By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 9th August, 2010
Demand Media, an internet-based content creator, filed an IPO registration last week on Friday. An IPO stands for an initial public offering. In other words, the company would like it offer its first stock offerings. They’re hoping to raise approximately $125 million in capital from the sale of stock. Known best for its eNom.com domain [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 16th November, 2009
I just got back from my trip to Orlando the other day, and I had quite the time there. Outside of our hotel was a line of taxis. Each had a mini billboard on top of it advertising a law firm, which I am not going to say the name of. At first thought, that’s [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 10th November, 2009
DNUnderground wants to be the first domaining blog to wish you a happy Veterans Day. For those of you who don’t know much about what Veterans Day is, it’s a day where Americans honor military veterans. Veterans Day is considered a federal holiday in which most take off work and school. We hope you enjoy [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 9th October, 2009
There’s a difference between customers and consumers? There’s acutally a big difference between customers and consumers. The bad part of it is that this often goes ignored. This can not only effect the way you run your business, but can majorly effect your marketing strategies. Customers – The people who purchase the item. Consumers – [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 1st October, 2009
As I read domaining blogs and visit a variety of websites on more of a regular basis, I am used to seeing ads all over the place. That’s how many websites make their money. But as I take a look at almost every single ad, many are missing the essential basics of advertising. There’s 5 [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 27th March, 2009
Launching websites is one of the major businesses in the internet industry. One of the things I have learned from my past experience is that sites fail. It’s a learning experience. Every site has it’s own, unique, individual reason for its failure. Whether it’s improper marketing, unfinished website, maufunctioning website, bad content, or anything else [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 10th March, 2009
I would estimate that 99.9% of internet entrepreneurs are in the business for the sole purpose for making/raising money, or spreading the word about their product/idea/company. When a company wants to make money, they have two options for what to do: 1) Try to create a new website with a totally unique concept that hasn’t [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 4th March, 2009
If you have been involved in the internet industry for a reasonable amount of time, chances are there are a few web pages about you, or that mention you. Matt Cutts from Google discussed on his blog that he’ll get an email from time to time with people requesting Google remove certain pages from their [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 10th January, 2009
Rosetta, an interactive marketing agency, released a study that shows that 59% of 100 leading retailers have profiles on Facebook for fans. This goes to show just how powerful social networking can be. Whether you participate in social networking through Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, or any other type of social networking website, it has proven [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 27th December, 2008
For every person that tells me top sites are a worthless, non-effective form of proxy promotion, there will always be another person to tell me the complete opposite that top sites are a solid, effective form of proxy promotion. Promoting your proxies through top sites is the most debated method of proxy promotion out there [...]