Business

I just met Jon Olson, Paul Kinder, and Many More!

August 14, 2008

Well I'm here in Washington DC at the Focus Marketing Seminar.  Meeting fellow traffic exchange owners, and other people in our industry, and people who don't even know what a traffic exchange is, has been great. I hope to have some video footage and photos to show. So far I think it's been great! Time [...]

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How about PTC's that don't pay up?

June 19, 2008

This was a question posted in the suggestions box that I decided to just answer without coming up with a creative title. If you have any questions or ideas on what I should post about, feel free to add one. If it's too big or specific to fit in the box wait until I do [...]

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We All Make Mistakes, Here Are Mine!

June 7, 2008

Mistakes happen to everyone, and I like to point them out on my blog for you to learn from. I try not to bash the person who made the mistake, as I think that takes away the focus. Anyways, Jens Berget is working on an e-book titled "why we suck at Internet marketing". He asked [...]

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Blog Rush Removed

October 24, 2007

Well I decided to remove blog rush after a blog I subscribe to was told it wasn't good enough to be in it. This on top of the fact that their "recent announcement" a month ago that we'd get stats some time, makes me no longer interested in their services. This is a big deal [...]

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Tim Linden is LinkedIn

September 8, 2007

So I joined LinkedIn today. You can view my profile here. If you are LinkedIn, then feel free to add me to your contacts if you deem me worthy. [[email protected]] It looks like an interesting way to do some networking. Haven't figured out the whole site yet, but it seems simpler than the other networking [...]

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Paypal Security Key

September 7, 2007

I received my Paypal Security Key in the mail today. After about 20+ days of waiting, it finally arrived. What is it? It's a keychain with a button. You push the button and a number that changes every 30 seconds comes up. This number is then used in the login process. If you guess my [...]

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Meet with People

September 6, 2007

I meet weekly with some men I know offline.  It's interesting to hear the things they are going through in their businesses, and I learn alot even though they are offline businessmen. One does consulting for businesses and I get to hear some stories about problems he has helped find a solution to. Another flys [...]

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The StartXchange Insider

June 7, 2007

I did an exclusive behind the scenes look last month, so this month I'll do an exclusive behind the scenes description of what goes on in my admin backend. The reason for just a description this time is privacy and secrecy. Showing the full pages will reveal some of the techniques I use to prevent [...]

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One time offers.. Twice?

June 6, 2007

Have you noticed the one time offers on just about every exchange. It's the hottest thing to do right now. I've even bought some. But has anyone else noticed some sites have these offers coming up..  Twice? Sometimes even more? One site I visited said that the offer would only show once, that it was [...]

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What are you learning?

May 29, 2007

If you want to stay ahead in the game, you've got to be learning more every day. Jon Olson reads offline, I read feeds, what do you do? If you aren't learning anything, then do you know HTML? All the time I hear about people who want to run an internet business, but don't know [...]

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How To Increase Customer Satisfaction

May 16, 2007

I was reading a blog post about slow customer support. It reminded me of how slow StartXchange support was not too long ago. The key I found to customer satisfaction and support, is a forum. Some things start to happen when you use a forum: You can write one answer, and help multiple people at [...]

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Automating Your Business

May 4, 2007

My wife and I have a 4 month old daughter. She keeps us busy. Lately our dishes have been piling up, and the task of washing them was getting bigger everyday. Earlier this week we decided to get a dishwasher. We live in an apartment, so it had to be one of those portable ones [...]

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