May 2013
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Craigslist Shut Me Down :(
Last week I receieved a cease and desist from the attorneys of Craigslist. I can’t say I’m suprised, I knew there was a good chance of that happening.
Some might expect a bitter attitude on my part, but to be honest I wasn’t really that distressed about the situation. I learned a ton in the couple of months that CL Alerts was active. I went from 0-800 users in under 3...
December 2012
5 posts
How a Rookie Got a Top Google Ranking: The Holy...
A mere two months ago I launched my Craigslist Notifier App without much fanfare.
See I am lean startup disciple so I used the first two months to get feedback from our users on how our service could delight them. It’s still a work in progress.. for that matter I guess it will always be.
Fast forward to the early morning hours of 12.10.12 as I was getting ready for bed I was checking...
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Lean Startup Hack: Finding Early Evangelists
If you’re a disciple of of the Lean Startup methodology you know who Early Evangelists are. You also know that they are a key ingredient to success for a lean startup in the pre-product market fit stage. The tough part is finding them in an effcient manner. My lean startup mentor Noah Kagan really stirred up my creativity after watching these 3 videos on how to find customers.
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Mastering the Art of LinkBuilding: By a Rookie

Being a solopreneur is challenging to say the least. I not only have to be the product and the customer development guy but I also get to wear the marketing hat as well.
One of the best investments I have made so far in my quest to become a link building master is the Point Blank SEO Link Building Course. You’re probably thinking… Prove it pal.
Ok you got it… Jon Cooper the brains...
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The Journey Starts Here
Oct 1 Cl Alerts soft launched. A little over 2 months later and we have sent over 22,000 Craigslist alert emails. Most importantly we have started to refine the product to our user’s needs.
It all started out about 3 months ago when I was using IFTTT to subscribe to Craigslist gigs for some potential consulting gigs. I landed 2 contracts off the service and thought to myself...
