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| | name = Joel Comm | |||
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| | alt = Joel Comm photo | |||
| | caption = Joel Comm circa 2015 | |||
| | birth_name = Joel Comm | |||
| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|05|05}} | |||
| | birth_place = Chicago, IL | |||
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| | nationality = ] | |||
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| | notable_works = ''The AdSense Code'', '']'', ] | |||
| | known_for = InfoMedia, ClassicGames | |||
| | website = http://www.joelcomm.com/ | |||
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| '''Joel Comm''' (born May 5, 1964)<ref name="Comm">{{cite news|last=Comm |first=Joel |date=2009-05-05 |title=Attack of the Birthday Monkeys |url=http://joelcomm.com/attack-of-the-birthday-monkeys.html |publisher=Joel Comm |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWO9Pgw6?url=http://joelcomm.com/attack-of-the-birthday-monkeys.html |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> is an American ] and ]. Comm is the CEO of InfoMedia, a social media consulting company. | |||
| After a career as a ], Comm started generating revenue from his Internet business ventures. In 1995, he created WorldVillage, a virtual village that offers games and trivia competitions. He created DealofDay.com, WorldVillage's sister website, as a directory of hundreds of retailers' discounts. Comm founded ClassicGames, a family-friendly ] website he sold to ] in 1997 and was the precursor for ]. | |||
| In 2006, Comm authored ''The AdSense Code'', a book about how to maximize revenue through ]'s ]. The book that year reached ] and the '']'' bestseller list. Comm also authored '']'', a book that describes how to create a ] account, gain a large following, and market products on Twitter. | |||
| In 2007, Comm conceived of and hosted '']'', the first Internet reality show. Based on the ] show '']'', it offered contestants the chance to win $25,000 and join one of Comm's business ventures with the goal of making $1 million. In 2008, Comm created ], an app that makes ] noises. 14 days after he published the app, it had been bought 100,000 times and was ranked first on ]'s ]. | |||
| ==Business ventures== | |||
| Joel Comm began his career as a ], where he played music and was a weatherman. He later became a ] and then moved to Internet marketing because he knew he could become wealthier with an online career.<ref name="2015-05-20">{{cite news|date=2015-05-20 |title=What Can You Learn From A Digital Superstar? |url=http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=2929949&spid=24698 |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bVD8HwZm?url=http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=2929949 |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> | |||
| Comm began using the Internet in the 1980s, experimenting with ]s and ]s related to playing computer games.<ref name="Banks153">{{Harvnb|Banks|2008|pp=153}}</ref> In 1995, Comm started his first website, WorldVillage.<ref name="Strauss2014-07-06">{{cite news|last=Strauss |first=Steve |date=2014-07-06 |title=Ask an Expert: Celebrating entrepreneurs |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/strauss/2014/07/06/steve-strauss-celebrating-entrepreneurs/12267525/ |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bVE5Rd28?url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/strauss/2014/07/06/steve-strauss-celebrating-entrepreneurs/12267525/ |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> WorldVillage is a virtual village where created by Comm's company InfoMedia.<ref name="Szadkowski">{{cite news|last=Szadkowski |first=Joe |date=1997-06-17 |title=Families tap into popular Web site for children |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB0F287050E4351?p=AWNB |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWAtiUpy?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB0F287050E4351?p=AWNB |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> The children's website offers trivia competitions and games.<ref name="Davis1998-11-01">{{cite news|last=Davis |first=Yusuf |date=1998-11-01 |title=Tech News for Kids - Little People Discovery Farm |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EADA3FE65114812?p=AWNB |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWBQRROe?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EADA3FE65114812?p=AWNB |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> He maintained the site solely through ].<ref name="Banks154">{{Harvnb|Banks|2008|pp=154}}</ref> According to ], he made several hundred dollars daily from ]'s ].<ref name="2015-05-20"/> Comm also founded DealofDay.com, WorldVillage's sister site, in 1999. DealofDay.com is a directory of several hundred discounts. Comm receives money from businesses every time his site ] a purchaser. The network of sites in 2003 had 130,000 members.