Lately I’ve found myself spending a lot of time at some forums that I’ve found. You see, I have been trying to find recommendations as to what the best coffee pot would be for a restaurant setting. Since I have been considering opening a restaurant I want to get the best coffee maker possible to not only make a good pot of coffee but to reduce the maintenance costs in the long run.
So I’ve been going to many different forums and posting a poll to see what others would choose out of the list of some of the best coffee makers on the market. I figured that this would be a smarter way to find out which one is the best as opposed to mistakenly stumbling upon a paid review and being misled with respect to my purchasing decision.
I will be waiting a couple more days before I tabulate the results and purchase some coffee makers for my new restaurant.
Posted September 29th, 2008
by Marc
I like to think that a business is a living thing, and from time to time, it can decide to take a different path. Sure, I am at the helm of my own business, but sometimes, it needs to be steered in a new direction.
That is exactly the point that I have found myself lately - though the business is doing good, it should be doing better. Much better in fact. So, I have been looking for other ways to make more money, and I think that I have found what direction things will go.
You see, I read a favorable affiliate marketing review for a site that I am a member, and I thought that it would be a good way for me to make some money if I promoted it as an affiliate. Not only would I be telling everyone about something that I like, but I would be making money from it too - sounded like a good idea to me.
But, that is where I have come up to a stumbling block - I don’t know what I am doing. I have mentioned something in a forum that I am a part of regarding a request for affiliate marketing help, so hopefully someone would answer my call and help me to get started.
Posted June 12th, 2008
by Marc
Many people that I know have tried affiliate marketing but failed. Now it wasn’t that there wasn’t money to be made, but rather they didn’t know how to organize their efforts.
For myself, I can attribute my affiliate marketing success to many different things, but I think that the affiliate marketing tools that I have used are the keys to my success.
Tools such as click tracking software, and Adwords spy tools have helped me to turn my efforts into tangible results. If something works, I keep doing it, if a campaign isn’t working out as well as I planned, then I make changes.
So the next time your affiliate marketing campaign isn’t going so well, try out some of the affiliate tools available to you so that you can measure your results.
Posted June 3rd, 2008
by Marc
I would have to say that I am not the most organized person on the planet. Honestly, I hate to make lists, and follow any sort of steps - I just do my own thing when it comes to pretty much everything.
I take the same approach when I create websites. If it wasn’t for my quick and easy web design software, I don’t think that I would be able to create a website at all. I just wouldn’t have the patience to do it properly.
But, the one thing that I like is that the software package that I use helps me put all the pieces together in an easy fashion. I don’t need to code, and they even have a JavaScript menu builder included.
It still takes me awhile to go from the concept to the final product - but it is nice when I am done and have it all put together.
Posted May 27th, 2008
by Marc
From time to time I offer my services as a website designer out to clients. This really only happens when I am in a bit of a cash crunch, so those people who do get sites designed by me are lucky indeed.
Today, I have been working on a site about dog training. Honestly, I thought that there were enough of these sites out there already, but I must have been mistaken (I guess). Anyway, the client has provided me with the content, and I have been assigned the task of creating a unique site template and putting the site onto their web host.
It will be interesting to see how reliable their web host is. This will be my first experience with someone using free hosting, and depending on how it goes, I might consider using free hosting for my sites in the future.
Alright, I should get back to work - I need to have the site done by 5 PM.
Posted May 10th, 2008
by Marc
I have been fooling around a little bit with my mobile phone lately. You see, the phone I purchased is web ready, so I thought I would see what a website would look like on it. Well, much to my surprise, regular websites don’t look right at all. So, I thought that I wasn’t doing something right.
I did a search online on how to use a mobile site, and I figured out the source of my problems. I thought that the phone would just display sites like a regular web browser, but it turns out that just isn’t the case.
You see, you need to find wap sites - or those sites specifically designed to be shown on portable devices. Once I figured this out, I tried some of the more common websites and found that I could use them, though their functionality was somewhat limited.
Hopefully at some point in the future, this won’t be the case, but for now, I guess I will just have to settle for something rather than nothing at all.
Posted April 26th, 2008
by Marc
It never ceases to amaze me how two or more people can do basically the same things online. They can use the same web hosting, same blog platform, same blog plug-ins, the same operating system and Internet browser, etc. And yet one will have no problems while the other experiences difficulty after difficulty. From hosting errors and outages to browser crashes and plug-in failures, to operating system glitches.
I bring this up because I know of a colleague who has been having chronic difficulties with her Linux hosting, which I have never had trouble with.. I put her in touch with a friend of mine who is about as clever with such things as one can get. He found a company for her that offers asp.net web hosting. For her purposes, for reasons I certainly am incapable of understanding, aspx was more reliable and just the right solution at the right time for her situation.
Posted April 22nd, 2008
by Deb Gallardo
Now, I have a couple of websites, but that doesn’t mean that I am not looking for new opportunities. It wouldn’t be right of me if I didn’t try to grow my business, and make more money, right?
So, I always keep my eyes open for new opportunities. One of them passed in front of me today when I ended up at a Magick Spells & Rituals website. I had never really considered that I could sell Amulets & Charms for a profit, so I thought I would do some research.
After doing keyword research for Magick Talismans, I knew that I had a winner on my hands. It took awhile, but I was able to find a supplier for my site. Now, all I have to do is finalize the design and it will be ready to go. Hopefully, we will be able to launch the site in the next couple of weeks. I can’t wait!
Posted April 8th, 2008
by Marc
It seems like each time that I find a new MySpace proxy, it ends up that it is blocked shortly after I find it. Whether I am just a little slow, or it just ends up that I have some bad luck, I am getting very tired of looking for proxy websites.
So, when I found a great free proxy server resource, I had to look to see if they had more recent proxy servers than what I had been using.
Sure enough, I was able to find some new MySpace proxies and I will now be able to visit the sites that I want to while at work.
From now on, I am going to try to stay on the cutting edge of the proxy world, instead of trailing behind everyone.
Posted March 1st, 2008
by Marc