It was 7th on the list of “OneDegree’s Top 20 posts in 2005”:http://www.onedegree.ca/2005/12/21/one-degrees-top-stories-of-2005. So what’s been happening with “The Million Dollar Home Page”:http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ since “Ken’s September 9th story?”:http://www.onedegree.ca/2005/09/09/the-million-dollar-home-page.
Recently I came across this site again and found out that Alex Tew, the 21-year old student from Wiltshire, England had sold 999,000 pixels for $1 each. That’s over 99% of the way to making this a true $1,000,000 home page! The last 1,000 pixels have been offered up for auction on – what else? – “eBay”:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5652179487&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:UK:31. As I write this the current bid is over US$160,000 and there are only 2 days left. Even if bidding were to stop today and Alex gets the current bid, the Million Dollar Home Page is actually going to be worth $1,159,000, a tidy 16% premium.
This certainly is a million dollar idea. Plus, Alex has been sent many job offers. After all, if he can earn a cool million with only an idea and a simple website, imagine what he could do with real resources and a team of people?
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As we kick off what promises to be another record year for the Internet marketing industry, I’d like to propose five simple resolutions for you to make, especially if you’re on the client side of the equation.
Don’t worry, none of these resolutions involves breaking your precious caffeine habit or spending long hours on the treadmill. These should be simple resolutions for you to make and – more importantly – keep. Hence the simple part.
Here they are…
Each December and January over the last few years clients and associate have asked me for my predictions on the email industry: Will spam kill the ‘killer app’?; Will SMS and RSS “replace”:http://www.onedegree.ca/2005/05/20/rss-anot-a-replacement-for-emaila email?; What will happen to email marketing metrics in the next year? It’s always interesting to see what others say. I read about “the top trends”:http://www.onedegree.ca/2005/08/23/top-email-marketing-trends from others. I especially like hearing from Bill McCloskey at “MediaPost”:http://publications.mediapost.com/ and his “Email Insider”:http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showTodaysArticle&art_type=32. He always has “his annual predictions”:http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=37197 too _(subscription required)_. These are typically very US-focused predictions, often speaking of spam in terms of the US CAN-SPAM laws and what is seen in the US.
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