most recent 30 from http://www.gatejumper.net 2010-03-10T16:50:07Z http://www.gatejumper.net/feeds http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/197/i-have-idea-to-build-web-site-that-devoted-to-devoted-to-lots-of-variants-of-the umen 2009-11-27T09:07:13Z 2010-03-10T06:26:51Z

<p>Not collection of games from the web , but my original bubbles games creation My other game that people love to play ? My question if from the business point of view Can I monotize such web site? </p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/15/internet-connectivity-in-europe Liz 2009-10-30T00:09:46Z 2010-03-10T01:28:47Z

<p>For a one to 3 month stay, what is the best, simplest way to enjoy safe, Internet connectivity when traveling through Europe? </p> <p>Should I make arrangements with ATT or Sprint prior to going overseas or should I wait 'til I get to my destination (ie France) and use a local provider once I get there such as France Telecom?</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Liz</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/254/flipping-websites-for-profit Juha Liikala 2009-12-28T09:16:32Z 2010-03-08T22:27:50Z

<p>Website flipping can be described as the process of buying, improving and selling a website for profit. You buy and sell a site that you believe:</p> <ul> <li>has some untapped potential (that can be monetized)</li> <li>is a site you can put more value into</li> <li>has already some existing and targeted client base</li> </ul> <p>Has any of you experience in this kind of flipping? Have you made a sustainable profit by doing this? I've heard quite many online "urban legends" about people who make fortunes doing this, but I haven't yet met anyone of them in person. </p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/295/any-success-with-backlink-building-software Corbett 2010-01-31T21:50:49Z 2010-03-06T16:25:57Z

<p>Has anyone here tried any backlink building software like "bookmarking demon" or others? What types of sites would you recommend it for? What should someone be cautious about when using them?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/274/twitter-results-on-google-search Jonathan Conway 2010-01-10T06:50:12Z 2010-03-06T14:27:45Z

<p>How do you get your Twitter account to come up on a Google search of your name or your twitter account name?</p> <p>Here's a <a href="http://www.getelastic.com/wp-content/uploads/twitter-results.jpg" rel="nofollow">screenshot</a> of this.</p> <p>Is it possible to influence this, or does Google just arbitrarily decide which ones it will index?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/291/what-are-some-good-resources-for-writing-a-tos-and-privacy-policy Daniel Bingham 2010-01-21T14:14:19Z 2010-03-05T09:30:40Z

<p>I'm starting an online business and it has come time for me to think about writing the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I've looked through a whole bunch of other similar companies TOSes and Privacy Policy. But I'm not completely sure I understand them all, and I don't want to just cut and paste from theirs into mind with out understanding what I'm making my users agree to. </p> <p>So, my question is, how do you write a Terms of Service and/or Privacy Policy? What are the things you need to think about before writing it? What things should be definitely covered in each and what things should maybe or probably be covered depending on the actual service?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/184/which-banks-are-the-best-for-business-accounts-while-traveling-internationally Chris 2009-11-20T17:43:55Z 2010-03-04T02:25:38Z

<p>For personal banking accounts while traveling abroad, there are a number of financial institutions today to choose from to keep currency-exchange fees low, get reimbursed on ATM fees, and even make some interest on a checking account. E*TRADE, Fidelity and Schwab are excellent choices for personal accounts (...ING Direct sort of misses out due to international ATM fees given their limited ATM network, "Allpoint - America's Largest Surcharge-Free ATM Network"), but none offer small business accounts ... yet as each of their customer service reps informed me.</p> <p>There's a good amount of research to be had using aggregate web sites and/or using customized strings in Google search, but, alas, not one has been found that has a good low minimum deposit, minimum daily balance and ATM reimbursements. </p> <p>Which banks, if any, has anyone found (in their experience) for US-based business accounts while traveling internationally that offer such accomodations?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/289/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-affiliate-marketing-versus-mlm Work At Home Income 2010-01-19T05:23:05Z 2010-03-02T07:29:17Z

