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Getting your domain name in front of buyers is obviously critical.
Two main approaches:
1. Someone else sells it for you
Afternic.com and Sedo.com are the two biggest "domain listing" sites. These are great places to get your name in front of many domain investors. For very good domains, Afternic has sales people that will help find buyers.
If it's a ...
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Great question. Here's two studies that have some good statistics and graphs on this issue. This research included over 25,000 Internet consumers from over 50 countries.
Article 1: Friending the Social Customer - The Nielsen Company (2010)
Fast Facts:
More than 40% of consumers go online to check reviews and consumer feedback before purchasing ...
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There are 700 ways to get in touch with someone when their phone is busy:
Send an email
Send a text-message
Tweet them
Throw a rock into their window with a note
Just leave a message on the answering machine like they wanted
I don't know of very many people whose preferred solution is "keep calling every ten minutes until you actually reach them." This ...
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You forgot 4: find something you CAN do.
THis sounds a little like "hey, I can not even boil water, but i want to open a restaurant, but have no budget. what should I do".
Think about what you would answer to this ;)
Especially "online community" sounds like the next pizzeria - already plenty around. Do you have the business side nicely nailed down, or is ...
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I'm not sure it answers your question, but one "framework" that I use to analyse business positions is the Five Forces model of Michael Porter.
The five forces specifically give you a framework for deciding whether the business you're looking has some ability to be successful.
As with any framework, it has downsides, but I find any order you can put on an ...
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One thing for sure..
When I go to the website, I do not see any content, It asks for me to register, and Why would I, unless I see what am I getting.
User adoption is going to be difficult, unless you have some free content for users to check, get a feel, and get motivated to add content. And only then Would I take the pains in registering..
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Aardvark'd: Twelve weeks with Geeks (watch free online)
Four interns are brought into Fog Creek Software's Manhattan office and given 12 weeks to design, develop, debug and ship a computer program that will, among other things, help millions of frustrated users fix their relatives computers via the internet. Boondoggle Films presents a journey through ...
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Well "conducted through the internet" ... is pretty broad statement.
Google is all about the number of times they can get people to click on an ad link.
Facebook are similar but their success metric is the amount of time they hold peoples attention (google only have you a few mins at a time, facebook is hours at a time).
Evernote have subscribers volume ...
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Sounds like you're just passing off your pain onto someone else.
Every time you call their phone, they are getting a call-waiting indication which often cuts out their call or beeps in the middle of of a conversation, making communication very difficult. If they did not answer your call, there is a reason.
Doing this seems akin to somebody walking into a ...
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I think you should see a qualified tax adviser (fx a chartered accountant who is specialized in international tax).
The US system by default taxes US citizens of their global income. But there are double taxation agreements with many nations, which may dramatically change the taxation in your situation (depending on where you're living now).
Normally, I ...
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I just took a look at your blog. It sounds like you are really committed to doing something entrepreneurial. If that is the case and you don't have much experience, then you should learn all you can while taking as little risk as possible.
Successful entrepreneurs have often had 2 - 3 businesses that were failures before they create a business that is a ...
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You can look at the whois information, and get an email or phone number, then contact the owner. The only problem with this approach is that since you are contacting them, they will raise the price (big time).
Your best bet is to find if the domain is for sale by googling, or go to the site and see if there is a link that says it is for sale.
I would ...
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Never.
Videos need too much attention. You cannot scan over videos as you can scan over a bunch of images. And you have no indication where to forward to find the piece you wanted. And if the video is embedded into textual information, it disturbs your reading flow.
It's more difficult to make good videos. For an amateur it's easier to make a series of ...
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JFW, this is a tough question. Actually, I just went through the same thing, though my project is based locally, not solely virtual.
I know how you're feeling. A few months ago, I quit my job and told myself that I was 'going for it'. Things were great and fun in the beginning. I was working hard, scheduling everything and making a lot of headway.
However, ...