<ref name="Stafford2003-12-20">{{cite news|last=Stafford |first=Jim |date=2003-12-20 |title=Consumers overcoming online fears |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FF9C4DE73454657?p=AWNB |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bV5EEcSb?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FF9C4DE73454657?p=AWNB |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> Comm is the CEO of InfoMedia, a social media consulting company.<ref name="Soat2010-01-04">{{cite news|last=Soat |first=John |date=2010-01-04 |title=7 Questions Key To Social Networking Success |url=http://www.informationweek.com/software/social/7-questions-key-to-social-networking-success/d/d-id/1086153 |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWSCc4ta?url=http://www.informationweek.com/software/social/7-questions-key-to-social-networking-success/d/d-id/1086153 |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> | |||
| He created ClassicGames,<ref name="Strauss2014-07-06"/> a family-friendly ] website that offers widely played ]s and ]s like ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Abram1997-09-21">{{cite news|last=Abram |first=Malcolm X |date=1997-09-21 |title=Personal Technology - Tech for Kids - Multiplayer freebies |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EADA34AAA4391B6?p=AWNB |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWCiAQmG?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EADA34AAA4391B6?p=AWNB |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref><ref name="Manning1997-09-15">{{cite news|last=Manning |first=Ric |date=1997-09-15 |title=Golf and other games on the Web |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/127E2BA6C91A42E0?p=AWNB |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWDB2qPR?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/127E2BA6C91A42E0?p=AWNB |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> In 1997, he sold ClassicGames to ] for $1 million.<ref name="Strauss2014-07-06"/><ref name="Carlson2009-05-22">{{cite news|last=Carlson |first=Nicholas |date=2009-05-22 |title=Yahoo's Entire, Sorry Acquisition History |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoos-sorry-acquisition-history-2009-5 |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWDqdkcM?url=http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoos-sorry-acquisition-history-2009-5 |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref><ref name="Glaser1997-10-09">{{cite news|last=Glaser |first=Mark |date=1997-10-09 |title=Come Into the Online Parlor, Relax With Board Games Like Checkers, Chess |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/09/entertainment/ca-40708 |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWJFm8gQ?url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/09/entertainment/ca-40708 |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> Yahoo! used the acquisition as a basis for starting the website ] in April 1998.<ref name="Walker1999-05-27">{{cite news|last=Walker |first=Leslie |authorlink=Leslie Walker (author) |date=1999-05-27 |title=A Guide to Games on the Net |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/tech/techthursday/dotcom/webguide.htm |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWE1rZJn?url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/tech/techthursday/dotcom/webguide.htm |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> | |||
| In 2007, Joel Comm conceived of the show '']'' with Eric Holmlund.<ref name="Johnson2007-07-30">{{cite news|last=Johnson |first=Kimberly S. |date=2007-07-30 |title=Who wants to be an internet millionaire? |url=http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_6495430 |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-07-17 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6a53pwir9?url=http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_6495430 |archivedate=2015-07-17 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> Based on the NBC show '']'', it was the first Internet reality show.<ref name="2007-11-23">{{cite news|date=2007-11-23 |title=Ex-Reginan wins online game show |url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=33bf4b9b-4aa6-4554-84f5-a2406c99bf9f |newspaper=] |agency=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bW70zwm9?url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=33bf4b9b-4aa6-4554-84f5-a2406c99bf9f |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> Hosted by Comm, the show pitted 12 contestants against each other who vied for the $25,000 finalist prize and the opportunity to join Comm on a project with the goal of earning $1 million.<ref name="Strange2007-06-05">{{cite news|last=Strange |first=Adario |authorlink=Adario Strange |date=2007-06-05 |title=The Next Internet Millionaire: Startup As Reality TV |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/06/the_next_intern/ |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-07-17 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6a544cm5C?url=http://www.wired.com/2007/06/the_next_intern/ |archivedate=2015-07-17 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> | |||
