Archive for September, 2010

As usual, Dilbert speaks the truth about Social Media and cat herding! Click here for something that WORKS on Social Media Marketing!

This is absolutely priceless. Some people who considered themselves victims of a ponzi scheme took matters into their own hands: In possibly the most ballsy attempt to recoup money lost in an (alleged) Ponzi scheme, a group of Californians pretended to be FBI agents, held up a hedge fund, and demanded their money back. All [...]

There’s a problem out there. Scammers posing as “Internet Marketing Gurus” are sucking thousands of dollars out of the pockets of unsuspecting and often desperate people on their last leg financially. That happens with all sorts of “business opportunities”. Internet marketing is an especially lucrative field though because the products are normally “digital”… 100% profit… [...]

Consider this a historical “blast from the past”. Henry George was an American economist. Except unlike most ivory tower economists, he’d pulled himself up from poverty and rose through the ranks of the news industry when California was experiencing the Gold Rush. This is a quote I found from him on the topic of the [...]

Nick Saint at Business Insider says if you want to avoid unemployment, pick up freelance work, etc. you might want to lear “Ruby on Rails” the leading platform for developing web apps. He even noted that from some of the job orders he’s seen… People are so desperate for talented Rails developers that they will [...]

Strong language, but when questioned, he said this: It’s true. The “gurus” and “experts” suck your money and hope out of you. And I’m going to expose them later today on my weekly talkcast. If you’re tired of the guru lies and want to figure out who you can really trust, come listen to the [...]

The key idea is this… how much time do you waste? Another way to put that is – “Are you doing the most critical thing you need to do RIGHT NOW?” Put yet another way – “Wherever you are, be there.” If you are out on a picnic with the family, HAVE FUN. If you’re [...]

Just because you make a wad of money as an athlete doesn’t mean you’ll succeed (automatically) as an entrepreneur. Sometimes having money enough to burn means you burn it on one crazy venture after another… never building, never learning, easy prey to scoundrels who have plans for your money that includes a handsome cut for [...]

I don’t know about you, you I LOVE my iPhone… my wife love’s hers too. I guess that’s pretty common because they sell wildly as do their related products. I ran across this site the other day and had one of those “slap your head” moments – why didn’t I think of this? Why not [...]

Seriously, if you’re trying to find a market where people are spending money, MSNBC has some news you might want to consider here: Hot business idea: Help people be cheap The word is that if you promise to help people save money, they’ll flock to you. Here’s a man that’s doing just that. His program [...]