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  • So You Want to be an Online Retailer?

    Thinking about selling stuff online?  As someone who derives most of his income from advertising, I don't suggest it -- it doesn't sound like a very fun or profitable venture for most, and it sounds like a lot of work, daily grind, and expense (inventory) for very low margins.  On ...

  • Evaluating Ideas for New Businesses and Startups

    So you have a few ideas for new businesses to start -- good for you, the wheels are turning!  How do you decide which one to pursue?  Some pointers, key things to look for: -Make sure you're passionate about the idea. It may be a good idea, and it may fill ...

  • Success Takes Time for Startups, so Start Now

    I'm not stupid, but I'm not Einstein either.  My secret has been that I have good instincts on what to work on, I have a good work ethic, and I've been at it for years (15 years now).  If I were to start a business from scratch though today, with ...

  • Conquer Decision Paralysis

    One of my biggest challenges that I deal with frequently is decision paralysis.  Most of the time, I make small day to day decisions easily and without fear.  But when the decision is big enough, the consequences of making a wrong decision large enough, and the number of different options ...

  • A Bit of Tour de France Drama

    Photo: Charles Platiau/Reuter If you follow the Tour de France like I do, you'll know that there is some team rivalry going on between Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador.  Both have a chance at winning the Tour, and both are on the same team, Astana.  Generally, a team designates a ...

  • I’m Done with Tivo And You Should be Too

    Oh Tivo, how our love affair was so long and while it lasted it was pretty good.  But guess what: while your hardware/software is nice, your corporation blows, and DirecTV HD DVR is, while not perfect, so much better than you. I bought a Tivo HD for a family member in ...

  • So Just What is it That You Do, Anyway?

    I get this question from time to time, usually from other adults who aren't Internet savvy and have absolutely no idea how it is that I earn a living from "some websites".  "So you make websites for people?"... is usually the question I hear.  Kids are even more dumbfounded and ...

  • Changes in Email Etiquette

    Recently I've been noticing some changes in basic email etiquette that I thought were interesting.  I'm a grandpa when it comes to the Internet, since I was launching sites in 1994 when the Internet was still very new.  Back then, most emails began with "Hi Dave,", and ended with "Thanks, ...

  • A Different View on H1N1 Swine Flu

    There are two groups in the h1n1 swine flu issue.  Group A is panicking, flooding the ER’s, thinking they have the swine flu, fearing death, or avoiding all human contact.  Group B says the media is overhyping this, they are citing the 50M killed in 1918 compared to the 200 ...

  • Takeaways from Adspace 2009 Conference

    Adspace is a new publisher-oriented conference operated as part of Ad Tech in San Francisco.  I was there on Wednesday.  It had panel sessions focusing on monetization, Adsense, affiliate marketing.  If you missed it, there are others coming up in Chicago (Sept) and New York (Nov). I really like attending these ...

Yelp Allows Merchant Replies

Posted by Scott 2 Comments

  4/10/2009: "The balance of power on Yelp is about to get a shake-up. The San Francisco consumer review Web site blasted out an email to its Elite Squad today with the news: business owners will be allowed to publicly post their response to Yelp reviews in as early as ...

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MerchantCircle.com Encourages Companies To Delete Bad Reviews

Posted by Scott 25 Comments

Straight from their blog. (heard about this at Sugarrae.com) "Other sites give complete control to customers and their reviews. We give complete control to you, the business owner. Don't like a review? Delete it." -MerchantCircle.com Wow. That about says it all. Yeah, other sites, like ResellerRatings.com, do give complete control to ...

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CNN is Fearmongering Suckage

Posted by Scott 12 Comments

I used to like CNN and really, it's actually a great resource for major breaking news.  For all other times, they suck.  Take today for instance. The market is up for the 3rd day in a row.  The dow is up over 9.5% in the past 3 sessions.  Our devastated ...

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Wikimedia = $192,000/day in donations?

Posted by Scott 47 Comments

I was on a Wikipedia page today and saw a huge "Please read this message from Jimmy Wales" banner at the top of the page.  His letter (dated 12/24/08) asks for donations to Wikimedia to support the site, and explained how they hoped to raise $6M to cover their annual expenses. The Wikipedia donations ...

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Is Your Domain Safe? Better Check the Fine Print.

Posted by Scott 34 Comments

My company owns several high value, high traffic domains, but I'm not a domainer, so domain registrars and their policies and prices are about as fun and interesting to me as watching paint dry.  As long as the registrar does its job and leaves me alone, I'm happy. What would happen, ...

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Cheap, Simple, Must-Do Usability Testing

Posted by Scott 9 Comments

I've never done formal usability testing.  You know, hiring a group of testers, giving them coffee and muffins and asking them to perform certain tasks on your website so that you can gain insight on how people actually use your site. Formal testing is expensive and is limited to a ...

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Amazon’s Kindle: Highly Recommended

Posted by Scott 16 Comments

I read magazines like Fortune Small Business, Forbes, Money, and although I occasionally read business books, I don't read them that often. Usually, it's because I don't make the time, but more often, it's because I don't have a book handy when I feel like reading it.  I sure don't ...

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Face Time

Posted by Scott 12 Comments

As an Internet entrepreneur, I've been guilty of overusing email & IM for years, and not creating enough face to face meeting opportunities.  True, I've always advocated the importance of conferences and I attend a lot of them, but I often talk to employees and companies with which I have ...

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Profits Gone Wild: Government’s Role in Business

Posted by Scott 4 Comments

Greed is good.  Greed in its many forms, be it striving to compete to be the best at what you do, striving to grow your business etc, drives us.  Fear and greed, hand in hand, run our economy.  Trouble is, people get carried away, and start doing nasty things to get ahead to ...

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10 Reasons to VOTE (for Obama!) On Tuesday

Posted by Scott 18 Comments

Who am I?  See: Forbes | WSJ | 2008 Inc 5000 | About Page | My Company 10. Starbucks will give you a free tall coffee for voting!  9. Nearly 35,000 men and women have died or have been wounded in Iraq defending our freedoms. No more families should lose their sons ...

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