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    Trump University Training

    REAL ESTATE 
    My friend went to one of the free Trump seminars, said he has never seen so many con artists and gullible people in one room. I think this belongs right there next to "The Secret."
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    How to value your e-business?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    It can be all over the place. From what I've seen, the buyer alone is the biggest variable. Sitepoint did an interview with me about this a while back, not sure if they are going to put it online (was for one of their books, I think.) But basically you have two kinds of buyers, value and...
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    Lead Gen Sites

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    php & mySQL should do it. Any programmer can write a basic form to database program. Use Google Analytics, run their conversion tracking on your form submission confirmation page to track the source of the traffic (I use a custom programmed system for analytics but that makes things 100x more...
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    Lead Gen Sites

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thanks, good luck with your project. It might take some time to get the numbers profitable, but keep at it because this is a $100k+ a year business easily.
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    Lead Gen Sites

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    You give free leads to potential lead buyers. They see that the leads are good, then you can name your price because they want more. If you can get them to pay up front, perfect; but sometimes that isn't always possible. But, as I said, find the buyers first before dumping money on a complex...
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    $$ from a site

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Throw all the speculative numbers out the window. You can't come even close to guessing accurately until you have real, first-hand, numbers to work with. The internet is all about filtering and sorting traffic. I can send you 500,000 visitors who are worth less than $5, I can send you 5...
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    Lead Gen Sites

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Find the lead buyers first, invest the money, and more importantly time, in an automated/self-serving system later. In my experience you have to pretty much give the leads away for free unless its an established market such as the financials (loans & credit)
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    Suggestion for book reading

    If you just want to rattle of facts, then thats fine (assuming the book is accurate to begin with.) If you have real life experience to relate with while reading it increases the value of the book by many times. Additionally, you can spot BS very quickly.
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    Losing Motivation ??

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Why do you have to wait until you have a degree to start your business? Despite how tough it may seem right now, once you graduate, the social pressures to start making money immediately explode. Right now no one cares if you make $100 a month or drive a crappy car (if you even own one at all.)
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    $20,000 a month (gross)

    NYC has lots of tradeshows, I was there three times in 2007. Here is a list I found searching "new york city trade shows" on Google. http://www.biztradeshows.com/usa/newyork/
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    Recession? Where to wait it out?

    INVESTING 
    I agree with randall. Now is the time to play it safe. I use the same attitude as an investor as I do with my business. Be realistic and honest. When you use leverage, ask yourself what the worst case scenario is.
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    $20,000 a month (gross)

    I said go to tradeshows.. you will have more ideas than you can act on.
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    Please help me understand this, or is it just bad business

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I think you need to examine your positioning. If you move a small volume, you have little say. Move to something new. Lets say you have been pushing sales to this company for a while, and are responsible for a significant volume. Will they react if you pull the plug? If so, then you need to...
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    From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year

    EXECUTION 
    I've done well financially but last year I set my goals exponentially higher. I need to take a break from the blog for a while when I am refocusing. It wasn't so much the time (an hour or two a week), but the creative energy required. Hard to explain, but my mind works on different levels and it...
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    From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year

    EXECUTION 
    Marcus is really a bright guy, I did an interview with him a few years back. I got called out as being naive and fooled, since then he's been in the WSJ, all over TV, and now the NYTimes. http://www.webpublishingblog.com/exclusive-interview-with-plentyoffishcom-creator-and-owner-markus-frind.htm...
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    Getacoder.com

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Here are some suggestions based on my own experiencing hiring programmers. #1 - Make sure the programmer responds in clear and understandable English. My full time programmer is from the Philippines, I give him a project and he understands and its done right the first time. When I have used...
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    Taking a Bus. Law class....

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    Business Law was one of my favorite business classes in college, and also one that I actually learned new stuff. Definitely worth paying attention.
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    $75 grand... how do i turn it into $200 grand within a year.

    HOT! 
    You are very good at sales, marketing, advertising -- this is a great place to be. You are definitely in a position to turn $75k to $200k in under a year, or better. My suggestion would be to start out small, working by yourself and add employees as necessary. You do not have to lock yourself...
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    "Only $19.95!" Ads

    Also take into account that these involve either recurring subscription billing (Video Professor, Girls Gone Wild) or the company heavily direct markets the customers, upselling more expensive products. $19.95 may very well be running at a loss with the profits coming from the back end. Thats...
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    How to Launch A Service With No Ad Budget

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    MarketingSherpa is pretty much a mandatory read if you have any kind of internet business. Marketing Experiments is good too, and the articles are all free. That said, you should be testing, split-testing, and re-testing everything. There are too many variables for solid rules to be written in...

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