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Coupon and groupon script comparison

4 August 2010

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After hearing about how successful group coupons sites like Groupon has become in the U.S., I thought it would be interesting to try and create my own site. Since Groupon focuses on the US and Europe, there are plenty of opportunities to set up your own site in an area that Groupon doesn’t operate in, [...]

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September goal update and new site launch

1 September 2009

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It’s the first of September, so I just wanted to take stock of what I have left to do for the rest of the month. My goal is to have 50 Infobarrel articles written of at least 450 words in length by the end of September. I have already done 19, so that leaves 31. [...]

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At a crossroad

3 January 2009

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Wow, last year went so fast. I didn’t even have time to make summary of 2008 post like many blogs do. I suppose the Olympics and spending 6 months in China was the high(low?)light for me in 2008. It was an unforgettable experience in so many different ways. One thing is for sure, I won’t [...]

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Website idea: industry blog/news site

22 September 2008

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Many internet gurus will tell you to build websites based on niche areas with high search volumes. If you are looking for something different, why not start a news site or blog (if there is any difference) on a particular industry. Most industries have some kind of trade magazine that all companies that belong to [...]

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Mobile sites

22 January 2008

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I bought a couple of .mobi domains during the domain landrush period. The names aren’t too bad and after seeing this travel site for sale on sitepoint it has given me some motivation to do something with them. I never liked using a mobile phone to browse the internet, but I know it can be [...]

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A-ha moments

15 July 2007

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I think it is interesting to look back and try to find the moment when you discovered something like a new way of making money. You discover something you had never heard about before or haven’t given it any thought. It could be from reading a magazine or newspaper article or reading something on an [...]

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Business Ideas: Internet payment processors

30 June 2007

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Other than discovering various beautiful spots around the world, travel is a great way to meet new and interesting people. In my hotel in Vientiane the capital city of Laos I met a fellow Aussie who runs his own internet payment website, kind of like Paypal. He is a solicitor by trade, so he has [...]

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Wifi business idea

5 June 2007

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If anyone has been reading my travel blog you will know that I am in Hanoi, Vietnam now. I have found the number of cafes that offer a free Wifi service to be pretty amazing. I don’t know if it is just me, but when I was in Australia, I saw very few places that [...]

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Travel to develop your internet business

25 May 2007

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Travel is usually associated with leisure and anything but work, but if you are developing an internet business, it can be possible to combine the two and even improve your financial situation and build your business at the same time. This idea is not going to work for everyone, especially if you have children, but [...]

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Get a domain and get users to fill it with content

27 January 2007

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I don’t normally buy magazines, but I could help buying the latest edition of Business 2.0. The article which caught my attention was on Richard Rosenblatt. He is only 37 and helped broker the sale of MySpace. In 1999 he sold his company iMall to ExciteAtHome for $565 million. His latest company is Demand Media. [...]

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