I’m planning on buying some non-obtrusive ads (like the text ads on K5) to promote my new book, Dancing Barefoot.*
I was reading the “Tip Jar As Revenue Model” story at K5 when I got the idea. I was specifically inspired by this post.
I am terrible at marketing and promotion. I hate advertising, but I know that it’s the best way to let non-WWdN readers know about my book.
Has anyone used advertising online? Does it work? What are some of the pitfalls you’ve encountered that I can avoid?
I’ll leave comments open on this thread for responses directed specifically to these questions, only. I really appreciate any help or direction you guys can give me.
*(thanks to Yoav Rogovin for pointing out my obvious gaffe in leaving out the details of the book!)

Man, my life is real boring right now.
There hasn’t been anything to blog about: no auditions (nothing for months, really. Maybe I really am finished.), nothing majorly exciting on the homefront besides the new dog (who is currently known as “Riley.” It’s stuck around for three days, longer than any other name, though I am still holding out for “Mr. Plow.”)
Oh, and though I took two very bad beats when we played poker (effing Cal rivered quad Kings TWICE against my straight, and again against my set of aces), I walked with about 104 bucks on a 40 dollar buy.
So.
Real boring . . . until today.

I’m playing poker tonight.
I can’t wait. Man, I love to play poker. Gimmie a game of pot-limit hold em, a hundred bucks, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m about two-thirds finished with Jim McManus’ Positively Fifth Street right now, and I’m loving it.
Anne and I watched the DVD of Jackass last night . . . holy shit. Some of it was really stupid, like watching a bunch of stupid stoners do stupid stoner things . . . but parts of it — Knoxville in old man makeup shoplifting, Wee Man getting chased by Preston all over Tokyo, making Bam’s mom say “fuck” — was insanely funny. And Rip Taylor! Damn.

From Reuters:

Even Bush is fan of Iraqi information minister

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – Now that the campaign to topple Saddam Hussein appears to be over, even U.S. President George W. Bush admits he is a fan of the public relations style of former Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf.
“He’s my man, he was great,” Bush enthused in an interview with NBC’s Tom Brokaw on Thursday. “Somebody accused us of hiring him and putting him there. He was a classic.”

What?
He’s my man?
HE’S MY MAN?!
HE IS THE ENEMY, MR. BUSH!
You know who Bush’s MAN should have been? Every American soldier who was in Iraq fighting his immoral, illegal, and totally unnecessary war. Every child who is without a father or mother, every husband or wife, son or daughter who isn’t ever coming home . . . they are “your man,” Mr. Bush.

“Look at me! Look at me!”
I hear that I’m gonna be all over The Screen Savers today: Kevin Rose is wearing a spiffy new WWdN T-shirt that I gave him when I was there last week, and Sarah Lane is going to be talking about this lame website in her Blog Report. (Thanks to WWdN reader Mary for the head’s up on that!)
So I got to thinking . . . if TechTV takes a screenshot of my site to put on the air, maybe I should do something stupid like this. It’s the onilne equivalent of jumping up and down and shouting “GO KENTUCKY!” in the background while some poor reporter tries to keep it together.
Hey, speaking of Screen Savers, go here, and vote for the hottest geek girl who ever modded a case: Morgan Webb.
Update: Heh. Guess I made the website, but not the broadcast. Did you see Kevin in my cool shirt? That was cool. I like the word cool. Cool. Cool. Cool.
Check out this cool thing I made today. It’s cool.

Mmmm. Cool.