Google remains the top online video property in June 2010.
Top U.S. Online Video Properties
Top U.S. Online Video Properties June 2010
Monthly Archives: July 2010
.Co Domains Value?
My response to an acquaintance regarding the new .Co domains and one’s ability to appraise their market potential -
.Co’s are new and like all the other new TLDs that have came after .Com, the majority of their value will lie in the eyes of their beholders.
Audio Post
Pictures of The July 2010 Solar Eclipse Via Sergey Brin
Pictures of the July 2010 Solar Eclipse via Sergey Brin.
Solar Eclipse Hao
Domain Offer?
Is this a legitimate domain offer?
My initial thoughts were- no, its some type of scheme.
Domain Offer
Public Relations Faux Pas?
Infrequently I receive emails from a cab service called London Limousines.
I never open them because I am not in London.
I had assumed the emails were coming from a Taxi driver in London I had somehow inadvertently given my email address to.
Not the case.
Today I received another email from London Limo with a headline that piqued my interest – Bad Press.
Public Relations Faux Pas
Its the first time I can recall a business owner sending me an email to tell me they got bad press.
I don’t even know how to categorize somebody who goes out of their way to spread “bad press” about their own business.
His confession is instructive though… it proves just how compelling and impactful word of mouth is as a medium.
Selling A Domain?
If so, you too might find this particular offer and the accompanying brokerage commission as funny as I did.
Sedo
The offer was for my domain RetailMarketingPlan.com.
While RetailMarketingPlan.com may have only appraised for $150, an offer of $75 isn’t too laughable.
However, the broker’s 66.7% required sales commission is!
No Sale!
I Write Like… Browser Based Writing Analyis Software
Ever wonder what your writing sounds like to those who read it?
I hadn’t thought about it much but Coding Memories apparently has.
Their site – I Write Like – is a browser based writing analysis program that compares writing samples with a database of famous authors works.
I Write Like
To give their tool a try, I took my post from yesterday and entered it into the I Write Like app.
To my surprise, I Write Like determined my writing to be like that of science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.
Funny…
Often when I’m writing, it feels like I am trying to take notes in Russian – a language I don’t speak!
I Write Like Isaac Asimov
Still quite a compliment considering Asimov according to Wikipedia “was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 9,000 letters and postcards.”
Granted, yesterday’s blog post required a little more heavy lifting than a conversational piece so I found another one to test out to see who’s voice I was more likely to sound like on a regular basis.
Surprised again… I Write Like said the piece was similar to something Dan Brown would write.
I Write Like Dan Brown
I am sure if I kept digging I would find less remarkable writing but for now I am going to take I Write Like at their word.
A Simple SWOT Analysis Diagram
I stumbled onto this SWOT Analysis diagram in Mindjet and thought it was provocative in its simplicity.
SWOT Analysis Diagram
This particular graph categorizes strengths and weaknesses as internal characteristics while opportunities and threats are considered external characteristics.
However, can not each set of characteristics also be seen from the other’s perspective i.e,. strengths and weaknesses as external characteristics and opportunities and threats as internal?
In either case, its been my experience the opposing characteristics are ultimately degrees removed from the same characteristic.
Google Adwords Disapproved Ads Tool
Today I discovered a shortcut for finding all of the disapproved ads in an Adwords account – the Google Adwords Disapproved Ads Tool.
Google Adwords Disapproved Ads Tool
To find out which if any of your Adwords account’s ads have been disapproved visit use the Disapproved Ads Tool @ https://adwords.google.com/select/DisapprovedAds.
