Considering that I’ve been building websites for about 20 years, it’s probably not surprising that I’ve used MANY different hosts. If I had to guesstimate, I’d say the total is somewhere around 50. And depending on the type of site, the importance of its uptime, how resource-intensive it is, I’ve used everything from shared hosts, to VPSs, to dedicated servers, and of…
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The future of community gardening
As some of my followers may have heard, I sold my main business (SocialAdr) a couple months ago. I’ve been working on it since 2009, so the sale was definitely a bitter-sweet feeling. I’m not one to sit idly by, watching the hours go by, so although I could have taken some time off, I was eager to get going…
Hilarious gag gift => ModestMix teas
Ok, so you’re looking for a hilarious gag gift, maybe for a White Elephant / Secret Santa party in your office, or maybe just because your friend’s birthday is coming up and he has an awesome sense of humor.
BlendBee – delicious custom tea blends!
Are you a tea lover? I wanted to share this awesome service with you. BlendBee.com is a site that allows you to order customized tea blends. You can pick from over 80 different ingredients from the “Blending Station”. Super cool. Here’s all the categories of ingredients: Black Teas Green & White Teas Red Teas Berries Flowers Fruits & Beans Herbs Roots &…
Event Hunt – find startup and tech events in your city
Just stumbled across this service I thought was pretty cool – http://eventhunt.io It’s a great platform if you want to socialize, learn new things, or find new opportunities (investors, free business advise) in you city. It can also help you to get to know people when you move to a new location. If you’re familiar with Product Hunt, it has a similar design. Check it out…
DoSocial can now post to Facebook Groups
If you use Facebook for marketing, you likely know how powerful Facebook Groups can be. You join groups related to your niche, connect with other members, and build a solid group of followers. Whenever you have something to promote about your business, it’s smart to mention it to your relevant groups.
DoSocial – new social media management service
If you do any form of online marketing, whether it be for your own company, or for clients, you likely use social media. There’s plenty of ways to manage your various Twitters and Facebooks and whathaveyous, but now there’s a new service thrown into the mix: DoSocial. DoSocial offers a user-friendly interface to manage your social media profiles. You can setup identities…
HTTPS is now being used by Google for ranking
This is huge news. Google has finally realized that sites that are more secure should rank higher than sites that aren’t. And installing an SSL certificate is one way to make your site more secure. So, if you were humming and hawing about whether or not you needed an SSL cert, hopefully this pushes you in the right direction. You can…
How to learn to remember really complex passwords
This article from Wired really piqued my interest… It’s crazy to think that 1 in 20 times people still use “password” for their passwords. That’s just nuts. A recent study from Microsoft and Princeton suggests that a training technique could be very effective (90% success rate) at teaching people to remember a 12-character-long password with random letters and numbers. How it works:…
Winning Email’s Feedback Loops Service: Improve Your Email Deliverability
If you run your own online business, and send emails from your server, the new Winning Email feedback loops service is a great way to reduce spam complaints, improve your email delivery rates, and increase your sales. Most mail marketers aren’t even aware that they have email deliverability issues, so it’s no surprise that feedback loops are widely overlooked by the…