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I has some down time away from the computer and used it to begin rereading the Rich Jerk ebook which I had printed out. I read it all in one sitting the first time since it is only 49 pages including some fluff like the cover and Contents. Since it is so full of ideas I admit that I forgot many of them and so rereading was a good idea.

I would add these comments to my original review of the book:

1) First of all, this ebook is worth reading and rereading. As I found, the reading some of the ideas a second time was a good reminder. But more importantly I thought about some ideas more/differently than I did the first time and now I think I can implement some that I thought were “not for me” the first time. I am hoping to try to implement two such ideas this week.

2) Second of all, it should be made clear that the author is somewhat “morally challenged”. I certainly will not be implementing at least one of the ideas in the way suggested as the author is more interested in “what works” than what is the right thing to do. If you are unable to take the bad with the good DON’T buy the book.

3) Otherwise, I would upgrade my recommendation to “strong buy”. I was actually laughing at how clever some of the stuff was in the book. I also realized that some of the things that I may have thought would be too hard for me to do may not be. If the Rich Jerk can do it so can I, probably, even if I tried it before and it didn’t work the first time. Knowing the tricks can be made to work will help me be more persistent.

The bottom line: If you are an experienced webmaster with your own site(s) it shouldn’t be too hard for you get your money’s worth and more from this book. You can find it at The Rich Jerk.

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