I’ve decided to do a little experiment. A few weeks ago I bought about 9 new sites from Raj Dash over at Performancing. One of those sites is a car blog called Ride Lust (great, brandable name, btw). The site has no page rank and only about 60 articles. It makes very little money. So [...]
I think the single biggest mistake that new web entrepreneurs make is the pursuit of immediate income. This is understandable, because the web lures us with the sweet seduction of free money. Passive income. No work, all play. But let me give you a tip that will save you a lot of letdown: most people [...]
Well, I knew this was coming. Along with Girlspoke and Chris Pearson, I’ve been kicked out of 9rules. The reason being that I am involved with BlogMedia. I’m not sure why this is a problem, as College Startup isn’t part of BlogMedia – I am a designer there, and it doesn’t effect my membership in [...]
Scrivs made an interesting post at Work Boxers about good design and getting links. He provides some graphs of his traffic before and after the redesign of Damn I’m Cute which, by the way, is an amusing blog that I read regularly. After Mike Rundle’s redesign he has received a huge increase in traffic. Why? [...]
It seems sort of crazy that College Startup was accepted into The 9rules Network when it’s only been around for a week or so. I’m suddenly included in a great group of bloggers, some of whom have had their blogs up for years. I feel like I snuck into a secret society without being noticed. [...]