| Comm in 2008 created ], a best-selling app that he sold on ].<ref name="Strauss2014-07-06"/> The app plays a ] noise when triggered. It has a "stealth" addition that enables people to set a ] for when the app will emit the fart sound. iFart further has a "security" feature that triggers a fart sound if the phone's position changes.<ref name="Kincaid2008-12-12">{{cite news|last=Kincaid |first=Jason |date=2008-12-12 |title=iFart And Pull My Finger Battle To Stink Up The App Store. Please Keep These Under Control, Apple. |url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/12/ifart-and-pull-my-finger-battle-to-stink-up-the-app-store-please-let-it-stop-here/ |publisher=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWMs90yo?url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/12/ifart-and-pull-my-finger-battle-to-stink-up-the-app-store-please-let-it-stop-here/ |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> The $0.99 app<ref name="Siegler2008-12-27">{{cite news|last=Siegler |first=MG |date=2008-12-27 |title=A Christmas iFart explosion: Nearly 40,000 downloads and $30,000 net |url=https://venturebeat.com/2008/12/27/a-christmas-ifart-explosion-nearly-40000-downloads-and-30000-net/ |publisher=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWOrNvdw?url=http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/27/a-christmas-ifart-explosion-nearly-40000-downloads-and-30000-net/ |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> was ranked first on ]'s ] after its initial 14 days, having been bought 100,000 times.<ref name="Kincaid2010-06-01">{{cite news|last=Kincaid |first=Jason |date=2010-06-01 |title=Former App Store King iFart Gets Blocked From The iPad |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/01/former-app-store-king-ifart-gets-blocked-from-the-ipad/ |publisher=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWNBrkwU?url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/01/former-app-store-king-ifart-gets-blocked-from-the-ipad/ |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> It used to be in the 20 most downloaded iPhone apps ever and in October 2010 had 20,000 reviews.<ref name="Kincaid2010-06-01"/> ] in December 2008 noted that the app was making Comm almost $10,000 daily.<ref name="Siegler2008-12-23">{{cite news|last=Siegler |first=MG |date=2008-12-23 |title=iPhone fart app pulls in nearly $10,000 a day |url=https://venturebeat.com/2008/12/23/iphone-fart-app-pulls-in-nearly-10000-a-day/ |publisher=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWOc6sJe?url=http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/23/iphone-fart-app-pulls-in-nearly-10000-a-day/ |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> | |||
| ==Books== | |||
| He authored ''The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You about Making Money with Adsense'', which describes for businesses how to achieve the highest revenue from Google's ].<ref name="Banks154"/> It started as an ] readers could purchase on his website, and in 2006, it was published by ].<ref name="Banks154"/> The book was on ] and the '']'' bestseller list in 2006.<ref name="Hendee">{{cite news |last=Hendee |first=Caitlin |date=2014-04-16 |title=Q&A: Joel Comm markets his social media message |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2014/04/16/q-a-joel-comm-markets-his-social-media-message.html |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 }}</ref><ref name="2006-07-10">{{cite news |date=2006-07-10 |title=The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992108.htm |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518074742/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992108.htm |archivedate=2007-05-18 }}</ref> '']'' described the book as a "user's manual for how to attract targeted traffic by a deeper understanding of Google Adsense code".<ref name="2006-08-06">{{cite news|date=2006-08-06 |title=Paperback Business Best Sellers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/books/bestseller/200608bestpaperbusiness.html |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bWLSeV5o?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/books/bestseller/200608bestpaperbusiness.html?_r=0 |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> In his 2007 book ''Clear Blogging'', Robert Walsh wrote that despite ''The Adsense Code''{{'}}s having a "'Make Money Now!' tone", it was an "extremely useful book" for being successful with AdSense.<ref name="Walsh255">{{Harvnb|Walsh|2007|pp=255}}</ref> | |||
