most of the major social networking sites and now have links to most of them. In those swanky new buttons along the side you will find links to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn and a few others. I try to keep many of these sites updated but can't updated all of them on a regular basis. I have 100 other websites to update you know.

I hope you bounce around and check out the sites. Join any that you are not a member of and start connecting with people you haven't heard from in years or connect with people you would have never met in a million years.

I've also added my Labels along the side lower down. If you click on a label it will pull up all of the posts that relate to that subject.

Enjoy! And thanks for stopping by from time to time. That's all for now and it's back to the drawing board!

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I don't usually do these type of thingy's but since I did one on FaceBook I thought I had better play along. This was sent from that crazy Marissa over at Whahappen? Here's the scoop:

1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. List 6 random things about yourself.
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they've been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

1.) I don't drink coffee and have never had a full cup in my life.
2.) I graduated college and worked 4 years before I knew how to turn on a computer.
3.) My sister and I were born in the same year but we're not twins.
4.) I'm a cartoonist but I've never seen a complete episode of The Simpsons
5.) I want to write a book based on the adventures of my friends and I growing up in the 70's
6.) I will soon be a millionaire, so get to know me now

I have tagged these folks and their blogs...
1.) Field Notes
2.) Digital Grasshopper
3.) The Happy Homemaker
4.) Girl Returns Home
5.) Diaper Changin Maniac
6.) Retro Finds

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Hey Guys! I know many of the surfers to this site are searching for cartoon tips, ideas and information. Since this blog leans more towards my family life and funny old memories I am moving most of my cartoon blogging to a new site.

I've been needing to do a cartoon blog anyway and the time is ripe to create one. If you are here for cartooning information hop over to my new cartoon blog at the Curtoons How To Cartoon Blog.

I'll keep you updated on the cartoon projects that I have going which include cartoon logo designs, my greeting card company, my clip art business, a cartoon character development site and my soon to be t-shirt empire.

Thanks for checking in! Make Life Happy and go buy some really cool sneakers.

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1. Create a video on YouTube, optimize it, link it to your site.
2. Leave comments on blogs related to your site, with a link back to your site
3. Join forums related to your site, leave comments with a link to your site
4. Optimize ALL of your pages for multiple high traffic keywords
5. Email friends and family, ask them to email friends and family
6. Run an ad in your local paper with your web address
7. Put your web address on your car, business cards and a t-shirt
8. Open accounts on social networks linked back to your site
9. Optimize graphics and photos with keyword names and alt tags
10. Start a blog (if you have a website), update it regularly
11. Submit your site to a dozen free directories
12. Announce a free give-a-way on your site
13. Create press releases and post on PR sites
14. Volunteer to give speeches and do interviews about your business
15. Trade links with as many web sites as you can
16. Twitter
17. Write awesome articles, submit to article sites
18. Build more than one web site
19. Add five pages to your site every week
20. Run a Pay-Per-Click campaign, only bid a penny
21. Interview a very popular web celeb
22. Pin up your business card at Starbucks
23. Join local message boards
24. Teach a class on your subject or business
25. Write a newsletter or be a writer for a newsletter
26. Join web rings and traffic sharing sites
27. Post ads on Craig's List and other classifieds
28. Create an ebook to sell on Clickbank
29. Add a RSS subscription button
30. Send your story to The Big Idea on CNBC
31. Get a magazine to do a story about you
32. Buy cheap links on hot sites
33. Pick a memorable domain name
34. Get people to Digg & Stumble Upon you
35. Send funny lists to bloggers to use on their sites
36. Choose high traffic keywords
37. Book a spot on Oprah
38. Create the world's funniest video
39. Run late night radio ads
40. Join associations and clubs
41. Be controversial
42. Create a Cafe Press store, sell stuff
43. Give away a prize on another site
44. Collect a mailing list and email to it
45. Guest post on another blog
46. Create a forum on your site
47. Create a fun Google Group
48. Start a podcast, submit to iTunes
49. Attend conferences and seminars
50. Add nude photos to your site (kidding)
50. Be patient!!

