While I was at DomainFest in LA I got to meet a lot of interesting people in the domain / hosting / internet / online business, so going to ICANN Lisbon was a natural followup. Unfortunately I've been rather busy over the last few weeks, though that's probably a good complaint to have as well :) In any case I only got round to booking my flights this evening. Trying to find … [Read more...] about Preparing for ICANN Lisbon
Cold Calling Requires a Clue
I get cold calls from sales people on a regular basis. Some of the callers are very nice and charming etc., and we have pleasant conversations. Others should really choose another field of work Really - they are not suited to direct selling. If you ring me up and try to sell me advertising you need to tell me why I should do it. This afternoon a very nervous sales person rang … [Read more...] about Cold Calling Requires a Clue
Most Prolific Bloggers?
I mentioned a post about prolific bloggers a while back. It seems I'm in that top 100 for the moment :) I wouldn't expect to be there for long - there are a lot of very prolific bloggers out there! … [Read more...] about Most Prolific Bloggers?
Irish CC Company Lands Major Online Deal
Realex have won a very tasty contract - the online payments for one of the largest online shops in Europe - CDWow! While I've known about this for several months I had promised their CEO, Colm Lyon, not to blog about it until they'd officially announced it, which I see they've now done. I'm delighted for Colm. He deserves every success. … [Read more...] about Irish CC Company Lands Major Online Deal
Common Design / SEO Mistakes
While I may not like some of the websites that get submitted to the various directories I manage I can appreciate that not everyone can design (I can't!). However one of my pet hates are the image only sites. You know the ones I mean. Instead of pages of text they are one big ugly image. No text. No links. Nothing clickable or spiderable. You'd need to use OCR technology to get … [Read more...] about Common Design / SEO Mistakes