The rumor that Eric does voice-overs for Alvin and the Chipmunks simply is not true.

Come hear for yourself on Thursday.

thanks for clearing that up Anita! I look forward to it

Darn, I thought he was secretly Spongebob.

I would be OPENLY SpongeBob, but alas he is another silly 40-something white male

20 minutes until showtime, join us!

Does anyone have the link to the webcast handy?

here

I am talking and typing at the same time

Thanks Eric,

I had signed up, but never got an email link to login - there isn't one on the site - guess I'll just have to listen to the archived version.

Bully for you!

in the future they will have a "listen live" link on the site without having to register in advance - I'll let you know as soon as the archive is up. Very sorry abou the misinformation

Indeed, I signed up more than 30 minutes before the webcast, was told I would receive a link, and never did. :-(

OK, all! We hear you!

We're a startup, and we're still working out the bugs -- as you can tell.

My apologies to all who did not get the link -- that told us a lot about what we need to do differently next time.

Meanwhile, we're getting the archived link out to everyone who registered but couldn't listen. It will also be posted on the site (it's probably already there).

Many thanks to everyone who submitted questions -- the Duke de Mondo and others from Blogcritics among them.

Many thanks to Eric, of course, who did an outstanding job -- what else would you expect, right? And you can tell he really loves all you blogcritics. He mentioned several of you, including big kudos for Phillip. (Aw shucks)

Best,
Anita

Nooo problem - kinks in the system are part of the game. - Just received the archive link and I'm about to listen in:)

Yeay! the archived interview is here

Thanks again Anita and Steve - I had a great time and the questions were very intelligent and the show well run!

Let me add my apologies along with Anita's for those of you who registered and could not get in. If you registered you should have received an email this afternoon that would lead you to the archive page and the audiocast.

Eric was a tough (too much content) but great guest, blogcritics is quite the machine and there is a lot to be learned from its success.

Thanks again Eric and other Blogcritic guests!

after listening to the show:

1. anybody who doubts eric's passion for this site is just plain deaf.

2. thank god mr. olsen doesn't drink coffee.

I am always "energized" in performance mode, but I was also talking really fast to try to get as much in as possible

I was thinking it was coffee. Great job, Eric!

thanks Mark and Nat (I'm loud AND fast)

interesting that moving the amazon link to the top of the post made such a big difference.

It's logical if you think about it because about the same time we also finally realized that while, sure, we want peopole to be inspired to buy specific CDs, books, DVDs, games, etc we review, the way the affiliate program works is if a customer clicks through to Amazon from Blogcritics, we get credit for anything they buy from Amazon in the next 24 hours, as long as they don't go to another Amazon affiliate in the meantime.

So the most important thing of all is to get as many people to click over as possible, and THAT's what the pic/link on top helps, as well as the ads and links in the sidebars.

Glad you could pack so much into the conversation, Eric!

Blogcritics is rising to new heights each month, and I can't wait to see what the new year holds in store.

Soldier on! (that's what Eric told the Duke)

I just listened in through the archives. Great interview!

thanks Anita and RJ, we shall soldier on inded and I am also very excited about the new year, which I believe will see some breakthroughs

if a customer clicks through to Amazon from Blogcritics, we get credit for anything they buy from Amazon in the next 24 hours, as long as they don't go to another Amazon affiliate in the meantime.

Aha!

we didn't really know how it worked ourselves until the summer when we actually started paying attention to it