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20 Pitch Phrases practically guaranteed to lead to Kickstarter Success

How’s your Kickstarter campaign coming along?

Are you struggling against the deadline, or do you think you’ll end up refunding all the money back to the contributors?

Any shark will tell you, it’s a tough sell to create an online pitch and successfully convince strangers to give you money for a product that may or may not be what they’re looking for.

Kickstarter for Dummies
Kickstarter for Dummies

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How anonymous is your unlisted phone number?

Quick show of hands: how many of you have an unlisted phone number?

Especially in today’s world of cellphones, the notion of a “phone book” that is printed on paper and delivered to your house is almost laughable.  People purposefully have their phone numbers listed in a phone book as part of being neighborly and accessible, but with the Do Not Call list and robocalls and other phone annoyances, more and more people are choosing to go off the grid (for personal or professional reasons).

With a cell phone, your number is pretty much already unlisted.  Nobody should be using your cell number unless you provided it to them.

And so what’s the big deal if someone had your number anyway?

How to Find Unlisted Phone Numbers (What you won't find in the phone book)
How to Find Unlisted Phone Numbers (What you won’t find in the phone book)

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A Social Media reminder from CNN

As Santa takes his final moments today to check his list twice, to see who’s been naughty and who’s been nice – it’s a perfect time to offer this friendly holiday reminder that we gleaned from CNN this week over the JUSTINE SACCO incident:

Naughty and Nice Santa Hats
Naughty and Nice Santa Hats

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Here’s why you will never make money with Bitcoin

There’s been a lot of press lately about the awesomeness of Bitcoin.

How Bitcoin is going to revolutionize the money system, and how this one currency is void of any possibility for corruption.

Yeah, right.

Bitcoin Exposed: Today's Complete Guide to Tomorrow's Currency
Bitcoin Exposed: Today’s Complete Guide to Tomorrow’s Currency

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Facebook users love Disneyland

It’s no secret that there are Disney fanatics everywhere.

Especially if you’re on Facebook.  Reminds us of an old joke: “how can you tell if someone loves Disney? — don’t worry, they’ll tell you.”

Walt Disney World Official Album
Walt Disney World Official Album

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How to avoid an online romance scam

Finding someone online can be tricky.

No longer are you limited to hanging out at a bar and hoping the love of your life walks in, now you have to go through hoops to find the one you want to spend the rest of your life with online.

And not everybody on-line has your best interests in mind.  Some of those folks are there to scam you.

The Scam Survivors' Handbook
The Scam Survivors’ Handbook

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Kickstarter? Yeah, your project sucks

Raise your hand if you watch that awesome ABC program SHARK TANK.

For those of you who haven’t, here’s the show in a nutshell:

  • I have a cool product
  • Give me money
  • Profit!

Hacking Kickstarter, Indiegogo: How to Raise Big Bucks in 30 Days: Secrets to Running a Successful Crowd Funding Campaign on a Budget
Hacking Kickstarter, Indiegogo:
How to Raise Big Bucks in 30 Days:
Secrets to Running a Successful Crowd Funding Campaign on a Budget

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Top Grossing Apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android (Dec 2013)

Let’s take a look at the current list of TOP GROSSING APPS for mobile devices.  Note the large percentage of games on these lists versus other types of apps that could be making money for their developers.

App Empire: Make Money, Have a Life, and Let Technology Work for You
App Empire: Make Money, Have a Life, and Let Technology Work for You