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Christmas time is highly stressful for the unemployed 2007-11-23 11:35:00 I know all too well the feelings of stress around Christmas
time when a person is unemployed or if their business is not doing well. This is my second year in a row that I have been unemployed at this time of year. Last year my only real Christmas gift was a phone call telling me that I start a new job the first week of the new year. It took the sting out of the stress just in time to relax on
Electronics looks to be the "hot" items this Christmas shopping season 2007-11-23 01:04:00 I just finished doing some research and found that electronic gifts are the big thing this year. The current top searches on eBay are for iPods, mp3 players and laptops. The top searches on Google are all for electronic stores like Fry's and Circuit City. I found the biggest bargains are from reputable stores that also have online stores. As long as the shipping is free or reasonable then I say Read more:Christmas
Do you consider yourself happy or depressed? 2007-12-03 17:18:00 Does money really buy happiness? I know for me it sure does take the worry out of paying the bills, but what have researchers found out about it? Interesting subject. More about it in the video below.
Earn extra money beta testing video games 2007-12-01 16:58:00 I have done beta testing in the past for websites before they have been released to the public. Mostly it was checking to see if the shopping carts worked correctly or seeing if the message boards were formatted correctly. I am still an administrator for one message board. My pay for helping them out was usually limited to "membership" or discounts. Once and a while I get to put up a banner ad Read more:video
Save money on gasoline - car runs on water! 2007-12-01 16:45:00 I am always looking for ways to save money. The 2 biggest on going expenses at our house are food and gasoline. Food I can shop around for lower prices but gasoline seems to be a battle we are all facing. I am not a mechanic but I do know that you can save MPG on certain types of vehicles. Years ago I knew people that converted their gas powered commuter cars to diesel. Nowadays we are hearing Read more:water
The biggest down turn a business can take 2007-11-30 12:12:00 Starting a new business is never easy. Throwing a wrench into the works will almost always end your start up. That wrench is not usually business related but related at the personal level, after all we are all human. My "wrenches" in the past have been:
Having a relative make constant fun of my business to the point of harassing jokes and me giving up on it. Looking back, the business was doing
Is your computer protected? 2007-11-30 00:58:00 If you don't have an up to date firewall, you should. "Botnet" is a very real threat coming from Russia. Watch the video and learn. Read more:protected
Paid to blog site to stay away from 2007-11-29 13:58:00 I was looking for another website that pays bloggers to post articles on their blog. I have found a few but I have also found one that I feel I should warn you about. It is linkworth.com they pay you only 70% (what ever that is) of the actual payout. But that was not got me up in arms. Before I sign on with anyone I AWAYS read the TOS or Terms of Service agreement. This one had the nice "we own Read more:blog site
Investing your money 2007-11-29 12:01:00 Do I invest my money? You bet I do! For years now my major investment has been my home or should I say homes. I am living in my 3rd home in 20 years. Like everyone else I started off with the small starter home and moved up in size and quality each step. When I mean quality I don't mean to keep up with the Jones' but the actual age, condition and location of the home. Now with the home prices Read more:Investing
An experiment in blogging 2007-11-28 10:32:00 I have found another way to make money with a paid to post type of blogging opportunity. I was curious so I signed up. Now my loyal readers know that if my experiments in blogging or finding out that companies are rip offs I will report it here. So I am going to be up front and tell you right now that this post is my first "assignment" from Bloggerwave. I don't get credits if you sign up from my
What people are really looking for on the internet 2007-12-10 14:36:00 I have been to a few internet marketing seminars in the past few years just to pick up some tips and hints on how to better conduct business online. The main fact I was constantly being told was the biggest commodity on the internet was information. People go online to look something up or learn something new. When I see people
giving information away I wonder why they do it. For example there is
Reflections of what Christmas is suppose to be about 2007-12-09 15:12:00 A nasty winter cold has hit me hard. Between sleeping and hacking my brains out I am managing to write a few articles on my laptop. Access to the internet is a bit harder since it is at the other end of the house. I am finding it hard to be creative when I am having trouble breathing, but writing something down does take my mind off of having this cold. This time has also given me time to reflect Read more:Reflections
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Santa will be feeling the economy pinch this year 2007-12-07 16:05:00 I thought I was the only one that thought of more practical gifts this year. Apparently the slowing economy
has kicked in a trend of cautious shoppers this year. Santa
won't be that generous with expensive gifts.
Increasing your blog popularity 2007-12-07 01:39:00 In order to become a successful blogger you need readers, readers that come everyday, loyal readers. Once you have just a few readers or even one loyal reader you are on your way to success. Why do I say that? Simple, you have found at least one person that likes your style of writing and likes what you have to say everyday. If there is one person there must be more out there somewhere.
