Ade in Business

The enterprising journey of a web developer

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I’m Twittering

October 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

When I first saw Twitter I thought it was a complete waste of time, found it technologically unimpressive, and was positive it had no viability as a “real” business.
I’m still not completely convinced otherwise, but am starting to see the appeal.
I think my initial skepticism was largely founded on the way Twitter had been explained [...]

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Blogging New Year’s resolutions

January 1st, 2007 · No Comments

1. Post more often
I averaged about 1 1/2 posts per week this year, and think I can do better. I started this blog with skepticism, but found that I loved writing for it more than I thought I would. When I write more often, I’m thinking more, I’m learning more, and I’m more energized [...]

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Clever viral marketing campaign

May 26th, 2006 · Comments Off

It’s no secret that blogs are a great advertising medium. The trick for companies is finding out how to attract the attention of bloggers to get them to talk about their product.
PokerStars, an online poker site, has figured out a way by offering up around $40k of prizes to bloggers via a free tournament. [...]

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Blog happy

March 28th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Why stop with one blog when you can have two for the price of one?
I thought I’d point out that there’s a blog on the FormSpring site to publicize new features and improvements to the service. If anyone was looking here to follow FormSpring, the blog there is now a better place to look. [...]

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Do we really need more blogs out there?

February 22nd, 2006 · 6 Comments

If you would’ve asked me that question two months ago, I probably would have said no. But I’m swallowing my pride and jumping on the bandwagon even though I promise to never ever use this word in conversation.
So why did I change my mind? A few reasons:

I’m writing a new chapter in my [...]

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