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Learn From Nike - Just Do It!

Posted on Feb 29, 2008 - 4:12 PM Comments (0)

I came across this post today by a guy named Matt Heaton. It's about how so many people have great ideas but are afraid to pursue them. Here is a an excerpt that is the meat & potatoes of the article.

"Successful people based on my observations are usually successful over and over again. They have great ideas. They learn what it takes to implement that idea - which by the way is 90% more than what most people do, and then they do what so many people won’t. They DO it!

You can’t do something that you don ...

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Fortune & Fame ... Becoming A Rock Star

Posted on Feb 26, 2008 - 10:35 PM Comments (0)

Ever wanted to be a rock star? I think we all have at one point. I mean, what's not to love about it. They rock on stage, party all night and have their pick of the hottest ladies at the show. Sure that all seemed great when we were younger but what about becoming a modern day rock star?

What is a modern day rock star?

Good question. That could probably be defined as any one who truly stands out in their industry. For instance, Michael Arrington could be considered a rock star in the blogging world for the ...

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How To Deal With Click Fraud

Posted on Feb 22, 2008 - 1:21 PM Comments (0)

Today TechCrunch has a post written about the rise of click fraud in 2007. The article references a new report from a company named Click Forensics. The report states that click fraud rose 15% for 2007. If you are using PPC to help you make money online, then this news is obviously important to you!

The TechCrunch article notes the following: "According to this data, nearly one out of every three clicks on a Google or Yahoo ad is fraudulent." Yowza!

Detecting Click Fraud

There are lots of options for software solutions on how you can track click fraud. Some ...

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Groovr Got Fancy!

Posted on Feb 18, 2008 - 4:48 PM Comments (0)

For a while I worked at a new startup here in LA called Groovr. I resigned earlier this year from Groovr but still keep in touch with the guys & gals over there. Today they launched the latest version of the website. It's been about 5 months since the last release and the features they implemented are really cool!

So what's new?

New Design - As much as I loved the last design when we rolled it out 5 months back, this new one definitely takes the cake. It is very "cool" and flows very well for the type of ...

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Dealing With Business Emergencies

Posted on Feb 15, 2008 - 1:04 PM Comments (0)

Fun morning for me today. I use Amazon S3 service for storage of various files, including the static media for most of my websites. This morning there was a major outage across the AWS farm. After noticing the errors I began to scramble to figure out what was going on. Obviously the issue was on the remote side (Amazon) so I had to sit and wait it out.

The outage seemed to last about 3 hours (for me, others are still reporting issues.) While S3 is an awesome service and very affordable, this shows that nothing is fail proof. Even ...

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Living Outside Your Comfort Zone

Posted on Feb 13, 2008 - 11:22 AM Comments (0)

One can learn a lot about themselves when they are put into situations that they are uncomfortable with. How many times have you come up with an idea that you loved but stopped yourself from following through with even a modest attempt? If you're like me, quite a few. The reason is we are a little afraid to step out of our comfort zone.

What is outside your "comfort zone"?

The real definition here will be unique to every individual. A general definition would be: Knowingly placing yourself in a situation that you feel mentally, emotionally and/or physically ...

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Page Peel Away Ad - For Free!

Posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 2:59 PM Comments (0)

I ran across this article today by John Chow talking about the more and more popular peel away ad. It's basically an ad that sits in the corner of your website and "peels away" when your visitor places their mouse over the ad.

Some people are reporting a lot of success using this type of ad. In John's article he is promoting the product for the special price of $37. While I am sure this is a good price — and I hate to step on any toes — but there is another option.

You can get a script that ...

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Web Designers Are Worth Their Weight In Gold

Posted on Feb 9, 2008 - 8:47 AM Comments (0)

I realize that the title is pretty obvious in the internet marketing world but it's something that many of us forget far too often. A good web & graphics designer can sky rocket your conversions (profits) and turn an OK campaign into a great one.

One thing I usually try to do when creating a new web page is take a free template and tweak it into something I think looks good. Problem is that I don't have a creative bone in my body — at least in the web design sense. The end result is I wasted time because ...

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Walking Before You Run

Posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 9:56 AM Comments (2)

Neil Patel wrote an interesting post about how much experience should you have before going out on your own. In other words, how much time spent walking is needed before you can actually run?

Neil says he didn't really walk at all when he first started out and failed as a result. However the education he gained in trying was worth "millions."

My opinion is that you need to have a general idea of how to proceed before doing so. I don't mean 5 years interning (or whatever) at some corporate office before going out on your own ...

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Super Tuesday - Go Vote!

Posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 8:49 AM Comments (0)

For those of you in the US, today is an important day. It is our national primary (essentially) and will decide our candidates for the presidential election later this year. Just wanted to post a reminder for everyone to go out and vote today!

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