So Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, gave the opening keynote this morning at PubCon. It was a good presentation and he gave a bit of history about Craigslist and talked about his changing role there. He mostly works in customer service now, handling fraud complaints. Rumors online place Craigslist revenues ...
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See me, say hey, say you read W Revenue, get $100 cash, and get your photo taken for this blog. I'll be here through Thursday and if Vegas is kind, I'll still have the cash on me by then :). Photo Hint:
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I'm at Pubcon in Vegas this week - wasn't I just here for Blog World? I actually like this place in small doses and it's not too far from home. As long as I ration my time at the craps table, I'll be good :). If you're here too, ...
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So your site (or blog) became popular overnight and now your server is dying. If your site isn't responsive and available to your users 24/7/365, then you're losing money. Worse, if you don't know the best ways to handle this problem when it happens, you're likely to have ...
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Following my Success Without College post you might think this is going to be a lecture on studying diligently. Thankfully not :). When doing business with anyone, whether you're trying to sell something to someone, buy something from someone, or do any kind of partnership or other business ...
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For all intents and purposes, my high school and college path began like anyone else's. The difference is, I left college after two years and never obtained a degree. Some might be ashamed to admit that, but I couldn't be more proud. Breaking free from traditions, norms, family advice, and ...
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The biggest shopping day of the year is coming in two days, followed by what is usually an equally big day for my sites' shopping referral revenues, Cyber Monday. I have been working hard this week driving traffic to our Dealighted.com and ResellerRatings.com shopping sites using various low cost ...
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I couldn't resist posting this one. I posted a few days ago about how Henry Blodget, the analyst banned from Wall Street by the SEC in 2003, is trying to weasel his way back into mainstream media. His Friday, November 16, 2007 commentary that Microsoft may be about ...
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Everyone reading this blog wants to make more money, but once you get it, do you know what to do with it? Let's face it, most people don't have any savings and if they do, it's maybe a few thousand dollars. That's not necessarily because they can't save, or because ...
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Remember Henry Blodget, the Merrill Lynch analyst who pumped up stocks in 2000 that he knew were terrible investments, in order to benefit himself and Merrill? He was sued by the SEC and paid $4M for his antics and banned from Wall Street for life in 2003, but since ...
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