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  • Google+: “If you build it, they will come,” is not a strategy, but here’s one.

    Even for Google, the old "if you build it, they wlll come" adage, fails. It's not a strategy. If you want to kill Facebook, you have to do far, far more than simply setup good technology and tell a few people about it. Google seems to think that's the right approach, ...

  • 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 ...

Cruise Critic is a great site to read traveler reviews of cruise ships.  It's one of many sites that offer travel user reviews, like Trip Advisor and others.  I have seen some long winded reviews in my day but I found one that is the king of all reviews.  I ...

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There is a very well-hidden setting in Paypal that can save you a lot of money in Paypal fees depending upon the volume of Paypal payments that you receive. This is particularly important for merchants selling goods, or big sites that accept subscriptions, but it's important for ebay sellers ...

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Danasoft is a site we created years ago but it was really ahead of its time, before all of these social apps became popular. The Danasoft sign is an image that people can put on their profile pages (myspace, facebook), blogs, and sites, with custom quotes. It's popular ...

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I'm at the Web 2.0 Expo this week in San Francisco. Last year, this conference sucked a bit, because it was just so much hype and no substance. This year, the bigger online players are here, the session talks are more useful, and now the hype has ...

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This came as a big surprise and made me laugh. I logged in to check the balance on one of my company credit cards and saw that my credit limit had increased from something like $40k to this: I guess they have a lot of faith in my ability to ...

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Thanks to all those who participated in the blogging challenge, including: d3rd-eye Fred Cobio Sean the Blogger News Notion Geek O World Health Niche Rumbling Lankan Techslave Cool Forex Tech Exclusive Hello Ashok Netgeex Mygodworld Sitegorge mhatamoto Henry Blogs nSpeaks Michael Graham Richard Deb's Lounge Brilliances The Rhythm of Write Charles Hamel Now to those of you lazy asses (you know who you are!) who saw the # of pingbacks on my original ...

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Never Say Never

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We've all heard that advice, right? Most people, if they've been around long enough, know that anyone who has a closed mind and therefore says that something is definitively impossible, often gets their ego handed to them on a platter when they are eventually proven wrong. Still, there ...

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Thanks to everyone who supported yesterday's blogging challenge about living indefinitely. About 60 bloggers have answered the $20 blogging challenge so far, so if you haven't done so yet, there is still time. There were a lot of insightful posts about the topic, and I was happy to ...

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I'm in San Diego this week for the Emerging Technology Conference. ETech offers a great opportunity to hear about the latest tech breakthroughs and to talk with some of today's best minds in science, engineering, and online media. There are a lot of sessions at the conference that focus on ...

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WRevenue reader Jack wrote today to let me know that wrevenue.com had achieved a page rank of 6! From its launch in September 2007 until now, W Revenue's page rank had been 0, according to the toolbar. Conventional SEO wisdom says that the toolbar rank is meaningless, and ...

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