chest ~ Chris Pirillo

How Do I Make Money on the Internet?

37 Comments (Add) | Friday, February 8th, 2008 at 8:11pm

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A few years ago, I got the crazy idea of selling things on my chest. I had offended someone, and made up for it by writing the apology on my chest. I actually ended up making a couple grand by having things written on my chest.

I Made the 25 Worst Web Sites List

14 Comments (Add) | Friday, September 15th, 2006 at 8:51pm

PC World has published a list of The 25 Worst Web Sites. Weighing in at #25, Rentmychest.com:

Look up the word hunk in any dictionary, and you will not find a picture of a bare-chested Chris Pirillo, the guy behind download sites such as lockergnome.com. But you used to be able to find several such pictures at this site, where the pasty, paunchy Pirillo auctioned off messages, written on his chest with magic marker, for $20 a pop. These days the marker-based messages are gone, replaced by a single background image that I wish I hadn’t seen and a bunch of linked keywords. Believe it or not, the keywords are actually more expensive, starting at $200. Look, Chris may know his downloads, but please, somebody buy this man a gym membership.

My Silicon Valley Chest

5 Comments (Add) | Monday, August 14th, 2006 at 8:58am

Guy would never hire me. And you know what? I’m fine with that. I stayed up all last night crying my eyes out – wondering why Mr. Kawasaki never talks about my chest. Today, those prayers were answered in tip #11 of Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting a Job in Silicon Valley But Didn’t Know Who to Ask:

Chest-based Word Clouds Work

4 Comments (Add) | Thursday, July 27th, 2006 at 12:55pm

Put your word/prhase on Rent My Chest before it’s taken by somebody else. You gotta like testimonials like Linda’s:

I’ve been waiting for someone to come up with a fun, unique spin on the “sell a word” craze… I just bought AFFILIATES… Checking out Alexa I already see a huge spike in traffic and the new word cloud upgrade just launched. I’ll give Chris a little plug – go check it out, it’s pretty cool!

Sweet. My chest drives traffic!

Rent My Chest 2.0

14 Comments (Add) | Monday, July 24th, 2006 at 4:03pm

You know I lost 30 pounds with my diet and weight loss tips, right? It wasn’t just for Gnomedex, and it wasn’t just for my upcoming nuptuals in December. No, I did it so that I could launch… Rent My Chest 2.0. I’m not looking for funding, though – and yes, the classic site is still there (though depreciated). My exit strategy is to be purchased by Yahoo! for $27 million dollars.