Archive for August, 2007

Wikinomics:How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything is one of the books recommended at a recent conference put on by a “futurist”.
Even if you don’t buy the book you can get a really cool look at the thesis by clicking through to Amazon and reading the online excerpt about the “Goldcorp Challenge”. It illustrates the concept of [...]

Becky McCray pointed me to this one from the Bad Banana Blog.
Here are the lessons the author learned but you need to read the whole thing at the Bad Banana Blog
Realize that the status quo is not safe.
Understand that failure is not the end of the world.
Don’t just take a risk. Take a calculated [...]

Here’s how to get started marketing locally through Public Speaking. It’s a video newsletter from David Frey of Marketing Best Practices.
Local public speaking can position you as an expert and make you the “go to person” for your industry or business segment.
Most folks don’t do this.  But perhaps you should.
Here’s his vletter on 5 Steps [...]

eMarketer projects that local online advertising spending in the US will reach $2.9 billion in 2007.
They have a report that measures the local advertising market here.
This means small business website design should become hot as well as local advertising tools that have a local element.
The local print, radio, TV, billboards, even flyers will have greater [...]

I think writing articles to make money is a great idea.
But I see lots of people suggesting you write articles and insert affiliate links in the article or resource box.
As I hang around this business longer I think that’s insane.
You at least need to buy a domain name and “cloak” an affiliate link. Even if [...]

I keep getting asked about how to make money taking pictures.
As I’ve said before the EasyPhotoBiz is a legitimate way to get started making money with a camera.
But now the concept is even better because of this new resource I found the other day: GeoPostcards.
Look at it this way – these two information courses cost [...]

Here’s an update on the AGLOCO tool bar update.
Viewbar – We continue to be pleased with Member activation of the AGLOCO Viewbar. Sign up for your AGLOCO Viewbar here.
Revenue – We are excited that we have signed one of our major revenue partnerships for North America last week. We will be making the formal announcement [...]

AT&T has announced that “Effective September 2007, Time of Day information service will be discontinued” the LATimes reported today.
As a child I remember being able to call a number and hearing “At the tone, the time will be ____”.
I haven’t used it for what … 40 years? And I never heard of anyone else using [...]

Lots of people dream about being able to live anywhere or work anywhere. They usually mean relocating and moving their junk from point A to point B. Or at least getting new junk at point B.
Here’s the advice of someone who lives out of a large suitcase and works from a laptop computer.
What is it? [...]

“Friends don’t let friends pay full price!” That should be the motto of DealLocker.com where you can find the latest promo and coupon codes. Whether you’re wanting to shop with Amazon coupons, get discounts on clothing or, whatever, you can find lots of ways to save money here!
You know those promos offering you a free [...]