http://www.mixx.com/users/jmallinc Mixx of activity by jmallinc en-us While there’s no shortage of social voting and user generated content sites on the Internet, very few of these sites compensate selected users for their participation. In addition, none are as easy to participate in as the Yokl’d Partner Revenue Shari Mon Jun 09 03:46:21 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/383427/add_your_favorite_businesses_to_yokld_com_earn_cash thingy_383427 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2008/06/add-your-favo-2.html The other day a co-worker of mine was traveling to Chicago and asked me to recommend restaurants and bars that he should visit. Since I like to recommend my favorite businesses to friends I spent over an hour searching Citysearch for the detailed informa Thu May 15 03:24:03 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/293046/what_s_your_favorite_restaurant_in_chicago thingy_293046 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2008/05/whats-your-favo.html Ever visit a great restaurant and can't remember the name a month later? Ever have a skilled plumber do some work at your house and then loose his card? Ever been asked to make restaurant recommendations to friends and can't remember all your favorites? Wed Apr 30 03:21:31 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/245900/yokld_com_for_you_create_your_rolodex_of_your_favorite_local_businesses thingy_245900 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2008/04/yokldcom-for-yo.html Check out the new social features on Yokld.com! The aim of the new Yokl'd social features is not to create a social network like Facebook or MySpace but to harness the collective intelligence of the Yokl'd user community so that all users have access Thu Apr 24 02:39:06 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/232070/discover_share_with_yokld_com_s_new_social_features thingy_232070 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2008/04/yokldcom-social.html We are excited to announce the beta launch of Yokld.com! Yokl'd is a "Best Of" local business ranking social platform that is 100% compiled and commented on by users. The idea behind Yokl'd is simple, the more times a business gets voted for, or again Tue Apr 22 03:18:08 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/227292/yokld_com_beta_launch_announcement thingy_227292 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2008/04/yokldcom-beta-l.html I was talking about the Yokld.com concept with a friend the other day. I was explaining how Yokl'd will help individuals find the best restaurants, bars, golf courses, mechanics, etc. based on ranking recommendations from the user community. Fri Apr 18 04:10:04 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/220149/yokld_com_reducing_local_search_noise thingy_220149 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2008/04/yokld---reduce.html While the big news in the online world focuses on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, a more profound revolution is taking place on the online social networks: The discussion about privacy is changing as users take control over their own online data. While they Tue Feb 12 05:24:10 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/99754/the_coming_ad_revolution thingy_99754 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2008/02/the-coming-ad-r.html I'm not sure I want to get all caught up in the definitions of Web 1.0 vs. 2.0 vs 3.0 or even if it matters but there are some recent postings and articles regarding what the next generation of the Internet may look and feel like. In a recent article in Wed Feb 06 03:39:04 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/91376/personalization_internet_me thingy_91376 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2008/02/personalization.html For spouses married to presidential campaign staffers, the fight for the American Dream has never hit so close to home. Like a handful of other spouses, I have sacrificed over a year of my marriage for a campaign. Only I am the one needing the guts, while Tue Feb 05 03:02:38 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/89761/meet_the_campaign_widows thingy_89761 jmallinc http://www.tangomag.com/20083478/the-rise-of-the-campaign-widow.html/1 How illiterate are SMB's when it comes to advertising their local business on the Internet? Looking at the millions of local businesses in the U.S. I would say that the majority are Internet advertising illiterate and will need to A) review their curren Mon Feb 04 03:41:07 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/88390/local_advertisers_advertising_illiterate thingy_88390 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2008/02/local-advertise.html With all this presidential politics we need a break. Not from voting - but for the candidates - I like voting for pizza better. Thu Dec 13 06:32:38 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/33444/forget_obama_giuliani_clinton_vote_for_pizza thingy_33444 jmallinc http://yokld.typepad.com/yokld/2007/12/forget-obama-gi.html