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    One obstacle after another

    FTE WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'm trying to get my site rolling... Computer Help for Baby Boomers and Seniors I've had countless setbacks. I've wanted to quit a thousand times. It seems like every day something goes wrong. I've been working online for 10 years or so and I've never had a site that made want to stick my...
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    Shares of a company that was bought out

    INVESTING 
    Tonight I was going through some stuff and it turns out that I have the stock certificate for a handful of shares of Georgia Pacific. I just Googled it and GP was bought out in 2005 by Koch. I have a Fidelity account and I know I can deposit certificates with them, but I think I have a mess...
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    Is it okay to email press releases?

    I'm going to be sending out a bunch of press releases and I was wondering if it is okay to email them or am I better off to just use snail mail? I have the feeling that regular mail would work better. Anyone have experience with this?
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    My new site.

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    This site took months and months to build. Actually over a year. It has over 30 gigs of movies and I'm just about to add a new batch. The tour isn't exactly 100% how I want it but it is close. I also need to mess around with the price structure a bit. See sig. I will be marketing the site...
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    aMember support = awesome / quick review

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I decided to give aMember a try so I installed the free trial version to get a feel for it. I had a few weird problems but their support people fixed them right away. Since this is just the trial version I really expected to be left on my own but they are great to work with. Installation was...
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    Do you have aMember on any of your sites?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'd like to see a few examples of how people are implementing aMember. If you don't want to post your sites, just leave me a PM. Not out to steal ideas, I just want to see how you are doing it. thanks.
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    Is India a non time sensitive culture?

    I've been dealing with this guy from India and everything is always, "By the end of business today," which I've learned means, "Maybe next week, maybe the week after that. Maybe." Here in America when we say, "By the end of business today," that is taken to mean by 5 pm or so, not the next day...
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    Promoting your site offline

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Do you promote your sites in the real world? We do. Newspaper ads - tiny classifieds - These are pretty effective if you run them for several weeks in a row. One time doesn't seem to work. For us, it takes about 3 weeks before we start seeing results. Rates are cheap around here so it is...
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    Stuff like this has always bothered me.

    This picture was on CNN today. These people have the energy to make signs and go to a protest but just imagine what they could do if they would all pool their resources and start some kind of business instead. There are all kinds of low cost, profitable businesses they could get into but it...
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    The new Ferrari FF - What an abortion!

    OFF-TOPIC 
    No, this is not a joke. Good Lord. Enzo is doing backflips in his grave. , ,
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    How do I get testimonials if I don't have any customers?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I want to put some testimonials on my tour but since I don't have any customers yet, I need a creative, ethical way to do this. Should I just ask some friends and relatives? *shrugs*
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    Affiliate directories?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hey do you guys know of any good places to list an affiliate program? I've never tried to recruit affiliates before so I'm not sure where to start. Thanks, Rich
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    Using coupon codes to promote your site.

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'm thinking about using coupon codes to promote a membership site. It looks like there are plenty of coupon code sites so this might be a cool way to get traffic. Has anyone here tried this? How did it work out?
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    Suze is a fraud. We all know it.

    This is touched on in the book but I think it bears repeating. I was in B&N yesterday and there front and center was Suze and all of her lame books. I flipped through one and it was the same crap. Mutual funds. 401ks. Wait 40 years, get your million, die in a pool of your own urine...
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    Trying to get some focus.

    In 2011 I'm going to try as hard as I can to focus on one site until it either succeeds or crashes and burns. For the last decade or so I've had crap all over the internet and although I make money at it, the big money has so far been elusive. Still, I know I won't be able to help myself so...
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    I used to hate Walmart but now I know better.

    Yes, they engage in predatory pricing to destroy competitors. Yes, they treat everyone like crap, employees and suppliers alike. Yes, on the surface, they suck. But after having read Fastlane, now I see it all differently. Their competitors whine about Walmart's prices but they close at 6 on...
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    Dumbest businesses you've ever tried.

    I tried to sell SMC stuff once. Not even my mom would buy anything. I used to import hermit crabs a long time ago. Do you know how many crabs you have to sell to pay the rent? Too many, trust me! My parakeet farm failed miserably but I enjoyed raising them. I wanted to have a traveling...
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    Who turned off the internet?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    No traffic, no sales, no clicks, wtf? It was a pretty good week up until today. Just have to keep plugging away I guess but I hate when this happens.
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    Should I have an affiliate program?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'm going to be launching a new site soon and I'm torn over whether or not I should have an affiliate program. On one hand it will open the door to having an army of people promoting my site but on the other hand, it adds a layer of complexity and I'm not sure I want a bunch of people spamming...
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    What % of surfers are still on dial up?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'm building a video intensive site and I'm wondering if I should make any attempt at all to cater to dial up users. When I've tried to really compress my videos for dial-up they look like shit and I refuse to sell a shitty product. I have one site with a lot of traffic (for me at least) and...
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