February 8, 2012

The $18,000 Domain Name

GoDaddy Name Selection

Having previously worked in fast food management, retail, and marketing I’ve come to have a firm understanding of upselling. Whether it’s suggesting cheese or a combo meal, “complete the triangle”, or reccomending high margin accessories, I’ve done it all. In fact, just last month we were remarking how much money the local Thai place could [...]

Making Sure Nobody Takes Care Of Your Problem

Here’s a tip to everybody in the business world:  If you want something to get done, don’t CC anybody on the email. At least 20 times / day I get CCed on an email asking for something to be done, and I’m sure you can guess my gut reaction:  “Mike, Will, or Chris will probably [...]

94% of comments are spam

Of all the good things I like about WordPress, the first thing I noticed when I installed it was how little time it took the spambots to find me.  Within minutes of switching dotCULT over to WordPress I recieve the common “refinance your house while playing poker and enlarging your penis” comments.  I’m sure that [...]