My father is trying to get a bunch of 8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm film rolls digitized and transferred to DVD. He’s been using Costco’s service, but so far they’re not doing very well. He’s sent in several rolls, waited a while to get them back, and then when they come back they’re out of focus and have other problems.…
Welcome to Don Loper. Curious about the name?
Don Loper is a collection of commentary by Utah SEO firm proprietor Joshua Steimle on the topics of business and entrepreneurship, web design, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and business in Utah.
The most popular feature is "You might be an entrepreneur if..." It started with my post entitled What it Means to be an Entrepreneur and now I'm in the process of adding detail to each of the 75 points I came up with based on my own experiences.
The first commenter on this post brought up the fact that they had used a business school consultant to help them with their application for the Harvard Business School. I’m not sure I was even aware there was such a thing. I’m also not sure how much I’d want to use one, although the idea of having someone who knew what…
I just bought Adobe Premiere Elements 7.0 and I love it! Or at least I assume I would if it worked the way it’s designed to work. But instead of working, I’m having two major problems:
1. While capturing video from my DV camera, I get frequent errors that say “Unknown Recorder Error” at which point the capturing pauses. If I…
An actual online chat between my wife and a Snapfish customer support representative:
Please wait for a site operator to respond.
You are now chatting with ‘Sunil’
Sunil: Hi,
Sunil: Welcome to Snapfish Live Help. How may I help you please?
Brynn: I am about to order a calendar, but it is a gift and I’m wondering if it’s possible to send it to someone without…
You are now chatting with ‘Sunil’
Sunil: Hi,
Sunil: Welcome to Snapfish Live Help. How may I help you please?
Brynn: I am about to order a calendar, but it is a gift and I’m wondering if it’s possible to send it to someone without…
I’ve been working on niche directories since 1999. Geez, you’d think I’d have more to show for it after almost 10 years, but I’m a bit slow. I guess if I were a politician or corrupt CEO of an ailing public company asking for bailout dollars I’d tell you that “I’ve been refining my business model for optimum success.” But…
One of my new side businesses is creating niche directories. It’s a simple business model with ever-expanding opportunities for revenue growth. But I’ll get into that in another post. The thing is that I’ve got a few hundred domains, but I’m looking for more. I’ve got plenty of ideas, but I figured perhaps you could help me find even more.
So…
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My PayPal Dilemma
My first dilemma was how to spell “dilemma” but having figured that out, my real dilemma is whether to pay $650 to re-activate my PayPal account, or live with a second PayPal account that forces me to live life in the shadows.
It all started in 2003. The sun was shining, birds were singing, I had just sold Mindwire and was…
You might be an entrepreneur if…when someone asks you what you’re doing this weekend you say “Working, of course, just like any other day.”
To weekends you can add holidays, vacations, family reunions, nights, and any other time period, regardless of the location or time of day–I’ve worked them all. Heck, I’ve worked at night on holidays while on a vacation…
You might be an entrepreneur if…without trying you’ve succeeded in convincing all your employees to never try to start their own business.
This isn’t a 100% true statement. I actually do have employees who have left my company to start their own businesses. However, if you include those employees who ran their own businesses prior to working for me and who…
Ladies and gentlemen, check it out - MyFreeWebsiteDesign.com.
Why is MWI giving away free websites? It’s an experiment, based on the hypothesis that if we give away a few websites, we’ll get more in return than what we give up. And if it fails, it’s not like we’re out much.
Of course there’s a catch or two for the companies we pick.…
