Business Reviews

Is doublemyspeed.com worth paying for?

Worth paying for? Nope!

Doublemyspeed.com have been advertising heavily lately for their product, but I think it’s very deceptive, and nothing you can’t get for free these days.  They let you download their trial version, but to take any action you have to buy the product. continue reading »

I found Similarsites.com today by accident when I was doing some analytical work (checking on competitors of a client). What they let you do is search for a site you like, and they return results of sites that are similar to it. It’s a great way to find competitors, or just find more blogs or sites like ones you already visit. continue reading »

I saw John Chow do a sponsored review of Safe Swaps and really think this place has potential. What they let you do is go on their system and find other people with email lists and arrange a swap where you do a mailing for them and they do one for you. I’ve been approached in the past by other marketers who wanted to do this, but the problem has always been accountability. You just never knew if they had a list the size they claimed, or would do a mailing at all if yours went out first. continue reading »

If you're more familiar with one of these than a laptop, there is hope!

Is there hope for someone who wants an Internet business but isn’t very tech savvy? The short answer is yes, but there’s certain types to avoid. The last five people who called were 50+ years old and want to start a business, but they didn’t know anything about the Internet aside from browsing and emails. One woman was 56 and just opened the box on her very first computer the day before.  I told them continue reading »

If you’ve ever wondered why when you search for “scam” and “ripoff” along with a business opportunity or anyone in marketing, you find places like scam.com and ripoffreport.com at the top of the results, there’s actually a reason behind it. continue reading »