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If you’re a reader or subscriber to the Vancouver Sun newspaper, you may have noticed this little promo on front page of today’s business section.

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Look for the full story in tomorrow’s Vancouver Sun. Hopefully, it will available online as well. If it’s not, I’ll scan a copy so non local readers can check it out.

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    Comment by Matt Coddington
    2007-02-06 16:10:01
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    Can you have it blown up into a poster so I can hang it up in my dining room?

    Comment by Marc
    2007-02-06 17:35:34
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    I want a copy too. Seriously…

    Comment by Nomar
    2007-02-08 01:51:11
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    me to man !! damn

     
     
     
    Comment by Kenny
    2007-02-06 16:23:03
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    Wow! Looking forward to reading the full article when it becomes available. Its always nice to get some press coverage :)

     
    Comment by Bill
    2007-02-06 16:28:45
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    Congrats John, I’ll be sure to pick up a copy.

    (BTW..You have two different check boxes to subscribe via email? One above the comment box, and one below the submit button.)

    Comment by John Chow
    2007-02-06 16:32:49
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    Yes I am aware of the two boxes. I guess I should get rid of one of them, huh?

    Comment by derrich
    2007-02-07 09:45:19
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    Don’t do it, man. You’ll be sorry. Um…I think.

     
     
     
    Comment by Steven Stark
    2007-02-06 16:29:28
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    great motivational shot! yay traditional media.

     
    Comment by
    2007-02-06 16:32:15
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    Congrats on your apperance in the paper John. Your a great inspiration to all of us.

     
    Comment by David Au
    2007-02-06 16:38:58
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    Wooow! Congratulaton! Looking forward to reading it tomorrow.

     
    Comment by Nate W.
    2007-02-06 16:46:43
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    Congratulations, John! That is quite the achievement. Soon, you will be signing autographs in the streets for the kids! ;)

     
    Comment by Gdog
    2007-02-06 16:49:24
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    Nice work John!!!

     
    Comment by Michael Kwan
    2007-02-06 16:54:07
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    Totally cool. Looking forward to reading their piece.

     
    Comment by Michael Yurechko
    2007-02-06 16:55:19
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    Looks like I’ll have to run across the street and pick one up :)

     
    Comment by Andrew Kuo
    2007-02-06 17:17:21
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    Congratulations!

     
    Comment by Stephen
    2007-02-06 17:22:26
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    They got it up faster than your last article. Instead of 4 weeks, it only took…4 days?

    Comment by John Chow
    2007-02-06 17:28:46
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    I guess the Vancouver Sun is a lot faster than the Globe & Mail. Then again, back then the photo guy didn’t use a digital SLR. It was still good old fashion film for him!

    Comment by Michael Kwan
    2007-02-06 21:43:45
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    Film? Someone needs to introduce him to the 21st century. I would think with the super fast turnarounds that a daily newspaper would need, digital would become an instant necessity.

    Comment by Tyler
    2007-02-08 06:23:22
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    Film still out does Digital in picture quality but yes digital totally outdoes film in everything else ;)

    I miss using my two pentax 35mm bodies actually. But with digital, I can take like 400 shots without having to change cards ;)

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    Comment by Marc
    2007-02-06 17:38:31
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    It’s great to see John, nice to be recognized for all the hustling.

    While I’m sure that the 2 hours per day of actual blogging is accurate, it doesn’t factor in all the hours of evil plotting and planning that you must put in as well.

    I know my evil to work ratio is like 3:1 at least…

    Comment by Michael Kwan
    2007-02-06 21:44:51
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    That is absolutely true. You have to factor in the time it takes to kill baby pandas and turn normal people into serial killers.

     
     
    Comment by
    2007-02-06 18:09:43
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    Well, I hate to rain on the parade, but I think this is bad.

    This is what people are going to take away from the headline (the first thing they see):

    spends two hours a day

    makes $3,440.66

    This (much like similar articles) opens the floodgates, people will start just throwing up sites to make that $8798.00/month without doing anything, or so they think.

    MFA sites and plenty more useless sites will follow, people will see dollar signs and few will succeed.

    Please, don’t pull the whole; Whats the matter are you afraid of a little competition? Hardly.

    It’s just bad. And yes you are the root of all evil.

    And for cryin’ out loud, eat at a Applebees or Chili’s for once

    Comment by Nate W.
    2007-02-06 19:40:36
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    LOL… I agree I think it would be hilarious for John to take pictures of an Applebee’s cheeseburger!

    Comment by Michael Kwan
    2007-02-06 21:45:38
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    Or just a good ol’ Egg McMuffin

     
     
    Comment by Marc
    2007-02-07 07:12:15
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    There are no floodgates to open. It’s been possible to make good money online for a long time. There’s nothing in that article or any other that will cause hordes of new competitors in the blogosphere. The competition is already there, articles like this do serve as motivation for some of us sure, but it’s not going to cause millions to get off their couch and start working at it.

     
     
    Comment by Tyler
    2007-02-06 18:24:51
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    I will echo others comments. Congratulations!
    When are you going to check out a fast food joint? I think Tim Hortons needs more publicity!!!:)
    Great job on getting into the Main Stream Media…again.

     
    Comment by eclipse
    2007-02-06 18:41:09
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    Hope your prepared for the flood of traffic. Next month you should think about upping your ad rates! Congratulations!

    Comment by Michael Kwan
    2007-02-06 21:48:24
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    That’s true. He’s about to get an instant flood of traffic from all the Vancouver blog dot com mogul wannabes (like me, though I was here before the Sun piece).

    Comment by Marc
    2007-02-07 07:13:16
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    That’s interesting… I never thought about the traffic spike. It would be nice to hear about it John. Let us know how big the spike is.

