The Rich Geek

As you all know today is the 7th anniversary of the 911 tragedy that happened back in 2001. We here at Millionaire Geeks make this post to remember those who died on that day either in the attack or those who risked their lives to save others. Pictured above is a memorial plaque placed outside the Pentagon where Flight 77 crashed. It stands 3 inches tall at its beginning, representing the youngest person killed there, 3-year-old Dana Falkenberg, and continues to a height of 71 inches, corresponding to the oldest victim, retired U.S. Navy Capt. John D. Yamnicky Sr.

We got a whole lot of great feedback on Issue #1 of MANA, the official Millionaire Geeks newsletter. I would like to thank everyone who participated in the creation of MANA and making it not only informative, but entertaining. A special thanks goes out to the Sales King for writing that wonderful article in “Dollars & Sense” about Private Label Rights. For those who missed it, the article is called “PLR-Sell Your Own Stuff!” and can be found here in our article database.

We plan to have a whole lot more artwork and even a few new sections in the next issue of MANA. Millionaire Geeks is an ever growing website and we want our newsletter to reflect that. And of course, if you haven’t signed up for the newsletter…well, what are you waiting for! Sign up here!

Peace.

With September 1st right around the corner, we are proud to announce that we are going to unveil the first issue of the Millionaire Geeks Newsletter! If there was ever a better resource to learn how to start making money online then this is it! You can’t beat the information we give to our subscribers! We took the best money making tips we could find, took all the updates and things to come for our site, and threw in some of our own personalities and blended it into a superb mix that we guarantee you’ll enjoy from cover to back.

So if you haven’t subscribed yet here is a link to the Newsletter Page where you can read more about what is included. And the best part is, it’s all FREE!

For those of you who are already on the list, our newsletter has so much information in it that we have decided to make it an Ezine! The way it will work is that you will receive an email with a summary of the contents and from that email there will be a link leading you to a PDF file which contains the pages of the Ezine.

So enjoy and have a good Labor Day Weekend!

Autoresponders 101 has hit the Millionaire Geeks Bookshelf! Maybe you have heard of these magical programs called autoresponders before. On Millionaire Geeks we constantly talk about them and tell you how they can do wonders for helping your business making money online. Autoresponders are in essence what allows e-business to function. They allow you to automatically respond to your customers e-mails without having to be at the computer 24/7 or hiring a team of genetically enhanced super monkeys to do it for you.

With an Autoresponder you can achieve many goals that might otherwise become a burden or a financial drain on your company. They allow you to easily schedule the sending of newsletters and deliver them on time without you even being near a computer. Support e-mails can be easily and quickly responded to allowing your customer to know that you did receive their plea for help. Best of all follow up e-mails with customers becomes a breeze. Imagine having hundreds or even thousands of new customers every week each of which you want to send thank you messages, sales pitches for other products, and other messages to help build a relationship. If you had to sit down and do this individually for each new client it would take you forever. But your autoresponder automatically adds their e-mail address to a list and sends them your previously written messages at predetermined intervals. Without this helpful tool many types of online business would be all but impossible.

Mr.J brings you through the basics of how an autoresponder functions and how to get it to work for your business. Many of our geek entrepreneurs will tell you that “it’s all in the list” meaning that the vast majority of their sales come from a strategically targeted mailing list. So check it out! You can find Autoresponders 101 and many more of our custom ebooks in our Millionaire Geeks Bookshelf.

CONNECTICON!!!!!

So Connecticon was pretty awesome as Drakes post already showed. But there is so much that happens at a con as big as connecticon it takes more than one post to contain the pure awesomeness of it all.

Like all Cons Connecticon started out small but it’s grown significantly in just a few short years. Drake and I have been attending Connecticon since it’s first year at it’s current location (the Hartford convention center). The Convention center seemed so big that year and every year since then we’ve shared the center with some other convention. One year it was some kind of big Juggling competition. Another year it was a fly fishing convention. I always wonder what these people must think of us all parading around with our costumes and pocky and the caffeine induced madness in our eyes. But this year even though it’s only the 4th year at the convention center they had outgrown only using half of the facility. They actualy had to take over the entire downstairs so now we have the entire place. In fact they’re so big the convention center along isn’t enough. They had to hold the dances in the ballroom of the attached Marriot.

