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People,
Companies & Events in the News: Get Rich Click
Debuts at #1, DomainConvergence, Future Trend
Domains, Arabs.com, Evan Ross & Ray Hackney
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I've
had so many interesting news items
come
across my desk since Friday I decided to start
the new week off with a round up of some those
items. Let's start with Marc Ostrofsky's
new book about how to make money on the Internet
- Get Rich Click! As I told you on
Friday when I ran a special pre-release interview
with Marc, the book's official
release date was today. So, how are sales
going now that the book, five years in the
making, is finally on bookstore shelves? The
answer is spectacularly well!
In
fact, as of this writing, Get Rich Click! is the
#1 best seller at BarnesAndNoble.com!
It is also #1 in three separate categories at Amazon.com
- Business Management, Marketing and Business
& Culture! I am delighted for Marc to see
his hard work paying off and also delighted
for our industry as the spotlight
that Ostrofsky, a veteran domain investor, is
shining on the many opportunities online is a
great thing for all of us. |
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The
next stop on the 2011 domain conference
circuit - DomainConvergence
- is coming up in Montreal, Canada
less than two weeks from now - May 12
& 13, 2011 to be specific. The
third annual event (Canada’s only
annual domain conference) will be held
at the La Place D’Arms Hotel and
Suites. The show, founded by Frank
Michlick, offers a combination of
sessions, meals and evening events all
geared toward fostering the thought
advancement in the domain
community.
This
year’s speakers include Randy Panté
of FreshBooks, Sharon Hayes of
Domainate.com, |
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Mark
Jeftovic of EasyDNS and Nicolai
Bezsonoff of .CO. Rick Silver
of N49 Interactive will moderate the
conference. You
can review the full agenda
here. The registration fee is $599
(Canadian $).
Future
trend domains have been getting a
lot of attention over the past year, so
much so that one of the primary
proponents of that category, SuccessClick.com
President Stephen Douglas, has
organized an online Future Trend
Domain Auction that will be run June
21-28, 2011 as a Moniker Showcase
auction. Stephen provided all of the
background and details on the event
(including how to submit domains) in a post
on his blog today.
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The
founder of Future
Media Archtects (a
company with a portfolio of more
than 120,000 domain names), Thunayan
K. AL-Ghanim (who was the
subject of the 2nd Cover
Story |
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in
DNJournal's history back in
2003), today announced the
launch of a new discussion
forum at Arabs.com.
The site (available in both
English and Arabic languages) is dedicated to freedom of speech and the diversity of voices that make up the heterogeneous region of the
Middle East and North
Africa.
FMA's
press
release said, "The site aims to be a free space to publish stories and observations by the peoples of the region as well as those knowledgeable and interested in the region and current affairs enthusiasts in promotion of objective dialog and fostering of understanding amongst participants and
members."
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In
an April
1st post
reviewing a South
Florida Domainers Group
meeting at the home of Secret
Millionaire John
Ferber, I
ran a photo of domainer Scott
Ross and his
21-year-old son Evan with
Ferber. I referred to
Evan as "a rapidly rising young star on the Florida
political scene."
That was illustrated
again Friday (April 29)
when the White House
tabbed Evan to manage
the press corps on hand
when President Obama arrived
at Miami
International Airport for
a visit to South
Florida. |
Evan
Ross (circled at far
left in the TV screen
capture
above) was in the
official delegation that
greeted
President Obama
when he visited Miami
last week. |
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A
little over 48 hours
later the President was
on national TV
delivering the stunning
news that Osama Bin
Laden has been
located and killed by a
special forces assault
team. |
Finally
today, I wanted to share a link
to a clever animated YouTube
video that dispels a
lot of the common "easy
money" myths
about the domain business.
The video was put together by
industry veteran Raymond
Hackney (who blogs at HybridDomainer.com),
a real pro whom I've had the
pleasure of knowing for several
years now. I think educational
YouTube videos like this are
great educational tools that
foster more understanding of
what the domain business in
really about. It's a link you
might want to bookmark to share
with those curious folks we all
run across from time to time who
want to know more about what we
do for a living. |
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(Posted May
2, 2011)
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