This is the personal mobile blog of Ted Murphy, CEO of IZEA. This blog is only used for mobile posts. Tumblr (3.0; @tedmurphy)http://tedmurphy.org/<p>Take the Hard Road <a href="http://bit.ly/2WUlYm" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2WUlYm</a></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/222721574http://tedmurphy.org/post/222721574Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:57:34 -0400<p>We have started to promote <a href="http://izea.com/social-media-marketing/sponsored-conversations/twitter-advertising/" target="_blank">Twitter Advertising</a> at IZEA prety heavily. I think these types of <a href="http://izea.com/social-media-marketing/sponsored-conversations/" target="_blank">sponsored conversations</a> are really going to take off in the future.</p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/113862193http://tedmurphy.org/post/113862193Wed, 27 May 2009 13:39:27 -0400<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MTQ2MQ"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/af/af2ee5518639c891d1343c2de1d5b314.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MTQ2MQ">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MTQ2MQ"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODI1MTQ2MQ" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MTQ2MQ">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/88791275http://tedmurphy.org/post/88791275Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:31:48 -0400<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MTQ1MQ"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/3d/3d5434c2ef4ed93772f5e37cfa46ceb7.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MTQ1MQ">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MTQ1MQ"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODI1MTQ1MQ" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MTQ1MQ">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/88790045http://tedmurphy.org/post/88790045Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:26:25 -0400<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MDcyOQ"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/d1/d1fc0301e172016f6d6e7a6f3b5da72a.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MDcyOQ">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MDcyOQ"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODI1MDcyOQ" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODI1MDcyOQ">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/88711788http://tedmurphy.org/post/88711788Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:57:16 -0400<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODIxMjA1MA"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/c8/c8789f63daece8e40a9d456f5a62d705.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODIxMjA1MA">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODIxMjA1MA"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODIxMjA1MA" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODIxMjA1MA">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/84156382http://tedmurphy.org/post/84156382Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:14:25 -0500<a href="http://sponsoredconversation.com/">Sponsored Conversation</a>: <p>I think this will become a topic topic in 2009. <a href="http://www.izea.com" target="_blank">IZEA</a> is a major player in the space, it will be interesting to see how it evolves.</p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/82283308http://tedmurphy.org/post/82283308Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:34:00 -0500<a href="http://www.dolphinbubbles.com">Dolphin Bubbles</a>http://tedmurphy.org/post/81110193http://tedmurphy.org/post/81110193Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:28:23 -0500<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODEyOTY4Mw"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/1f/1fd4b578a66ac5ab612a6de687a8fe85.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODEyOTY4Mw">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODEyOTY4Mw"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; 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border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODEyOTQ1Mg" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODEyOTQ1Mg">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/72832038http://tedmurphy.org/post/72832038Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:09:56 -0500<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODEyOTQwOA"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/56/5614490489b44cfc696bebcb7890e5a7.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODEyOTQwOA">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODEyOTQwOA"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODEyOTQwOA" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODEyOTQwOA">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/72826886http://tedmurphy.org/post/72826886Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:41:17 -0500<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODA4MDE1Ng"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/d9/d903178824f4421673cf1014077f387d.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODA4MDE1Ng">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODA4MDE1Ng"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODA4MDE1Ng" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODA4MDE1Ng">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/64843477http://tedmurphy.org/post/64843477Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:48:07 -0500<p>Ther personal blog of <a href="http://www.ted.me" target="_blank">Ted Murphy</a> has moved. Please join me at my new site <a href="http://www.ted.me" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.ted.me" target="_blank">http://www.ted.me</a></a></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/59828239http://tedmurphy.org/post/59828239Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:52:56 -0500<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyODcyNQ"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/29/29248d7d2e3c5e1aa78367f7c9b6741e.