Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 16th, 2007
Aaron Wall over at SEOBook.com has some interesting thoughts about what he calls "trust eaters." Now some of these things you can't help (if you've only been in business a month, you've only been in business a month) but AdSense on your home page? For a store?? Be ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, has some great ideas for managing all the money you've made from your thriving e-business. Don't worry, there are no SIVs, CDOs or derivatives involved in his plan!
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
36 year old Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, gave $27.5 million to Stanford University Hospital. Wow! Here's Marc talking about the gift on his blog.
Mrs. Thatcher used to say, "No one would remember the Good Samaritan if all he had were good intentions. He ...
Posted in Charity, Money, Motivation | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Mediapost announced yesterday that Rupert Murdoch is planning to do away with the paywall in front of the Wall Street Journal. This is great news for bloggers who will no longer have to parenthetically remark subscription required after linking to Journal content - and it's also a great ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
New work from our friends over at Tealeaf on the UK online experience:
A couple of interesting take-aways:
Website operability issues lead to a general perception of insecurity
... 40% of those who experience problems when conducting an online transaction reported that, when they have transaction issues, they are likely or very likely ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
One of the foundational steps in Stephen Covey's prescription for self-mastery is developing a sense of honor which is so important to you that it becomes greater than your moods. So if I've made a commitment to do something, the fact that I don't feel like doing it is ...
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Gilgamesh is the oldest story in the world - older than the Bible or the Odyssey. It's a heroic saga about a King who lives in Iraq. His own press said, "He endured all and accomplished all," but the truth is more complicated. ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
No, not that Gang of Four. This gang of four.
Summer of George
Jerry Seinfeld was on NPR's Fresh Air recently, and the interviewer asked him about the lexicalization of phrases from his TV series Seinfeld. A friend of the interviewer's scheduled a six ...
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
Don't you hate those vendors who just hammer you with newsletter after newsletter when each one is just the same sales pitch with no added value?
By contrast, I get newsletters every week from Borders.com and I almost always open them.
So what's the difference between the ones that get read and ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
A recent post on Seth Godin's blog about trolling calls from the BBB reminded me of the calls I used to get from these losers who would surf the whois database looking for new domain registrations.
Losers: Hi Scott? This is Jason!
Me: Huh?
Losers: Jason! From aPlus dot net! ...
Posted in Branding, Marketing | No Comments »
