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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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWO9Pgw6 |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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 ].
'''Joel Comm''' (born May 5, 1964)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://joelcomm.com/attack-of-the-birthday-monkeys.html | title = Attack of the Birthday Monkeys | work = JoelComm.com | date = May 5, 2009 | quote = Today is my 45th birthday}}</ref> is an American ] and ]. In 2006, he published '']: What Google Never Told You about Making Money with AdSense'', which was a '']'' and '']'' bestseller.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.joelcomm.com/nytimes.pdf | title = New York Times Best-Seller List | date = July 2, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.joelcomm.com/businessweek-bestseller.pdf | title = Business Week Best-Seller List | date = July 10, 2006}}</ref> He is also the author of ''Click Here to Order: Stories of the World’s Most Successful Internet Entrepreneurs'' and '']''. In 2007, he was the host and Executive Producer of '']'', an online reality show. In 2008, his company, Infomedia, produced an iPhone application: '']''.<ref>{{cite news | author = Walker, Rob | date = January 28, 2009 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/magazine/01wwln-consumed-t.html | title = Dumb and Dumber 2.0 | work = The New York Times | accessdate = February 1, 2009}}</ref>


In 2006, Comm authored ''The AdSense Code'', a book about how to maximize revenue through ]'s ]. The book that year reached the ] 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.
⚫ == Business ventures ==


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 ].
In 1996, Comm relaunched SpringerSpan.com as ClassicGames.com. ] bought out Comm and his partner, Eron Jokipii (who became Yahoo’s Chief of Games), integrating the service into its own platform.<ref>{{cite web | author = Carlson, Nicholas | date = May 22, 2009 | url = http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoos-sorry-acquisition-history-2009-5 | title = Yahoo's Entire, Sorry Acquisition History | work = Business Insider}}</ref>


⚫ ==Business ventures==
Comm maintains WorldVillage.com, a content-based website which began as a printed newsletter called ''The Dallas Fort Worth Software Review''. The site offers blog content, reviews and news on a range of different subjects.<ref>Comm, Joel ''Click Here to Order: Stories of the World’s Most Successful Internet Entrepreneurs — The Missing Chapter'' (2008)</ref>{{secondary source needed|date=July 2015}}
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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bVD8HwZm |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/strauss/2014/07/06/steve-strauss-celebrating-entrepreneurs/12267525/ |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bVE5Rd28 |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</ref> WorldVillage was among the first 18,000 websites.<ref name="Strauss2014-07-06"/> 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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWAtiUpy |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWBQRROe |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bV5EEcSb |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWSCc4ta |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</ref>
Comm also runs a small software company, Infomedia. At the end of 2008, the company released ], an iPhone application that replicates the sound of bodily functions. The app spent three weeks at the top of iPhone’s application charts.<ref>{{cite web | author = Siegler, MG | date = December 27, 2008 | url = http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/27/a-christmas-ifart-explosion-nearly-40000-downloads-and-30000-net/ | title = A Christmas iFart Explosion | publisher = Venture Beat}}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWCiAQmG |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWDB2qPR |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWDqdkcM |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWJFm8gQ |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/tech/techthursday/dotcom/webguide.htm |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWE1rZJn |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</ref>
== Books ==
In 2004, Comm began using Google’s ] advertising program on his network of websites. He tested different approaches, producing a number of strategies that increased his advertising income. In 2005, he published an ebook entitled ''What Google Never Told You About Making Money With AdSense''. The following year he published ''The AdSense Code'', a traditional print book published by ]. ''The AdSense Code'' reached third place on Amazon.com’s bestsellers, #6 on ''The New York Times'' Business Paperback bestsellers list and #8 on ''BusinessWeek''’s Business Paperback bestsellers list.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992108.htm | title = Business Week Best-Seller List | date = July 10, 2006}}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6a53pwir9 |archivedate=2015-07-17 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bW70zwm9 |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.wired.com/2007/06/the_next_intern/ |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-07-17 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6a544cm5C |archivedate=2015-07-17 }}</ref>
In February 2009, Comm wrote '']'' a guide to ], a popular ] service. The book has been translated into Portuguese,<ref>http://www.submarino.com.br/produto/1/21617803/poder+do+twitter,+o?menuId=1321</ref> Japanese,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4887597517/ |title=Amazon.co.jp： 「ツイッター」でビジネスが変わる! Twitter Power: ジョエル・コム, 小林 啓倫: 本 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> Korean<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitpic.com/eokfg |title=@joelcomm Korean version of your book (Twitter Power) is alre... on Twitpic |publisher=Twitpic.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> and Chinese.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010452992 |title=博客來-140字 推爆全世界：今天一定要學會的推特力 |publisher=Books.com.tw |date=2009-11-20 |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</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=http://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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWMs90yo |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/27/a-christmas-ifart-explosion-nearly-40000-downloads-and-30000-net/ |publisher=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWOrNvdw |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/01/former-app-store-king-ifart-gets-blocked-from-the-ipad/ |publisher=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWNBrkwU |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/23/iphone-fart-app-pulls-in-nearly-10000-a-day/ |publisher=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWOc6sJe |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</ref>
In June 2010, Comm wrote ''KaChing: How to Run an Online Business that Pays and Pays''. The book proposed and explained how to generate a part-time or full-time income by creating content-based websites monetized in a number of ways. According to a December 2010 ''Huffington Post'' article, Comm marketed the book on YouTube with a 33 percent ], but said his television commercials for the same book were a "massive failure" with a conversion rate of less than 0.001 percent.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arielle-ford/authors-why-tv-ads-dont-s_b_796548.html | author=Arielle Ford| title = Authors: Why TV Ads Don't Sell Books Online | date = December 14, 2010}}</ref>


