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Fiverr – The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5
Posted by: | CommentsI stumbled up on this website last week, thanks to an article on Techcrunch. Let me tell you, I’ve never had so much fun with a website. Granted it only $5 a job and I’m getting paid way below minimum wage, but it’s turning into a great lead generation tool.
I have three offers available now:
The site has become fairly popular the past few days and the servers have been really so. There have even been $5 offers from site visitors to help improve Fiverr’s servers, but hopefully the website will increase in popularity and increase their site bandwidth.
In a matter of 3 days, I’ve received 12 orders and I meeting a lot of great people that I normally wouldn’t have access to.
Testing out WordPress iphome App
Posted by: | CommentsI’m testing out the wordpress iPhone app for my blog. It would gratnif they could incorporate a voice to text function.
How to Save Money
Posted by: | CommentsHere a tips on how to save money by purchasing online. Before your next purchase, take these steps which will help save you more money:
1. Research the product you want through review sites like CNET or Amazon.
2. Once you know what product you want, go to Google Product Search and find the lowest price (make sure the retailer selling the product is reputable – don’t go cheap for cheap sake).
3. Go to websites like Retailmenot.com, CouponCabin.com, or Slickdeals.net for coupons for that retailer.
4. Join a loyalty program like Ebates.com, Bing Cashback, or most likely your credit card will have a cash back program.
5. Then take these steps:
Clear your web browser cookies -> Go to the loyalty program website and click on the retailer you want to purchase from -> At checkout, use the coupon code you found
What Google Thinks…
Posted by: | CommentsWhat Google Thinks
Google shows different search suggestions, depending on your actions. If you type some keywords in the search box, you’ll usually see suggestions that start with your keywords. The following are suggestions Google feels you should be looking for when you search for these popular search queries:
Twitter:
Facebook:
Microsoft:
Sarah Palin:
Barack Obama:
Apple:
Google:
Amazon “Buys” Zappos
Posted by: | CommentsFrom a recent post / tweet from the CEO of Zappos, Amazon has purchased all the share of Zappos:
http://blogs.zappos.com/ceoletter
This morning, our board approved and we signed what’s known as a “definitive agreement”, in which all of the existing shareholders and investors of Zappos (there are over 100) will be exchanging their Zappos stock for Amazon stock. Once the exchange is done, Amazon will become the only shareholder of Zappos stock.
Over the next few days, you will probably read headlines that say “Amazon acquires Zappos” or “Zappos sells to Amazon”. While those headlines are technically correct, they don’t really properly convey the spirit of the transaction. (I personally would prefer the headline “Zappos and Amazon sitting in a tree…”)
I’m a huge fan of Amazon & Zappos, but if this is a trend for Amazon it could be dangerous for the world of small business e-commerce. Amazon holds a lot of power in e-commerce and it doesn’t help that it just purchased one of the largest e-commerce sites out there. I’m noticing more and more Amazon is floating to the top of search results in Google (which controls over 60% of search queries). The monopoly police should be on alert.