Inc. Magazine Goes Local for Business Meccas

One of my favorite publications for entreprenuers, Inc. Magazine has just launched 12 local sections for major business hubs around the world. Each city’s local section has 5 featured articles, sub-categories of local topics of interest and a full archive of articles related to the city. For example, the San Francisco local section has a great feature on how…

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10 Tools & Resources for Researching .CO Domains

The .CO launch is going very well. CoInternet is now reporting over 279,000 domains claimed in just 2 days. For more details on the launch, read my article on DotSauce. There seem to be quite alot of skeptics happy to provide their commentary. On the other side of the fence, adopters are also sharing their…

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The Only Person Earning Big Money On .CO Right Now

The public landrush for .CO domain names is just 2 days away. The only person that’s been making money thus far (aside from the registrars) has been Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire. Andrew seems to be following my affiliate marketing advice from the .ME launch and promoting the heck out of .CO with multiple…

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Blogging Tool: Aspect Ratio Calculator for Perfect Videos and Images

I find myself using this aspect ratio calculator all the time. It is especially useful when embedding videos within blog posts to get the dimensions just right. Simply type in the original width and height on the left values and your desired width or height on the right. Also useful for scaling large images to…

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What Is Social Media Today?

Excellent presentation updated with current stats and concepts of social media today. I recommend you use Menu > Fullscreen option. Skip to slide #30 if you already know social media is huge.

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Free Backupify Premium Accounts (5 Invites, Hurry!)

I have 5 invites to a great new web service called Backupify. I’ve been using Backupify for awhile to back up ALL my content on Facebook, GMail, Twitter, and WordPress blogs. There are many more social and Google services available, but each one is optional. Why use Backupify? What’s it do? If you think you…

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Converse Domaination: Innovative AdWords Campaign

Converse is taking advantage of low or no competition search keywords by researching Google Zietgiest and Trends. They have built a network of specialized odd-ball sites that ultimately lead back to Converse.com The traffic is cheap, the visitor is entertained and the Converse brand extends it’s reach greatly.

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So You Think You Have A Competitive Advantage

Jason Cohen (a smart bear) recently reviewed 150 startup pitches for an event called Capital Factory. Jason plans to share his thoughts on certain patterns that emerged during the review in a 5 post line up. What fundamental errors are founders making? How can they be fixed? The startup lessons introduction provides an outline of…

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