
photo credit: bjornfalkevik
You may have noticed lately the video megatrend that is taking place: Gone are the static brochure websites and in are interactive communities with video and Web 2.0 features. You can still find plenty of static, dead websites; but they become less relevant by the day. Viral videos, even amateur videos, routinely rack up millions of views on the video sharing sites, creating an opportunity for companies that want to advertise in this medium a chance to reach an incredible audience. (more…)

photo credit: David Boyle in DC
There are reasons why I had the outrageous gall to re-start my online marketing company without capital: I had done it all before to the tune of millions, didn’t need a physical location, was selling a service with very little hard costs other than our time, and had re-created RISMedia.com (Real Estate Magazine’s website) as a WordPress blog, with links to me and advertising to get leads from Realtors, who spend alot online.
Everything went well at first: we did over $1000,000.00 in the first 18 months and it looked like were back for sure. Our overhead had risen with our growth to $45,000.00 per month. Then this economy hit, and this article is about what happened to our merchant account when that happened.