How Many Hours Do You Work?
How many hours do you work? I find that everyone wants what I have but when they realize how many hours it takes to actually accomplish they seem to give up hope or try and find an easier way. I’ll save everyone the time, there isn’t an easier way.
I have had the luxury of never [...]
17 “Feel Good” Moments In Domaining
These are the moments in domaining we all have when something goes well. It’s a little mushy and not something guys sit around and chat about, but every once in a while I like to remind myself why I do something. The great moments that make you want to keep investing and buying more domains. [...]
More Valuable Than a Dot Com: Creativity and Individual Thought
It always amazes me, I am surrounded by some of the most brilliant minds in the world here at The University of Illinois but many of them lack one thing. Creativity. You know the ability to approach things from a different angle. To take something ordinary and present it in a way that makes people [...]
10 Trends That Are Positive for Domainers
1. Online Advertising Revenues Up 10% Last Quarter: That’s two quarters of growth in a row and means more money for your sites. We’ve always known the money is headed towards the online world and it’s here. It’s not going towards parked sites like it used to, more than ever it’s going to Google.
2. Mid [...]
Anyone Else Think Godaddy Looked Like a Bunch of Perverts?
I get it, sex sells. I love a pretty girl as much as the next guy and if anyone that has ever hung out with me knows, I appreciate the female form. But there are limits. Godaddy has crossed them. Godaddy is by far the most popular registrar in the world and also one of [...]
The Future of TRAFFIC: You Don’t Step Back, You Step Up
That was a quote I read over at a DnForum thread yesterday regarding the recent and future Rick Latona run TRAFFIC conferences, a thread where he is getting blasted from everything from poor execution,to the 60 day exclusivity of the domain names at auction, and the poor quality of names. I don’t know Rick but [...]
Why I Won’t Be Attending Any Domain Conventions
Unfortunately I won’t be attending any domain conferences this winter. It’s not for the reasons you are thinking. I would absolutely love to go but I have too many other “events” going on.
I am in the nursery business and this is when us green guys have our conferences as well. A heck of a lot [...]
Entering 2010 Some Things Have Changed: Some Have Not
As we head into 2010, there is one thing that is certain and hasn’t changed since the beginning of the internet, Dot Com is King. As the web is flooded with new tlds and long tail keywords, the tld to have is still dot com. Hand registering is basically over. Sure you can still get [...]
Somebody thinks All LLLL.coms Are Worth At Least $20
I have to admit I got a little caught up in the LLLL craze of last year. Fortunately for me, I only bought pronounceable names and a few triple repeating letters so although I may have overpaid, I haven’t been killed on my purchases. Reece from Nampros, a key player that really sparked the interest [...]
Pricing Domain Names Using Advice From Martha Stewart
Over the past 20 years, I’ve been to hundreds of conferences. Seen thousands of talks on all kinds of topics. From PR to sales, merchandising to pricing. There is one story that sticks with me more than any and it’s from the least likely person of all the top business people I’ve [...]
