The Great Grind

The official blog of Justin Butlion

This past weekend I reached a major milestone in my mission to play 12 tables or more of 50NL. That milestone was passing the 1k mark. Currently I have $1,057 in my account and feel great. I was able to pass the 1k mark thanks to some run good in 25NL where I won over [...]

Yesterday was an exciting day for me because I got to implement my first “out of the box” idea at Yotpo. The idea is to run a Twitter Q&A every Tuesday, which I started yesterday. The way it works is really simple, anyone can tweet a question about eCommerce, Yotpo, marketing or really anything they [...]

About a month ago I had an idea. I have many ideas all the time but have learnt that my ideas fall into three separate categories. The first is an idea which comes and goes very quickly. I might dwell on it for a few minutes and then dismiss it like a YouTube commercial. The [...]

Over the last few years I have really grown to love writing. For me writing gives me power. After writing up a guest blog or even just a recap of my online poker quest, I feel energized and fulled with confidence. I’ve been enjoying writing so much lately that I even got the crazy idea [...]

This morning I had to run after my bus. This wasn’t my first time and it definitely won’t be my last time. Fortunately I caught it. I can be quick when I need to be. Yesterday I decided that because I am traveling sometimes over four hours a day on public transport, coming and going [...]

Many brand owners or individuals with a large following use social media very robotically and develop bad habits. In this post I will highlight 3 bad habits I have noticed recently and provide better ways to accomplish the same goals. Don’t send mass “thank you” tweets on Twitter Twitter is all about communication and the platform is [...]

Earlier this year I decided to start playing online poker again after a short break. My good friends know by now that when I say I have quit poker that it simply means I have quit the game until I return:) I can understand how negative this behavior seems from a neutral perspective and a [...]

We are all living in a very special time thanks to the social media revolution. Every person in the world with an Internet connection can now create content within minutes and distribute it to hundreds if not thousands of friends and fans around the world. Never before in human history did the individual have such [...]

I first came across Seth Godin on a Ted talk where he talks about “How to make your ideas spread” and I was instantly impressed with the man. Not only does he see how the social media and Internet revolutions have changed the business and marketing landscapes but he articulates the reality as he sees [...]

I recently blogged about an experiment I was planning on running on Cardplayer Lifestyle where I was going to post a super-viral style post and see how it performed. The plan was to publish the post and target specific social communities and hope that the communities and visitors do the rest by sharing and up-voting [...]