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DotComCarnival for Independence Day, July 4th
2008-07-04 08:39:00
Welcome to the June 16, 2008 edition of dotcom carnival. This is the next edition. So enjoy: no repeats, no crap, just 100% quality information and ideas written by our excellent writers. Brian Terry presents Become a Listbuilding Genius! posted at Big Selling Website Design. Brice Hogan presents How to Save $100 a Month posted at Financialzip.com. Cindy [...]
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FatChance you’ll get that deal next year: false advertising in hosting?
2008-07-03 12:39:02
OK. Here’s a follow up on the story that I’ve been writing about for several days about FatCow Hosting, and their misleading advertising and unhelpful staffing. Despite two chats, quite a few emails … and their seeming unwillingness to recognize, nevermind amend, their dubious claims about the value of their hosting deal. This is a [...]
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Saving Money: You can save money by cutting energy use!
2008-07-03 12:10:01
Today we received our first electricity bill of the summer! And we got a shock! It was much….. SMALLER … than we had expected originally. We saved about NT$1700 on our bills vs. the same period last year… And we really didn’t do that much yet. But if we focus, we could save about 15%~20% of our [...]
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Video: How do bloggers make money?
2008-07-29 11:50:07
I’ve not done too badly over the past two years making nearly $11,000 on this blog and various other ‘related’ and ‘unrelated’ activities, but then I started watching this video by Yaro Starak as part of his promotional efforts for his Blog Mastermind Mentoring Program. This method describes how he goes about making money and is [...]
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Driving Traffic: Ten Tips from Yaro Starak
2008-07-29 10:58:55
In every bloggers life comes a special day - the day they first launch a new blog. Now unless you went out and purchased someone else’’s blog chances are your blog launched with only one very loyal reader - you. Maybe a few days later you received a few hits when you told your sister, [...]
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Video: Getting Started with Adsense
2008-07-28 13:42:13
John Chow doesn’t use Google Ads anymore but it is still a good way to get started making money on your blog, even though you may not want to rely 100% on Adsense . Watch the video and see if it makes sense for your website:


So where were we? Summer Trips #1 - East Coast and Taroko
2008-07-28 13:02:58
Well, running your own business is never easy! In fact, it’s often difficult to take time off, and in previous years we always felt ‘guilty’ taking time off because we weren’t making THAT much money that it didn’t worry us. This summer we’ve found a little more time than usual so we are taking a [...]
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Getting Publicity on InvestorBlogger
2008-07-28 07:33:45
There are lots of ways to get publicity, traffic and comments for your blog… If you’re looking for a little publicity, you can do any (or all!) of the following things. 1. Submit your blog for a BlogBuzz … it’s easy and fun to do. 2. Comment in the posts, and I’ll visit your blog and leave [...]


How many hours did you work last week?
2008-07-27 06:23:10
Well, I was in Page One bookstore in Taipei 101 last weekend, when I decided to purchase Tim Ferris’ book the Four Hour WorkWeek. It didn’t take long to get through the contents, but has heartened me to continue my own struggle with creating passive income. It’s a good read, and one that I have [...]


July Credit Card Spending Post
2008-07-27 06:20:58
After our little trip this week, we got back to a pile of email and bills all that required attention. This included the regular credit card bill from our bank. Well, it’s good news/bad news time! The good news I didn’t pay any additional charges on my card apart from the statements as my card [...]
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Quotation: Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt
2008-07-22 08:32:45
“When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.” Quoted in “Given a Shovel , Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt“, article in New York Times, July 20, 2008.


Trying Adsense Again!
2008-07-20 10:02:21
Yes, it’s true. I’m trying Adsense again as I’ve been getting a decent CTR with the ad links. I’ve also added a small Adsense Block on the right, and an Adsense Search page.
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The Bear is here: Are you still bullish?
2008-07-19 18:52:32