     
     
     
    Comment by João Pedro
    2007-02-06 18:48:55
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    My congratulations John. You really deserve it!

     
    Comment by dandee
    2007-02-06 18:50:35
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    your blog inspires a lot…how i wish i will be like yours…im just a starter blogger and dream of a big success in blogging.

    Comment by Michael Kwan
    2007-02-06 21:50:02
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    Like anything else, it takes time. John has been in the dot com biz for a long time. He was around when the first dot com bubble burst (and he survived).

     
     
    Comment by João Pedro
    2007-02-06 18:52:23
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    I dont know whats up with your comments. The last comment was made by me, and i thought the URL box kept my url since my last comment but in fact there was a different url there! Don’t know whats up! Anyway i meant what i said! :)

     
    Comment by Johnny_Cash
    2007-02-06 19:00:32
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    Hi Joao,

    The fun part is: you are referring to my blog!

    Anyway, I agree with your comment.

    Johnny_Cash

     
    Comment by Hawaii SEO
    2007-02-06 19:01:28
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    You STUD!

     
    Comment by Samer Bazzi
    2007-02-06 19:01:55
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    I really enjoy your blog, I have been reading it for a few weeks now and have basically went through all of your posts learning about all of your experiences and experiments.

    I just started my own blog and I quote you on it :)

     
    Comment by Lucas McDonnell
    2007-02-06 19:26:00
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    John, why does it not look like you’re wearing a shirt in that picture? :P

    Seriously though, congrats on making it into the local paper.

    Comment by John Chow
    2007-02-06 19:31:32
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    Must be the super wide angle lens. That Sun photographer packed around some serious camera hardware!

     
     
    Comment by bull
    2007-02-06 19:33:25
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    I was just wondering if you paid for the ad or did they just pick you up…cause I noticed how you said a little promo…so I was just wondering? either way great stuff!

    Comment by John Chow
    2007-02-06 19:40:44
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    The Sun contacted me after they read my January recap. I was interviewed on Friday and the picture was taken that day as well. The promo is the Sun promoting tomorrow’s story. This has not cost me anything. Too bad I couldn’t con the photo guy into giving me a copy of my picture. The Sun enforces are strict copyright on the photos their people take.

    Comment by Andrew Chen
    2007-02-07 00:52:57
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    Are you sure you only spend two hours on it every day, Including finding material, writing and proof reading and have none else to help you on anything with the blog?

     
    Comment by Marc
    2007-02-07 07:15:35
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    “This has not cost me anything.”

    That’s the true beauty in all of this. That’s golden promotion for free. All you had to do was work hard and be successful… ;)

     
     
     
    Comment by hustlermoneyblog
    2007-02-06 19:39:01
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    nice work John. Congrats

     
    Comment by Ryan
    2007-02-06 19:56:18
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    Nice job … but is that a John Chow wax figure?! ;)

    Can’t wait to see what (nice) things they have to say.

    Who cares if people throw up MFA sites because of the article–they’re already doing it, so what’s a few more?

     
    Comment by Bangkokdiaries.com
    2007-02-06 20:01:44
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    Congrats John,

    I love your blog and you deserve the publicity. Now if only I could get a copy here in Bangkok.

    Regards,
    Bangkokdiaries.com

     
    Comment by The Probabilist
    2007-02-06 20:23:41
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    And posting this took you what, five minutes? It’s the kind of leverage only the mind of an entrepreneur can fathom.

    Congratulations on my behalf as well.

     
    Comment by Soultrance
    2007-02-06 20:46:21
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    Great work John, well deserved. Your site continues to be a fantastic source of useful, and most importantly, usable information.

    Today the Sun, Tomorrow the NY Times? Better get those evil powers working.

     
    Comment by Heywood
    2007-02-06 20:51:54
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    Congratulations John!

    We need to start a contest to guess which day you’ll break the Technorati 100.

    I say, Feb 27th!
    I think Heywood will make a special report when you do!

    Good work!

     
    Comment by David Leggett
    2007-02-06 21:05:21
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    Great job getting noticed in the paper John! Congrats!

    You got a really awesome blog here, with some very inspiring content. You definitely deserve this recognition =)

     
    Comment by Kalle
    2007-02-06 22:03:14
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    Congratulations! As I started reading your blog just some days ago I thought it was really helpful and had a lot of good content. You deserved it =)

     
    Comment by Damien Passehl
    2007-02-06 22:07:13
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    This shows that sometimes you just cannot measure a blogs success in trackbacks, diggs, and technorati links. When it makes print you sure have succeeded at your goal of becoming an influential blogger.

     
    Comment by
    2007-02-06 22:29:18
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    HAHAHA you brag about $3,000 a month? I make $15,000 a DAY. You are a small fish John. A VERY small fish.

    Comment by John Chow
    2007-02-06 22:51:38
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    Good for you! But I’m in the Vancouver Sun and you’re not. Score one for the “little guy!” :D

     
    Comment by Wes Mahler
    2007-02-07 01:40:50
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    Haha thou art, probably a liar too James!

     
     
    Comment by ian
    2007-02-06 23:52:25
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    Congratulations on making it into the newspapers, that is amazing, your blog is one of my two favourite blogs on the internet, I am sure it will continue to reach much higher levels of success.

     
    Comment by Amit shekhar.
    2007-02-07 00:59:15
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    Hey Chow,its impressive and motivating,keep up the good work.Here i am as promised to see your good work.

     
    Comment by Leftblank
    2007-02-07 01:38:05
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    Nicely done John, this will no doubt mean some extra visitors, or at least for the next days ;)

     
    Comment by Wes Mahler
    2007-02-07 01:40:11