circle of life physics

It seems the latest rage is all about small vs. big. Let us take a quick voyage back to high school physics... force = mass * acceleration it isn't so much that the big eat the small, nor is it the fast that eat the slow (which in my opinion...

Competing vs. Leading

Who is your competition? Do you watch what they do and react accordingly? It would be silly not to do that, right? Maybe.... Maybe not. If you see your competition as an entity you need to "kick the crap out of", you might need to analyze what you're doing... reacting...

getting lucky?

Seth has a rerun on his blog today, from 2004 - Factor L. While there is no question that "luck" certainly exists, I do believe that there is more to business success than just "luck". I consider it luck when you take no action to influence an outcome. While a...

What is the worst thing that could happen?

Once in a while we get introduced to a concept that we may already have in our arsenal of business thoughts but might not be aware that we are already doing it. Check out the latest entry from Seth Godin's blog. When the downside is minimal, sometimes you are better...

Why we do the things we do...

I came across Seth Godin's post: Welcome to the hobby economy It reminded me of a recent book quote that I thought a bit on the profound side of the mind... In time we came to believe that the essence of community, its very heart and soul, is the nonmonetary...

I've been told I should blog more...

Quite often I'll have a quick passing thought about affiliate marketing, but not enough to be a complete article... I'll lower my threshold and start putting my random thoughts and questions out more regularly.... Here's one to start... We really only generate revenue when a consumer clicks on our link...

Prohibited by law

We were recently contacted by an affiliated merchant about "Illegal" codes that had been posted on our forums. This type of thing is not uncommon in our world, such is life when living in the chaos we call home. The part that bothered me was the use of the word...

Will this leave stretch marks?

12/5/99 - start fatwallet.com as hobby 9/1/00 - begin fatwallet.com as full time job 1/1/01 - hire first full time employee 9/1/02 - open first 'real office' (6 employees) 1000sqft. 2/1/03 - expand office (up to 3200sqft) 2/18/05 - purchase new office building (26 employees) Ok, so putting $100 on...

Ground Control to Major Tom...

1. create site 2. attract visitor to site 3. get visitor to click on link 4. pass link to third party and hope Something is wrong with step 4. I want an http/xml/tracking_pixel request (or similar) to be sent back to my server(s) once the customer reaches the merchant site....