Notorious R.O.B.

So I’ve recently decided that I’m going to take on some additional costs to run Notorious R.O.B. given that it appears some people do in fact like reading it from time to time. Surprised me to discover that over the first nine months of 2010, I have some 24,000 absolute unique visitors, when I thought I had maybe 300 people who read this blog. Plus, it seems that if you’re reading this blog, it’s because you actually want to: I have a 1.43% bounce rate, which is pretty good, according to web traffic analysis experts.

So I’m adding some nicer email tools, trying to improve performance, and would like to do more stuff on it for the readers (like having someone with real talent design the site, for example, as opposed to me hacking it up noob style). Plus, as those of you whom I’ve had the good fortune of meeting in real life know, I do like to party, and a beer fund would be most useful. Therefore, I figured, why not see if I can’t monetize (a very popular word at BlogWorld Expo every year) this little blog of mine?

Over on the right, you’ll notice four little boxes, currently filled with advertising for 7DS Associates (my company) that is the sole sponsor of my personal blog. I’m not that interested in throwing a ton of advertising in front of my readers, but given the rather specific focus of this blog, and the rather interesting types of folks who do read Notorious, I figure someone might be interested in getting in front of that audience.

I’m going to be somewhat selective as to what I put into those sponsorship spots, so if you’re interested at all, please contact me via email: and let’s discuss what you’re looking to do.