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There's a grace period after the domain expires when the original owner can still renew it.
http://www.wikihow.com/Acquire-an-Expired-Domain has some details about this, but I would google around for a more definitive resource.
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Let me start with this. You have wrong perception of the domain business. Calling someone "shark" is the first thing to change. Look at domaining as any other business (real estate for example).
You do not give the name of the domain, so you answer can't be answered.
"single dictionary word" - each word in dictionary have different relative importance ...
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At a glance your home page doesn't really tell me what your site does.
The section that is telling me what your site does is sitting in the middle of a page with a darkish background. My eyes first skim the logo "CubeCheck", that doesn't tell me anything, then my eyes run down the left and right columns looking for something simple to read so I can ...
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Protect the idea: doesn't matter much, your problem is building a great site, focus on that instead.
It looks like your #1 challenge is building the site. You'd be surprised how little money it takes not only to build (code) but also populate content.
You need to convince people to help you and join you as co-founders. That takes convincing, meeting ...
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Testimonials are a great marketing technique because of the psychological principle of social proof. To quote Wikipedia, social proof is
a psychological phenomenon that occurs in ambiguous
social situations when people are
unable to determine the appropriate
mode of behavior. Making the
assumption that surrounding people
possess more knowledge ...
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Business to Business marketing is a fantastic challenge. Depending on your market segment there are resources which work better -- or less well. 90% of our clients are in the B2B space. Even when we work in the B2C space, we focus our energy on the B2B aspect of their overall marketing.
Not the end-all
Over the years we have learned that there are ...
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JFW, I like Ryan's response. I want to add from a different angle too. I too recently quit my (well paying!) job to start something of my own. The upside is very high and of course the market risk is high too. I thought I'd not think much about the cash flow because a) I have saved and will be able to go on for 1-2 years without any income and b) my wife has ...
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The most typical solution is to put use Google Adsense. It is ridiculously easy to set up, and you can start generating revenue right away. In theory. The problem is, Google Adsense, as well as other ad services like it, really aren't going to make you a whole lot of money, in most cases.
As an example, I have one website that I have ads on. I got ...
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You probably don't need satellite internet. Satellite internet is extremely expensive and slow, and is only truly required in regions without cell reception, such as the south pole.
You need cellular internet, which may be purchased from AT&T, Sprint and many other cell providers. You will need to purchase a cellular modem (or a computer with one ...
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I like the premise but agree asking for creds without giving a reason may be challenging. Possibly a preview segment of the whole review asking for registration to read the whole article to entice?
In some unrelated feedback;
We actually would be much more concerned of liability. Example a disgruntled employee logs in and smashes a company lets say...is ...
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How else do you foresee HTML5 changing the internet landscape?
As a standard: I believe more people will be willing to invest in HTML5+CSS3 as a platform, rather than relying on other RIA platforms that are tied to a single vendor (eg. Flash, Flex, Air, Silverlight).
On the desktop: There will be a greater push to bring web applications to the desktop ...
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My parents have been using a satellite connection for several years - it's the only thing available in their area that has reasonable bandwidth. They can theoretically use cell service, and in some cases that would be preferred but not when it comes to downloading anything of significance.
Because of the extraordinary latency of a satellite connection ...
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I do not understand the logic in starting an internet marketing company when you are not experienced in internet marketing. It will take a lot of effort to become experienced enough to sale these types of services. If you just need help marketing your own products hire an internet marketing consultant to get you started or check some the resources below.
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The United States is actually considered a Tax Heaven, (not as much as panama), but still as compared to many other countries.
Nothing is required for you to attract US customers. The united states does not restrict foreign corporations for doing business in the states expect for rare cases such as pharma and other highly regulated industries.
If you are ...
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Some things you should be considering:
Where will your customers be, and what are the implications for them of any given location (sales tax, for instance, and their perception of your business)?
Do you anticipate working with other people as employees, partners and associates? If so, where do you expect them to be located?
Where are you happiest to deal ...
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