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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Advertising On Facebook For Likes Is A Waste Of Money - crowdspring.co/1fYVhou. Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over | Re/code - crowdspring.co/Nv1PDw. Advertising On Facebook For Likes Is A Waste Of Money - crowdspring.co/1fYVhou. Email marketing best practices, 2014 edition - crowdspring.co/NeK0bD. 1girpFe.

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JULY 22, 2010

I’m subscribed to his mailing list, and recently received an email update about a new version of the app; the kind of email I would typically delete without thinking. But three things about this email drew me in until I found myself reading the entire email and clicking the link contained within.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Reviewing CrmInnovation.com March 25th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 12:24 pm Great Review. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. 5 Jon on 03.27.10

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MARCH 30, 2012

4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – [link]. 4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – [link]. Digital advertising is broken – [link]. Interesting perspective on truthiness in advertising – [link]. Will CPE (Cost Per Engagement) advertising ever take off?

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

The Business of Software 2010 was last week in Boston. I had a great time and met a ton of new people (including finally meeting Jason Cohen and Patrick McKenzie after exchanging many emails over the past year or two). Mark Littlewood #3 Lessons Learned At Business of Software 2010: MicroISV on a Shoestring on 10.15.10

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MAY 17, 2013

Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Good reminder from Fred Wilson that your instincts should sometimes guide you when due diligence does not – [link]. 4 Ways to Get Customers to Open Your Emails | Entrepreneur – [link]. Which are some of the funniest, most clever advertisements?

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MARCH 25, 2010

Well…I’ve hit that point reviewing websites. I’ve recorded stacks of site review screencasts over the past four years, and I’m ready to take it to a whole ‘notha level. Send your URL to rob (at) softwarebyrob.com and I’ll queue it up to be reviewed it in a screencast that I will publish on this blog.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Reviewing SimplyBill.com April 1st, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 8:19 am Hi Rob, Many thanks for the review. at 3:03 pm Yes your reviews are nice! Stephan #4 Rob on 04.01.10

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AUGUST 19, 2011

5 Reasons Startup CEOs Should Answer Support Emails - [link]. The evolution of Apple advertising - [link]. 100 Incredible Advertisements to Refresh Your Mind - [link]. Fees, Lies and Advertising - [link]. Report: The Rise of the Social Advertising - [link]. Tips in Designing a Great Brochure - [link].

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APRIL 8, 2010

My screencast series Startup Website Reviews took on a life of its own rather quickly. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark.

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MARCH 9, 2012

This is a good resource for email subject lines: [link]. Tips On Surviving Technical Due Diligence – [link]. This is a good resource for email subject lines: [link]. The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph – [link]. Small Business Tips: Foreign Payments, The Patriot Act, OFAC, and you.

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JULY 25, 2013

Book Review: Ctrl Alt Delete, by Mitch Joel – [link]. Inside the Development Process of Our My Analytics App | KISSmetrics – [link]. Create a Crowd Competition That Works | Harvard Business Review – [link]. The Right Way to Hire Your Customers | Bill Lee – Harvard Business Review – [link].

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JULY 20, 2010

July 20th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Follow Me on Twitter @robwalling Subscribe via Email Receive very occasional emails when I publish a new article. I recommend it.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Reviewing HowsThe.com March 30th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 8:52 am Hey Rob, I just wanted to publicly thank you for the review. at 1:55 am I’m enjoying the reviews.

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JULY 19, 2013

MIT Technology Review – [link]. Increase Your Team’s Curiosity | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Can you Crowdsource Your Employee Reviews? Advertising’s Kodak moment – [link]. The Dinosaurs of Cannes | by John Winsor, Harvard Business Review – [link]. – [link]. ” [link].

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APRIL 5, 2013

Email Design Best Practices For Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Small Business Marketing Tip: Send Email Campaigns At Night To Increase Revenue | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Four Ways to Market Like a Startup | Brian Gregg and Vivian Weng-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Focus – [link].

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Somehow I allowed myself to get talked into doing the Pecha Kucha at the 2009 Business of Software conference in San Francisco (seriously though, I want to thank Jeff Atwood for convincing me to go through with it). November 13th, 2009 | About this Blog , Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? 5 Rob on 11.15.09

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MARCH 17, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Free Website Feedback, Custom Card Designs, Finding Good Domain Names, and more… Paying the Price of Success → Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Long Live the King.

