Monthly Archives: March 2007

Slouching Towards Bethlehem – a Change of Course for FlowBreeze 2.0

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? – W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming As I battled the demons towards the planned launch of FlowBreeze 2.0, I stumbled upon Clarke Ching’s Rolling … Continue reading

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3 Old Media Outlets for Entrepreneurs

Everyone likes to write about web sites and blogs catering to small businesses. That’s fine. Many people like Escape from Cubicle Nation, Wall Street Journal’s Startup Journal, OnStartups, Creating Passionate Users, among others. They’re good sites and are worth a … Continue reading

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Great Tax Advice for Small Business Owners

Thanks to Matt Inglot for writing my belated New Year’s resolution for me. (Yeah, I’m running a little behind on that one.) The recent tax season has convinced me his 5 Tips for Staying on Top of Your Books for … Continue reading

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Introducing the Worlds First Website Created with Excel 2007

It may sound nutty, but I decided to use Excel 2007 to re-design my website. OK, the title of this post is a bit misleading. I didn’t actually design the web pages themselves with Excel 2007, but I did use … Continue reading

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How to Improve Your AdWords Campaign in 10 Simple Steps

Overwhelmed by all the advice you read about running an AdWords campaign? Here’s a simple and concise list I’ve gathered from several reliable sources: Break your campaign in groups of 10-20 highly related keywords. Use exact matching or phrase matching, … Continue reading

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What Every Online Vendor And Consumer Should Know About AVS

One of the more frustrating things about selling online is dealing with AVS mismatches. Sometimes you get an email from a customer complaining that your payment processor won’t accept their credit card. Most of the time, though, the sale is … Continue reading

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FlowBreeze Flowchart Software – First Year Sales Stats

I wanted to say Thanks! to all the BreezeTree customers who have made this a great first year. The first six months were a little slow, but after the release of FlowBreeze 1.2, sales really started to pick up. FlowBreeze … Continue reading

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