So as you can see it’s a big convention. Whats nice about it is the fact that while it’s large it hasn’t gotten congested and it’s hasn’t forgotten where it came from. Some larger cons charge crazy amounts of money to attend. Connecticon keeps it reasonable. Also some cons loose focus on what they’re about. Connecticon has many generas represented but it’s never forgotten that it was formed originally as a web comic convention as an alternative to comicon. Webcomicers and Artists in general are given centerstage and there are always some high profile webcomic guests.

Ok ok I know I keep going on about how great connecticon is. Well thats because it is THE BEST convention I’ve ever been to and it’s my favorite by far. Drake and I consider it our home convention, if there is such a thing. But I know you all want to see the pics. So here you go……

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The Millionaire Geeks article database is here! Thanks to the ArticleMS system we now have a completely dynamic and searchable article database! Not only can you search for an article by a keyword but you can also click on the author’s name (unless they are a guest) and see a more detailed profile with a list of the 10 most recent articles that that author has written. You can even subscribe to that author’s specific RSS feed! The folks on the ArticleMS forum were also very helpful in solving our problems and making the database look like the rest of the site so we highly recommend them if you want to have such a database on your own sites as well. Anyway, check it out! All of our original articles are there like “Color and Web Design” and there are over 20 new articles in there as well such as “Why Bother With Plain Text Emails?“! The Millionaire Geeks article database is a great learning tool for getting in-depth information on starting your own business making money online. Our database is still located under the “Articles” link in the menu and we’ll even give you a head start by putting a link to it here!

Ok I haven’t had a chance to post yet. But I’m getting all my pics ready to do the post so to tide you over heres this…

As you can see we had a great time

The real post comes tomorrow. I Promise. And if that wasn’t enough you can check out my post on my personal Blog “The Cider Press” about the con. But check back here Tomorrow because the post here will have many more pics and exciting things to share

Another Connecticon has come and gone and I must say, I think that this was the best one yet! There was a lot more room with the dealer room and the artist colony moved downstairs, opening the whole upstairs to events and panels! I think that this was a great idea and I hope that they utilize the space a lot more next year. On top of everything else, this was the second time that Millionaire Geeks has made an appearance at a convention! Mr.J and I got to meet a whole slew of wonderful geeks who seemed more than eager to take advantage of the resources we have to offer here on our site! We hope to see our efforts reflected in the number of people signing up for our newsletter. If you’re reading this and haven’t signed up yet I highly suggest that you do as we are going to be sending out our first official issue at the end of this month!

So with that being said, there were many pictures taken on our journey and we would like to share them with you. Read on to see!

Connecticon 2008 Program Cover art.

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mmmm mountain dew *drools*

Er… anyways all i really wanted to say was.

CONNECTICON WAS AWESOME!!!

Now I’m freakin Tired. So I need slome Sleep. Night Night. PEACE OUT Y’ALL!!!

Hello everyone, been awhile since I posted anything on here! I would just like to announce that Millionaire Geeks will be making a second convention appearance! This time we will be at Connecticon in Hartford Connecticut. This is by far the most anticipated event for us here at Millionaire Geeks. We love Connecticon and make it a habit to attend every summer! Located in the Convention Center in Hartford, you won’t find a more convenient spot for a con! Connecticon caters to anime and gamer fans alike with anime screenings playing around the clock and a HUGE gaming room. Also this year the dealer room will be located in the gigantic area downstairs freeing up a whole new area for activites and expanding the dealer room to nearly double what it was last year!

Both Drake and Mr.J of Millionaire Geeks will be attending and they will be handing out pins and fliers and of course information! So feel free to meet them, they will be more than happy to introduce themselves and love hearing from people who show an interest in our site. And like last time, we promise pictures! See you there =)