My Portfolio

Websites I've Built

  • 2016

    1,000 Mile Walking Tracker
    Quick Ruby on Rails app that dynamically tracks and displays how many miles I walk per year, counting down to my goal of 1,000 miles per year. Does simple calculations, user login/out authentication, database to hold data, etc...

  • 2016

    Superhero Name Generator
    Fun Ruby on Rails app that generates your own super hero name and super power. Create one superhero or a whole team of them! This was a fun little weekend project...

  • 2015

    Codemy.com
    Educational Membership Website that teaches people to code using videos and hands-on help. Courses Include Ruby on Rails, and PHP.    More »

  • 2014

    Listly
    A "To-Do" website where visitors can sign up and create daily to-do lists online.

  • 2013

    ElderAcademy.com
    Educational Membership site teaching Internet Marketing. 10 courses, over 40 hours of instructional videos.    More »

  • 2013

    YouLookGoodTogether.com
    The world's first CrowdSourced dating website. Upload your picture and see who you look good with! Site visitors vote on who looks good together.    More »

  • 2012

    MarketingFool.com
    Internet Marketing blog with nearly 300 articles on SEO, Affiliate Marketing and Adsense Marketing.    More »

  • 2012

    NationalMarketingCouncil.org
    Trade group website for the Internet Marketing professional community.

  • 2013

    KindlingCashMachines.com
    Membership Community website dedicated to helping authors publish books for Kindle. Video courses, members forum, and more.

  • 2014

    WWRD.org
    Spoof website asking "What Would Reagan Do?" Created a Ronald "Reagan-bot" that allows visitors to ask questions and get automated bot answers.

  • 2014

    PandaQuiz.com
    Facebook "quiz" site with several quizzes you can take and post the result on your facebook timeline.

  • 2013

    BabyStrollerBlowout.com
    Thin Affiliate ecommerce site selling Baby Strollers via the Amazon Affiliate Program.

  • 2012

    FlatplanetMedia.com
    Portfolio site and tech blog for some of my earlier work.

  • 2010

    EspressoShack.com
    Ecommerce affiliate shop selling espresso machines via the amazon affiliate program. 100+ articles on espresso machines. Sold the company 2014.

  • 2009

    SEOFool.com
    A blog about search engine optimization (SEO). Tips, tricks, and SEO techniques 50+ articles written.

  • 2009

    DinnerwarePro.com
    Ecommerce Affiliate shop selling dinnerware products via the Amazon affiliate program. Sold the company 2014.

  • 2007

    theSeoAcademy.com
    Video Course membership site about Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

  • 2004

    LearnVegetableGardening.com
    A Blog about vegetable gardening centered around the classic early 1900's book Home Vegetable Gardening by F.F. Rockwell

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    2004

    20GoldenRules.com
    Website offering the classic motivational book "Golden Rules For Making Money" by P.T. Barnum.

  • 2003

    ProHeadlines.com
    Desktop software that let people create automatic headlines for sales copy based on user input and historic successful long copy headlines.

  • 2003

    TheLetterBook.com
    Website dedicated to selling the classic marketing book "The Robert Collier Letter Book", a book about copywriting written by Robert Collier.

  • 2002

    WebPromotion-Weekly.com
    One of the Internet's earliest Internet Marketing newsletters (before they were called blogs!). 20,000 Subscribers and 100+ issues published.

  • 2002

    WhyThere.com
    This affiliate marketing site / product search engine integrated into the Amazon Affiliate Program.

  • 2001

    YipSubmit.com
    Multi-Site search engine submission software that sold as an upsell to my Submission-Spider software.

  • 2000

    Submission-Spider.com
    One of the earliest SEO software tools, built before Google even existed. Used by over three million people in over forty countries.

  • 1999

    LinkWizardPro.com
    Desktop software allowing people to submit their websites to over 20,000 Free For All (FFA) Link pages automatically and instantly.

  • 1998

    Award-Me.com
    Desktop software allowing people to submit their websites to over 300 different 'web awards' automatically and instantly.

  • 1998

    VitalBio.com
    Biotech B2B portal website about the Biotech industry. Sold to a group of investment bankers in early 2000's.

  • 1997

    BannerClicks.com
    One of the Internet's earliest advertising networks. Millions of ad impressions served. Sold to publicly traded WebQuest International, Inc. during the height of the first dot-com boom.


Desktop Software I've Developed


  • 2012

    Marketing Fool Quick Index Software
    Desktop Submission Tool to Get multiple websites indexed fast by Google by submitting to sites that Google indexes.

  • 2000

    Submission-Spider Search Engine Submission Software
    One of the Internet's earliest Search Engine Submission tools, created before there was a Google! Used by over three million people in over forty-two countries.

  • 1999

    Yip! Submit Search Engine Submission Software
    Multi-site search engine submission software sold as an upsell to my Submission-Spider Software.

  • 1999

    LinkWizard Pro FFA Link Page Software
    Desktop software that allowed website owners to submit their sites to over 20,000 Free For All (FFA) Link pages.

  • 1999

    Forsaken Realms Role Play Gaming System
    Desktop gaming system that allowed players to roll RPG dice over the Internet in gaming groups.

  • 1998

    Award-Me Award Submission Software
    Desktop software that allowed web site owners to submit their sites to 300 "web awards" instantly.

  • 2001

    Payroll Timesheet Calculator
    Simple software to help me enter payroll time and calculate hours worked.


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About John Elder

John is a Web Developer, Internet Marketer, Author, Producer, and Entrepreneur with over 30 years experience building and running successful tech startups, with several successful exits under his belt. Today he's building Codemy.com to teach people to code online using a blend of instructional videos and hands on help... View More

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