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A lot of resources for freelancers?
2007-04-11 05:58:00 Just a quick plug for Free lanceSwitch, Cyan and I have just finished up a list of 101 essential resources for freelancers, took forever to compile, but I think it is a very worthwhile list. In any case, head on over and if you are into such things as Digg and Reddit, give it a ... More About: Resources , Source , Freelance , Lancer
Don?t Pigeonhole Yourself when Naming
2007-04-10 08:54:00 As some of you may know recently Microsoft has been introducing a new “Flash-killer” technology called WPF/e. Of course whether or not it lives up to expectations remains to be seen. Since I run a business called FlashDen for selling stock Adobe Flash components, I immediately thought two things: - If it gets successful, ... More About: Yourself , Self , Your , Pigeon , When
The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing your site through Donations?
2007-04-09 04:15:00 (This article has been written by Ivan Brezak Brkan, a new media journalist and interface designer whose passion for all things online is only superseded by his interest in how people behave both online and offline - yes, he is a sociologist.) Go beyond the dreaded classic donation button and harness the power of e-philantropy, find ... More About: Site , Nations , Your , Nation , Donation
5 Reasons I Blog
2007-04-09 00:45:00 There is nothing like participating in a meme, to make you feel like a true blog-iffic blogger, so since Adnan from Blog trepreneur has tagged me with this one, here goes… For me blogging is all about my thoughts… I get to think lots each day under the pretense of work I love thinking, I mostly do it ... More About: Reason , Reasons , Sons
A Classification of Web Business Models
2007-04-08 08:13:00 I’ve mentioned “Business Model s ” a few times now, I even have a category of posts under the name, but what is a Business Model? A model is something you use to depict or understand something much bigger. So remember in Return of the Jedi, when they are planning their attack on the Death Star, they ... More About: Cat , Class
How Much Money is This Business Going to Make? - 4 Key Pitfalls to Avoid
2007-04-05 14:59:00 So, you have a winning idea and a great plan to monetize this idea and start a powerhouse internet business. Inevitably when you craft your business model you will start working out some figures for this new venture. So you sit down and start throwing around imaginary numbers. A certain number of ... More About: Business , Money , This , Make , Much
Business Models and a Competition Winner!
2007-04-05 01:08:00 First of all thanks to everyone who entered, we had some great suggestions and a ton that I hadn’t ever thought of. I’m now compiling an uber list of every possible permutation of internet business models which I’m going to publish next weekend. There are a lot more than I realised. In ... More About: Business , Models , Competition , Comp , Model
FreelanceSwitch - A Community and Resource for Freelancers
2007-04-04 11:51:00 A few weeks ago I wrote a very popular article about Free lancing that has attracted lots of visitors, an interview and a guest blogging gig at a design site. Not being one to miss an opportunity, I decided that evidently there is an audience for information about freelancing. And so, I am happy ... More About: Community , Muni , Source , Freelance
Think before you register a domain!
2007-04-03 07:22:00 The best way to explain why you should think long and hard about your domain name before you register it is best summed up in an example… I’d like to tell you about Pen Island where “Your Pen is Our Business”… You can visit the site at www.PenisLand.net - My Pen is my own business thank ... More About: Domain , Main , Doma , Think , Register
Its Nice to be Blissfully Ignorant
2007-04-03 02:28:00 My father is a veteran of business and having managed more people than I have met, is a good source for advice and opinion. This is perhaps why I am so fond of quoting him in this blog. In any case some time ago I was laying out parts of our business plan ... More About: Rant , Full , Nora , Nice , Ice T
Which came first, the business or the idea?
2007-04-02 14:21:00 What is the first thing you need when starting a business online? A cool idea or a way to make money? Any offline businessman would tell you that without plans for revenue generation you have no business. Online however, well lets just say there is room for discussion. In the halycon days of the late ... More About: Business , Idea , First , Ness , The Bus
An NxE Competition - Win Subscriptions to INC & Fast Company
2007-04-01 08:41:00 Start of a new month and time for a little competition. Its a pretty simple one, and to enter you simply need to comment below. Read on for the details. April Each month here on NxE has a different theme (though I stray from it more days than not!) and this month it is “Monetizing ... More About: Competition , Company , Comp , Script , Petition
The 9 Essential Posts that Every Blogger Should Know
2007-03-30 06:38:00 Keeping a posting schedule consistent can at times be a little taxing. There are those days when you don’t feel particularly inspired or driven or perhaps you simply don’t have the time. Hopefully you will have had the presence of mind to stock up some spare blog posts, but this isn’t always the ... More About: Blogger , Post , Blog , Hat , Esse
Why you shouldn?t let a lack of idea stop you
2007-03-30 01:13:00 Today I came across a new essay by Paul Graham on Why to not not start a Startup and as usual it was really worth reading. If you’ve not ever heard of Paul, he is famous for a few reasons (he developed and sold one of the first web applications Viaweb to Yahoo in ... More About: Idea , Stop , Should , Lack
Where do I find a WordPress Mechanic?
2007-03-30 00:59:00 I was just wondering does anyone know where I can hire someone who knows a *lot* about Word press to sort out a couple of niggling bugs - like that all my posts appear on the homepage despite my many, many attempts to fix it and yesterday my blogroll disappeared… how weird is that? So if ... More About: Press , Find , Here
Why I Paid $1400 for a .CC Domain Name
2007-03-29 10:07:00 Earlier today I mentioned that we (FlashDen) have just forked out more than a grand for a domain name that ends in .cc … One or two people have asked why anyone would pay so much for an obscure TLD, so I thought I would explain. Generally speaking I wouldn’t advise anyone planning on building a ... More About: Domain , Domain Name , Main , Paid , Name
A Bizarre Story?
2007-03-29 01:00:00 Yesterday I was completing the purchase of a my very first expensive domain name ‘eden.cc’ on behalf of FlashDen.net. This little guy has cost a hefty $1400 and though we have our reasons for wanting it I won’t go into those now as they are immaterial. The point is I negotiated the sale through ... More About: Story , Bizarre , Stor , Tory
Around the Top Commenters List
2007-03-28 06:50:00 This blog wouldn’t be the same without all the lovely people who post comments on it, and since many of them are bloggers themselves, here are some links out to some interesting posts written by those very same people: Self professed eBay Guru - thePaperBull writes up the 50 things he learnt while blogging this month Hannes ... More About: Men , List , Comment , Enter , Comm
Feed Icons
2007-03-28 02:24:00 We all know the RSS Feed icon well right? You know the one I mean: Well today I discovered that some time ago (I think in late 2005) Microsoft was actually considering introducing their own versions … and they looked like this: Yikes! Thankfully of course it never eventuated and we are left with the regular old ... More About: Icon , Icons , Cons
From Zero to Hero - Quickstart blogging
2007-03-27 05:49:00 A while ago I wrote a post called Good to Great - Why Some Blog s Succeed and Others Don’t, now lets look at why some blogs seem to hop on the fast track and attract readership right off the bat. When I launched this blog in early February this year I naturally noticed other similar bloggers ... More About: Blogging , Start , Star , Quick
If I Were a Rich Man ? Why It is Good to Struggle
2007-03-25 23:23:00 Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees. - J. Willard Marriott Have you ever thought to yourself how much more you could do if you just had a little more to work with? Ever felt that you were being held back from your plans for lack of means? Well ... More About: Rich , Good , Were
Identifying a Unique Selling Point (USP)
2007-03-24 23:38:00 So let’s say you have an idea for a business and you are feeling pretty positive about it, what next? The first thing you should do are analyze your idea and make sure it is sound. In this post we’ll look at identifying your Unique Sell ing Proposition (USP). Previously we discussed framing an idea as a ... More About: Point , Ique
The Idea Factory - How to Enable Your Creativity
2007-03-24 11:35:00 Every business, every project, every solution begins with an idea; a seedling in your mind that you bring to reality. Idea s and creativity are essential tools for success in every field from the sciences to the arts to business. At some points everyone has experienced the thrill of a great idea and its power to ... More About: How To , Factory , Fact , Your
It?s All About Startups
2007-03-21 08:05:00 Until now I have never really clarified exactly what this blog is about. Its important to have a clear focus, if you look at any great blog its usually immediately obvious what the blog is about. This Blog is All About Web Star t ups. There will be, and have been plenty of digressions into lots of other aspects ... More About: Startup , Tart
Advertising here on NxE
2007-03-21 00:18:00 I thought I would say a quick word about advertising on NxE. First of all welcome to our first advertiser - xHTMLit. xHTMLit is a company that will take your photoshop (or fireworks, or illustrator) mockup and slice and dice it into a nicely formatted valid xHTML site. I’ve used similar services ... More About: Advertising , Sing , Here , Advert , Vert
The Guerilla Guide to Marketing & Promotion
2007-03-20 02:41:00 When you’re low on cash you have to think differently When you run your own business – be it web or otherwise – it is a general rule that you need two things to accomplish any particular task: money and time. A lot of one means you need less of the other.If you had a lot ... More About: Marketing , Promotion , Market , Prom , Guide
Where Do You Think?
2007-03-18 20:59:00 I think best in the shower and the bath. There is something about buckets of hot water flowing over and around me that makes my brain work in overdrive. In fact probably the majority of my best thoughts have been formed there. Is this odd? I don’t think so, but nonetheless ... More About: Think , Here , Where
Is Alexa really worthwhile?
2007-03-18 01:39:00 As most of you will know Alex a maintains global traffic rankings based on its Alexa Viewbar which transmits data back about which sites are getting traffic and which aren’t. Now it is common knowledge that Alexa isn’t exactly precise, but recently I have started to wonder if its even in the right ballpark. Until recently I ... More About: Real , Worth , While
Ideas are cheap, action is what counts.
2007-03-17 06:04:00 I have heard quite a few business ideas in my time and I have had more than my fair share. Through it all I have realised one thing. Idea s are cheap. In fact they are a dime a dozen. Everyone has ideas and I would even say at various points everyone has some ... More About: Action , What , Hat
Mythbusting Search
More articles from this author:2007-03-16 02:45:00 Getting Found Getting a site found has always been a little bit of a mysterious art. This has happened because everyone is always trying to outdo each other in being findable. This results in what I call the fluoro effect. If you have one person dressed in fluorescent clothing standing in a crowd ... More About: Search , Bust , Sting , Myth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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