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We Don’t Care About Your Blog

I woke up this morning and saw a Twitter from Vancouver’s local blogging DJ, Buzz Bishop. Not only does the Buzz have good taste in wines, he also comes up with a few funny videos once in a while. This one is by Kiah Tucker and he doesn’t care about your blog. Kiah is an Aussie who like to rap. […]

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How You Can Make a Career Out of Blogging

This post was guest blogged by Jim from TheNetFool.com. Do you have a passion for writing? Do you have lots of spare time on your hands? Whether you are a student, stay-at-home mom, fully employed, part-time or completely unemployed, you will certainly be able to put your personality, ideas and free time to good use… all thanks to the wonderful […]

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Looking for a New Poll Question

With 1,275 replies, I think the current poll has ran its course and it’s time for a new one. This is where you come in. Come up a great poll question and if I use it, I’ll send you an “I’m Blog This” T-Shirt from Market Leverage. You can give your recommendation(s) in the comments. Be creative and give me […]

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The Web Can Change The World

This post was guest blogged by Kevan Gilbert of the Union Gospel Mission, a non-profit urban relief organization providing hope for the hungry, hurting and homeless of Vancouver since 1940. The final totals are in: John Chow’s readers donated over $3000 to Union Gospel Mission, and with John’s offer to match every penny, that makes it $6,132.48. 2,367 people will […]

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What Does It Take To Make You Subscribe To A Blog?

This post was guest blogged by Carl Ocab, who who has great timing since I recently broke 35,000 RSS readers. OK, OK… I’d be honest with the you, I hate reading posts like “how to increase feed readership, increase feed count, blah blah blah” They all recycle the same tips over and over again. Day after day, someone out there […]

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Dot Com Pho – Lemon Grass Edition

We went to a restaurant call Green Lemongrass for this week’s edition of Dot Com Pho. We had a very nice turn out of 15 people, including three first timers. One of the main purposes of Dot Com Pho is to meet new people so it’s always nice when that actually happens. For the Lemon Grass (or Glass) edition of […]

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Taste of Yaletown – Cactus Club Cafe

What better way to start a Taste of Yaletown than at the Cactus Club Cafe. The Cactus Club is a restaurant chain founded by Richie and Scotty. Both were in their early 20’s and working for Earl’s at the time. They pitched their idea of opening the Cactus Club to Earl’s founder. For whatever reason, Mr. Earl saw something in […]

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Meet Timothy Sykes at Dot Com Pho

Last night, Sarah and I had dinner with Timothy Sykes and his business partner Adarsh at the Cactus Club Cafe. Tim is in Vancouver to give a $495 per seat seminar on how to make money by shorting worthless stocks. In 1999 Tim conned his parents into letting him invest $12,415 of Bar Mitzvah gift money into the stock market. […]

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