DOMAINfest 2012 Day Three – Live Auction 2011 was plagued with some fairly disappointing auctions so I was pretty excited to see how we kicked-off 2012. There were some absolutely phenomenal names in the auction but as we’ve seen in the past, the key is pricing. Also, plenty of the highest-value sales happen after the auction so it will be interesting to
MorganLinton.com - Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 21:6
DOMAINfest 2012: Keynote By Biz Stone Wednesday night was a blast beginning at the Petersen Auto Museum and ending at the Viper Room in West Hollywood. Surprisingly we still managed to get more than six hours of sleep which is a rarity at conferences but leaves us with lots of energy for the last party of DOMAINfest taking place tonight at
MorganLinton.com - Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 15:10
DOMAINfest 2012 – Day Two In Review: Part Two As day two winds down I made my way to PITCHfest, one of the coolest events at DOMAINfest! Entrepreneurs have the chance to pitch their ideas in front of a panel of expert judges. The first company to present was Akashic, a cloud computing solution looking to innovate in the space. Next up was Wealth
MorganLinton.com - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 19:51
DOMAINfest 2012 – Day One In Review Day one is winding down after a great day of seminars and networking. I spent most of my morning hopping from meeting-to-meeting and then headed over to the seminars for the afternoon. DOMAINfest brings Domainers and Domaining companies in from all over the world so there are some incredible opportunities to make deals whether you...
MorganLinton.com - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 19:7
Domainers Converge In Santa Monica – DOMAINfest Day One Preview! If you head to Santa Monica right about now you are bound to bump into a Domainer, or two, or ten. That’s right, Domainers have converged on Santa Monica as DOMAINfest 2012 gets ready to rock tomorrow. So what’s ahead for tomorrow? I thought I’d give you a quick look at what’s ahead. Tuesday Morning
MorganLinton.com - Monday, January 30, 2012 - 18:26
Weekend Musings – Free Beer On Me For Blog Commentators! Wow – what a weekend it has been! Last check out MeetUp group had hit 109 RSVP’s and DOMAINfest 2012 is only a day away! This has been a busy weekend with lots of work getting ready for an action-packed week so I’m really going to keep this short and sweet this time! It’s awesome
MorganLinton.com - Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 22:7
Southern California Domainer MeetUp Gets 100th RSVP! Tomorrow is going to be a day to remember as our little MeetUp group, which started with about ten of us meeting in a bar in downtown LA. Now more than three years later we are excited to have our largest MeetUp ever with 100 people RSVPing as of today! This is also the first
MorganLinton.com - Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 14:41
My Top Picks For The DOMAINfest 2012 Live Auction And What I Think Will Take The #1 Spot With DOMAINfest 2012 only three days away the auction is already getting some good press as people start making their predictions. There are some very solid names in the auction so it will be exciting to see which end-up selling next week. I think when you look at these auctions you have to look at
MorganLinton.com - Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 23:55
The Revisions Are In! Help Me Pick A Logo For A New Brand – Part Two Last week I asked all of you to help me pick a logo for a new brand we are launching – TutorialsForGeeks.com. The feedback was phenomenal with 39 comments and lots of great input and ideas. So I’ve taken the feedback that I received, found what seemed to be the most popular recommendations, and went
MorganLinton.com - Friday, January 27, 2012 - 13:49
Brand Building Case Study: Learning About Your Website And Your Customers With Heatmaps Heatmaps are an absolutely critical tool for understanding how users interact with your site. Small changes to a site can make a big difference and heatmaps are one of the tools that can provide useful visual data to understand how effective your design really is. Last week we were analyzing the new design of Kayaking.org
MorganLinton.com - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 18:26
Countdown To DOMAINfest 2012 – How To Get The Most Value Out Of A Domain Conference With DOMAINfest coming-up next week I thought it was about time for me to share some advice on making the most out of Domain Conferences. I’ve lost count now but I think I’ve been to about ten domain conferences over the last couple of years. In my opinion, Domain Conferences are absolutely the best way
MorganLinton.com - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 13:9
2 Years And 80+ Interviews Later – DomainInvesting.tv Is Launching Tomorrow! Sneak Peek For My Re... I am unbelievably excited to announce that DomainInvesting.tv, a dream that started over two years ago, has now become a reality! The final version of our first episode was finished this week and I will be bringing it live on DomainInvesting.tv tomorrow and onto the iTunes store in early February! Since all of you have
MorganLinton.com - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 11:40
Why I Told Someone Not To Become A Domainer Last Week I got a very nice email early last week from someone who had discovered my blog and wanted to get started investing in domains. He had read some of the articles that I had written about not rushing in and taking time to learn the business and wanted to hop on a call to discuss
MorganLinton.com - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 9:50
The 10 Best WordPress Plugins To Use In 2012 One of the key features that has made me a true believer in the WordPress is the incredible library of plugins available for the platform. Of course with a large selection also comes a great deal of confusion as to which plugins are the best fit for your site. This was a hard list to
MorganLinton.com - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 12:23
MorganLinton.com - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 11:23
Domain Development Drops For The Week Of January 23rd, 2012 Hello everyone and welcome to my very first Domain Development Drop List of 2012! I started this segment in late 2011 and had a very positive response so I’ve decided to make it a regular feature on my blog. If you haven’t read about what I look for in expired domains, let me give you
MorganLinton.com - Monday, January 23, 2012 - 17:14
Small Business Sunday: Five Reasons Why Your Business Needs A Facebook Fanpage Facebook started-out as a social network connecting college students across the United States. However, what started-out as a simple way to keep-in-touch has turned into an essential way for businesses to engage with customers. If you think for a second that your customers aren’t on Facebook, think again. Facebook is now full o...
MorganLinton.com - Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 11:23
Weekend Musings: Never A Dull Moment! I hope that you all had a great week and are enjoying some downtime this weekend. We had a great morning walk followed by an amazing breakfast and I couldn’t be more excited about today! Today our incredibly talented PHP Developer (and CTO of Appraiso) is coming to LA for an all-day team work session.
MorganLinton.com - Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 18:10
How One Of Our Brands Got Over 1 Million Impressions So Far In 2012 It’s always exciting when good SEO makes great things happen. When you’re building a brand, especially in a competitive niche, SEO can sometimes seem like a never-ending process. However, if you’re patient enough to take the time to do it right, it is absolutely possible to rank well for very competitive terms. Of c...
MorganLinton.com - Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:49
How Alexa Ranks Are Like SAT Scores If you grew up in the US there’s a good chance you took the SATs. This also signals an entire year where everyone asks you about your score and this one little number suddenly becomes very meaningful. Of course Universities use a lot more criteria than just SAT scores since they know that some people
MorganLinton.com - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 23:50
