Started by two Internet entrepreneurs who were tired of the rat race, Self Made Minds is a valuable source of information for sharing on-line business related insight. Offering sound advice on how to make money on-line while inviting you to take a look into their personal lives as entrepreneurs, Scott and Al have created a site that is easy to navigate and informative to read.
David Airey is a graphic designer and design consultant. His site David Airey is a wealth of information on a wide range of topics including what makes a great design to common client misconceptions. His site is so easy to navigate and so full of useful articles that it is easy to spend hours reading through his site. Not to be missed!
Bulldog Financial is a boutique investment and business consulting firm. Known for their fiercely protective loyalty, Marc and Martin Nathan believe in investing in people who have a vision. Known for their wide client base, Bulldog Financial is the site to visit for strong financial representation.
Stuart Brown is a web designer & developer. His web site, Modern Life, delivers web tips, notes and links to some of the web’s best amusements. Informative and amusing, Modern Life Is Rubbish is a worthwhile read.
Against the mainstream, Blue Hat SEOis the only Internet site dedicated to advanced Search Engine Optimization. Bloggers use their knowledge of Internet marketing and SEO’s in the most creative way possible to best benefit their sites. A powerful site for idea exchange, www.BlueHatSEO.comoffers tips and advice for those familiar with Internet marketing and SEO basics.
Michael Stelzner’s site, Writing White Papers, sheds light on what white papers are (a persuasive document that is a crossbreed between a magazine article and a brochure) and lends a valuable space for advice on writing and marketing. A recent blog explained the simplest way to market yourself as a freelancer. But even wordsmiths need to have fun - click on FUN at the top of any page to see for yourself.
A startlingly young entrepreneur from the UK has developed the most informative business oriented website imaginable. When I first began reading his latest post entitled The Art Of Planning, I was certain I was reading the advice of a top graduate of an Ivy League School, not that of a high school student. Blogtrepreneur.com offers solid advice for up-and-coming entrepreneurs and old dogs looking to learn new tricks alike.
Science, technology, and a great dose of humor comes together on Inside my Frontal Lobe. Looks for blogging tips, including new ways to make money from your site, workout tips, and random funny stuff to break up the deeper stuff.
Michael Eakes offers no nonsense, unbiased tech advice for the novice as well as the experienced user. His step by step instructions are informative and easy to follow, yet interlaced with jabs of humor that will keep you checking back time and time again. A personal favorite blog was his introduction of the new Apple IPod pea, which honestly had this reader saying ‘what the…’. Exploring www.eakes.org makes it easy and fun to learn from Michael’s experience.
Tim Schultz is a world traveler and travel guide from Bellingham, Washington who blogs about his globe trotting on his Travels with Tim blog. Recent trips include passes through Tanzania, Qatar, and India, where he managed to lose 20 pounds along the way due to an infection. Not pretty.
The monkeys were talking the other day on a banana break about online shopping. They gist of their conversation was basically, “there is plenty of stuff to buy online today, but how are we supposed to figure out what’s worth buying?”
That’s where SlingShop.com comes in. The comprehensive online shopping site offers product reviews, including video reviews from everyday people to help other consumers like you figure out what’s worth whipping out the plastic for.
SlingShop doesn’t actually sell anything. They just help you figure out what’s worth buying, then point you to the retailers who can hook you up with the best stuff on the web.
There are a zillion ways to sell a home on the web these days. The monkeys were talking the other day over a banana break about how something like 6% of all websites have some form of real estate angle. Crazy, eh?
So, how do you differentiate in real estate? If you’re Congress Realty, you offer people a fast and easy way to publish their home to the MLS for a low flat fee. Congress Realty currently serves Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas.
Get listed. Save money. Get it sold.
The RSS Blog lives up to the name by covering everything their is to know about this subject from RSS formats, readers, buttons, and OPML, to name just a few things RSS.
RSS is changing the shape of the web and how online content is consumed. Hop on the RSS feed of The RSS Blog to stay up to date.
Remember Napster? Ah, good times. What’s been the long-term impact of Napster? That’s kind of what Napsterization covers. Digital media is changing fast, and Napsterization is all over it.
Blip.tv is an internet video service specializing in serialized content. Huh? What the heck is that? Are we talking about serial killers? Nope. We’re talking about shows. You know, shows, like you see on the TV. Shows you can turn in to watch week after week or day after day where you’re entertained again and again by cool peeps.
You can find shows like Amanda Congdon’s, Ze Franks, or Nontourage’s there. More are coming online every day, so check ‘em out.
One thing the web is certainly not short of is web marketing blogs. Everyone has an opinion on what it takes to be successful on the web. Some actually know what they’re talking about, and some are nothing more than people selling ebooks on what they heard works, but in reality they couldn’t market their way out of a bubble.
Enter WageRank, a site that takes an experiential approach to web marketing advice. Simply follow along with the tactics laid out by cdc to get a feel for what works, how, and why.
The monkeys like to get dressed up in their monkey suits from time to time and throw big parties, but one thing monkeys really hate is creating seating charts. But, as you can imagine, seating charts are the key to a successful event since you can’t put crazy uncle Eddie next to his ex. Know what I mean?
That’s where SimpleSeating comes in. Simply hop on their site and build out your charts there. The beauty of this is it makes it easy for people to work on the the charts from more than one location. Or, um, for a few minutes at work while you’re listening to another boring conference call.
If you live in the Western United States, or plan on visiting the area, Community Color is something you need to know about. The site offers a collection of business directories for Western communities from Colorado to Montana. Find links to restaurants, sporting events, health information. Just about anything you’d expect to find out in Big Sky country.
NewspaperGrl is the business blog of the brain behind AffiliateFlash.com, Janet Meiners. Janet is a great resource for information on blog marketing, SEO, web stats, and other strategies relevant to entrepreneurs working on building their online presence.
BuyOnlineNow is an online office supply store offering everything you could ever want to stock your office with supplies to the gills. Whether you’re looking for practical stuff, like more toner for the trees you’re printing, or something that will make you the envy of your cube farm like Milton’s Red Swingline Stapler, BuyOnlineNow is the place to go.