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An Analytics Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

We’re in the midst of a pretty large project at BuySellAds. The new product we’re working on has the potential to be disruptive to our current business - for better or worse, and we’re dedicating the majority of our resources to it right now. This morning, I was doing some research on which browsers and versions are most valuable to us. I’m putting together a list of browsers that need to work well or degrade gracefully. While I didn’t have very high expectations of IE6, I was certainly surprised at what I found.

First surprise: We actually have a decent amount of traffic from users using IE6 (50K visits last 30 days).

Second surprise (after confirming that our eCommerce tracking is definitely working): We have 0 (yes, ZERO) transactions in the last 30 days from people using IE6:

IE7 & IE8 were not far behind, either, with Firefox, Chrome and Safari (in that order) leading the pack (to no surprise).

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You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
—Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement speech, June 2005
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I think I’m experiencing entrepreneurial burnout. What can I do to get past this feeling and get back to being my creative and productive self?

The best way to recharge your creative batteries is to change your routine. Take your dog for a long walk, skip out on work one afternoon and meet a friend for a beer or play some golf, work on something unrelated to your business for an afternoon, or work different hours one day (9pm - 5am vs. 9am - 5pm). Change your routine.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-gerber/entrepreneurial-burnout-1_b_874429.html#s289895&title=Take_The_Dog

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When Should You Give Yourself a Paycheck?

Pay yourself enough for ramen noodles — and nothing more

Take only what you need from the business and nothing more. Focus on growing revenue for the business without thinking about how it gets back into your personal bank account. This doesn’t mean that you should reinvest every cent back into your business, what it means is that you shouldn’t take money OUT of the business until necessary. This way, it’s always in the business for reinvestment.



Read more: http://www.bnet.com/blog/smb/when-should-you-give-yourself-a-paycheck/4760#ixzz1QhUCx1tL

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Fabulous Friday’s at BuySellAds

… consist of stuf like this: