February 2006
Integrity is on my mind today. One of my clients is in a dispute with his investor. As a result, his investor has disputed an Amex card charge for work that I did for them, claiming not to know me.... Read More
Although this is Chris’ area of expertise, I thought this was worthy of a look for anyone investigating alternative ad serving systems. I’m not sure if Google actually invented contextual... Read More
Many recent posts about the case studies talk about getting visible in online communities, which is a solid tactic. I also want to be sure you are taking advantage of print media. There are many... Read More
Buying parked or active domains can be risky business -- unless you have Mara's step-by-step guide to weeding the garbage from the gems. Here, she explains three methods for assessing the traffic a... Read More
If you caught last Friday’s Design View, you would have seen instructions on running IE7 as a standalone app — the alternative to replacing your faithful(?) old IE6 install. Over the... Read More
OK – just dumping links to my talk – AJAX @ localhost (PDF), Latency demo (apologies to the script.acul.us guys but it was a good example) and sync == bad demo.... Read More
Here we continue the case study of the various money-making sites, this time by discussing value. I just want to make it clear that in any direct marketing product you offer (and really anything you... Read More
JMorrow asked in the last post about whether it makes sense to offer installment payments on larger product offerings. The answer is almost always: Yes, definitely. I have tested products with and... Read More
So made it back to Britain and met up with the PHP London group last night as the warm up to todays conference. PHP UG London All I can say is if you’re in London and not getting to the PHP... Read More
Across the web, headlines are proclaiming the demise of JBuilder, the venerable Java IDE from Borland. The truth of the matter, as always, is not so clear cut. Borland has announced that it’s... Read More
This is the third installment of a case study about 5 money-making websites. This post focuses on metrics to measure success. I’m an old-school direct marketer. The principles of direct... Read More
Thank you for all of your predictions about the money-making sites in the previous blog post. Some of your predictions were downright depressing and made me question my continued existence as an... Read More
I forget how I ran into this document now and can’t even tell you who the author is (hopefully they’ll step forward) but it’s an interesting read anyway: Aspects of the integration... Read More
The new year is the perfect time to sow the seeds of business growth. First step: attract new clients. In this grassroots guide, Brendon shares the tips that generate the most leads for his own... Read More
