http://www.petertdavis.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:04:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can you see the resemblance? http://www.petertdavis.com/311-what-do-michael-stipe-and-swiper-the-fox-have-in-common How much can you trust an individual you've never seen in person and spoken to only once or twice, and who might live on the other side of the world? It's a decision we all need to make when buying and selling web sites. Places like the SitePoint Marketplace are wonderful ... http://www.petertdavis.com/308-why-i-recommend-you-use-an-escrow-service-when-buying-or-selling-a-website If you're buying a website at one of the online marketplaces, such as Flippa.com, you might find the following information useful. The gavel has fallen, you're the highest bidder ... so where do you go from here? As the heady flush of winning fades, finalizing your first deal can be a ... http://www.petertdavis.com/304-need-help-buying-a-website Building your online portfolio After several years of buying and selling websites, I came to the conclusion that I needed some sort of sanity check in my portfolio of websites. Far too often I had purchased websites because I got a great deal, and I knew I could resell the ... http://www.petertdavis.com/299-building-your-online-portfolio Here's a very nice mention for CoinTalk in the Christian Science Monitor.   http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0112/p17s01-lifp.html I'm not sure if that made it into their print edition. http://www.petertdavis.com/295-cointalk-mentioned-in-christian-science-monitor A nice writeup of the Revenue Maximizer Kit by John Chow. http://www.johnchow.com/the-web-site-revenue-maximizer/ Watch the video too, I think he did a good job of letting everyone know what the book is about. Thanks John! http://www.petertdavis.com/284-john-chow-reviewed-my-book Hitting all the Targets When I founded CoinTalk.org in the fall of 2002, I simply wanted to provide an alternative to the USENET newsgroup that I had been participating in, as an escape to the burgeoning load of spam and trolling that are ubiquitous in an unmoderated newsgroup.  I'm amazed at ... http://www.petertdavis.com/278-cointalk-hitting-all-of-the-targets When I first started building online communitiies, there wasn't much choice.  For me, the choice came down to phpBB and vBulletin, though there were a few others.  They were, and still are, fairly basic message board software.  And, I do have to say that neither of them has evolved much ... http://www.petertdavis.com/257-online-community-platforms I used to evangelize for their brand. Now, I'm trying to get rid of that bitter taste they've left in my mouth by dumping my vBulletin licenses, and moving on to other services that compete with them. http://www.petertdavis.com/255-if-jelsoft-thought-like-this-i-might-still-like-vbulletin About the Zealot.com Deal This is one of my longest term projects.  I've put a ton of heart and effort into building up this community to where it is today.  As it stands, Zealot.com has over 30,000 members all of whom are very zealous about their hobby. And what a bumpy road ... http://www.petertdavis.com/262-zealotcom-crowdgather-merger