Sunday, July 16, 2006

Blogging achieves the impossible: How a paper clip landed a house

The red paper clip has taken on a whole new meaning for Kyle MacDonald.

On July 12, 2005, Kyle, from Montreal posted on his first blog entry his quest to trade up, step by step by step,
from a single, normal, red paper clip to a house. This might sound absurd, almost impossible to achieve.

However, on Wednesday July 12, 2006, his one year quest over 14 trades, culminated in an offer from the town in Kipling, Saskatchewan, where the town offered him
a modest, two-story house for a role in a Corbin Bernsen movie, the penultimate item in MacDonald's progression of trades.

Media from around the world took an interest in the story of the man who used a blog and a lot of perseverance to do something most people would have thought impossible. But odd as it may seem, MacDonald completed his quest and, astoundingly, cemented the deal for the house on the first anniversary of that first blog post.

To read more click here.
http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/2006/07/one-red-paperclip-t-shirt-design.html#links


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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Picked right book to read


Just found out that the author of the book "Blog Wild" , Andy Wibbels, a book that I stumbled upon in the local bookstores in June, won one of the top 10 awards under Marketing Sherpa 2006.

Didn't pick the wrong author to start my blogging experience!!

To read more,
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?ident=28525


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