In the past few years, the freelancing industry has seen marked growth. In fact, as recently as 2011 theFinancial Times (UK) reported a growth of 12 percent in the number of freelancers since 2008. Thanks to popular and professional broker sites, like Elance, opportunities for the professional freelancer have grown exponentially. Freelancing is one of the most rewarding… Read More »
A few days ago, Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill lost his cool while being hounded by paparazzi and screamed a homophobic slur at them. Because this is the age of everything ending up on the internet, it didn’t take long before the whole world knew and demanded that he apologize for his words. Today, visibly shaken and upset,… Read More »
No one leverages their personal life into publicity quite like a Kardashian, and this week in Kardashianland is no different, with Kim and Kanye’s strategically releasing the photos of their lavish weekend wedding to the public today. Like her or hate her, there’s no denying that Kim Kardashian has extraordinary skill at one thing in particular: keeping everyone… Read More »
In another Tuesday in the music business, Led Zeppelin just got hit with a lawsuit claiming that their iconic song, “Stairway to Heaven”, copies its memorable guitar riff from the song “Taurus” by the lesser-known band, Spirit. Popular musicians being hit with copyright lawsuits is absolutely nothing new, but the case against Led Zeppelin looks pretty damaging: not… Read More »
Quick, think of something cats just don’t do. If you thought of “participate in family game night without knocking over the Jenga tower” then congratulations: you have a normal cat. But the internet was not built on the strength of normal cats, and so this week we see our newest feline internet sensation: a cat that plays Jenga… Read More »
It’s really refreshing when someone with influence is self-aware enough to recognize their own flaws. It helps us to identify those same flaws in ourselves and to work on improving them. Speaking at the annual GrowCo conference in Nashville on Wednesday, Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban spoke frankly and honestly about his personal internalized racism, saying, “I know… Read More »
There are fundamental reasons why people fail at Internet marketing, and if you’ve spent any time in the trenches you have a good idea what those reasons are. Nobody said that being an entrepreneur would be easy. As a matter of fact, nobody said that life would be easy. Forget about the testimonials promising overnight riches, and forget… Read More »
After Wes Welker won a lot of money — about $57,000 — at the Kentucky Derby, he started dishing out hundreds of dollars to random strangers. But now it turns out that payday was too good to be true. A series of errors meant Churchill Downs overpaid Welker nearly $15,000… and now the racetrack wants their money back!Any… Read More »
During a guest appearance on Conan, one of the most prolific authors of our time shocked the world by announcing that he writes all of his work on software that was outdated before many of his readers were even born. Working on a DOS computer, Martin writes his epic fantasy novels on WordStar 4.0, a word processer designed… Read More »
When you first take the leap to starting your own business online, whether you’re selling a product, providing a service or making money through affiliate marketing, it can be a real shock to realize that suddenly your entire online life is connected to your business. Once you start promoting what you do via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and whatever… Read More »