Welcome To My Island

A College Dropout’s Hunt For Success

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Web Site Value Calculator

July 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments

This nice little calculator gives you the estimated worth of any web site that you enter.
Along with it’s worth it finds the web site’s Alexa ranking, Google page rank, and amount of backlinks. Even shows estimates for how much it could sell text link advertisements for, how much it could earn on affiliate products each month, and how much [...]

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Tags: The Web

Tradeshow Goes Virtual

July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Have you ever been to a trade-show?  How about a virtual trade-show?
eComXpo has created a real online virtual trade-show for ecommerce marketers.  Exhibitors buy space to set up their own virtual space open for visitors to explore and even chat or email them if they want to ask them questions.
The last trade-show included hundreds of exhibitors [...]

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Tags: The Web

Blog Layout Tip: Keep It Simple

July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

When it comes to having a successful blog, you need a visitor friendly design. One that will keep visitors and not make them dizzy from going around and around in a clicking frenzy leading them nowhere. 
Make your layout easy to navigate
You’ve probably been to those sites where you enter looking for something, but then get taken [...]

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Tags: Blogging

Think it, See it, Blog it – Creating a Successful Blog

July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

One thing all successful blogs have is plenty of frequently updated content. If posts aren’t frequently added to a blog, it dies. Posts are like water, a blog is like a plant. If you don’t keep watering it, it will never grow.
I have set a goal that by February 2008 (around 7 [...]

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Tags: Blogging