Whizzbangsblog.com Michael Gilmour on the Domain Industry

What to do in 2013

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Published on 29 December 2012

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I can’t believe that it’s nearly 2013 already! It seems like only yesterday that I was chatting to my friends at DomainFest (now webfest). Coming into a new year reminds me that time is a precious resource that we all have a limited supply. I find that the most important thing to do is to allocate my time to where it will have the greatest impact.

I often speak with domain owners that try to do a multitude of tasks, everything from finding domains, managing traffic, coordinating sales, building sites and of course dropping domains that don’t “make the grade”. It’s crazy! No one can possibly be an expert in everything!

What do I do? I outsource my traffic revenue maximisation to ParkLogic. I know that I’m one of the founders of ParkLogic but I treat my own domains purely as an investment and let the ParkLogic systems and processes manage everything……in other words, I’m just a customer. They’re the experts at maximising my traffic revenue….let them do their job.

Any sales requests I handle myself…..which leaves me to the task of building out not domains but other businesses. That’s where my focus is right now. I’ve just overhauled Whizzbangsblog and upgraded it to Joomla 2.5 and I’ll shortly be doing that for a number of my other properties. I’m also pulling in some experts in this area to help me out…..I know a lot about development but there are others that know a lot more than me.

If I was to recommend one thing to domain owners in 2013 it would be this. Stop trying to doing everything yourself. Often spending a few dollars can save you a fortune in time……which you only have a limited supply. In the meantime, Happy New Year!

ParkLogic featured at Salesforce conference

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Published on 02 November 2012

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ParkLogic founder David Gibbs was recently asked to speak at the Salesforce conference known as Cloudforce which was held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre in Australia. Salesforce is world renown as the premier CRM platform due to its flexibility, scalability, security infrastructure and being endorsed by many of the Fortune 500.

ParkLogic is one of the most innovative Salesforce users in the world by building what is regarded as the most sophisticated domain asset management platform yet available. In this video David will share some of the insights gained through working with Salesforce and how it benefits ParkLogic clients. As the relationship between ParkLogic and Salesforce continues to strength the future is bright for domain owners on the ParkLogic platform!

TRAFFIC 2012 - Another Great Success!

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Published on 11 October 2012

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So TRAFFIC conference has finished and I’m about to assume the “foetal position” and climb aboard a couple of planes for the 26 hour journey back to Australia......trust me when I say that it's not a fun experience. The question that I find myself asking is, “Was it worth it?” and the answer is “You bet it was!”

I’ve been to 17 TRAFFIC conferences (you read that right) and each and every one of them has helped me develop my business now and create opportunities for the future. I would go so far as to say that it’s almost impossible to not do some sort of business……unless, of course, you’ve partying too hard!

Rick, Howard and their families did an incredibly job putting on a great show. I’ve always loved the family atmosphere of a TRAFFIC conference combined with the friends that I’ve made over the many years. All power to the TRAFFIC team!

It also never ceases to amaze me the number of people that complain about TRAFFIC while having never bothered to attend one. Seriously, do you think that I’d leave my family 17 times if I didn’t think that it would be worth it???? Stop complaining and criticising and attend one and you’ll see that TRAFFIC is all about business, contacts and doing deals.

What I’ve found is that since I’ve attended so many conferences that friends are now stopping me in the hallway to conduct business and get their domains onto ParkLogic. Over the years people like Adam Dicker and I have become great friends because we’ve both invested in the relationship. We’re now doing some business together because to be quite frank with you I trust Adam’s integrity and the way he works. He doesn’t stuff around and waste your time and you don’t end up plucking daggers out of your back when you’ve turned away. It's qutie the reverse....he's "got your back" and doesn't slam you down to others. These sort of relationships take the investment of a lot of time and an event like TRAFFIC to be the catalyst that brings the people together.

My advice to all that complain about Rick, Howard and the TRAFFIC team is to swallow your pride and build your business by attending the Vegas show next year. I know that I will be there so I hope to see you as well.....in the meantime I've got to start my journey home.