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2,610 karma · joined December 28, 2008

Relentlessly resourceful human with an entrepreneurial passion for executing and delivering sales and technology services. Conceptualized, capitalized, and operationalized software services companies and local niche businesses with private equity partners.

Based in Atlanta @quizbiz on twitter www.graftinglegacy.com Contact me for coaching or consulting services.

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quizbiz··on One startup's journey into SEO
It really depends on the type of business. Notably, a lot of smaller direct sales web companies have almost all of their traffic come from SEO.

Most sites I have been involved with see 50%-70% of traffic from search. More brand equity = less importance for search.

More importantly though, search tends to convert way way better than really anything else (ppc included) when goals tracking (ie nav to contact page and thank you page).

You can probably give your traffic a lot of growth by investing more time into efforts with SEO in mind. Let me know if you need help. :)

quizbiz··on Forrst.me Teaser
Looks great. Having this feature would actually lure me into being a more active user on Forrst. I currently can't really relate to what's on my feed and I haven't really been presented with a walk through. Would be happy to give you more feedback. email in bio if you dare. :)

Best of luck

quizbiz··on Tweetie 2.0 For Mac Will Launch With The Mac App Store, Tomorrow
What about a major update for Coda?
quizbiz··on Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting
Can you explain more about how you got to that point of realizing what helps you get started?
quizbiz··on Ask HN: Who launched something in December?
There's a good number of Israeli tech/biz guys on Twitter. Spread the word there.

Be'hatzlacha

quizbiz··on The first privately owned EPIC camera has already been stolen

   I'm not so worried about a competitor getting hold of this 
   camera. If they did, I'm quite sure they would call us and 
   return it... right after they said "we can't believe you 
   actually did this!".

   http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=701458&postcount=30
quizbiz··on The first privately owned EPIC camera has already been stolen
Just curious, how much is it worth?
quizbiz··on Ask HN: What has progressed in your field in 2010?
I'm working on a big project for Emory. Would love to hear your feedback if you're up for it. No email in bio so please check mine. thanks!
quizbiz··on Minimalist renditions of international brands
I think the Corn Flakes example (http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/12/dzn_Minimalist-Effe...) is a good example of how this approach of minimalism for grocery type consumer products does a lot of damage.

Yes, across the board we still know what the product is but the feelings and the senses of the brand are gone. The Corn Flakes doesn't look like a yummy breakfast anymore. It might as well be the cover of a super hero mag. As already mentioned, the product is no longer unique. It might as well be the store brand.

This isn't effective brand minimalism (in my naive opinion). It's packaging minimalism (minimizing printing costs).

quizbiz··on A Visual Guide to Net Neutrality and its Importance
A box to type in your zip code and get info about contacting local government representatives might yield actual results.
quizbiz··on Mixpanel (YC S09) - Merry Christmas, Internet
I was about to say. THANKS!
quizbiz··on Gawker Website source, databases & passwords now on BitTorrent
I was under the impression that Gawker Media is indeed powered by Wordpress.

source: http://wordpress.org/showcase/tag/gawker/

quizbiz··on Visualize your PageRank
There are other ways but this makes it easy to see where competitors are being referenced. If you're trying to grow your personal brand, you could see where people you "compete with" are active, and thus put effort towards contributing content to those sources. There's actually a lot you can do with this information. Yeah, and don't discount the power of contributing quality content on different sites like avc.com comments with a consistent username and a link to your personal site in the profile. :)
quizbiz··on Hacker News' Reading Level
^ is comparing Reddit with Wikipedia. Results are not shocking.
quizbiz··on The Atlantic Turns a Profit, With an Eye on the Web
I don't think I have ever read an issue of The Atlantic. This article alone is fantastic press for them.
quizbiz··on The frontpage with a threshold of 100 points
It just occurred to me that while I vote up great comments, I don't remember the last time I gave an up-vote to a thread. Am I atypical?
quizbiz··on Mark Zuckerberg Agrees to Give Away Fortune
Right. So is there anyway to estimate his actual liquid wealth?
quizbiz··on More than you ever wanted to know about Marijuana strains
http://pastebin.com/0VGDYvnE
quizbiz··on Mark Zuckerberg Agrees to Give Away Fortune
How much liquid wealth does Mark actually have? Isn't the vast majority of it purely theoretical based on Facebook equity purchases?
quizbiz··on Grooveshark's new Javascript/HTML interface
How do they hide the source code if it's all Javascript/HTML?
quizbiz··on Facebook Doesn't Own My Friends: Chrome extension exports Facebook contacts
Talk about hacker news... no?
quizbiz··on Image hosting that doesn't suck - just drag and drop
As a photographer, I love that you guys are allowing for the high res uploads. I'm also a fan of the minimalist feel. The animations are very cool but they need to be smoother. :)
quizbiz··on [dead]
This is a red flag to me. Does he have a history of making big investments? Do CEOs frequently sell stocks in such large volumes? I just have no idea.
quizbiz··on Why I bill hourly
For those that bill hourly, do you go off of a monthly retainer and sort of use that as a budget for hours? If I am starting to outsource (not off shore, just with partners, specific tasks), I'm just struggling about how to approach that from a billing perspective. I would like to make a small margin.
quizbiz··on Let's Do Lunch
Seems to be the type of thing where the higher you bid, the less meaningful the result would actually be.
quizbiz··on An online dating site for ugly people - welcome to reality
But who wants to meet a future spouse on a dating site for ugly people? Rather, an ugly person would prefer a dating site for smart people or mac enthusiasts or music enthusiasts, etc.
quizbiz··on Time Sink App
where is the download link? :)
quizbiz··on Ask HN: Making Money Online as a Teen
Charge 1k per website. Make a website every month. Spend one week working your ass off finding someone that would pay 1k for the site. Spend the rest making it.
quizbiz··on Ask HN: What agencies would you recommend to manage PPC and AdWords?
no place to point out a referral source
quizbiz··on Show HN: I asked an HN member for feedback and she blew my mind
You have already done so much.

Countless are spending time doing their best to share authentic valuable knowledge. They are not thanked enough.

Thank you!

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