jwesley

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by jwesley 18y ago
Let me guess, you just watched Zeitgeist Movie? Great flick.
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by jwesley 18y ago
Because if we eliminated credit, how would the banks be able to charge ridiculous interest and enrich top ranking exectutives, who would then line the pockets of top ranking government officials, who used to be top ranking executives. The e
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by jwesley 18y ago
What were you expecting from a cartoonist?
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by jwesley 18y ago
So without doing any research, you arbitrarily take the opposite position and demand that more research be done? Feels like a non sequitur...
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by jwesley 18y ago
I refused to clickthrough to this link after noticing it's a page from AynRand.org. Most overrated writer of all time. Back to the gold standard! Free market rules all!
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by jwesley 18y ago
Wait, you said you've read The 4 Hour Work Week, WTF else do you need to know? Get some brain supplements and get out on them thar internets! In all seriousness though, most businesses require a lot more work than a job. If you don't want t
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by jwesley 18y ago
Seriously, where is the Mac version? These are all your evangelists Google!
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by jwesley 18y ago
Tumblr is for hipsters. Wordpres FTW...
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I think it may be related to the drive for mental stimulation. The same way smart people devour information and ideas they also devour other mental stimulants like alcohol.
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by jwesley 18y ago
Do not let the tobacco companies get ahold of that one.
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by jwesley 18y ago
Better yet, just become a social media consultant and charge $300 an hour to overhype Twitter!
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by jwesley 18y ago
These quote lists are the oldest SEO trick in the linkbait playbook. No work required and people LOVE them. To get what I mean by SEO, check out the sweet "payday loan" links in the footer.
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by jwesley 18y ago
Not anymore, what with the economy how it is the bonuses are barely anything!
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by jwesley 18y ago
Keep posting threads here asking for tips.
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by jwesley 18y ago
Dumb people that don't do anything.
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by jwesley 18y ago
Full of pithy and sensationalist blog posts? Most certainly.
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by jwesley 18y ago
Good riddance.
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by jwesley 18y ago
You have it right on the money. If people keep coming back because they love to use the site, you should experience continuous growth. They will also be likely to tell other people about it, giving you viral potential. If you cannot get use
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by jwesley 18y ago
I was hoping for some affiliate marketing tips...
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Nothing.
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by jwesley 18y ago
Black Swan is definitely worth reading. It is somewhat repetitive and you may find it dull if you don't have a taste for philosophy, but I think it's an extremely important book -- its an overview of the cutting edge of human thinking and i
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by jwesley 18y ago
If you think SEO is bullshit, you are probably isolated in web-app-make-believe-land and think the only way to build an internet business is coding an ajax heavy service, getting viral growth, and being acquired. This is not the way most in
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by jwesley 18y ago
Your assumptions on this are off. He may be making $100K per year, but definitely not $25K for one search term. Google takes at least 40-50% of the CPC as rev share. Also, the traffic estimator you used is broad match, meaning it includes e
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by jwesley 18y ago
The recession will have a cleansing effect on the startup landscape. All the "me too" companies that got funded by dumb money chasing the next Facebook will fail. Startups that don't provide value and generate revenue will fail. It will be
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by jwesley 18y ago
Wow this added so much to the Calacanis email...guess it proves you only need 10 friends to game Hacker News.
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by jwesley 18y ago
The problem with people whining about the content of social news sites...just be thankful the spammers haven't overrun this site like Digg and Reddit.
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by jwesley 18y ago
If you think the article is about a Get Rick Quick scheme you are entirely missing the point. It takes years of learning and a high level intelligence to make a bad website into a good one. The real insight here is that profitable sites can
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by jwesley 18y ago
I like the article, and it certainly got me thinking, but it understates the level of skill required to revamp a poorly done website. To make that type of money flipping sites, you need to spot the right opportunities and make all the right
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by jwesley 18y ago
I'm in a similar position to the author of this thread. I can hack well enough to set up and customize sites with open source CMS, but my strongest skills are copywriting and marketing. I would like to collaborate with people with complimen
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by jwesley 18y ago
I'll have some snake oil with that, Doctor...

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