If you Poo Pooed the iPhone, What Else did you get Wrong?? Morning Folks!! To get the future right you MUST calibrate the past. You must go back and see what you got right and what you got wrong. It’s not always the easiest thing especially when you focus on what we each did wrong or got wrong. 6 years ago this month and several times thereafter....
Rick Schwartz - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 6:43
Distinguish or Isolate? That it the gTLD Question to Answer! Morning Folks!! I really think the BIG gamble comes down to whether the new gTLD’s will Distinguish a BRAND or isolate that BRAND. And that question MOSTLY applies to .BRANDS. Now that gamble for them is not huge and companies will always find inventive ways to use a .Apple or a .Dell. But many......
Rick Schwartz - Monday, June 17, 2013 - 9:42
Spied on, Listened to, Lied to and Mislead. And that was Just Monday! Morning Folks!! June 2013 may go down in history as one of the worst American months ever. Politics has been turned on its head as we learned that we were Spied on, Listened to, Lied to and Mislead and then it gets worse from there as we are poised for war in Syria and beyond. The post Spied on, Listened to, Lied to and Mislead. An...
Rick Schwartz - Saturday, June 15, 2013 - 7:15
Hoping is Not a Business Strategy! Morning Folks!! The more I talk to folks the more I see they always have a missing link to their business plan. They fill that gap with “Hope” instead of a solid plan or even a number of plans. Hope is also the code name for Google rankings and traffic. They hope this and they.....
Rick Schwartz - Friday, June 14, 2013 - 7:46
Rick’s Guide to Making Friends in Business. LOL! Morning Folks!! Some folks don’t like me. But it is almost never for what I did to them personally but it is almost always about my thoughts and words. They are pointed, sharp and direct. And they are also accurate as I view the world. So deal with it. Here is a perfect example....
Rick Schwartz - Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 7:26
Procter and Gamble’s Biggest Management Shakeup in 100 Years? Morning Folks!! Let’s not minimize or maximize the Reverse Domain Name hijacking (RDNH) decision that came down against Procter and Gamble (P&G) over Swash.com back in March. But for a stellar company like P&G it is a black eye they should have never gotten. So lets just deal with a few facts. This was what The post Procter and Gambl...
Rick Schwartz - Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 10:58
Heinz Introduces GREEN Ketchup. Outsells Red 2-1 Within One Week! Morning Folks!! The most surprising thing about people is how gullible we/they are. Fish you expect to bite on the bait and be dumb. But people have brains but don’t question things. They swallow facts whether true or not. Here is my tiny little example. There is one small invention over the last few years....
Rick Schwartz - Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 7:22
Champions and Challengers. Morning Folks!! In 2007 I wrote about it and prepared for it cuz I saw in coming. In 2008 we were in New York City when they were jumping out of windows. In 2009, 2010, 2011 we lived thru the fallout. In 2012 we started rising from the ashes and by the end of 2013.....
Rick Schwartz - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 8:27
The Finanical Recession is Over. But a Recession of the Mind Remains and Lingers. Evening Folks!! Over the past few years most companies and people have had an up and down review and a full inventory of where they were at and where they were headed. It was forced. The times dictated our actions. That made us leaner, meaner and smarter. Growth happens when we are challenged in a The post The Finanical Recession is ...
Rick Schwartz - Sunday, June 9, 2013 - 19:2
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Ritz-Carlton Reservations Now Open Morning Folks!! Wow!! Been quite a week! Between wrapping up the Las Vegas show, the red-eye home then opening up the October, Annual Show, and recuperating from the last few weeks, this is the first time I have had time to have some time. Was this really one week? I think this week started some The post T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Ritz-Carlton R...
Rick Schwartz - Saturday, June 8, 2013 - 8:49
I See the World Through Historical Retail and Wholesale Tinted Glasses Morning Folks!! It may be summer for consumers but June begins Christmas for retailers. And if you don’t know and understand that, your timing is going to be off. So when I look at business I can look at that business via the eyes of any owner in any industry. That is the basis for The post I See the World Through Historical Retail a...
Rick Schwartz - Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 9:22
The ONLY Book I Ever Read 3X Morning Folks!! I am not an avid book reader. But one book I have read when I was 20, 40 and now 60 has been a great guide to shape human nature in a better direction. It’s the book in which I learned that habits take 30 days to make or 30 days to break.....
Rick Schwartz - Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 8:29
Sharks and Minnows and Domain Names that are Priceless Morning Folks!! When you are in shark infested waters my advice to you is to have a bigger, meaner, crazier shark on your side than the other. An army of minnows is no match. You can’t act like a minnow and fight sharks. As domainers you are fighting battles on several fronts and many don’t even know it. Worst of all is...
Rick Schwartz - Monday, June 3, 2013 - 8:9
TRAFFIC 25 Bellagio Las Vegas 2013. One for the History Books! Morning Folks!! There is not a word here that I can say that matters more than those from attendees. They decide whether the show was a success or not. They decide if it was worth leaving the comfort of their homes. They decide over the course of the weeks and months ahead whether they got The post TRAFFIC 25 Bellagio Las Vegas 2013....
Rick Schwartz - Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 15:15
DNS Change in Progress Afternoon Folks! As of this moment and over the weekend this blog will finally be moving to the WordPress platform. So Ricksblog.com may be dark at points in the coming days as we get things set up. Rick Schwartz
Rick Schwartz - Friday, May 31, 2013 - 16:9
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Auction TODAY at 2PM Las Vegas Time. Final List! Morning Folks!! Below are the final list of domains being auctioned today.We accept phone bids, text bids and pre-bids. Just contact Ray Neu. ray at 54.ws before NOON today west coast time. Someone commented on one of the blogs that he could only find 5% of the domains on the list to bid on. I told that person that a professional inv...
Rick Schwartz - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 10:28
What Happens in Vegas Will NOT Stay in Vegas! Morning Folks!! Regardless of the slogan, one thing I can assure you is that what happens in Vegas will not stay in Vegas and for very good reason. Actually for many reasons. But let's stick to the obvious. The walls talk and your movements are being recorded. Probably the most densely populated camera city on earth and that is befor...
Rick Schwartz - Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 11:52
The Unfortunate Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) of RonPaul.org Morning Folks!! You can tell by the comments that there is a lot of mixed emotion on this one. I have yet to sort it out myself because of the "Unique facts". But my job here is to simply publish the results and sometimes some commentary. This one I need to think about. I need to examine the facts closely but this is a decision by a ...
Rick Schwartz - Friday, May 24, 2013 - 9:12
The Charitable Domainer and a FREE Suite Upgrade at Bellagio Evening Folks!! Ever since AirKatrina.com in 2005, 3.5 hours at the FBI headquarters in Miami, unable to even call my wife, a $2500 legal bill, the Attorney General on TV about this case and one of Ricks Board members actually going to jail for 2 years, plus some personal fallout and more stress than anyone needed, I have shyed away ...
Rick Schwartz - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 19:9
Final T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Auction List Morning Folks!! The following is the Final Auction List for TRAFFIC Next Week. There will be NO online bidding. But we tried. I explained the reasons on the comment section of this post by Elliot. Below is a note DIRECT from the Bellagio that illustrates my concerns. Even for the most expensive hotel ever built. Now for folks that do...