<p>When deciding which way to go for your online endeavors, <a href="http://learn2earnteam.info/l2e" rel="nofollow">Affiliate Marketing</a> takes the front row for a more streamlined and efficient way to earn an income. While <a href="http://learn2earnteam.info/go5" rel="nofollow">MLM</a> is slower to grow, long term it can have many more advantages over Affiliate sites.</p> <p>Now with this in mind, what avenue would you take and why?</p> <p>I personally am doing both, <a href="http://learn2earnteam.info/earn8" rel="nofollow">multiple streams of income</a> has always been my motto. I put all my eggs in one basket only one time, lesson learned.</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/269/what-is-the-best-registered-agent-to-use-for-incorporating-a-business-out-of-stat jbeidler 2010-01-03T20:24:08Z 2010-03-02T05:33:08Z

<p>If you want to incorporate out of state, you need a registered agent to take care of the paperwork. There are many companies which offer this service, but it isn't necessarily a good idea to pick the cheapest one. I've read that some companies offer the initial service for an attractively low price, but then hit you with big fees if you want them to continue to serve as your registered agent. You can switch to a different registered agent, but you need <em>someone</em> to perform this service, or your corporation will be dissolved.</p> <p>Does anyone have any recommendations for registered agents that are affordable and honest?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/239/is-stumbleupon-advertising-worth-it Derek 2009-12-20T19:54:08Z 2010-03-02T04:24:54Z

<p>Does anyone have experience advertising with StumbleUpon? It seems like you could drive some targeted traffic for only 5 cents a click which is awesome.</p> <p>I guess only problem would be making sure people stay on your page and don't stumble to another. Anyone?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/299/anyone-have-a-good-cheap-free-mac-compatible-or-online-ebook-cover-generator-yo Corbett 2010-02-12T21:01:23Z 2010-02-26T22:42:10Z

<p>I want to design some eBook covers without doing it manually in photoshop. Can you recommend a good cheap or free Mac compatible or online eBook cover generator? I can create the graphic, I just need something to transform a graphic into a book-like image.</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/206/list-of-gatejumper-member-projects-and-sites Corbett 2009-12-02T02:03:28Z 2010-02-15T17:14:15Z

<p>While the Gatejumper community is intimate enough, I thought it would be useful to everybody to develop a directory of projects everyone is working on. I'm going to create this question as a "community wiki" question so theoretically anyone with 100 reputation points can edit it.</p> <p>If you have a website or online project you're working on, list it below.</p> <p>If you don't have 100 reputation points, just add an answer to this question, and someone will add it to the compiled answer at the top.</p> <p>What projects are you working on?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/276/personal-versus-professional-branding-case-facebook Juha Liikala 2010-01-11T10:56:00Z 2010-02-15T17:09:49Z

<p>Sorry if I go a bit off the track with this one. This is a question(or should I say, dilemma) about personal branding that's been bothering me for a while now. Just read an blog post by Monica O'Brien about "<a href="http://blog.monicaobrien.com/combine-personal-professional-online/" rel="nofollow">How to combine personal and professional online without pissing people off</a>" and it got me wondering. Do you use your <strong>personal</strong> Facebook account to connect with both, personal and professional contacts? (<em>Not</em> your blog page's fan page).</p> <p>I've started experimenting with this just lately. Before I used to keep my FB profile completely personal. This has changed now. Lately I've been getting friend requests from some interesting people I don't know through real life (haven't met them in person), but who I consider to be good business contacts. I've been quite picky and haven't approved every "friend request" though. I've created a "business contact" list where I add these people and made some restrictions on the things this list is able to see. </p> <p>Have you merged your personal and professional life through facebook? What kind of experiences have you had with this? Would be interesting to hear your thoughts! </p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/301/blog-vs-website Richard 2010-02-13T18:48:22Z 2010-02-15T13:43:28Z

<p>Should I start a website or a blog? Im an expert in a couple of areas and want to publish free informative content on the front end and sell an ebook on the backend....should I proceed with a blog or website? Thanks in advance for your feedback.</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/18/how-long-does-it-take-for-google-to-index-a-new-site Jenny 2009-10-30T07:43:16Z 2010-02-14T03:58:08Z

<p>When you create a new website, how long does it take to show up in Google's search results? Are there things you can do to speed up the process?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/298/best-practises-for-automating-new-content-promotion-e-g-a-new-blog-post Juha Liikala 2010-02-08T09:32:32Z 2010-02-08T09:32:32Z

