Archive | General Stuff

Jack Of All Trades?

Posted on 17 March 2013 by Andrei

Thanks to the Internet, pretty much anyone can become a Jack of all trades.

But should you?

In my opinion, no.

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Opinions Are Like

Posted on 12 March 2013 by Andrei

… email addresses, everyone has one 🙂

As a domainer, you’re constantly exposed to all sorts of opinions.

About new gTLDs.

About the future of the Internet in general.

… you name it.

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“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet” – Abraham Lincoln

Posted on 05 March 2013 by Andrei

… you get the point 🙂

I’m often surprised that even people who should know better (yes, even domainers or entrepreneurs) don’t follow this fundamental rule. Always question everything, don’t blindly believe information.

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Some People Never Fail

Posted on 17 February 2013 by Andrei

It’s possible to avoid failure in business or as an investor. It’s also possible to never ever cut yourself shaving, to never injure yourself and the list could go on and on.

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The Web Is Still in Its Infancy

Posted on 13 February 2013 by Andrei

35% – the percentage of people who were using the Internet in 2011.

77.86% – the percentage of people using the Internet in the US.

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GoDaddy’s Commercials – My 2 Cents

Posted on 03 February 2013 by Andrei

I like one of them, the other one… not so much, too tacky.

You can say a lot of things about the dot co guys but not that they aren’t good marketers, dot co has been a marketing success story and new gTLD registries had better take notes. The dot co commercial (click HERE to take a look) is kind of cute, I like it.

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How Experienced Are You… In Dog Years?

Posted on 02 February 2013 by Andrei

As I mentioned yesterday, being involved in an industry that didn’t even exist 20 years ago is a privilege. To take things even further, I constantly refer to the “dog years” analogy when talking about the Internet with people who earn a living offline.

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It’s a Privilege!

Posted on 31 January 2013 by Andrei

I work/communicate with people from all corners of the world, so do most of us and it’s something we shouldn’t take for granted. We earn a living online, yet often don’t even stop for a minute to think about just how amazing what we do is.

A lot of things are falling apart offline (the economy, TV, you name it), yet the Internet is becoming better and better with each day that passes.

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Obvious but Underestimated Offline “Investments” for Domainers

Posted on 27 January 2013 by Andrei

Consumers spend money on the craziest things and domainers don’t represent an exception. Yet a lot of times, people try to save a buck on extremely important investments and let me give you just two examples: the bed you sleep on several hours/day and they chair you sit on when you’re working.

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Motivational Stuff

Posted on 11 January 2013 by Andrei

Lots of domainers and entrepreneurs love motivational stuff but personally, I think it’s overrated. I mean look, if you want to be successful and all that good stuff, you shouldn’t need motivational videos/books/whatever to set things in motion.

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