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Do You Need a Free Version?

Shane — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:56:34 +0000

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

Shane — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:15:09 +0000

$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.

$100/Day: How to Find Your Own Ideas

Shane — Tue, 03 May 2011 18:04:08 +0000

Over the past 2.5 years, I’ve posted lots of different ideas for making $100/day. If you’ve been following me for long, though, you know they can be few and far apart. Because of that, I wanted to let you know about a new source for ideas that’s actually an old source.

Toby Clements has taken over Rick Latona’s Daily Domains Newsletter, and he’s doing a terrific job with it. It’s definitely worth signing up for. Every day you get a list of domains for sale — from just a few bucks to six figures or more.

Pair a good domain from Toby with my getting started guide, and you’ll be well on your way!

Dilbert’s Girlfriend Gives Great Advice

Shane — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:20:57 +0000

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

Shane — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:17:09 +0000

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 in a post all their own so I can give them some link love.

Here are the latest:

No More Important Lesson Than This

Shane — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:13:50 +0000

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 you an idea of just complex selling a business can be.

Just as with other critical functions, you need to let someone who knows what they’re doing handle it for you.

More Free Business Ideas

Shane — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:48:15 +0000

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 actually go read the details, here’s the most important part: These free business ideas will only be available in the RSS feed, not on the site. Time to subscribe if you haven’t already, either via the feed or via email.

You Need Some Link Control, So You Can Get Paid

Shane — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:38:13 +0000

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 Link Control makes it a no-brainer — which mean a lot more people will do it a lot more often.� Check out the site for a full demo.

It’s currently closed to the public, but there’s a list you can sign up on to get in as soon as they open the doors to more people.� If you do any affiliate marketing, I would get on that list ASAP.

(The title of this post is from the opening of Jeremy’s Link Control presentation at Affiliate Summit West — a very catchy piece by Rob Hustle.� If you follow Shoemoney, you saw it on his blog yesterday.)

Great Things Elsewhere – January 4, 2011

Shane — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:23:31 +0000

Here are the latest:

Great Gig at BigDeal.com

Shane — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:48:48 +0000

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.)