Testimonial: InvestorBlogger Dot Com - interesting, informative site that offers realistic advice
2008-08-10 11:11:23
I stumbled onto Investor Blogger the other day while researching some investments I’ve been thinking about. I never did finish what I’d intended to do because this website grabbed my attention and kept it! The first page I came across was Asus Eee PC News that introduced the new Asus Eee 900 PC. I’ve been [...]
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Recent Posts on InvestorBlogger Dot Com
2008-08-09 07:12:26
With the recent changes on InvestorBlogger, I’ll be providing a regular weekly summary of posts on each of the blogs, so you don’t miss out! Of course, you could just subscribe to the Site Feed. It will update you with ALL the new posts, blogs and information on InvestorBlogger! Google AdWords: Does it make Ad Sense? One [...]
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Dollar Travels: PF Blog Update #1
2008-08-08 11:51:26
August 8th, I’ve been working on setting up the first blog on Personal Finance, I’m now going through the archives of InvestorBlogger to extract all the articles on Personal Finance in the past few months, as I’d like to launch (or relaunch) PF Blog with a much sharper focus on expenses and income and dealing [...]
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Where to go
2008-08-07 12:55:05
This blog is still very much in the startup stage. For current readers, please go to the archives for all of the posts up until August 4th. If you would like, use the search above to search for topics. There are four new sub-blogs, but content isn’t yet published on the new blogs, as I’m setting [...]


Dow Components
2008-08-07 10:12:04
For all the Dow Components , click on this link.


Dinnae Fret! We’re still here!
2008-08-05 10:53:46
The blog is still here, but we’re undergoing some wee changes… If you really would like to see the ‘old’ blog… everything is still there, just click here. To visit the main blog… just click here. To visit the original categories: Asides Blogging Buzz carnival of making real money Dow Jones Stocks Expenses General Stuff Little Pleasures Making Money Newsbites Ta


Top Stories for this Week: Last Week of August 2008
2008-08-29 16:47:20
This was a busy week. But I’ll try to pick some of the best posts: in all, there were over 15 posts this week, though some of them were Twitter updates. In blogging, we looked at five new plugins that you might want to try out on your blog. Then we looked at a new series [...]
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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-28
2008-08-29 00:59:59
Two Credit Card Bills: Wish I had taken my own medicine!: Don’t you ever wish you had taken.. # Twitter Updates for 2008-08-27: Dead End Blogging: Blog Charlatans vs Blogging Truths: Introduci.. #


Twitter Updates for 2008-08-27
2008-08-28 00:59:59
Dead End Blogging: Blog Charlatans vs Blogging Truths: Introducing the new occasional series call.. # Twitter Updates for 2008-08-26: PR vs PPP: who is winning the war?: I started writing this story.. #


Twitter Updates for 2008-08-26
2008-08-27 00:59:59
PR vs PPP: who is winning the war?: I started writing this story just before the recent updates b.. # Using Google Docs to track your expenses: Simple Step-by-Step Approach: Keeping a track of expens.. # Twitter Updates for 2008-08-25: Buzz: NetDebt’s New Affiliate Program: With increasing int.. # Looks like google’s updating again #


Twitter Updates for 2008-08-25
2008-08-26 00:59:59
Buzz: NetDebt’s New Affiliate Program: With increasing interest in debt programs, and many .. # Hey, i just wigdetized a theme for the first time in Wordpress. it was easy! # Video: Crash of 1929: Thanks to Tim Sykes for bringing this video to my attention. #
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Around InvestorBlogger: 5 posts that are worth reading this week
2008-08-22 23:23:12
For those of you wanting a little help with traffic and backlinks to your blog, you should read Building Back Links and Traffic with a little help from Google Reader. In one post, Steve provided some great tips on getting up and running with AdWords. Then on Wednesday, I examined whether more expensive hotels were really worth [...]
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InvestorBlogger Dot Com: Updates for Saturday 16th, 2008
2008-08-16 09:17:45
Just five posts from this week’s bloggings on InvestorBlogger Dot Com. On Monday, I reviewed a website that was offering credit filing and reporting services in CreditSaint - The Saint or the Sinner? You Decide… as I took a critical stance, it didn’t go down well with the advertiser, but then as an external user, [...]
Read more: Saturday

Feeds on InvestorBlogger: Dollar Travels, Blogging Travails, Taiwan, and much more…
2008-08-15 12:06:28
With the new software I’m using and a couple of plugins, I have been endeavouring to bring both summaries and full-posts to my readers as they wish. However, recently things went awry. I was able to spot the situation before it got out of hand! But it resulted in double posting in the main feed. What [...]
Read more: Dollar , Travels , Blogging , Taiwan

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