People will always pay more if they're confident in what they're getting. That's true whether we're talking about advertisers or for the eventual acquirer of your site. Not only that, given the choice of two otherwise identical sites, they'll always choose the one with greater transparency.
Because of that, there are two free services that I strongly recommend signing up for.
Google Analytics
I know some people who I highly respect recommend avoiding Google Analytics, but I just haven't ... Keep reading »
Rick Latona wrote last month that you shouldn't get into a business just because you own a good domain. He's speaking mainly to domainers, but the essential point is the same one that you hear regularly across the Internet: don't start a site unless you're passionate about the topic. Until recently I argued that point as ardently as anyone, because life is just too short to spend it doing something that you don't enjoy.
However, within the last ... Keep reading »
I'm seeing reports around the web now that YouTube is completely down for everyone, but I haven't seen any word as to what's up. Very strange for a major site to just go completely offline like that.
Update: Do these strange server names have anything to do with it, or is it just that no one has ever noticed them before?
This is the best thread I've found ... Keep reading »
Easily the best superhero movie ever. I may change my mind later as I think about it, but right now nothing even comes close.
I loved just about everything about this movie. I don't want to go into details because I don't to spoil anything about it, but it was absolutely phenomenal. I can't recommend it highly enough.
I wanted to revisit a topic I first wrote about almost three months ago, How to (Really) Make Money with Domain Names.
Before I wrote that, and increasingly since then, I've seen public admissions by a number of domainers that the potentials for growth by just buying and holding domain names isn't what it used to be. 75% of domain industry professionals may expect domain prices to increase this year, but even Andrew Allemann from Domain Name Wire ... Keep reading »
That's my wife and me to the right just a few hours after arriving in San Francisco for Elite Retreat, and that photo was taken at almost exactly the time that she asked me a question that started giving me a whole new perspective on things: Are you having fun?
Despite the pained look on my face in that photo, I was indeed having a great time. There was just something odd ... Keep reading »
When I started writing this, my first sentence was "The time for making easy money with domain names has passed." It didn't take me long to realize, though, that there never really has been any easy money in domains.
Think it was easy to invest $70 each for domains back in the mid-90s when no one could really be sure at all that the Internet was going to be as life-changing as it has proven to be?
Think it was easy ... Keep reading »
After a hiatus of several months, the guys behind Elite Retreat have thankfully announced a new Elite Retreat for this April in San Francisco. If you're entertaining any thoughts whatsoever of someday quitting your day job, I simply can't recommend this conference highly enough. It changed my life, and I have no doubt that it will change yours, too.
Nowhere will you get the one-on-one time with this many true experts. ... Keep reading »
"If I ever see JJ Abrams, I'm going to punch him in the gut."
- My friend Keith, with whom I just saw Cloverfield
Here's my Daily Tip for today: stay far away from Cloverfield.
Walking out of the theater, I half expected there to people outside handing out t-shirts that had SUCKER written on the front and I PAID TO SEE CLOVERFIELD on the back. It was that bad. I suffered through the ... Keep reading »
Developing a sense of community among your readers not only helps your readership grow faster, but it also keeps people coming back more often. I realize, though, that some of you would rather only your mother read your blog (and through a feed reader no less), so for those readers I'm excited to present two quick, easy ways to make sure your blog grows very slowly.
Don't Respond to Comments
This one works great! ... Keep reading »
