Neal has sold everything from hundred thousand dollar private jet flights to Avon lipstick and Kirby vacuums. He learned how to use the internet while attending NYU during a class held by Sree Sreenivasan. Neal started to use the internet to find a more efficient way to find leads and prospects after visiting Search Engine Watch, following a link posted on Sree's site. After Googling his first keword, Neal hasn't logged off since. Find his latest video interviews on nealrodriguez.com/vlog/

Blog Entries by Neal Rodriguez

The Evolution of Digital Music

Posted November 9, 2009 | 07:47 PM (EST)


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Courtesy of Mint.com.

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Ben Huh Drives 1 Billion Pageviews Every 4 Months

Posted October 15, 2009 | 09:20 PM (EST)


I caught up with Ben Huh at SMX East 2009 after his keynote. Ben told me that his Cheezburger Network grows by 1 billion pageviews every 4 months. Ben performs no outreach, advertising, or marketing; Ben does give his users the ability post and modify their pics on

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Junk Mail in the U.S. Accounts for over 100 Million Pieces of Mail

1 Comments | Posted October 14, 2009 | 09:50 PM (EST)


You could choke a demolition shredder that tears up monster trucks with that much toilet paper. No wonder your pop doesn't have enough room in the green bin for his porn mags.

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Courtesy of thecoolprint.com

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Gary Vaynerchuk on How the Web Changed the Planet

Posted October 14, 2009 | 08:57 PM (EST)


I kicked in the door on the Gary Vaynerchuk book signing in the Borders at Columbus Circle, New York City. I had to hop on his new book, Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion,

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8 Ways How Sex Compares to the Job Search

Posted July 14, 2009 | 04:09 PM (EST)


You could populate the moon with the amount of unemployed in this country. You're laid off after gluing your eyelids to your forehead to stay awake at the job for decades. You just graduated, and that tech job you had lined up got outsourced to 10 people overseas who just...

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Mobile Apps Which Keep Business Owners from Pumping Gas

Posted July 13, 2009 | 04:20 PM (EST)


Deciding on business spend during a recession could make any CFO, budget planner or small business owner jump off the Golden Gate. You need to smack yourself with rotten fish until you're wide awake, regardless of the state of the economy; unless you'd like to flip burgers until you're promoted...

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The History of the Electric Guitar as Seen by 3 Rock Legends

24 Comments | Posted July 9, 2009 | 07:43 PM (EST)


"The earliest documented performance with an electrically amplified guitar was in 1932," according to Wikipedia. The electric guitar was used by Hawaiian Style musicians. George Barnes reportedly recorded the first 2 songs with the electric guitar in 1938.

Now, Rock 'N' Roll without the electric guitar, is a...

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10 of the Hottest Girls @Twitter

Posted April 7, 2009 | 09:10 PM (EST)


Alright gentlemen, throw on some Michael Phelps goggles, so your eyes don't pop out of their sockets. These ladies put the brain back in sexy. Here's the inside track on these angelic Twittettes. They run their own Twitter feeds as efficiently as a Core 2 Duo assembly line, these...

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How a Social Network Becomes the Heartbeat of Social Finance

Posted April 7, 2009 | 09:00 AM (EST)


Financial social network, Tip'd, is launching a new set of features that is potentially positioning the platform as the web's heartbeat of social finance. Tip'd 2.0 promises to offer a robust data set comprised of stock quotes, social resources profiling companies featured on Tip'd, and in the spirit of...

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Five States with Unemployment Rates Under 5%

Posted March 31, 2009 | 04:00 PM (EST)


Although Iowa has reached its highest unemployment rate in 17 years, its current rate is at 4.9 percent. Iowa's workforce dropped by 22,000; however, their rates are almost half that of the national average. Government Chet Culver pulled an Obama move and launched Recover.Iowa.gov;...

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Are Real-Estate Online Tools Shifting the Paradigm?

Posted February 21, 2009 | 03:19 PM (EST)


New Jersey home sellers have had to slash their prices by up to 25 percent. The New York Times cites a ranch that was purchased for $709,000 in July of 2005 had to be sold for $528,110 in the spring of 2008.

Gene Riede, a real estate...

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250,000 Jobs Will Still be Lost Monthly

Posted February 18, 2009 | 04:52 PM (EST)


Arnold Schwarzenegger terminated 10,000 people yesterday in a state-wide layoff that threatens to double today. "The governor, facing a $42 billion deficit, was prompted to move on the layoff notices after lawmakers missed a Monday night deadline to reach a budget deal, McLear told CNN late Monday."...

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BART Cop Who Punched Oscar Grant Should Resign

Posted January 27, 2009 | 11:59 AM (EST)


BART is investigating Tony Pirone, the officer that punched Oscar Grant in the face prior to Grant's shooting on New Years Eve. According to, U.C. Berkeley law school professor Franklin Zimring, the district attorney may not charge the officer who punched Grant because the DA "may need that...

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The Financial Meltdown: How Some Families Are Coping With Debt

Posted January 25, 2009 | 09:01 PM (EST)


The existing bailouts claim to open credit lines to the consumer. Neither government restructuring of debt programs are available; nor is any real monetary assistance being provided for the consumer.

Companies are freezing hiring and recruiting initiatives. Americans continue to lose their jobs at an alarming...

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Neither Bush or Obama Have Addressed Police Shootings

Posted January 14, 2009 | 11:53 AM (EST)


President George Bush patted himself on the back claiming that the federal government rescued 30,000 people from Katrina-stricken New Orleans, for which CNN's Campbell Brown "Rips Bush" yesterday. Bush admitted he "sent the wrong message" when he posted the 'Mission Accomplished' banner while highlighting his administration's ousting of...

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BART Cop Needs to Be Held without Bail

Posted January 8, 2009 | 12:14 PM (EST)


I have yet to see any widespread nationwide coverage on the New Year's execution style murder of Oscar Grant by a Bay Area Rapid Transit -- BART -- police officer. Somebody told me that they saw 5 minutes of coverage on CNN last night. I would think they would syndicate...

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3 Christmas Causes for the Web 2.0 in You

Posted December 19, 2008 | 10:48 AM (EST)


Is it truly better to give than to receive? Come on, fling off the Scrooge top hat like you just got your degree and exorcise the ghost of Christmas past forever. Opportunities, to let the Xmas Spirit rebuke the Gordon Gecko out of you, rain cyberspace confetti on...

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Who's to Blame?

Posted December 5, 2007 | 04:02 PM (EST)


The stock market is crashing. Americans are losing their homes to foreclosure. The dollar is crashing and continuing to decline; supermodels don't even want to paid in U.S. currency. Oil appears to inevitably break the $100 price target. We hear and read it everyday and we know who's responsible. Think...

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