Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » CD Baby http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Lent Day 8… Like A Coke Machine In A Monastery http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-8-like-coke-machine-monastery/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-8-like-coke-machine-monastery/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:00:23 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5912 Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby, once wrote about why he refused to sell advertising on his website. Here’s what he had to say: I got a call from an advertising salesman, saying he’d like to run banner ads at the top and bottom of cdbaby.com. I said, “No way. Out of the question. […]

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