Biggest Mistake You Ever Made?

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  1. karlp295

    karlp295 Peon

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    #41
    My biggest mistake was thinking that it would just be easy. When I started a long time ago I thought that if I had a pretty design for my website and a few web pages everyone would visit it.
     
    karlp295, Jan 13, 2009 IP
  2. macau2009

    macau2009 Well-Known Member

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    #42
    paid $200 to xboard.com for a text link ad for a month. useless
     
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    #43
    the biggest mistake i made was

    i wasn't proactive when i do things.. it's bad for everyone

    another mistake i am trying not to make is

    "copy paste others and easily give up"

    and i think i am going to right direction.
     
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  4. Ezo

    Ezo Well-Known Member

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    #44
    I had 3 'big' project last 3 years, these were build around my hobbies i had back then.
    However after i lost interest, and found a new hobby, i let the site die, and only focus on my new site.
    I could sell the site or simply pick a few fanatic users that were still interested in the subject of the site, and let them add new content, so that the site keeps active and making revenue.

    But my mistake is that i just focus on my latest project, and let all the hours i spend in my older project die, once the new site is popular enough.
     
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  5. Baton

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    #45
    Don't do anything that you don't like if your love one do with you.!

    Choose the topic, on which you have good command, not just because your friend doing same!
     
    Baton, Jan 13, 2009 IP
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    ajbarnes Well-Known Member

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    #46
    My biggest mistake was a mistake I've made many times before.......not planning!

    As the saying goes: "those who fail to plan, plan to fail"
     
    ajbarnes, Jan 13, 2009 IP
  7. dynashox

    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    #47
    My biggest mistake is I learn a lot of thing to get the jobs done but I don't take action to make it work.
     
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  8. B Bridges

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    #48
    I didn't back up my hard drive, and my motherboard fried. I eventually managed to recover the content, but it was a REAL headache. It's MUCH simple just to press a button an back up your data on a regular basis.
     
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  9. greenexit

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    #49
    crap! i didnt know they could do that.
     
    greenexit, Jan 13, 2009 IP
  10. Newviewit

    Newviewit Active Member

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    #50
    big mistake around year 2000 thinking that domain names were useless and not investing in them at that time
     
    Newviewit, Jan 14, 2009 IP
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    #51
    The biggest mistake I ever made was selling a domain for £200 to a guy who sold it a month later for £1900



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    dotWdot, Jan 14, 2009 IP
  12. ayeronnie

    ayeronnie Active Member

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    #52
    My biggest mistake was not re-investing back in my biz when it was doing real good. Still some what plagues me from time to time. As they say, Takes money to make money and usually true.
     
    ayeronnie, Jan 14, 2009 IP
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    Webmasterstown Banned

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    #53
    I lost lots of cash while doing some exchanges, NEVER EVER send first to anybody!
     
    Webmasterstown, Jan 14, 2009 IP
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    #54
    One big mistake I made was putting ebay in an iframe ... they no longer want anything to do with me :(

    Oh well, even they can't stop my "paper chase"
     
    infopage, Jan 14, 2009 IP
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    #55
    Losing 1,000.00 on a credit card to adwords and not selling a single thing.
     
    clarissa25, Jan 14, 2009 IP
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    atulperx Banned

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    #56
    My first mistake was that i started promoting affiliate links on Yahoo instant messenger and got banned in just few days . When i received email from them about it than i replied that what is the problem if i drive traffic via yahoo . You guys are cheating me and eating my commission . God will never gonna leave you for such small cheating .

    Lol now when i think about it , it makes me feel very embarrassing . ;)
     
    atulperx, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  17. Cameljourney

    Cameljourney Prominent Member

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    #57
    invest $200 in HYIP program and got scammed!
     
    Cameljourney, Jan 15, 2009 IP
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    x-termin8or Banned

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    #58
    Losing £50 to adwards and not seing a single thing.
     
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  19. Luke Beale

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    #59
    Keep making new sites was my biggest mistake.
     
    Luke Beale, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  20. movingstartup

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    #60
    my biggest mistake was hiring unexperienced, but cheap web designer. So, I needed to invest twice into web design:(
     
    movingstartup, Jan 15, 2009 IP