4 Ways to Write Better Comments

August 14th, 2006 14 Comments Noah

A lot of people talk about how commenting and trackbacking are great ways to get involved in the blogosphere. But how do you write effective comments? I have written some one-liners that have gotten me tons of traffic to my site and I have written essays that are left in the dust.
I have asked [...]

I am Not a Blogger

August 14th, 2006 10 Comments noah

I am a diarist, documentor, writer, entrepreneur, friend, yopo, comedian but not a blogger. I have been doing this for 6 years. I suck at writing. This is not my job.

Anyone can write. It takes dedication to be a writer.

Anyone can play an instrument and speak. It takes talent to be a professional [...]

Friday Free Business Idea: Paypal Consultant

August 11th, 2006 6 Comments Noah

If you run a website and want to collect payments, it can be hard to implement Paypal. Bottomline: It Sucks. There are some new services: shopify and such that make it easier. But what if you just want to integrate Paypal?

A technological consultant that focuses on implementing, integrating and maintaining Paypal systems for merchants. This [...]

Update on the Road to 1000

August 11th, 2006 3 Comments noah

I wanted to thank everyone for helping me on my road to 1,000. Here are some updates:
RSS Subscribers: +50 to 450
Average Traffic: +150 to 600 / day
Rankings of Helpers:

Sergio Rebelo (56)
Movementarian (39)
Bjorn Lee (9)
Nick Africa (6)
SG Entrepreneurs (5)
Chris Jennings (2)
52 Reviews (2)
Douglas Karr (2)
Susan Jones (2)
sharpshoot (1)
Much Ado about Nothing (1)
15 second pitch (1)
Brad [...]

The Return on Time

August 11th, 2006 17 Comments noah

How much time a day do you spend reading blogs? 30-45 minutes

How much responding to emails? 2-3 hours

Meeting with others? 2-4 hours

How much of your day is being productive?

I realized I waste WAY TOO much time reading blogs, emailing and not doing the things that count. I know I have to think long term but [...]

FYI: Women Rule

August 10th, 2006 9 Comments noah

I was talking with my buddy Kareem and he mentioned he can’t read all the posts I write. Just TOO much. He said he reads Chartreuse because it is short and has pictures. I realized it was possibly because it has tons of pictures of hot women.
For Kareem I will keep this post short:)
Women [...]