==Celebrity== ==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 the ] 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=http://web.archive.org/web/20070518074742/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992108.htm |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/books/bestseller/200608bestpaperbusiness.html |newspaper=] |accessdate=2015-09-13 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bWLSeV5o |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</ref> In his 2007 book ''Clear Blogging'', Robert Walsh wrote that depiste ''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>
Following the publication of ''The AdSense Code'' Comm started to work as a public speaker, addressing business, Internet marketing and entrepreneurial conferences, including work for Microsoft,<ref></ref> IBM and other corporations. From 2006-2010, Comm was a speaker at events like Armand Morin’s Big Seminar, ]'s JV Alert Live, Chris Howard’s Wealth Symposiums, ]’s Never Work Again and ]’ Wealth Mastery.


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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bVErAkuW |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bVFOqZTm |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bVHFP3gw |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bVHFXpfT |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bVHt2KaM |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</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=http://www.webcitation.org/6bVHhh97L |archivedate=2015-09-13 }}</ref>
In 2006, Comm created an online ] based on '']''. Hosted by Comm, '']'' took twelve Internet marketing hopefuls and provided them with challenges eliminating contestants until just one remained. The winner received $25,000 and was offered a joint venture with Comm said to be worth a million dollars. The show was broadcast exclusively on the Internet and later printed to DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nextinternetmillionaire.com/ |title=The Next Internet Millionaire official site |publisher=Nextinternetmillionaire.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Next-Internet-Millionaire/Joel-Comm/e/9781600374999/?itm=1 |title=Barnes & Noble listing |publisher=Search.barnesandnoble.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref>


==List of books==
In 2008, Comm started his own ] show called "Joel Comm Live!," which he later changed to "The Joel Comm Show." A program which aired live each week over the Internet via ], Comm hosted the show with his company's Vice President of Ideas, Dan Nickerson, and featured interviews with celebrities and notable Internet entrepreneurs. The show's guests included ], Simon Leung, Mari Smith, Nathan Anderson, Jen Groover, Dave Taylor, Rob McNealy and Cameron Johnson. "The Joel Comm Show" now airs as a syndicated weekly podcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/joel-comm-show-podcast-about/id684474214?mt=2/ |title=The Joel Comm Show |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref>
⚫ * ''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==
In 2009, Comm released an iPhone application to support the release of his book, KaChing. Similar to ] popular "Easy Button", the digital button app featured a dollar sign placed on a green background. When tapped, the app would play the ubiquitous cash-register "kaching" sound. When Apple's review team rejected the app citing "minimal user functionality", Comm took his appeal directly to ] via a novel recorded video. Examining other apps with a similar amount of functionality already appearing in the app store, Comm illustrated the somewhat arbitrary approval process which developers were subject to and asked for more transparency and fairness. The app was approved less than one month later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2009/12/29/video-mr-ifart-appeals-to-steve-jobs/ |title=Mr. iFart Appeals to Steve Jobs |publisher=Tech.fortune.cnn.com |date=2009-12-29 |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref>
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In 2013, Comm made an appearance as a special guest on The Travel Channel's ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/hotel-impossible/episodes/western-riviera |title=Season 2, Episode 13 - March 25, 2013 |publisher=Travelchannel.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> He was asked to help the Western Riviera Motel and the town of ] develop a plan for marketing online.
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* {{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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== Lawsuit == ==Official website==
*
In February 2009, Air-O-Matic, makers of ], an ] that also makes flatulent sounds, threatened legal action against Infomedia claiming trademark infringement. Air-O-Matic claimed that Infomedia had used the phrase "pull my finger" in its marketing material and demanded $50,000 in compensation. Infomedia responded by filing a complaint for declaratory judgement in Colorado District Court.<ref>{{cite web | author = Mills, Elinor | date = February 13, 2009 | url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10164264-37.html | title = iFart Mobile to Pull My Finger: You stink | work = CNET News}}</ref> The case between the two fart-producing companies became a caused calamity and was even featured on ]'s '']''. In September 2009, the two companies went public with their settlement, a jointly produced iPhone application called 'Clear the Air.'<ref>{{cite web | author = Matyszczyk, Chris | date = September 24, 2009 | title = iPhone farting-app rivals clear up the stink | url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10360994-71.html | work = CNET News}}</ref>

