Chuck Lasker, Consultant
Blog URL http://www.chucklasker.com
Located Westfield, Indiana USA
Tags marketing, ecommerce, emarketing, writing, Miva Merchant, Miva
Chuck Lasker's blog about marketing, emarketing, Twitter, and random fun.
Latest Blog Posts
- Interesting Social Media Observations and Psychology on Nov 18, 2009 in Social Media help social networking
I’ve been playing with social media for about a year and a half. I say playing because I haven’t had any agenda. I just wanted to meet interesting people, build some relationships, have some fun, experiment and learn. Every now and then I...
- Time Travel Survival Guide Project on Oct 26, 2009 in General book guide survival time travel
There is a site called Kickstarter that allows people to post creative projects, and individuals who like the concept can back it financially for whatever amount of money they want. I set up a project for my book, The Time Travel Survival Guide. Chec...
- What My Shih Tzu Loves to Eat on Oct 21, 2009 in General dog eat Shih Tzu
I have a 2 year old Shih Tzu. His official name is Peter the Great, Conqueror of the Badlands, but we just call him Petey. You can see Petey doing a high five in this video at 12seconds.tv as my entry for the Get Crackin’ contest. As I took Pe...
- 10 Reasons Why I Prefer the Miva Merchant Shopping Cart on Oct 5, 2009 in Miva Merchant compare shopping cart
I have been working with Miva Merchant for over seven years as a user, a consultant, and now as owner of MerchantTutorials.com, a Miva Merchant Flash Video Tutorial site and Miva Merchant Educational Partner. Why do I prefer Miva Merchant over other...
- Automated Twitter App Spam Solution on Sep 14, 2009 in Social Media API auto-DM automated spam Twitter
As my previous post describes, I get irritated by any sort of Twitter automation. Well, I concede that there are some robots that are helpful, like IMDB’s cool movie update bot. But you have to follow them to get the automated Tweets. And some...
- 10 Twitter Auto-DM Examples Prove They’re a Bad Idea on Sep 7, 2009 in Social Media auto-DM direct messages spam Twitter
In my last post, I discussed following thousands of Twitter people in response to a blog post about the subject that also gave an argument for Twitter auto-DMs (automated direct messages) being okay. Today I’m posting my thoughts on auto-DMs th...
- Following Twitter Followers Back? The Debate Continues on Sep 5, 2009 in Social Media auto-DM direct messages follow followers social networking Twitter
I read an interesting blog post today titled, “Auto-DMs on Twitter: Demon Spawn or Fluffy Fawn?” The post was about auto-DMs, but really ended up being about how many people you follow. Is following thousands of people just because they f...




