Down-To-Earth Tips and Advice for Internet Entrepreneurs
This may be years old news for some of you but I only just had it brought to my attention by Max from Yabbyland. I’m currently reading a book all about Google and Internet search so I found this article quite convincing…for about 10 seconds.
Google: As a Google user, you’re familiar with the speed and accuracy of a
This may be years old news for some of you but I only just had it brought to my attention by Max from Yabbyland. I’m currently reading a book all about Google and Internet search so I found this article quite convincing…for about 10 seconds.
Google: As a Google user, you’re familiar with the speed and accuracy of a
Skype video conferencing is next on the agenda for the evolution of peer to peer communications. I love this technology so much, if only everyone around me would hurry up and jump on board the technology train. I’ve finally managed to convince my family to use Skype audio and everyone besides the grandparents are Skype users. Next will be a … Read the rest of this entry »
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I’m trying something new for this podcast, an interview. The interview was recorded using Skype and HotRecorder.
Will has been a friend for about two years now and each week I visit him and his crew (shoutouts to ChrisK and EddyC) at his office to chat about business things and … Read the rest of this entry »
News.com: SAN FRANCISCO–Brad Meador’s in luck. The virtual dealer at Eurobetpoker.com has just dealt him a jack and an ace of hearts. A few seconds and clicks of the mouse later, he wins the $62 pot.
Poker–Texas Hold’em, to be precise–is his game, and he nets an average of $100 to $120 an hour at it.
Sitting at his
Last night I was at my computer and a Skype chat window opened up with a link in it from a stranger. I clicked the link and was taken to one of those “You would have to be crazy to pass up this business opportunity” sites. You know, the kind with great testimonials and it seems too good to be … Read the rest of this entry »
I was in downtown Brisbane on Saturday spending some time at Borders before heading to dinner with some friends. I was in the magazine section and a frontpage feature caught my eye – “the future of television”. I started reading at 3:30pm and by 5pm I had finished all the articles in the feature and was thoroughly excited about the … Read the rest of this entry »
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Ahh, another day another lesson. This podcast, ahh, sorry…this rivercast was recorded using my iRiver iHP-140 MP3 player. Because I couldn’t access audioblog.com I had to try something I thought should work – stick my headphone mic into my mp3 player and use it to record an audiocast.
You may not … Read the rest of this entry »
BarryBlog: This week, USA Today had a graphic about how many days it takes to complete all the requirements necessary to start a business in various country. According to the World Bank in the US, they listed it as 5 days. The shortest amount of time? Australia at 2 days. The longest? Haiti at 203 days. After all that
Do you like Star Wars? Do you want to save the earth one vegetable at a time?
Well then you must check out Grocery Store Wars.
A friend of mine from England forwarded this to me. I was reluctant to check it out because I’m always hesitant to read email forwards, they tend to be time wasters. This one … Read the rest of this entry »
How important is your company identity? Like every well-worn cliché, an identity performs the same base function of quick recognition. With an austerity of words, visual identities quickly associate and touch deep emotional centers. Instinctual reactions are not easily undone in the viewing public. Why is a picture worth a thousand words? Because pictures are received by the right side
The move is complete. Well almost.
As you would have read on the old Entrepreneur’s Journey blog I was making a move to a new service with it’s own domain name (www.entrepreneurs-journey.com – you’re here now – or if you are reading this on RSS go open your browser and visit) and also changing from the Movable Type blogging … Read the rest of this entry »
The move is complete. Well almost.
As you would have read on the old Entrepreneur’s Journey blog I was making a move to a new service with it’s own domain name (www.entrepreneurs-journey.com – you’re here now – or if you are reading this on RSS go open your browser and visit) and also changing from the Movable Type blogging … Read the rest of this entry »
The New York Times: THESE days, triple-digit annual growth rates are rare among major Web sites. Meet that rarity: Craigslist.
Exceptional, too, is the ability to draw 10 million unique visitors each month without ever relying on venture capital and equity markets. Or the ability to attain fourth place among general-interest portals without ever spending a penny on marketing.
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Corey Rudl the original “Internet Millionaire” and online marketeer has died in a car accident at the California Speedway.
The Internet community has already started to react.
You can read this interview with Corey.… Read the rest of this entry »
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This podcast is about positioning statements and strategy. If you are receiving a lot of leads but not converting many, perhaps your positioning is off and could use a re-think. Positioning, in essence, is what you are to your customers. It’s all about perceptions and if your positioning is a little … Read the rest of this entry »
When I woke up yesterday Google PageRank had returned. This post was meant to be a news announcement that it was back but Google, for whatever reason, switched it off again. Is this some big practical joke? Is it technical problems? Or a sign that PageRank is leaving or changing dramatically? If only Google had some form of internal news … Read the rest of this entry »
If you listened to my last podcast you know I arranged for an informal get together at a local cafe in my neighbourhood called The Three Monkeys (someone sooo should build an official Three Monkeys website!) with some of my entrepreneur friends. I organised this meet-up so my business-owner-entrepreneur friends could all meet each other. Sure it was part business … Read the rest of this entry »
