ZieDesign | Blog of a Freelance Designer » Business http://ziedesign.com/blog Borneo Freelance Designer Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:35:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 9 more Useful Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don’t http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/02/20/9-more-useful-websites-you-should-know-about-but-probably-dont/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/02/20/9-more-useful-websites-you-should-know-about-but-probably-dont/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:48:06 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/9-more-useful-websites-you-should-know-about-but-probably-dont/ The following 9 very useful websites that provide services such as browser based chat (meebo.com), sells cool gadgets for cheap (woot.com), selling handmade things (etsy.com) and more. There were still some extremely useful websites that were left out, so webupon.com wrote a continuation article to cover these sites.

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2008/02/20/9-more-useful-websites-you-should-know-about-but-probably-dont/feed/ 0 Every good domain is taken. Here’s why. http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/05/31/every-good-domain-is-taken-heres-why/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/05/31/every-good-domain-is-taken-heres-why/#comments Thu, 31 May 2007 04:54:18 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/every-good-domain-is-taken-heres-why/ “Think of a name, any name, and it’s probably already registered as a .com domain. Most sites blocking your path to a memorable and descriptive names are owned by domain squatters, businesses buying domain names in bulk and running targeted advertisements from Google and Yahoo!.”

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2007/05/31/every-good-domain-is-taken-heres-why/feed/ 0 Digg founders launch 2nd business – Revision3 http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/09/26/digg-founders-launch-2nd-business-revision3/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/09/26/digg-founders-launch-2nd-business-revision3/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:58:51 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/digg-founders-launch-2nd-business-revision3/ 25digg.jpg

Revision3 has close to $1M in financing from a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, and Greylock Partners, a VC firm that has backed the start-ups Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as Digg.

It is trying to capitalize on the rapid growth of Internet video. The company is built around a series of video podcasts.

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/09/26/digg-founders-launch-2nd-business-revision3/feed/ 0 Blogging for Dollars http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/23/blogging-for-dollars/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/23/blogging-for-dollars/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:19:40 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/blogging-for-dollars/ With Internet-like speed, blogs have gone from self-indulgent hobbies to flourishing businesses. Real businesses, with real revenue streams from real advertisers, not overhyped next big things. Some of the most popular blogs, long the bane of the mainstream media, are now themselves becoming mainstream.

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/23/blogging-for-dollars/feed/ 0 Digg paths to profitability and social networking http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/17/digg-paths-to-profitability-and-social-networking/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/17/digg-paths-to-profitability-and-social-networking/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:15:42 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/digg-paths-to-profitability-and-social-networking/ Speaking at the Building Blocks conference in San Jose today, Digg founder and chief architect Kevin Rose described his site as a “crazy madhouse of news flying around, 100 percent user powered.”

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/17/digg-paths-to-profitability-and-social-networking/feed/ 0 Digg CEO: Jay Adelson Talks To Venture Voice http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/12/digg-ceo-jay-adelson-talks-to-venture-voice/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/12/digg-ceo-jay-adelson-talks-to-venture-voice/#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:52:38 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/digg-ceo-jay-adelson-talks-to-venture-voice/ adelson-digg.jpg Jay Adelson Talks To Venture Voice

“The best I can tell you is Digg as a concept can be applied to other content aside from news. Just wait and see what we are going to apply it to.”

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/12/digg-ceo-jay-adelson-talks-to-venture-voice/feed/ 0 New Website for Programmers and Designers to Find Each Other http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/10/new-website-for-programmers-and-designers-to-find-each-other/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/10/new-website-for-programmers-and-designers-to-find-each-other/#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:24:40 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/new-website-for-programmers-and-designers-to-find-each-other/ progmeetdeslogo.png

A new website has launched for programmers, designers, web entrepreneurs and content writers to find each other and work together to create websites and web applications.

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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/10/new-website-for-programmers-and-designers-to-find-each-other/feed/ 0 Valley Boys: Kevin Rose leads a new brat pack of young entrepreneurs http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/04/valley-boys-kevin-rose-leads-a-new-brat-pack-of-young-entrepreneurs/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/04/valley-boys-kevin-rose-leads-a-new-brat-pack-of-young-entrepreneurs/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:34:10 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/index.php/archive/valley-boys-kevin-rose-leads-a-new-brat-pack-of-young-entrepreneurs/ BusinessWeekDigg.gif

Business Week’s write up of Kevin Rose, his “rock star” status, and Digg.com’s rise to fame. Today, Digg, Version 3, the one that would go beyond tech news to include politics, gossip, business, and videos, was going live. At 29, Rose was on his way either to a cool $60 million or to total failure.
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]]> http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/08/04/valley-boys-kevin-rose-leads-a-new-brat-pack-of-young-entrepreneurs/feed/ 0 Top 10 Dumbest Online Business Ideas That Made It Big Time. http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/07/21/top-10-dumbest-online-business-ideas-that-made-it-big-time/ http://ziedesign.com/blog/2006/07/21/top-10-dumbest-online-business-ideas-that-made-it-big-time/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:50:48 +0000 Zie http://ziedesign.com/blog/?p=15 1.Million Dollar Homepage, 2.SantaMail, 3.Doggles, 4.LaserMonks, 5.AntennaBalls, 6.FitDeck, 7.PositivesDating.Com, 8.Designer Diaper Bags, 9.TruGamerz, 10.Lucky Wishbone Co.

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