News & Links Archive

Do You Need a Free Version?

Great analysis on pricing an iPhone/iPad app that's relevant to whatever you're pricing: "Why Instapaper Free is taking an extended vacation" (Instapaper is a phenomenal app, by the way. Easily one of my top 5 favorites on the iPad.)

Don’t Buy Cheap Logo Designs

$79 for a logo sounds pretty great, especially when there are so many great options to choose from, but that logo is stolen and could cost you way more than $79.  

Dilbert’s Girlfriend Gives Great Advice

In Saturday's comic, Dilbert's girlfriend gives him some great advice: I'm not kidding when I say that it's almost impossibly difficult.

Great Things Elsewhere – February 8, 2011

When I find something great that is also relevant to the topic here, I will do one of two things with it.  If it's something I have a lengthy comment on, I will post it in the News & Links section along with my comments.  If I don't have anything of substance to say, though, it goes in the "Great Things Elsewhere" section of the sidebar.  Once I have ten "Great ... Keep reading »

No More Important Lesson Than This

Read what this guy writes. Now read it again. Now bookmark so you can read it later. Whenever you reach the point where you're very successful, nothing that got you there will prepare you for cashing out the equity in what you've built. Nothing. And the danger is that because you are so wildly successful, you'll think you can do this, too. You can't. You'll fail and you'll leave a ton of money on the table. Charlie's article should give ... Keep reading »

More Free Business Ideas

Starting tomorrow, I'm going to be reviving my Free Business Ideas series.  Follow that link for full details, but here's why I'm doing it: Chasing new ideas is severely handicapping my other businesses.  I'm ADD anyway, but it's especially bad when there are so many great ideas out there for making $100/day.  Giving the ideas to you will keep me from pursuing them and keep me focused on what I should be focused on. And since some of you won't ... Keep reading »

You Need Some Link Control, So You Can Get Paid

How do you build a great reputation?  By delivering real value and treating people right.  Jeremy Schoemaker always nails both of those, and with his new product, Link Control, it looks like he's delivered yet again. The purpose of Link Control is to make it easy to find the best-performing link for whatever affiliate offer you're running.  Obviously you can do that manually, but ... Keep reading »

Great Things Elsewhere – January 4, 2011

When I find something great that is also relevant to the topic here, I will do one of two things with it.  If it's something I have a lengthy comment on, I will post it in the News & Links section along with my comments.  If I don't have anything of substance to say, though, it goes in the "Great Things Elsewhere" section of the sidebar.  Once I have ten "Great Things," they go out ... Keep reading »

Great Gig at BigDeal.com

San Francisco-based BigDeal.com is looking for a great performance marketer (landing page optimization, affiliate marketing, display marketing) to lead their marketing team.  If you're interested, let me know and I can put you in touch with the guy doing the hiring.  Sounds like a really great gig!  (And I love San Francisco.)