Forum Drop a Sham?
Some of you have heard about Forum Drop
Basically you can sign-up and get a vBulletin License and hosting for free. One of the catches, they get to put ads on your forum and you split the revenue 50/50.
This sounds okay for someone who is just starting out. Ah but wait there is a new catch….
Well they have now added a new set-up fee of $150.00. That’s right 150 bucks. Now if I am not mistaken, you can get a domain name, pretty good hosting and a leased VBulletin license for a year all cheaper than the $150.00 one time set-up fee.
Better yet you can ad your own advertising if you choose to do so and keep the money yourself, to pay to upgrade to an owned license.
This is just a bad deal all the way around.
So yes to me at least, Forum Drop is a sham.
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Clutter Buggin is Pre-Launched
Yes it is true. Our new forum, Clutter Buggin is open, in a beta stage sort of. Starting on March 1st we will be spending time and money to heavily promote it. For now we have just announced it to get the ball rolling.
This is mostly my wife’s idea. She had been searching for a good forum on de-cluttering and really couldn’t find one. So she approached me and said could we start one up, so that is what we did.
We are working with a couple of professional organizers to write exclusive articles as well as give some advice to those struggling with clutter in their home.
If you have the chance please take the time to look around and even join, my wife would appreciate it.
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Recommended Books to Read
I have been asked several times on some books that I have read on management and leadership, so I will recommend a couple.
Some must reads are:
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
Never Eat Alone- Keith Ferrazi
Winning – Jack Welch
If you are a fan of the Sopranos read Leadership Sopranos Style - Deborrah Himsel
Let me know if you have any others that I should read or if you have read or plan to read any of them I have listed above.
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Grand Opening of AdminSeek.net
So I started this forum back in November. I had seen a lot of threads around the net of people looking for moderators or co-admins for their forums. I wondered if I should provide a seperate forum for them to find their staff.
So, I bought a domain and installed a free script. But it got popular within the week from my friends so I got a vbulletin licence (owned) and I went to work from there. This month, February 2007 marks the grand opening of AdminSeek.net.
Come on by and see what’s new and what’s hot. Give us some pointers or praise. There are other things in the works, so stay tuned.
-RedMatrix
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Banning .info domain names
I have been giving a lot of thought of banning all .info domain names form registering on my forum.
I looked back at the stats and the last 34 out 35 spammers on my one forum were all .info domains. So I decided to look through all the members who have registered, not one legitimate member has an .info domain.
Most of my members are companies and those who work for these companies.
So as of today, I have banned all .info domains from registering on my forum. I figured if someone really wants to join my forum and they are real and not a bot they will contact us and let us know that they are legit and want to join my forum.
I will let you know in the coming weeks the outcome.
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