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyODcyNQ">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyODcyNQ"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODAyODcyNQ" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyODcyNQ">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/57995090http://tedmurphy.org/post/57995090Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:00:52 -0500<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyODI1OQ"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/c1/c128d0195fb6c5016f0b14e2a1dd510d.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyODI1OQ">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyODI1OQ"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODAyODI1OQ" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyODI1OQ">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/57911984http://tedmurphy.org/post/57911984Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:11:38 -0500<p>Check out my room at the Milford Plaza in NYC. You know you are jealous. Randy gets here tomorrow, should be interesting. If he snores again I am sleeping in the bath tub.</p> <p> <object height="452" width="599" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2143617&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"> <embed height="452" width="599" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2143617&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://vimeo.com/2143617" target="_blank">The Milford Plaza New York City</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user726418" target="_blank">Ted Murphy</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>.</p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/57794078http://tedmurphy.org/post/57794078Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:57:10 -0500<p>I have made the decision to support McCain this election. At the end of the day it came down to one Obama value that is a deal breaker for me, “Spread the Wealth”.</p> <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>:</p> <p><i>Socialists mainly share the belief that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism" title="Capitalism" target="_blank">capitalism</a> unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_%28economics%29" title="Capital (economics)" target="_blank">capital</a> and creates an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_equality" title="Social equality" target="_blank">unequal</a> society. All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian society, in which <b>wealth and power are distributed more evenly</b>.</i></p> <p>I don’t believe in socialism.</p> <p>I believe in capitalism, free markets and the American dream. Capitalism is what has made this country great, it is why people from all over the world yearn to live here. We create. We innovate. We excel. Why? Because in America you can move up the ladder with hard work. You can create a better life for yourself and your children.</p> <p>I have been working my tail off since I was 14. I had two jobs in high school and have consistently worked 50-60 hours a week for the past 14 years. I don’t work this hard to have my earnings redistributed to less motivated people and programs I don’t believe in. I work this hard to achieve a higher quality of life for myself, my family and my employees.</p> <p>America is becoming home of the handout and it could be our downfall.</p> <p>Our economy isn’t slowing because our biggest earners and entrepreneurs have stopped pushing themselves. We are faltering because the American workforce has become complacent, lazy and self righteous.</p> <p>Wake the hell up! We are living in a global economy. You are competing against people who will do your same job for less money. Your employer is trying to figure out how to do your job cheaper right now. It won’t matter how much the government “spreads the wealth” if the U.S. has less overall wealth to spread.</p> <p>You want wealth? You want a healthy economy? Go out there and make it happen. Educate yourself. Apply yourself. Work smart. Work hard. Make yourself invaluable to your employer and the nation.</p> <p>Earn the wealth. For you and America.</p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/57591145http://tedmurphy.org/post/57591145Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:43:47 -0500<p>I spent this Halloween with people from <a title="Social Media Marketing" href="http://www.izea.com" target="_blank">IZEA</a> and <a href="http://www.mindcomet.com" target="_blank">MindComet</a>. I had a great time.</p> <p> <object height="453" width="601" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2132341&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"> <embed height="453" width="601" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2132341&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://vimeo.com/2132341?pg=embed&sec=2132341" target="_blank">IZEA does Halloween</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user726418?pg=embed&sec=2132341" target="_blank">Ted Murphy</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com?pg=embed&sec=2132341" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedmurphy/2995591980/" title="ted_toothfairy by tedmurphy, on Flickr" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2995591980_4c858b4a87_b.jpg" alt="ted_toothfairy" height="399" width="600"/></a></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/57579219http://tedmurphy.org/post/57579219Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:53:57 -0500<p><div class="utterz-entry utterli-entry"> <div class="utterz-image utterli-image"> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyNzQzMg"><img alt="utterli-image" border="0" src="http://www.utterli.com/imgs/i/bc/bcdd9dc1a1834ce3e534d3254b4990c2.jpg"/></a><br/> </div> <br/><a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyNzQzMg">Mobile post</a> sent by <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/tedmurphy">tedmurphy</a> using <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com">Utterli</a>. <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyNzQzMg"><img border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.utterli.com/u/reply_count/u-ODAyNzQzMg" alt="reply-count"/></a> <a target="_new" href="http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyNzQzMg">Replies</a>.</div></p>http://tedmurphy.org/post/57510459http://tedmurphy.org/post/57510459Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:15:23 -0400