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Starting a New Website Project Bootstrap Style
By John Lessnau on March 05, 2009  |  Comments 1

Starting a New Website Project Bootstrap Style

I posted earlier this year that I hoped to start the year creating a new social media website, but in light of development and marketing costs that would run close to $40K over the first year and our unstable economy, I decided to back burner this project. While $40k is pocket change for those that have millions in venture capital that they don’t know how to use, for an old school bootstrapper like me it is too much out of pocket to put into a single project at this time – even if it has a chance at being a million dollar idea.

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Wordpress RSS PlugIn | RSSdoodle
By John Lessnau on January 06, 2009  |  Comments 44

Wordpress RSS PlugIn | RSSdoodle

A few months ago I was searching for a WordPress plug-in that would allow me to pull in mashups of relevant RSS feeds on a regular basis that I could add to this blog. I found a few RSS plug-ins but none offered the features I wanted and were way too complex to get up and running. I like plug-ins that are plug and play with no over the top setup routines. Then I started thinking about my easy to use plug-in Twitterdoodle and wondered if an “RSSdoodle” that pulls RSS feeds based on keywords/keyword phrases could be created.

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By John Lessnau on June 07, 2008  |  Comments 9

Twitterdoodle WordPress Plugin

The amount of instantaneous and up to the second information on Twitter fascinates me. While there are a ton of people that do mind numbing tweets (you know who you are - I think). There are also millions that are tweeting about their expertise and the latest topics of today. So I decided to [...]

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Twitter Review

Twitter Review

Am I Twittering away or Frittering away my time? I have been using Twitter for about 10 months so I figure it’s time for me to step back and evaluate the service and it’s usefulness. Overall, Twitter seems to be a time waster for me and most other users. There are many Twitterholics that will say differently and tell you the Twitter is the greatest thing ever, but if you place a serious value on your time, the cost / benefit is not there for anyone but a small percentage of people that are probably already well known.

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2009 Business Goals

2009 Business Goals

I don’t do New Year’s resolutions but I like to set business goals each year and see how many I can hit. Normally, I just write them down in my notebook, but now that I have this blog finally rolling along I will post them for everyone to see. Anyway, public disclosure increases the pressure to succeed and will make for a nice follow-up post a year from now.

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#fail

Most entrepreneurs fail many times before they hit a home run, some never hit a home run and get lots of singles, others strike out all the time. As for the strike out kings, at least they tried, at least they lived.
Bottom line: “If you’ve never failed you’ve never lived”

This video is an inspirational message [...]

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Going Viral

Going Viral

I’ve wanted to come up with a social media site that is unique and simple enough to bring in the masses. I believe I have found this personal holy grail: A Social Media website idea that is so simple it is almost stupid. The best part is that it is something that is doable without the resources of a Google.

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