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OCTOBER 11, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Should You Build or Buy Your Micro-ISV? A few months ago I received a review copy of Debugging Your Information Technology Career: A Compass to New and Rewarding Fields that Value Computer Knowledge.

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APRIL 18, 2014

Why Amazon Is Copying Zappos and Paying Employees to Quit | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/1ijCiIW. Ad Fraud Creates Worry For Some, Opportunity For Others | Advertising Age – crowdspring.co/1kXIaGI. Ad Fraud Creates Worry For Some, Opportunity For Others | Advertising Age – crowdspring.co/1kXIaGI.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Reviewing NHProf.com April 6th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 9:38 am Good and very useful review – keep up the good job it is really helpful! #2 Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

What’s the Best Time to Send Email Newsletters? The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. What’s the Best Time to Send Email Newsletters? What’s the Best Time to Send Email Newsletters? WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg. WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. The speaking line-up is a who’s who of software bloggers and authors, including Geoffrey Moore, Paul Graham, Dharmesh Shah and Joel Spolsky. There were several great presentations during the conference.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Which links get the most clicks in email newsletters? Why You Should Want to Pay for Software, Instagram Edition | The Atlantic - [link]. Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review - [link]. Which links get the most clicks in email newsletters? The Top Five Career Regrets | Daniel Gulati-Harvard Business Review - [link].

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

This episode’s Micropreneur is Ruben Gamez who recently launched online design proposal software Bidsketch. == Rob: Thanks for your time today, Ruben. It’s a SaaS (Software as a Service) based application that offers free and paid plans. Rob: When & why did you decide to build and launch your own software product?

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JUNE 29, 2010

The early bird registration discount for this year’s Business of Software in Boston expires on Friday. In addition to speakers like Seth Godin, Joel Spolsky, Dharmesh Shah and Eric Sink, there are excellent networking opportunities with the other 300 attendees (a lot of self-funded software companies in the audience).

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DECEMBER 23, 2008

Consider this the Year in Review for Software by Rob. Some choose consulting, but many more inevitably decide to build a software product. ‘After all,’ they think ‘you code it up and sell it a thousand times – it’s like printing your own money! The third was something I hadn’t expected.&#

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JUNE 13, 2014

Even The Onion has joined the game by launching a parody site – Clickhole – that on the one hand, pokes fun at click-bait, but ultimately, runs monetizes through advertising, just like every other click-bait site. Entrepreneurs Need a Better Way to Cash Out | Kanyi Maqubela – Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/SKltNW.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← I’m in a Book! Most developers start as salaried employees, slogging through code and loving it because they never imagined a job could be challenging, educational, and downright fun.

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MAY 3, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Join My Online Split Testing Class on May 11th I’m Writing a Book: “Start Small. I will be speaking at the 2010 Business of Software Conference in Boston this October. Stay Small.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Follow Me on Twitter @robwalling Subscribe via Email Receive very occasional emails when I publish a new article. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

12 free email marketing templates for small businesses | Econsultancy – crowdspring.co/1nSfwgB. MailChimp has created a beautiful Email Design Guide – crowdspring.co/1r2d81q. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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AUGUST 13, 2012

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. You Should Probably Send More Email Than You Do. One medium I’ve never made much use of personally is email. Give me your email address and I’ll send you things that you’ll enjoy.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R. Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. 4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R. – crowdspring.co/1fkwYB1.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When I talk to people who are thinking about launching a software product, whether a high-growth or Micropreneur endeavor, from time to time I hear that if they could get to the front page of Digg or get a mention on TechCrunch that they would be “set.&# Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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MAY 31, 2013

Auto-responders: Why Trigger-based Email Will Increase Your Conversions – [link]. Auto-responders: Why Trigger-based Email Will Increase Your Conversions – [link]. Auto-responders: Why Trigger-based Email Will Increase Your Conversions – [link]. 5 Ways to Lose Investors in Under 3 Minutes – [link].

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JUNE 22, 2010

After much toil, my book Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer’s Guide to Launching a Startup is now available in paperback and PDF format at StartupBook.net. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. 8 comments ↓ #1 Mark Derricutt on 06.22.10

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