In 721 Interviews and 65 Courses
Lately, when I go to TechCrunch and other sites, I see meaningless links to posts on Identi.ca. The site is similar to Twitter and it seems that every time someone uses it to link to a TechCrunch article, it shows up as a blog response.
Did Identi.ca find a way to flood blogs like TechCrunch with links back to its site?
Richard Wiseman planted hundreds of wallets around Edinburhg.
50% of all the “lost” wallets were returned
BUT 90% of the wallets that had baby pictures in them were returned
Mashable called out Jennifer Preston of the New York Times for being a Social Media Editor who’s so out of touch that she hasn’t posted to her Twitter account in about a month. Her response is that she’s just listening. I used to make that mistake. Her intention is admirable, but I think she’s making [...]
A couple of days before I interviewed Jimmy Wales about how he built Wikipedia, the New York Times ran an article that generated some controversy about how Jimmy Wales might have saved a life.
So I asked him about it. Here’s the audio and transcript of his response.
Want to see the notes I made to prepare for my interview with Gary? Here it is.
If you think it’s useful, maybe I’ll post the notes I make for future interviews.
The guy made selling fun. I pulled together a few of my favorite Billy Mays Commercials to show you why I think he was an incredible pitchman.
This post also has a brief history of his career.
This is the raw (VERY raw and full of mistakes) transcript of my interview with with James Hong about how he founded HOTorNOT.
I’m posting it here because a reader asked for it.
One of the most surprising lessons James Hong of HOTorNOT taught when he came to Mixergy was that simply increasing his site’s speed helped him grow his sales. (Watch more from James on Mixergy.)
For Google, increasing speed was worth a billion
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These two Mixergy interviews with Matt will help you understand why he spins out sections of SitePoint:
How 99designs Became a $5+ Million Marketplace – In this interview, he actually talks about his plans to create Flippa. He also explains how 99designs grew using a plan that’s very similar to the one he has in mind for Flippa.
How to Quickly Build and Sell Sites – In this interview (which is audio-only), Matt explains how someone could buy a web site on a marketplace like Flippa, build it up and sell it.
I’m hiring a company to edit my videos. This post shows what I’m asking them to do.
I’m posting it so they can see it. But I’m also making it public so you can see how I do my work.
I always ask for feedback, so Red emailed me to suggest that I broaden my scope and target people outside the dot-com space.
If I aim for everyone, I’ll be meaningful to no one. Here’s why I focus on internet startups:
Imagine having a mix of experienced businesspeople mentoring you. That's my mission with Mixergy.com. I'm Andrew Warner. In my 20s, with no outside funding, I co-founded a business that reached $30+ mil in annual sales. This is the site I wish I had. Read More....