How will Read more:Increasing
A surprising turn of events, earning money writing freelance 2007-12-06 12:41:00 I had heard about Associated Content last year when I was sent a small package from them and an invite to join. I looked into it and then forgot about them. I don't know what prompted me to check them out again but I did just that 2 weeks ago. When I logged in for the first time I was offered all these "calls" to a write 400-500 word article about different subjects. I figured I could do that and Read more:events
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Sterling silver jewelry that I sell 2007-12-05 09:49:00 My little adventure into selling at jewelry parties has a very mild beginning. I have sold about $300 worth of jewelry of which my net profit has been $150. Not bad for a part time venture. I tried listing a few items on eBay but they seemed to have gotten lost in the crowd. Also the fact that people who shop on eBay are looking for dirt cheap items and don't want to pay even wholesale on some Read more:Sterling
Big companies play Scrooge at Christmas 2007-12-04 13:33:00 I have never been loyal to my corporate employers. If I found a better paying job or got sick and tired of being treated like sh** I would leave. I have only left 2 jobs in my entire working career, one for more money and the other because I was not treated very well because I was woman in a man's career. Because of that fact I have not been a "loyal" employee. Granted I have stayed with Read more:Christmas
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My blog is real!!! 2007-12-20 16:27:00 I actually had this blog rejected by Pay Per Post because it was "a third party site with no real blog posts!" Here is what they wrote or should I say what was generated
"Thank you for your blog submission! Unfortunately, it appears that this blog is being kept up only for purposes of payment through our services and/or payment from online contests, lotteries, pyramid schemes, etc. It is in our
Getting paid from your website 2007-12-20 15:53:00 So you have your brand new website
all loaded up with items to sell. How are you going to get paid for those items when someone places an order? Of course you could invest in a PO Box and have people sent you checks and money orders. With the fraud going on with checks and money orders is that a safe thing to do? It is also a proven fact that most people will move away from your website and shop
Blog and website promotion for the technically challenged 2007-12-19 11:07:00 If you are selling anything via the internet then you must either have a website
or a blog. Just having a website or blog will eventually get noticed by the search engines and thus get you visitors. Waiting for that to happen will be a slow process especially if you don't have TIME to wait. If you need to get your blog or website out to where people will notice it you need to have some SEO (
Saving money on insurance 2007-12-18 13:14:00 No matter how you put it - we are all mortal. Our lives end at some point in time. Life insurance
is a necessary evil that we all have to deal with. Our families are going to need that money to take care of our bodies if nothing else. But life insurance doesn't have to be something for after our deaths. My husband has a life insurance policy that he can borrow on. It has come very handy through Read more:Saving
The enemy of all bloggers has struck me 2007-12-18 10:51:00 Writer's block is one of the worse things to hit a blogger. Going on for days without a single clue as to what to write about. That enemy will destroy a blog in a matter of days. Your regular readers will wonder what happened and new readers will think that the blog has been abandoned. I hate to rehash old tips and hints of saving or making money so I am out looking for more info to pass on to Read more:bloggers
Which career is for you? 2007-12-15 11:24:00 Almost everyone I know complains about their job, either they don't like what they are doing or it doesn't pay enough. Unhappy people usually make bad decisions when it comes their jobs or careers. With that in mind I went and found some interesting quiz sites to find out what job/career is best suited for you.
Design and merchandising quiz
iVillage career quiz
Princeton Review career quiz
You don't need to promote your blog to make it a success 2007-12-14 10:55:00 Successful blogs are written not promoted. Why am I making that statement? Simple, the results are in about my little experiment with another blog. Just after I started this blog I started another blog for my daughter to maintain. My daughter is 15 years old so I figured if she could do it anyone can. Her subject for her blog is sea life. It is something she likes and is interested in it. Right
I won blog of the day!! 2007-12-13 21:10:00 For December 13, 2007
Here is the link where they picked my blog
Becoming a professional writer 2007-12-13 13:49:00 When I was little I always wrote stories. I got good grades on my essays and stories. I dreamt of one day writing a best selling book. Now with the internet access I can now try to fulfill my dream. That book, a work of fiction, already has 2 chapters written. Until it is finished I am learning the ropes of being a professional
writer. I already have 14 articles written at Associated Content and Read more:Becoming
Staying safe this shopping season 2007-12-12 11:15:00 I know many of you have not even begun your Christmas shopping. In the wake of the past mall shootings I have found a video on how to stay safe while shopping at a mall or large store. You never know when a "nut case", terroist or ex-employee decides to go on the rampage.
Selling stuff online 2007-12-11 10:49:00 So you now need some extra money to help pay for Christmas. Just join the crowd there are lots of us in the same boat. I am going to give you a quick run down on where to sell your "stuff
" online
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Ebay is the first place that comes to mind when anyone is trying to sell online. If you have a collectible item then I say go for it. That is the place that people shop for rare and old, one of a kind
The Google bot 2007-12-25 18:57:00 The Google
bot has just visited this blog so I expect the blog to have a page rank in the next few weeks. One blog I started on the 5th of October 2007 already has a page rank of 1 but I don't have more than 10 posts on it. It is more of a fun thing that I did for Halloween.
Merry Christmas to everyone!!
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