New book that can make a fortune....

New book that can make a fortune.

Recently I came up with a topic for a new book — How To Make Sales in Web 2.0: Selling Your Service, Product or Site. Gosh, it's going to be a best-seller.  It can even make a small fortune.  As soon as somebody manages to write it. ;)

Unfortunately, there is no such book on this topic, yet.  Nothing even close.  Last several years were so overbuzzed for business-model-less ventures (also known aas I-can-do-it-all-with-ads!) that Web services that actually dare to charge a customer fade out.  But in the eyes of global crisis that everyone is experiencing right now (and this is just the beginning!), paid models are going to rise again; they will become the only way to make money in the Web (at least, for a few years from now).

Everyone knows that there are companies that can charge money for the services in the Web, they can be profitable and successful.  But nobody has a good understanding of how they do that.  Well, you can sit down with a beer and chat with your buddies about such companies and them being lucky, but this is not about luck.  This is about following your passion and having a clear roadmap of milestones that guides you through.

The book should answer this question, step by step, from the first line of the code, finishing with the first paystub paid by the revenue generated from sales.

Am I good a good author for such a book?  Hell no, not yet.  But, God knows, I keep trying. ;)

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If you have an iPhone, you possib...

If you have an iPhone, you possible already had a problem with syncing.  One of the most popular one is iTunes could not sync mail accounts to the iPhone "..." because the iPhone cancelled the sync.  You can desperately try it again and again, but no miracle happens.

First of all, start looking for the change that could create the problem. In  my case, it was change in SMTP server setting for one of the accounts.  I was able to nail it down pretty fast.  So how can we fix it?

1. Go ahead, and open iTunes, then open iSync, and in Preferences clear all sync history. 
2. Restart iTunes.  In the Info tab you should see mail accounts sync checked on, but no accounts shown. 
3. Restart iPhone, make sure mail application is not in the middle of something, hold Home button for several seconds, until it goes back to home screen. 
4. Find the account that supposed to cause the problem on your iPhone and delete it.
5. Click on sync in iTunes and make sure that it will replace mail account settings on iPhone.

If you're lucky enough, you're good to go. You may repeat sync process several times, if no error message shows up, but account doesn't get sync. It will, eventually.

Have fun!

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On the edge of crisis, it might b...

On the edge of crisis, it might be a good idea to rely on the credit cards (if any), but stay away from insane rates and fees of cash advances. 

 

Speaking on this matter, it's interesting did anyone considered Paypal as an tool for getting cash?  For example, you can use your credit card to send money to yourself (having Premier account).  Once you've received money (pretty instant), you can withdraw them to your bank account, paying 2.9% + 30 cents for each chunk (under $3K). 

 

Keeping in mind that the major credit cards provide cashback or bonuses in at least of 1%, your real cost of getting cash is getting down to 1.9% + 30 cents, which is, I should say, pretty acceptable for the tough times when your only choice is credit card.

 

I gave it a quick look at Paypal's site and didn't find any notes that make this illegal to use.  Basically, why should it be?  They're getting they fees so they should be happy enough, right?  I never tried this myself though (frankly, I never had any reason to, and hopefully, I'll be able to run on some cash at all times).  However, it sounds like a good exit in a bad situation, what do you think?

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