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BLOGGERS AND SITE PUBLISHERS MAKE MONEY WITH PERFORMANCING ADS

August 12, 2008

It is rare to find a real money making opportunity for bloggers and site publishers online outside of Google Adsense. Enter Performancing Ads, they couldn’t care less about the source of your traffic or how large or small your blog or site is, they just want to help you monetize it. Read more

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LOOK WHO’S BETTING ON A CARIBBEAN DOT COM BOOM

August 12, 2008

Alot of companies are betting on the rise of the Caribbean Web-those people and businesses in the Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and what they are and will be doing online.

Some of the companies are traditional, others are made-for-the-Internet startups, all, have spotted the trend, the key factors that indicate boundless opportunities for those who target these audiences. In fact the rise of the Caribbean Web is being compared to the start of a dotcom boom similar to that of the United States in the nineties. Read more

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How much is your domain name really worth?

August 12, 2008

Greatdomains.comI’m sure some of you have heard of a few of these amazing domain name sales, like the infamous and controversial domain Sex.com that was sold in January 2006 to a Boston-based company for US$14million. Then there are other mega domain name sales like - Beer.com for US$7 million, Telephone.com for US$2 million, Shop.com for US$3.5 million, and others such as Computer.com, College.com, Diamond.com, Timeshares.com and CreditCard.com. Read more

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Jampersonals.com- The largest Jamaican online dating site

June 12, 2008

Dwayne Black is the Jamaican entrepreneur who owns Jampersonals.com, Jamaica’s largest online dating website with over 34,000 active members. We spoke to him about his role as an online cupid and the business that has grown out of that. Read more

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MY STARTUPS, A FEW QUESTIONS and MANY LESSONS

June 4, 2008

I sat down this week thinking about startups, I just joined another one. For the first time I thought about how many I’ve personally been apart of. If I had to count the number of startups I’ve given free advice to, send jobs to, facilitated crucial handshakes, just help in some way, the number would double. I realized that I’ve been personally involved in 10 startups from the start of my career as a journalist 15 years ago until now where I’m a blogger/writer, tech entrepreneur, digital strategy consultant. Read more

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10 Caribbean social networks, who’ll be No. 1 ?

May 16, 2008

The race to become the dominant Caribbean social network has become hot and heavy with players. From the pioneers, the new kids to the niche players, we’re now wondering which ones are the real contenders in becoming the facebook.com,myspace.com or classmates.com of the Caribbean?

We’ve been tracking the development of Caribbean social networks for the past five years and there have been some exciting developments. What has influenced the rise of social networks is the easier access to white label open source solutions and generally a hunger to connect with other in the region and to our friends and family in the Caribbean Diaspora in US, Canada and European. Consequently- social media in the Caribbean is blossoming. Read more

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Herrd.com the Caribbean’s answer to Digg.com

May 13, 2008

herrd-header_r1_c1.jpgBarbados- Without question the time is now for the Caribbean and Latin American region to experience the dot com boom already experienced by the United States. Right now, Caribbean startups are creating their spin on phenomenally successful American and European Internet brands and hope to be just as profitable and successful. Read more

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Introducing Ingrid Riley

April 29, 2008

I wanted to introduce Ingrid Riley, the new author of the Caribbean Startup Blog. Ingrid, who lives in Kingston Jamaica, has more than fifteen years of writing experience ranging from investigative journalism, syndicated technology columnist to blogging. She has been writing about Caribbean startups since 1998 and is a founder of Cariblix.com an online advertising network. Ingrid should begin blogging next week covering startups and entrepreneurship in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Antigua and St. Kitts. Welcome to the Startup Network Ingrid!

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