The only lasting business model
There are many different kinds of businesses and many models they use to try to make money. But there is only one business model that will survive and thrive over time. It’s the model of creating real value for customers.
Obviously there are more ways of making money, especially on a short term basis. Take a [...]
Blog reboot
There are times when life gets in the way of fun projects. That has been the fate of Scraping Pennies as well, as the past two months made me put this fun project on hold. I had too many things going on simultaneously that needed my attention. And if you divide your attention between too [...]
Design Update and Some Frustrations
I have been implementing OIO Publisher this week. It took quite some work, but it’s working now. Alongside I made an Advertise page to promote the various types of advertising:
Platinum: a 468 x 60 advertisement in the header
Gold: a 300 x 250 inline advertisement in the posts
Silver: six 125 x 125 buttons in the sidebar
Bronze: [...]
Monetization Policy for Scraping Pennies
This is only a small post now, but I will expand it as a page later on.
My aim is to give full transparency on Scraping Pennies, and I call upon you to ask me questions when things are not clear. One of the main things I’m disclosing right now, is the monetization policy. In fact [...]
Why The $200 Budget to Start With?
You might be wondering why I chose to start with a $200 budget, instead of starting from scratch with no budget at all, without a penny to scrape with in the first place. Well, there’s three reasons why I chose to start with a budget (and damn good ones too).
1. Commitment
The fact that I put [...]
