Which Ad Network is the Best?

Ward Andrews recently asked me which ad networks are the best to maximize revenues for website publishers. The following blog entry is a modified version of my email to him.
First, selecting the best ad network often depends on the niche of your site. For example, if you have developed a classic cars site […]

A Better Micro-Payment Solution than PayPal

Paul Allen recently asked me to identify the best solution for accepting micro-payments. The problem is that websites like LDSaudio.com, which sell a large number of products for a small amount, are charged very high minimum credit card processing fees. This makes the transactions almost impossible. For example, if LDSaudio.com sold a digital […]

Internet Acquisitions are Popular Again

It appears that as investors have pulled their money out of the stock market that Internet acquisitions have become popular again. We’ve been inundated with news Microsoft’s attempted purchase of Yahoo, Yahoo’s bluff, Microsoft walking away, and most recently billionaire Carl Icahn’s purchase of 50 million Yahoo shares in an attempted hostile takeover of […]

Finding a More Effective Domain Name Parking Service

Recently ABC News ran a story in which it featured the reporter using the ParentConnect.com website. Humorously, ParentConnect.com is not a real website. It is a domain name “parking page” that the domain name owner is using to generate income from his or her domain name which has not yet been used to […]

Bill Gross, the Genius Behind IdeaLab

Bill Gross is the founder of the IdeaLab business incubator, with sales exceeding $435 million. It is one only tech incubator that survived the dotcom crash in its original form. IdeaLab has built many different ventures, such as:
· GoTo/Overture (became Yahoo Search Marketing) – paid inclusion search engine that was renamed Yahoo! Search Marketing after […]

Amazing Grace & the Abolition of the English Slave Trade

The movie Amazing Grace is based on the true story of William Wilberforce who was elected a British MP (Member of Parliament) at the age of 21, and spent the rest of his life working as a reformer to end the British slave trade.
The Song “Amazing Grace”
When William Wilberforce was a child, his pastor was […]

Level 5 Leadership

More than 15,000 hours were put into the Good to Great project by author Jim Collins and his team. In the research, they identified companies that had been following at or below the standard market performance for at least 15 years, and then had a huge increase, dramatically outperforming the market over a 15 year […]

The Hague International Adoption Convention Takes Effect

The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption took effect in the U.S. on April 1, 2008.  As such, the United States now partners with 75+ countries around the world in this convention to facilitate international adoption.
The U.S. implementation of this Convention has been the catalyst for […]