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Internet versus TV

Posted by Colin Brown | Posted on 13-01-2011

Category : Go Solo

for the first time in the United States residents are devoting as much time to online activities as they are watching TV.

The increased time for people are spending online using cutting into the time he developed watch TV, which has remained relatively stable in recent years at an average of 13 hours per week, going to force the recent. Since 2005, US households have increased their times and online whopping 121%. The five most popular online activities among his opponents are sending messages the e-mail, shopping, sharing videos years e-mail, visiting social networking sites, and watching video.

If you’re a solo entrepreneur this is an opportunity on the horizon as he watched the societal changes take place.

IT Hiring Outlook is Looking Good!

Posted by Colin Brown | Posted on 13-01-2011

Category : Go Solo

6 out of 10 hiring managers and technology recruiters are expected to to increase their hiring in the first 6 months of 2011 according to Dice.

The most recent survey conducted by Dice shows a slow gradual recovery in the labor market overall. Nearly half of the 850 respondents say they expect to increase hiring by 10% in the first half of 2011, with another third expecting increases of 11% to 20% and 15% of those are forecasting hiring 21% to 30% more technology workers.

if you’re looking for a job in 2011 IT may be placed be.

Broadband in the US

Posted by Colin Brown | Posted on 13-01-2011

Category : Marketing Online, Traffic Generation

The United States ranks 25th in the world for the average Internet connection speeds, which is quite pitiful considering this is America we’re talking about. Nearly half of all U.S. residents fall below the FCC’s minimum definition of broadband at 4 MBPS download. The median download speed in the U.S. in 2010 was 3 MBPS.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s average download speed in 34.1 MBPS, Sweden’s is 22.22 MBPS, Romania’s is 20.3 MBPS and Japan’s is 18 MBPS. Let’s hope that we can get that number up in the U.S. in the next few years.

How to disable programs and startup that run when you start Window 7

Posted by Colin Brown | Posted on 08-12-2010

Category : Tips and Tricks

1. Press + R.
2. Type “msconfig” and press Enter or click OK.

Security note: If UAC is enabled then a UAC prompt will appear asking
for permission or password, provide permission or password to pass.

3. Navigate to Startup tab and there you have a list,
uncheck a selected startup item and click Apply and OK.

Black Friday

Posted by Colin Brown | Posted on 01-12-2010

Category : Marketing Online, Traffic Generation

So I’ve been in business since 1987 and it has never occured to me to take advantage of an opportunity to pick up some otherwise hesitant customers with some special promotions and utilizing Black Friday to do it. Go figure.

It is the perfect time to increase business as all business has always died down during December when you are selling B2B (Business to Business). It seems everyone is interested in the Holiday Season and not working– so things come to a screaching halt. You do have a few planners that are working to get a project done for the next year but they are few and far between.

HostGator

So on Tuesday (2 Days before Thanksgiving) I got an email from HostGator, my favorite blog hoster, saying they were going to have a special promotion for affiliates to push for Black Friday. But they sent no details until the next day Wednesday. The promotion was awsome but there wasn’t much time to promote it because it takes time to put an email together and get it delivered to 1.5 million subscribers. It actually takes 3 days just to get that many delivered!

So it seemed they saw Black Friday as an after thought just like I have been doing for the last 23 years. Because you need to have time to put together your promotions and get it to your affiliates for it to be a huge success. So this is the last year that I don’t take Black Friday seriously. I will plan for it every year from here on out. Make sure you do the same regardless of whether you sell to Consumers (B2C) or Businesses (B2B).

BTW, I was still able to salvage some sales for HostGator on Black Friday – it made the whole Holiday that much more pleasant knowing I was making money while haning out with family!