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I've had a well known community blog going for a few years now but just recently started this personal type daddy blogging thing. I'm finding that is a bit different looking for ideas about yourself and trying to walk a line between telling about yourself but not divulging too much.

Doing research on personal blogs I ran across what must be the most popular mommy blog out there. It is simply called Dooce. Dooce is actually Heather B. Armstrong, an individual that didn't start out to create a blogging empire and huge following but over time has done so.

She's funny, creative and bit on the edge at times. She likes to push buttons and in doing so has created somewhat of a cult readership. The reason I posted about her today is that I think she has done something pretty impressive.

Dooce has offered to give-a-way several Nintendo Wii machines for just leaving a comment on her blog. That is not the impressive part, the impressive part is that in two days she has around 40,000 comments! I understand that many people are leaving multiple comments but this is still a very impressive amount of participation.

If you are looking to become a professional blogger I highly recommend doing a quick study on Dooce. She currently has the magic touch and anything that might rub off can only do you some good. Check out her set up and quickly enter the drawing - Dooce.com.

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I was just emailing with one of my new readers and he brought up something I have not eluded to yet. As of today, I do not use any form on PPC ads, AdWords or pay for any other form of advertising. That is not to say that I wouldn't try some of those forms of traffic building in the future. I'll let you know when I use any form of paid advertising.

All of my traffic and income is based on natural SEO. That means I do not spend a dime on advertising, zip, zilch, nada. My traffic comes from my natural rankings in the search engines. My only reoccurring costs are for domain names and web hosting.

My web pages had over 5.8 million page views in 2007 and I aim to shatter that number in 2008. I have not optimized my sites very well for advertising and have relied heavily on Google Ads. This year I am trying new forms of income generation and I will share with you what has worked best for me.

I would guess 90% of my traffic is generated by Google. Another goal in 2008 is to create a large amount of new traffic using viral marketing. More about that later.

Check back and I will soon write some posts on how I can create that amount of traffic without spending a dime.

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Are you wondering how a sneaker wearing dad gets to stay home and watch his two really cool daughters? In case anyone is curious I want you to know that anyone can make money online working from home because I've done it!

Here are many of the money making ventures I have created online...

1. I created and run a custom cartoon logo design web site. I create funny cartoon logos for clients worldwide. Visit The Curtoons Cartoon Company & eCartoonLogos.
2. I own a graphic design studio in my hometown. I create logos, brochures, web sites and design ads, radio spots and TV commercials. Visit Shaggy Duck Studios.
3. I design and sell my own line of funny paper greeting cards. My cards can be purchased retail or wholesale. Visit ChuckleBerry's Paper Card Company and Wholesale Paper Cards.
4. I design content rich web sites, directories and blogs. I sell advertising on these web sites and also display Google ads and affiliate links. I now have between 50-80 running or near running sites. Visit Baby Dog Names, Zoinkies! and The Classic Baby Store for an example.
5. I create and sell my own collection of cartoon clipart. Visit Free Clip Art Pics.
6. I own the rights to a wide variety of cartoon characters which I license to interested partners. I also sell merchandise from these characters. Visit Cartoon License and WeinerDuck.
7. I sell royalty free cartoon characters and retain the rights to each of them. Visit Life's A Character.
8. I run and update a few fun and informative niche web site/blogs. Visit this site Curtis Tucker, Enid Buzz and Make Life Happy.
9. I also host web sites, build them and update them for outside clients. Here is an example of one of those simple sites - Inboard Helmet Lights.
10. There are also a few more random ways that I make small amounts of income including a few Cafe Press stores, selling greeting card racks (drop shipping) and thinking up fun brand names.
11. Watch for a new eCard website soon!

Thanks for reading. Stay in touch and I'll be providing tips from time to time on how ANYONE can make money online and can get to stay at home just like me!

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