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MattThomas

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Jan 17, 2009 2:00 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Hi everyone! My name is Matt Thomas, and I am excited to join the forums and become a part of the StartupNation community!

Just as a little background about me, I currently run a blog, Entre-Propel.com, dedicated to delivering words of motivation to entrepreneurs. I also have a recent start-up selling facial sugar scrubs using Google AdWords. Before that, I ran a Web Design company for about five years while I was in high school to my early years in college.

Thank you and I look foward to meeting all of you!




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CraigL

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Jan 19, 2009 2:45 AM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Hi Matt :-) Nice blog...! I used to live in Rye, and we`d wander over to Long Gyland all the time. But I`m curious....what`s a "facial sugar scrub?" I`m having visions of either using sugar to clean my face, or using a scrub to get rid of the sugar from a Dunkin` Donut glazed glob of goodness.

scottdkcp

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Jan 19, 2009 3:22 AM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Agreed, that`s a nice blog you have there, Matt.  I left you a comment on the Coping with Start-Up Losses article.  I`m new to SUN myself, though I`ve been browsing the site for a couple weeks.   
 
I`ve been looking around for some blogging software/templates, was that a hard site to build?


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beautifulpetunia

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Jan 19, 2009 12:16 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Hello fellow Long Islander!

What a refreshing "feel-good" blog, thanks for the inspiration!


MattThomas

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Wow thanks for all of the wonderful comments and compliments (here and on my blog).

Scott, if you know html and css, it`s not too difficult. There is a lot of PHP in the coding (im using Wordpress), a language I don`t know. However PHP seems pretty easy to understand and work around. The theme I used is customized, heavily tweaked from the default. What I did was I coded a sample myself, and then went to the coding for the actual theme files and made the appropriate adjustments using my sample as a guide. The more you look through it, the better you get at editing it. Feel free to PM me if you decide to set up your own and you are a little lost putting it together.

Craig, a sugar scrub is a facial exfoliator, it`s great for removing dead skin, acne, skin acidity, etc... Something coarse like salt or sugar is often used in these products for this reason. My fiancee put the recipe together and really liked the result with it, so I decided to experiment with Google AdWords to try and sell it .

And beautifulpetunia, thanks for all of the compliments on my blog !

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coolwagonman

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Jan 20, 2009 12:00 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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HELLO Fellow Long Islander!
 
Nice site, no time now to read it all but looks awesome!
 
 
 
 
MattThomas

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Jan 20, 2009 2:15 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Thanks for the compliment! Nice to meet another fellow long islander.

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JenniferKim

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Jan 22, 2009 5:43 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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I`m going to have to join your long line of admirers and say great blog.  I`ve been looking into setting up some sort of web presence.  My question to you is, what kind of hosting do you use?  How much would something like that cost?  

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MattThomas

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Jan 22, 2009 11:43 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Hi Jennifer, thanks for the compliment.

I use domainsinseconds.com to actually register the domain, and Go Daddy as a hosting service. The hosting plan I use allows me to host multiple sites from the same account, which makes managing different domains easier.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.



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NashGG

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Jan 23, 2009 12:35 AM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Hi,
I am Nash  and want to say hello to everyone.




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