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The Flip: Take Quick Digital Video
Here’s my newest tech infatuation: The Flip — a quick-and-easy, point-and-shoot digital video camera.
This is the kind of amazing technology that’s filling a “need” in the market when I wrote about the Mighty Cell Phone.
Although I might be late to this party, The Flip seems to fill a huge void in the market. I thought […]
What Do You Think About This Quote?
I’ve been casually following the whole Craigslist versus Ebay complaint or lawsuit or whatever the real issue is … and just saw this quote from the Craigslist’s blog that totally fascinates me:
“Sadly, we have an uncomfortably conflicted shareholder in our midst, one that is obsessed with dominating online classifieds for the purpose of maximizing its […]
Behold, the Mighty Cell Phone
How valuable is your cell phone to you? If you live in the modern world, or at least America, it’s worth a lot to you I imagine … as it is to me.
I know if I lost my phone, I’d be lost … literally.
This small, portable, rechargeable device has become an “essential” fact of life […]
Why Free Internet Delivery Is the Future for TV and Movies
I’ve been using Hulu.com for a couple of weeks now and absolutely love it!
My wife and I are getting more and more accustomed to watching TV shows (due to the writer’s strike) online with our laptops …. and when I heard about this awesome venture between NBC and Fox, I jumped on a beta signup.
So […]
Why Every Freelancer Should Use a Contact Form on Their Site
When I first started doing freelance design work, I set up my site so that prospective clients could come see my previous work (portfolio), see who I was (about page), and get in contact with me (an email address only).
But, as I tried to streamline my marketing and sales process, I realized that one thing […]
Dealing with Negativity
One of the issues I wrestle with on an almost daily basis as an entrepreneur (a rookie one) is negativity.
Personally, I simmer, stew and dwell on any kind of negativity that comes my way — self-generated or otherwise. And for me, it’s one of the issues I have a hard time letting go. (Probably because […]
The Purple Cow Hunting Season
I really love this post from John titled Tis Better to Be Found Than to Find. It’s at the core of what we’re trying to do with iThemes — build quality web templates in WordPress that take away the pain (time, money and hassle) of creating beautiful and effective websites.
I think a big part of […]
5 Lessons Learned as a Blog Advertiser
As part of getting our name out there at iThemes, we’ve started to do some significant advertising on blogs out there. After dealing with numerous sites and their respective owners, and trying to finalize ads with them, I thought I’d share a couple of tips for bloggers wanting to offer advertising on their sites. Here […]
7 Lessons of a Rookie Entrepreneur
After almost two months of being a full-time entrepreneur, there are a number of first-time experiences, feelings and lessons I’ve walked through that I thought I’d share simply for therapeutic reasons and also because they might help someone else starting out for the first time.
A lot of these particular things I’ve learned may have come […]
How To Make a Long Tail Business Even Better
Amazon is brilliant …
Here’s why: If you’re read the Long Tail, you know that Amazon is a Long Tail-type business.
So just this week, I just stumbled upon a new on-demand publishing business called Create Space. They offer a lot of similar services as Lulu and other on-demand businesses, including DVD, audio CDs, audiobooks, and […]
