Several months ago, over on my SEO Scoop blog, I wrote about a cool site, Ideablob, that gives away $10,000 every month to someone who has an idea that others like. Ideablob is like a social network for people with ideas. And like any good social network, people vote on those ideas. Sounds familiar, right? Think Digg for ideas. But the kicker is that the person with most popular idea each month wins $10,000 to help implement that idea! Woot!

The monthly giveaway was only supposed to last a few months if I remember correctly, but it looks as though they’ve extended it through at least the end of September. (Who knows, maybe it… Continue reading

Posted on May 11th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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Many people, when attempting to make a living online, will concentrate on one idea and one site only, and that’s ok for them. But some people are what I call “idea people”, and I happen to be one of those kinds. Ideas spring forth like weeds from my brain, and while I don’t act upon every single one, I do tend to act upon at least a dozen or so each year. Some are really bad ideas and fail miserably. Some are pretty good ideas, but I don’t execute them well enough. And some are great ideas that work out really well.

When I first started doing this several years ago, hosting choices were very limited, and my budget was even more limited. I was… Continue reading

Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Does your site look like it was created in the 90’s by your nephew? Wait, it was? Oops, sorry, didn’t mean to be insulting, but if you’d like to give your site a seriously more modern look, you might want to start by looking at the various Crystal Clear icon packs that are available. If nothing else, these should inspire you by giving you an idea of what modern even looks like. Or, if you are clamoring for some bright, colorful graphics to jazz up your blog posts now and then, these work well too. (See the graphic at the beginning of this post for an example). Below are four places to download free crystal clear icon… Continue reading

Posted on August 12th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Yesterday, I mentioned that I would be pointing out some noteworthy widgets in the future, and the future is here today. Today’s noteworthy widget is Plugoo. Plugoo lets you very easily chat with your website’s visitors via your own every day IM client. Whatever instant messenging client you normally use - Yahoo Messenger, MSN (Live) Messenger, AIM, Google Talk, Jabber, or ICQ - you can use that same program to chat with visitors to your site.

You simply embed the Plugoo widget into your site and your users can chat with you when you are available. And although you’ll be using your regular IM client, the visitor won’t know your real IM address. The visitors don’t have to set up anything or have anything already installed… Continue reading

Posted on July 31st, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
Filed under: Site Ideas | 2 Comments »