<p>Let's say you publish a new article on your blog. How do you promote it? Automatically via different web services (e.g. <a href="http://feedburner.google.com" rel="nofollow">Feedburner</a>) or manually ("copy-paste" to different social networks etc.)? I'm especially interested about the automated process.</p> <p>Let's continue with the Feedburner example. It automates the promotion process by:</p> <ul> <li>auto-tweeting your new post via your Twitter account (post-title <a href="http://goo.gl/fb/abcd" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/fb/abcd</a>)</li> <li>sending an e-mail digest to your blog's e-mail subscribers (once a day I think, if there are updated content?)</li> </ul> <p>This is a good start, but have any of you automated this process even further? Do you use a service like <a href="http://www.ping.fm/" rel="nofollow">Ping.fm</a> and a wordpress plugin like <a href="http://bayu.freelancer.web.id/2009/03/31/wordpress-plugin-cr-post2pingfm/" rel="nofollow">CR Post2Pingfm</a> (or similar) to update all your selected social network status messages with your new content update info? </p> <p>What are the best practises that you've found? Do you find it rude to do this kind of automation or is it already a "must" for everyone who wants to drive traffic and avoid the burden of manually promoting content in a number of different places?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/100/finding-guest-bloggers Colin 2009-11-10T18:55:58Z 2010-02-06T17:24:59Z

<p>I'm looking for guest bloggers for my new blog Midlife Maverick. Can you tell me whats the best way to go about this and any pitfalls to be aware of?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/199/i-need-some-guidance-to-build-a-qa-community-thank-you jojojojoy 2009-11-29T18:02:33Z 2010-01-24T23:25:16Z

<p>I need to build Q&amp;A community that's similar to this. Does anybodyhave any experience? THank you</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/55/should-i-look-for-venture-capital-for-my-business Jenny 2009-11-05T19:57:58Z 2010-01-21T01:03:43Z

<p>I've been kicking around an idea for a new business. I think it will take quite a bit of software development to get it off the ground. I can't afford to pay for all the development myself. Do you think I should look for Venture Capital for the business? I would probably need $200k to get a prototype built. What about angel investors? Do I have other options? I can write some software myself, but I couldn't do the entire project.</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/267/how-to-get-new-members-to-a-new-forum Derek 2010-01-02T19:52:42Z 2010-01-17T19:15:44Z

<p>I want to start a forum in my niche to further help customers and those interested in the subject. </p> <p>It seems to me that the hardest part is getting members to join in the beginning when not a lot of people are registered. Do you register fake names to ask questions to get the ball rolling? Have friends and family hop on there? Just keep asking questions myself?</p> <p>What are the best strategies to get it up and running quickly and smoothly?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/104/have-you-found-mastermind-groups-or-accountability-meetings-to-be-useful Corbett 2009-11-10T20:23:19Z 2010-01-17T16:11:14Z

<p>It seems like everyone is talking about "mastermind" groups these days. I guess the concept is actually 100 years old (coined by Napolean Hill). Basically, a group of people get together to talk about business issues and passions and helps one-another out with accountability and by answering questions. Cross-promotion and cheerleading can also be part of the groups.</p> <p>Have you found those type of meetings to be useful? How did you get involved? Did it cost you anything to join or participate?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/161/how-important-it-is-to-have-some-premade-content-when-launching-a-new-blog-site Juha Liikala 2009-11-17T20:18:23Z 2010-01-17T15:46:03Z

<p>When you're planning a lauch of a new site / blog, how much content do you make available on the lauch? What do you think is the impact for subscriber count if you have 1-2 posts ready, versus having, let's say 3-6 posts published when the site goes live? </p> <p>This is propably a matter of personal taste, but for myself, I think the "new blog" won't get me hooked (and a subscriber) if there's only a few posts and the blog looks too empty. First impression is important.</p> <p>Any thoughts on this? </p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/215/share-your-book-recommendations Juha Liikala 2009-12-07T08:41:15Z 2010-01-17T03:31:57Z

