The Wealthiest People » Warren Buffett, the great investor A weblog dedicated to Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway In terms of money, the most successful investor is without doubt Warren Buffett. Worth an estimated $52.4 billion, he ranks third in the list of the world?s richest people, after the Mexican multimonopolist Carlos Slim Hel? and his good friend Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft. Buffett bought his first share aged 11, with moderate success. Aged 20, Warren Buffett went to Columbia Business School to receive class from Benjamin Graham, whose book The Intelligent Investor is the basis for Buffett? Warren Buffett then started Buffett Associates, Ltd. Berkshire Hathaway transformed into a holding company and started acquiring businesses that were managed well and had a ? Buffett now is a multibillionaire, but he still lives in a $700,000 house he bought half a century ago in Omaha, Nebraska. Opposed to heritage, Warren Buffett has promised to donate his Berkshire stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett World? Copyright ?
How to Build a High-Traffic Web Site (or Blog) Since posting my 2005 traffic figures recently, I’ve received many questions about how I was able to start this web site from scratch and build its traffic to over 700,000 visitors per month (Jan 2006 projection) in about 15 months – without spending any money on marketing or promotion. Building a high-traffic web site was my intention from the very beginning, so I don’t think this result was accidental. My traffic-building strategy isn’t based on tricks or techniques that will go out of style. It’s mainly about providing genuine value and letting word of mouth do the rest. Here are 10 of my best suggestions for building a high traffic web site: 1. Is your content worthy of being read by millions of people? When I sit down to write, I sometimes imagine myself standing on an outdoor concert stage before an audience of a million people. Think about the effect you want your writing to have on people. Strong content is universally valued. 2. 3. 4. 5. This “why” is what drives me. 6. 7. 8.
Are you making these mistakes on your LinkedIn profile? – Copylicious. Persuasion for business. Now with 30% more Kelly Parkinson. If you’re feeling lost in LinkedIn, you’re not alone. The web application keeps getting better—or more complicated—depending on your perspective. Maybe you’re afraid to make the leap because you’re not sure where to start. But why hire a copywriter when you can do it yourself? But first, about you. Thinking about LinkedIn but not quite sure how it works and don’t want to sign up for something that won’t generate business results.Signed up for LinkedIn a while ago but haven’t used it much or gotten results.Just posted your profile 5 minutes ago using copy pasted from your resume or website. If any of these sounds like you, here’s a quick summary on how you can make the most of LinkedIn: Follow up with people you meet networking—and stay in touch. So, given the uses for LinkedIn, how do you write a LinkedIn bio—the paragraph that appears in your profile’s “Summary” section—that stands out, engages, doesn’t bore, and doesn’t make you sound like a braggadocio?
15 Desktop Blogging Tools Reviewed Desktop blogging tools can benefit designers-bloggers in a number of ways. They provide extra functionality that can significantly speed up the blogging process for both newbies and professionals. One of the main benefits of using a desktop client is the ability to comfortably write a post offline, and publish it later. Many clients also have a scheduled post feature, so you can define what time you would like to publish your articles. Let’s take a look at 15 desktop blogging editors which can speed up the blogging process. Windows Live Writer (Windows) Link Windows Live Writer2 is an impressive blog editor, and is probably the cleanest one. The distinctive feature that puts Live Writer ahead of the competition is that you can can add plugins3 to the editor. Live Writer is useful for people who don’t necessarily want to mess with HTML and just want to quickly write a blog post, but it’s also great for more advanced users with the ability to add specific features with plugins.
Make Money Online: 100+ Tools and Resources Making money online is a dream for many, but the simple fact is that it's often just as tough as making money offline. Due to requests, we've put together a list of the most popular money making methods today, many of them focused on blogging and peer production. A word of caution: for the sake of completeness, we've included a small number of sites that have been criticized for their ethics. If it sounds too good to be true, it generally is. Get Paid To Write Weblogs, Inc. - Apply to blog for one of their ninety plus blogs or submit your own topic idea. PayPerPost - Get paid as much as $500 or more a month writing articles and reviews of their sponsors on your blog. Blogsvertise - Their advertisers pay you to mention and talk about their websites, products and services in your own blog. Review Me - After your blog has been accepted in their network, they will pay you $20 to $200 per post that you write. Smorty - Earn $6 to $100 dollars per post you write on your blog. Advertising Programs
Don't be an Ice Hole Canada There's a war brewing between The Colbert Nation and The Canadian Nation, also sometimes known as Canada. And it's a struggle over one of the most important issues facing our generation: Speedskating. But what can you do to help in the fight against Canada? Send your letter of protest to: The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympics Vancouver 2010 #400 – 3585 Graveley Street Vancouver, BC Canada Let them know we're done being oppressed by their sticky, maple-syrup-stained hands. If you're not up to speed on all this, videos from the bloody back-and-forth can be found after the jump, and you can see an image of the despicable antics of some Canadians here .
10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed Having been a non-employee for about 14 years now, I’ve made my share of stupid business mistakes. I’ve also coached a number of people to start their own businesses, and I’ve seen many of them make similar mistakes. This advice is geared towards small business owners, particularly people who are just starting (or about to start) their own business. 1. Selling to the wrong people. While sales are important to the survival of any business, you don’t need to push your business on everyone you meet, including friends and family. Selling to the wrong people includes trying to sell to everyone. Just because someone is interested in doing business with you doesn’t mean you should accept. 2. Until you have a steady cashflow coming in, don’t spend your precious start-up cash unless it’s absolutely necessary. In 2004 I started this personal development business with only $9 cash even though I could have spent much more on it. 3. It’s also a mistake to be too stingy with your cash. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level Blogging is as varied in its applications as using the telephone or taking a picture. The tool doesn’t predict the output. You might be using your blog to post recipes, or to inform the local community about information you find elsewhere on the web. If you’re looking to go beyond that, however, you’ll need to take steps to improve your blog from at least five different perspectives. 50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level Make Your Goal and Target Audience Crystal Clear My point with this entire post, but most especially this section is to ask you to admit what your real goals are with your blog. If your goal is to be an entertainment or news blog, be very clear that it’s that and not a “fun” blog. Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep Consider the design elements of your blog. Get your own unique URL. Make Your Content Top Notch Growing quality blog posts isn’t magic. Put your blog posts on a diet. Promoting Your Blog Building Business From Your Blog Build conversion opportunities.
Foodblogging – Do’s and Don’ts March 7th, 2007 If you are -skimming across this post- now thinking “wow where is that coming from”? Well, deliciousdays.com just turned TWO (Yay!) With two years of food blogging experience on our backs today, we felt it was time for a little reflection, a compilation of the most important do’s and don’ts of foodblogging. Create value – Reader come back! Blog outfit – Dress code! Usability: Another big issue, a 7 pixel font looks great on a 640×480 screen, but the de-facto standard has already passed 800×600 screen resolutions. Technology & tools – Make ‘em work for you! Getting your own domain: Your domain. Your blogging platform of choice: Are you a blogger.com, TypePad, WordPress or perhaps Textpattern kinda guy or gal? The geek factor: Some funky features are surely nice to have but do little for usability, while others are expected to be found on your blog. Blog identity – Blog ID, please! Be yourself: Yet above all, be yourself, show personality and develop your own style!