| In 2009, he authored '']'', a ]–published book that introduces readers to ], describing how it became widely used, how to set up a Twitter account, and how to grow their number of Twitter followers.<ref name="Dill2010-01-10">{{cite news|last=Dill |first=Margo L. |date=2010-01-10 |title=The Power of Twitter |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/12D82CDBDF28E208?p=AWNB |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bVErAkuW?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/12D82CDBDF28E208?p=AWNB |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref><ref name="Freehling2009-05-03">{{cite news|last=Freehling |first=Bill |date=2009-05-03 |title=How tweets can tweak business |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/127F487E71B26598?p=AWNB |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bVFOqZTm?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/127F487E71B26598?p=AWNB |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> The book received positive reviews in '']'', '']'', and '']'' for being written with simplicity and without jargon.<ref name="Werling2009-02-10">{{cite news|last=Werling |first=Mike |date=2009-02-10 |title=Twitter Gets Its Own Book |url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/218355 |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bVHFP3gw?url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/218355 |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref><ref name="Richards2009-03-18">{{cite news|last=Richards |first=Linda L. |authorlink=Linda L. Richards |date=2009-03-18 |title=Non-Fiction: Twitter Power by Joel Comm |url=http://januarymagazine.com/wp/non-fiction-twitter-power-by-joel-co/ |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bVHFXpfT?url=http://januarymagazine.com/wp/non-fiction-twitter-power-by-joel-co/ |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref><ref name="Vadukut2009-06-11">{{cite news|last=Vadukut |first=Sidin |authorlink=Sidin Vadukut |date=2009-06-11 |title=Shift control, and twitter |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/WyN2mhFU3bHYUM7W752XLN/Shift-control-and-twitter.html |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bVHt2KaM?url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/WyN2mhFU3bHYUM7W752XLN/Shift-control-and-twitter.html |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> In ] article titled "Twitter power? For real?", journalist Charles Cooper criticized the book for providing a "phony formula where you just paint by the numbers" to attempt to lure Twitter followers to become customers.<ref name="Cooper2009-02-13">{{cite news|last=Cooper |first=Charles |date=2009-02-13 |title=Twitter power? For real? |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-power-for-real/ |publisher=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bVHhh97L?url=http://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-power-for-real/ |archivedate=2015-09-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> | |||
| ==List of books== | |||
| * ''Internet Family Fun with Bonnie Bruno'', ] (May 1997) {{ISBN|1886411190}} | |||
| * ''The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense'', ] (1st 2006, 2nd 2010) {{ISBN|1933596708}} | |||
| * ''Click Here to Order: Stories of the World's Most Successful Internet Marketing Entrepreneurs'', ] (August 2008) {{ISBN|1600371736}} | |||
| * '']: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time'', ] (1st 2009, 2nd 2010) {{ISBN|0470563362}} | |||
| * ''] 3.0: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time'', ] (March 2015) {{ISBN|1119021812}} | |||
| * ''KaChing: How to Run an Online Business that Pays and Pays'', ] (June 2010) {{ISBN|0470597674}} | |||
| * ''So What Do YOU Do? Discovering the Genius Next Door with One Simple Question'', ] (October 2013) {{ISBN|1614488517}} | |||
| * ''So What Do YOU Do? Discovering the Genius Next Door with One Simple Question: Volume 2'', ] (October 2014) {{ISBN|1630472514}} | |||
| * ''The Rockstars of JVZoo.com'', ] (April 2015) {{ISBN|1630475874}} | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| * {{cite book |last=Banks |first=Michael A. |authorlink=Michael A. Banks |date=2008 |title=Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top Bloggers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7NNECorY400C |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |publisher=] |pages=153–161 |isbn=0470262141 |accessdate=2015-09-13 |ref=CITEREFBanks2008 }} | |||
| * {{cite book |last=Walsh |first=Robert |date=2007 |title=Clear Blogging: How People Blogging Are Changing the World and How You Can Join Them |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHXhp2dyJHcC |location=Berkeley, California |publisher=] |page=255 |isbn=1430203218 |accessdate=2015-09-13 |ref=CITEREFWalsh2007 }} | |||
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