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I’m Asking For Your Help

February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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I'm hiring!

As you all know, I’m currently trying to launch Diamonds or Dogs.  As you’ll see in Wednesday’s post, my next stage involves generating traffic for the site before I try to raise some venture money.  In order to that, I need your help.  How can you help you ask?  Well, I’m glad you asked!

First, I would really appreciate feedback on the site itself.

  • Is anything broken?
  • Is anything misspelled?
  • Any technical issues?

I’m aware of the current issue with recommendations (you may also like…) sometimes recommending things they shouldn’t. Anything else?

Second, what do you think of the site’s content?

  • Would you use a site like this?
  • How can I make it better?
  • What’s missing?
  • What do you think of the items and reviews?

Third, would you like to be a reviewer? That means you’d need to send me a profile and then 1 review every two or three weeks, and yes, you get a cut of the profits if your items sell well. Does that sound like fun? If so, contact me and let me know.

Fourth, assuming you like the site or a specific gift review, I’d really appreciate some free publicity. That means:

  • Like one of the items features on the site on Facebook. I’ve tried to make that easier by including “like” buttons on the bottom of every item review.
  • Share the site with your friends who may not see this post
  • Tell people about the site or about specific reviews
  • Retweet reviews

Essentially, spread the word about the site and any specific item you may like. Who knows, maybe someone in your life will get the hint and buy you the item you “liked” :)

Thank you all very much for the help and I look forward to helping you with your own endeavors in the future!

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How Do I Start My Own Business, Part 1

January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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No, this isn't me

Gal’s Note – Unlike other blogs who’ll tell you that working for someone else makes you a brain dead wage slave, I’m going to tell you that starting a business is not for everyone.  It’s risky, takes a lot of work to start and requires a lot of time to maintain.  There are no easy solutions here and no easy alternatives to a day job.  Some people will like this choice and some won’t.  There’s absolutely nothing wrong with working a standard job for someone else and if that’s what you like then by all means, enjoy.  In fact, if that’s what you want, I have a few other posts you may be interested in.

Gal’s other note – This was originally meant to be a single post.  However, due to the increasing length of the post and my own time constraints, I’m going to make it part of the whole Diamonds or Dogs series.  I’ll explore more aspects of starting my own business in the over the new couple of weeks.

So you want to create a business? Here’s a few things I’ve learned over the years, starting up both successful and unsuccessful businesses.  The basics of starting a business consist of:

  1. The Idea – What is it that your business will do?
  2. The plan – How are you going to launch your business?
  3. The communication – Who are you talking to about your business and why?
  4. The execution – Putting you plan into action.
  5. Adapt and evolve – What do to after it turns out that your plan was wrong. [Read more...]

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