FreshBooks Blog – 2006

2ndSite Featured in Backbone Magazine!

by Mike McDerment | March 15/2006 | cost of goods sold

Pretty exciting, 2ndSite and our client ResortAC were featured today in Backbone Magazine. Backbone’s online presence is still coming along, but their magazine has national distribution and it’s an insert in Canada’s most widely circulated newspaper (read by millions of readers) the Globe and Mail . Troy (our client) is a classic 2ndSite user. He has tried QuickBooks, Simply Accounting and …

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Look What I Found…We Have Been Cloned…

by Mike McDerment | March 14/2006 | cost of goods sold

I pointed this out on my blog last week, and people seemed to get a kick out of it. Okay… so this is the current 2ndSite home page. It’ll be going when we roll out the new brand. Now, check this out: http://gold4hits.net/ I guess we’re flattered

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API in Programmable Web

by Daniel Tsang | March 13/2006 | cost of goods sold

We have recently been added to the programmable web directory. You can find us here along with other great APIs. We are looking forwarded to adding additional functionality to our API in the coming months so stay tuned. Recommend on Facebook

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Online Calendars – Feature or Business?

by Mike McDerment | March 9/2006 | cost of goods sold

I read an interesting article the other day in The Wall Street Journal titled, “Would-Be Web Moguls Learn to Battle Spam, Beat What Rivals Offer”. [note: access is no longer open or I'd add a link. Thanks to Jerry King for sending it my way...]. It was like an American Idol of Web 2.0 Business plans with VCs …

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Business Cards to Beg For

by Mike McDerment | March 9/2006 | cost of goods sold

This is not exactly web design, but… I’m not sure if you’ve seen Hugh Macleod’s handiwork, but it is well worth a look. Five Toronto area tech types have given me their Hugh cards, and all the cards have been hilarious. To get a taste, check these out: http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002415.html http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002411.html http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002420.html http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002416.html

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Microsoft and APIs – The Only Strategy That Remains?

by Mike McDerment | March 7/2006 | cost of goods sold

Peter Rip maintains one of my favorite VC blogs. He recently posted about Microsoft and API’s, which is an echo of my post from November… I wonder if Mr. Softie will agree with our strategy? I guess time will tell… Recommend on Facebook

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