Facebook now tells you what your most popular post is
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Have you seen Facebook’s new action reporting for ads?
For each ad, you can get a detailed breakdown of actions by type, separated into post-impression (24 hours), post-click (24 hours), and post-click (7 days). To get there, just click on the ad performance within the web-based ad manager, then “see full actions report.” Some of us are still accidentally basing our Cost Per Fan
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Syosset Lock Shop– the parable of the 7 circles
Remember how Dante, in his Divine Comedy, had the nine circles of hell? Well, locksmiths have those too. Not nine, only seven, but surely you get the point. There are seven incredibly ludicrous ways to get locked out of your house, and, like Dante, we will discuss them in ascending order (skipping a couple, because like I
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How to avoid obvious failure as a startup
Look at the top startups– the ones who are actually making money versus the pretenders. What’s the difference between them? You’ll notice that they all work ultra hard, are ultra networked, and are ultra knowledgeable. The catch-22 is that if you’re a one-man show, how can you possibly put in enough time to work, meet people, and learn at the same
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Why your web project is failing
Everyone is building stuff these days on the web. Grab some design templates, and an open-source CMS, and pay some freelancers from a foreign country $500 to bring it together. You seemingly mitigate risk by looking at their feedback ratio, client reference list, or even sample code (if you are technical enough). But your project
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Wayne Elsey Says Almost Isn’t Good Enough
It took me three cross-country flights to finish Wayne’s book. It’s 161 pages of simple but powerful language. Do you want to hear the essence of someone who left the corporate world and built one of the largest non-profits in the world—one that has donated 15 million pairs of shoes? Want to find out how
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Seattle Personal Trainer Extraordinaire: PJ Glassey
I had a chance to catch up with PJ Glassey– a world-class stair-climbing athlete (yes, he bounds to the top of tall buildings across the globe) and the owner of X Gym in Seattle. PJ is also the personal trainer of Gillian Muessig, who introduced me to PJ and helped me get my butt kicked
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Rocky Mountain Racquet Killer: Why Next Day Racquets is Crushing Boulder Tennis
Have you ever been to one of those gas stations along the highway– the one that can charge $7 a gallon because the nearest gas is 40 miles away? They can charge whatever they want. Until recently, there was no other place in Boulder for stringing tennis racquets. 22-year-old CU grad, Matt Prater, has a
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Soles4souls.org and Wayne Elsey Change the World One Shoe at a Time
I was at Reebok headquarters the other day meeting with their social team, when I noticed a shoe drop box. Donate your old shoes in any condition, to help the half a billion kids worldwide that don’t have any shoes. It was from Soles4Souls and one of the many outlets that have helped the organization
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Groupon for a Denver Cosmetic Surgeon
Our client ran a Groupon campaign last Friday for his laser hair removal practice and here is what he has to say: Like most business owners who supply an elective service, we have had to work twice as hard for half the margin over the last several months. We have been working with Groupon
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