Newsletter microsite 2007 Straight from Sheffield, South Yorkshire Issue 06
Will's Topical Corner
It's Will's, it's topical.
It's in the corner.
It's Will's Topical Corner.
Will is TechnoPhobia's equivalent of Yoda. The force of the Web is most definitely strong with this one! All of us here consider ourselves both passionate and professional when it comes to this industry, however Will's commitment and passion should really see him locked up! Although we really wouldn't want that, he's far too much fun! So, for this issue, we have given Will his own corner. As Chris Tarrant once said, "We don't want to give you that." Well, in this case we most certainly do. Will, they're all yours.
After you've done that, here's a bit of fun with the ‘Top 8 strangest yet successful Online Business Ideas’. Ta.
- 1 Million Dollar Homepage
- Fancy paying a dollar a pixel? 1,000,000 to a page? No? Well apparently some folk did. Alex Tew, 21, is now a millionaire!
- 2 SantaMail
- Santa has sent me a letter! Look it's from the North Pole, Alaska! And he only charges $10 a letter to send them to kids. Byron Reese sent over 200,000 letters and is now $2m richer.
- 3 Doggles
- Does exactly what it says on the tin. Goggles for dogs! The creators now have shops all over the world.
- 4 LaserMonks
- Like the religious touch with your printer refills? The Cistercian monks of Our Lady of Spring Bank, an eight-monk monastery in the hills of Monroe County will happily sort you out. Praise be though, their 2005 sales were $2.5 million.
- 5 AntennaBalls
- Balls for antenna sold online. Jason Wall is now a millionaire because of them.
- 6 FitDeck
- Not only can you play poker but you can raise your fitness awareness with each card featuring a unique workout. Ex-Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil black sells them for $18.95 a pop, and reported sales last year of $4.7m! Beats getting shot at I suppose.
- 7 Designer Diaper Bags
- Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, a 34-year old mother of three once decided she was fed-up of carrying around diapers in a freezer bag and decided to come up with a fashionable, compact diaper bag that was big enough to hold wipes & two to four diapers. No longer will diapers be scrunched up in your purse. Christie Rein's company, Diapees & Wipees offers bags in 22 different styles and 120 boutiques speard across the world.
- 8 Lucky Wishbone Co.
- Surely not! Plastic wishbones?? Who on Earth would want plastic wishbones?? Well enough to warrant production levels of 30,000 a day (retailing at $3 each). Ken Ahroni, the company owner, expects sales to reach £1m.