SnagFilms: Free, Full-Length Documentaries
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008We recently came across SnagFilms, a great website that hosts and streams hundreds of full-length documentaries for free. Covering everything from Super Size Me and Heavy Metal in Baghdad to obscure international films by unknown filmmakers, the site has plenty of content for anyone who enjoys sitting down and watching a good documentary.
The films all [...]
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Perspctv: One Page Web Analysis
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008Perspctv is a web tool that aggregates, compares and visualizes large flows of data from the internet. You can enter up to five different search terms which Perspctv will use to generate a dashboard of relevant information from the web. Different perspectives of the search terms are laid out on the screen, with graphs representing [...]
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Embrace Ugly, Question Assumptions
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008Tad Toulis at Core 77 has written a compelling essay on the need for more “ugly” design. He goes into the reasons why striving for perfection, fleeting beauty, and some sort of over-idealized goodness kill creativity and real innovation. Assumed professional standards are then viewed as blinders to true design problem solving. Toulis calls instead [...]
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Review: Store Stacker – an automatic affiliate store builder
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008In my last two posts I was saying that it is the right time to invest, even though the market is somewhat down. I was also saying that you should create different revenue sources to support you and one or two less performing ventures.
If you think about starting a blog, it would definitely take a lot of time and patience to develop it onto a money making machine. On the contrary, as these ventures are only some money making machines for you, the best solution may be affiliate marketing.
The route is simple:
Select a niche > start a website > develop content > add more content > add affiliae links as you go > update content > promote the website to get targeted visitors.
The success of these ventures mainly depends on how well you can promote the website to get more targeted visitors. And the second most important thing is that you must have a good understanding of your visitors and offer them more related products.
If you only have one or two hours per day to invest after this website everyday, how would you divide your time?
You must be thinking that content development for these websites would take a lot of time - you are right (unless you hire a few content writers). And this is often a continuous job. And if you do not put enough content, it would be tough for you to promote it in SERP.
So, here we have Store Stacker - an automatic affiliate store builder on any website or blog. It directly and automatically pulls hundreds of products (Product pictures, descriptions, prices and your affiliate ID) from eBay, Amazon, Clickbank, Overstock, Regnow and HotelClub and puts them into your website.
To add to this, it also pulls content from different websites or blogs (via RSS) according to your keywords and updates your websites automatically. It can also automatically add related YouTube videos depending on your keywords (something like Squidoo). They also have integrated an automated optimization tool (keyword infused URLs, keyword tags on every page, related product listings on each page, Google sitemaps etc.) as it is almost impossible to SEO all these pages as long as time is concerned.
You can watch the demo video to know actually how it works. They have a clean interface and you can create and run a thousand page website within a few minutes. And thus you can actually invest rest of the time in actively promoting the website.
Who can go for such affiliate store builders?
If you want to make some ‘automated money making machines’ without investing much time, you can go for such affiliate store builders. But if you have enough time and want to make ‘affiliate marketing’ your primary source of income, I would recommend you to develop your affiliate site from scratch with unique content and hand picked products.
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Seven (Sorta) Secret “Greening” Cities
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008Treehugger has compiled a nice list of their favorite “7 Hidden Eco-Gems” - below-the-radar cities that stand out for their sustainable urban development and effectiveness as emerging ‘greening cities’. They’re quick to admit their ranking was subjective, but they did take into account these elements in deciding whether or not a city was truly ‘greening’ [...]
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What’s Stopping Innovation?
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008Thumbjocky points us to some insightful statistics on corporate innovation. An online survey of 261 global executives was conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which revealed the challenges they face bringing ideas to adoption. The 30 page report is full of details about barriers to innovation, and how some companies navigate them to success.
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Amazon Offers Simpler, Eco-Friendler Packaging
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008We were happy to learn of Amazon’s new “Frustration-Free Packaging” initiative, which gives customers the option of receiving (select) toys and electronics sans their usual wasteful, hard-to-open packaging. Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packages are simple, recyclable cardboard boxes that do away with most of the unnecessary filler (plastic casings, bindings, stupid wire ties) that manufacturers customarily use. [...]
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Muungano’s Psychedelic Library Bus
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008
Swedish design firm Muungano have won the Swedish Library Bus of the Year award (who knew there was such a thing?) for a library bus made for the town of Kiruna.
Psychedelic rainbows of colors cover the interior and exterior of the bus, with graphics designed by THEY GRAPHICS. It’s not just for decorations either. The [...]
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Electric Car Network Down Under
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008The Australian auto industry is set for an eco-overhaul, with Shai Agassi planning to launch his sustainable electric car network down under. Better Place works under 3 ventures: The introduction of charging zones for short distance drivers in the metro area; battery switching stations for long journeys; and software aids to automate the service.
With plans [...]
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On the streets of Brisbane…
Wednesday, den 5. November 2008For a long time trainers hanging from the telephone wires have been a common sight in the urban landscape. Explanations behind the ’shoefiti’ phenomenon range from a declaration of gang territory through to an advertisement for nearby drug opportunities, or even to mark the end of school year. There have been a number of ’shoe on a [...]
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