<p>Which books would you recommend to your fellow online business builders? Recommend anything from business books to "pure inspirational" books that has helped you in your online business endeavours. You can include a link to the Amazon.com with the book title, but please, NO AFFILIATE links. Thanks!</p> <p>This is a community wiki question, so anyone with 100 or more reputation points can edit it. If you don't have 100 points, just post your recommendations as an answers to this question. We'll then add it to the list.</p> <p>Also remember to check out the list of <a href="http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/206/list-of-gatejumper-member-projects-and-sites" rel="nofollow">GateJumper member projecs and sites</a>. It's community wiki question as well. </p> <p><strong>Business life / Entrepreneurship</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307465357" rel="nofollow">The 4-Hour Workweek</a>, Tim Ferriss</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061914177" rel="nofollow">Crush It!</a>, Gary Vaynerchuk </li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591842573" rel="nofollow">Escape from Cubicle Nation</a>, Pamela Slim</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0142000280" rel="nofollow">Getting Things Done</a>, David Allen</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0071622101" rel="nofollow">Million Dollar Consulting</a>, Alan Weiss</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385512058" rel="nofollow">Never Eat Alone</a>, Keith Ferrazzi</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0887307280" rel="nofollow">The E-Myth Revisited</a>, Michael E. Gerber</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0684852861" rel="nofollow">First, Break All the Rules</a>, Marcus Buckingham &amp; Curt Coffman </li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470743085" rel="nofollow">Trust Agents</a>, Chris Brogan and Julien Smith</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PTG4BO" rel="nofollow">Long Tail</a>, Chris Anderson</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1848501161" rel="nofollow">The Power of Less</a>, Leo Babauta</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1401301304" rel="nofollow">What Got You Here Won't Get You There</a>, Marshall Goldsmith</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591391857" rel="nofollow">Seeing What's Next</a>, Clayton M. Christensen et al.</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1932073256/" rel="nofollow">Way of The Peaceful Warrior</a>, Dan Millman</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1932073108/" rel="nofollow">Sacred Journey of The Peaceful Warrior</a>, Dan Millman</li> </ul>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/10/where-are-the-best-places-to-publish-articles-to-build-links-and-drive-some-traff Beth 2009-10-29T22:08:11Z 2010-01-07T13:20:41Z

<p>I'm considering article marketing as a way to build links and drive some traffic to one of my sites. Where are the best places to publish articles?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/241/what-are-some-ways-to-convey-security-and-trust-on-an-ecommerce-site Matt 2009-12-21T21:31:46Z 2010-01-06T16:10:30Z

<p>I am targeting a demographic for a new ecommerce site that might not be entirely comfortable with computers or submitting their payment information online. A few conversations with customers this past week have confirmed this. How can I make show that their information is secure and they will recieve their product? I would like to do this very simply in an easy to find way. It would be best if it required no extra clicks or action on the part of the customer.</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/220/what-are-the-most-overlooked-traffic-builders-for-non-blog-businesses Jason 2009-12-14T04:54:26Z 2009-12-31T03:06:28Z

<p>There are so many resources available that help up and coming bloggers build traffic, readership, and develop a unique community. Much of the "lifestyle design" community focuses on blogging and how to use social media to increase the popularity of your blog.</p> <p>Besides paid search, what kind of traffic builders can be used for more traditional online businesses? Before initiating a paid search campaign, I want to maximize the free or low cost ways to drive traffic to the site. For online retail, it seems social media is out (how would one use StumbleUpon for a retail site?) and many other resources would be irrelevant:guest posting, feedburner/RSS, etc.</p> <p>Has anybody successfully increased sales using free traffic builders before launching a paid search campaign? What works?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/262/best-practices-for-back-links Work At Home Income 2009-12-29T23:04:10Z 2009-12-30T03:06:26Z

<p>What are the best practices for getting back links to your blog or website?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/224/how-do-you-balance-keywords-vs-brandability-when-choosing-a-domain-name Corbett 2009-12-15T18:55:05Z 2009-12-30T02:21:09Z

<p>When choosing a new domain name for a project, how do you decide if you should use SEO-focused keywords in the name, or if you should pick something that is more brandable?</p> <p>Let's assume that any of the domains you would want are available.</p> <p>In my specific case, I'm planning to start a new blog about tips for getting more web traffic. Would you go with a domain like "traffic-tips" (all keywords), "traffic-tangerine" (keywords + brandability) or "gatejumper" (all branding). Note that these domains aren't actual considerations for my project, but I'm just listing them for examples.</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/133/is-search-engine-optimization-se0-becoming-more-or-less-important-in-building-w Corbett 2009-11-12T21:48:55Z 2009-12-29T12:45:55Z

<p>As social media grows and the search engines continually change their algorithms, is SEO more or less important in building web traffic?</p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/226/best-sites-to-get-free-stock-photos Doug 2009-12-16T01:09:39Z 2009-12-29T01:27:56Z

<p>What are the best websites to get free photos from?</p>