⚫ == Bibliography ==
⚫ * ''Internet Family Fun with Bonnie Bruno'', No Starch Press (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'', ] (Aug, 2008) ISBN 1600371736
⚫ * '']: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time'', John Wiley & Sons (1st 2009, 2nd 2010) ISBN 0470563362
⚫ * ''] 3.0: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time'', John Wiley & Sons (March 2015) ISBN 1119021812
⚫ * ''KaChing: How to Run an Online Business that Pays and Pays'', John Wiley & Sons (June 2010) ISBN 0470597674
⚫ * ''So What Do YOU Do? Discovering the Genius Next Door with One Simple Question'', ] (Oct, 2013) ISBN 1614488517
⚫ * ''So What Do YOU Do? Discovering the Genius Next Door with One Simple Question: Volume 2'', ] (Oct, 2014) ISBN 1630472514
⚫ * ''The Rockstars of JVZoo.com'', ] (April, 2015) ISBN 1630475874

⚫ ==References==
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Joel Comm
File:EBP 7287.JPGJoel Comm circa March 2013
BornJoel Comm
(1964-05-05) May 5, 1964 (age 60)
Chicago, IL
NationalityAmerican
Known forInfoMedia, ClassicGames
Notable workThe AdSense Code, Twitter Power, iFart Mobile
Websitehttp://www.joelcomm.com/

Joel Comm (born May 5, 1964) is an American author and Internet marketer. Comm is the CEO of InfoMedia, a social media consulting company.

After a career as a radio personality, 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 multiplayer gaming website he sold to Yahoo! in 1997 and was the precursor for Yahoo! Games.

In 2006, Comm authored The AdSense Code, a book about how to maximize revenue through Google's AdSense. The book that year reached the The New York Times Best Seller list and the Bloomberg Businessweek bestseller list. Comm also authored Twitter Power, a book that describes how to create a Twitter account, gain a large following, and market products on Twitter.

In 2007, Comm conceived of and hosted The Next Internet Millionaire, the first Internet reality show. Based on the NBC show The Apprentice, 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 iFart Mobile, an app that makes fart noises. 14 days after he published the app, it had been bought 100,000 times and was ranked first on Apple Inc.'s App Store.

Business ventures

Joel Comm began his career as a radio personality, where he played music and was a weatherman. He later became a mobile disc jockey and then moved to Internet marketing because he knew he could become wealthier with an online career.

Comm began using the Internet in the 1980s, experimenting with modems and bulletin boards related to playing computer games. In 1995, Comm started his first website, WorldVillage. WorldVillage was among the first 18,000 websites. WorldVillage is a virtual village where created by Comm's company InfoMedia. The children's website offers trivia competitions and games. He maintained the site solely through online advertising. According to Radio Ink, he made several hundred dollars daily from Google's AdSense. 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 refers a purchaser. The network of sites in 2003 had 130,000 members. Comm is the CEO of InfoMedia, a social media consulting company.

He created ClassicGames, a family-friendly multiplayer gaming website that offers widely played card games and board games like bridge, checkers, chess, Euchre, Go, hearts, poker, and spades. In 1997, he sold ClassicGames to Yahoo! for $1 million. Yahoo! used the acquisition as a basis for starting the website Yahoo! Games in April 1998.

In 2007, Joel Comm conceived of the show The Next Internet Millionaire with Eric Holmlund. Based on the NBC show The Apprentice, it was the first Internet reality show. 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.

Comm in 2008 created iFart Mobile, a best-selling app that he sold on iTunes Store. The app plays a fart noise when triggered. It has a "stealth" addition that enables people to set a timer 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. The $0.99 app was ranked first on Apple Inc.'s App Store after its initial 14 days, having been bought 100,000 times. It used to be in the 20 most downloaded iPhone apps ever and in October 2010 had 20,000 reviews. VentureBeat in December 2008 noted that the app was making Comm almost $10,000 daily.

