Happy Links

November 7, 2005 in Happy Links

• 9rules round 3 submission is Nov 14th for 24 hours. Polish up your blog and give it a whirl, these guys are insanely cool to work with.
• Jason Fried takes "Bubble 2.0" to task. "This is premature, cover-your-ass babble. Babble 2.0, not Bubble 2.0. Bad business decisions by a few don’t equal a bubble. Funding companies without a future isn’t a bubble, it’s crappy investing."
• 10 Most Practical Blogs for Entrepreneurs. Those all look great with the possible exception of number 3.
• Creating Passionate Users offers advice on how to spend your marketing and ad budget. "Let's say your marketing and/or ad budget doesn't have the same legs it used to... Or maybe you don't even have a marketing budget." (Man I love this blog).
• 37signals dusts off the Holiday E-Commerce Ideas report. Superbly done, chock full of great "duh" ideas for getting ecommerce right so you maximize Q4.
• Ramit lectures us on greed... and makes some good points. "Everybody seems to be in a big fat hurry to make money. I call this greedy, but not in the traditional sense of the word. It's greedy because I don't think it should be the first thing on anybody's mind."
• Solo-Tees offers a (moderately interesting) interview with Problogger Darren Rowse. "I don’t have too many long term goals - the online entrepreneurial space shifts and changes so quickly that I increasingly am finding myself setting monthly, weekly and even daily goals that are just as significant."
• Matt Eliason offers some excellent, insightful things to consider when launching an affiliate program. "Most affiliates are a waste of time. Yes, it is a sad fact - from my experience and from others who run an affiliate program, somewhere between 89-95% of affiliates either won’t generate a sale, or if they do, they will be so slow as to be and administrative anchor..."
• How to Boost Your Blog Traffic.
• Essential Resources for Creativity (163 techniques + 30 tips + books)
• How to Start a Business without Money. This is puffy advice, but he's onto something with his "become an expert" + boostrapping thing.
• 10 Ways to Please Us, the Customers. "You should worship at the altar of good design and make customer satisfaction your religion. These should be your commandments."

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