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Paul is involved in a number of websites including BARTANNICA.com, a bar review site; Dappered, a men’s fashion site; and WhyYouAreStupid.com (guess what it's about).
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Category Archives: Business
The Myth Of The Second Salesman
I’ve witnessed this a few times and heard about it a few more. A company is struggling (in my case, a legal services firm) and needs more customers. “Get more boots on the ground!” says the boss. “We need a SECOND salesman.” The ideas that perpetuate the myth are simple: more man-power means more cold-calls, [...]
5 Reasons Verizon Won’t Sell The iPhone
The grass is always greener and everybody with an iPhone lusts after Verizon’s massive network. Don’t listen to Luke Wilson — Verizon’s network is better than AT&T’s. And Verizon’s dad can beat up AT&T’s dad too. So the rumor mill churns out story after story about Verizon carrying the iPhone, but guess what — they [...]
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What I’ve Learned Publishing Content On The Internet
If you haven’t heard, I love the book Rework. In the spirit of openness it preaches, here’s nearly everything I’ve learned from 6 of the 7+ sites I’ve been involved with over the last few years. This blog, pauldavidolson.com/blog Original goal: This is my main venue for sharing my opinions and testing things out. What [...]
What’s Your Exit Strategy? 5 Steps To Help You Survive.
I wrote this over a month ago … and today it’s very appropo. I’ve been lucky — I worked at a failed business and lost my job on 1 day’s notice. That was nearly 3 years ago. The reality of modern employment is that we should all be prepared for job changes. Here are 5 [...]
Trodding Down A Sated Generation
I started reading The Moon and Sixpense, and it amazes me how accurate old novels can sometimes be. Originally published in 1919, this passage still resonates: The younger generation… [has] burst in and seated themselves in our seats. The air is noisy with their shouts. Of their elders some, by imitating the antics of youth, [...]
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Lifehacker, Gawker, And Gizmodo Are Down This Morning
Darn … I like browsing the headlines before work, but I get a HTTP 1.1 error. Hopefully it’s temporary and not some evil plot against the Gawker network masterminded by Steve Jobs. UPDATE: Gawker and Gizmodo are down too. What gives?
How To Double Your Blog’s AdSense RPM
A few months ago, Joe at Dappered.com asked me to do a site audit to see if I could increase his advertising earnings. His revenue per 1,000 pageviews (aka. the site’s RPM or AdSense eCPM) was $1.74 in February — not too great. Last month, June, his RPM averaged out to $3.10 — not too [...]
Read Rework
Read Rework. I’ve told six people about this book today. I bought the book Tuesday afternoon, started reading it on the bus, went to the Cubs game, read some more at home afterward, and finished it this morning. It’s that good. It’s a dead-simple take on the business world written by 37signals founders Jason Fried [...]
120,000,000 iOS Devices – What’s That Mean?