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 AdSense. It started as an e-book readers could purchase on his website, and in 2006, it was published by Morgan James Publishing. The book was on the The New York Times Best Seller list and the Bloomberg Businessweek bestseller list in 2006. The New York Times described the book as a "user's manual for how to attract targeted traffic by a deeper understanding of Google Adsense code". In his 2007 book Clear Blogging, Robert Walsh wrote that depiste The Adsense Code's having a "'Make Money Now!' tone", it was an "extremely useful book" for being successful with AdSense.

In 2009, he authored Twitter Power, a John Wiley & Sons–published book that introduces readers to Twitter, describing how it became widely used, how to set up a Twitter account, and how to grow their number of Twitter followers. The book received positive reviews in Entrepreneur, January Magazine, and Mint for being written with simplicity and without jargon. In CNET 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.

List of books

  • Internet Family Fun with Bonnie Bruno, No Starch Press (May 1997) ISBN 1886411190
  • The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense, Morgan James Publishing (1st 2006, 2nd 2010) ISBN 1933596708
  • Click Here to Order: Stories of the World's Most Successful Internet Marketing Entrepreneurs, Morgan James Publishing (August 2008) ISBN 1600371736
  • Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time, John Wiley & Sons (1st 2009, 2nd 2010) ISBN 0470563362
  • Twitter Power 3.0: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time, John Wiley & Sons (March 2015) ISBN 1119021812
  • KaChing: How to Run an Online Business that Pays and Pays, John Wiley & Sons (June 2010) ISBN 0470597674
  • So What Do YOU Do? Discovering the Genius Next Door with One Simple Question, Morgan James Publishing (October 2013) ISBN 1614488517
  • So What Do YOU Do? Discovering the Genius Next Door with One Simple Question: Volume 2, Morgan James Publishing (October 2014) ISBN 1630472514
  • The Rockstars of JVZoo.com, Morgan James Publishing (April 2015) ISBN 1630475874

References

Footnotes
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  2. ^ "What Can You Learn From A Digital Superstar?". Radio Ink. 2015-05-20. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  3. Banks 2008, pp. 153
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  6. Davis, Yusuf (1998-11-01). "Tech News for Kids - Little People Discovery Farm". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  7. ^ Banks 2008, pp. 154
  8. Stafford, Jim (2003-12-20). "Consumers overcoming online fears". The Oklahoman. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  9. Soat, John (2010-01-04). "7 Questions Key To Social Networking Success". InformationWeek. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  10. Abram, Malcolm X (1997-09-21). "Personal Technology - Tech for Kids - Multiplayer freebies". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  11. Manning, Ric (1997-09-15). "Golf and other games on the Web". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
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  14. Walker, Leslie (1999-05-27). "A Guide to Games on the Net". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  15. Johnson, Kimberly S. (2007-07-30). "Who wants to be an internet millionaire?". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
  16. "Ex-Reginan wins online game show". Leader-Post. Canwest. 2007-11-23. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
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  18. Kincaid, Jason (2008-12-12). "iFart And Pull My Finger Battle To Stink Up The App Store. Please Keep These Under Control, Apple". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  19. Siegler, MG (2008-12-27). "A Christmas iFart explosion: Nearly 40,000 downloads and $30,000 net". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  20. ^ Kincaid, Jason (2010-06-01). "Former App Store King iFart Gets Blocked From The iPad". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  21. Siegler, MG (2008-12-23). "iPhone fart app pulls in nearly $10,000 a day". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  22. Hendee, Caitlin (2014-04-16). "Q&A: Joel Comm markets his social media message". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  23. "The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2006-07-10. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2007-05-18 suggested (help)
  24. "Paperback Business Best Sellers". The New York Times. 2006-08-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  25. Walsh 2007, pp. 255
  26. Dill, Margo L. (2010-01-10). "The Power of Twitter". The News-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  27. Freehling, Bill (2009-05-03). "How tweets can tweak business". The Free Lance–Star. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  28. Werling, Mike (2009-02-10). "Twitter Gets Its Own Book". Entrepreneur. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  29. Richards, Linda L. (2009-03-18). "Non-Fiction: Twitter Power by Joel Comm". January Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  30. Vadukut, Sidin (2009-06-11). "Shift control, and twitter". Mint. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  31. Cooper, Charles (2009-02-13). "Twitter power? For real?". CNET. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
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