Its time to tell the story of Long Tail Pro. As the creator of Long Tail Pro, I’ve discussed some of the ups and downs of owning a software business, but I’ve never divulged all of the details that have made this side of my business what it is today. Some of what I discuss [...]

I’ve been really busy lately.  But that tends to go with the territory when you run a bootstrapped small business on your own. In fact, in my software business (Long Tail Pro), I essentially where all the hats – visionary, product testing, marketing, technical support, billing, spokesperson, and more.  While I do have a programmer [...]

After creating Long Tail Pro, one of the most common questions that I get is, “What is the difference between Market Samurai and Long Tail Pro?”  Well, trust me, I could go on for hours.  But rather than do that, I decided to make a video that demonstrates some of the basic differences between the [...]

On Tuesday evening Chris Guthrie and I launched a product that we have been working on for several months.  I hinted at this product a few weeks ago here when I talked about some of the latest business projects I had been working on. So what is Welcome Splash?  In a nutshell, Welcome Splash is [...]

I tend to focus heavily on building niche websites on this blog.  However, I also have several other projects that I am currently working on that I have not discussed very much or not at all up to this point. Because I am working full-time for myself, I have a lot of flexibility in the [...]

After well over a year of planning and development, and several months of beta testing, I have officially launched Long Tail Pro to the general public.  This is a very rewarding experience to be able to take an initial idea and go through the entire process of building, testing, and finally launching. I know that [...]

First of all, I just wanted to give a brief update.  Since its my blog, I figure I can do that.  I have been working from home full-time now since March 11th and it has been AMAZING!  I love being at home and working on projects that I enjoy.  I look forward to getting up [...]