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  • How To Use Auto Responder Emails to Boost Your Blogging Efforts
    This is a guest contribution by Asher Elran of Dynamic Search. I thought emails were a waste of time and that they are ignored, but then I learned how to do it right and watched the numbers flip.   After you published a great post and pushed it thro…
    - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 9:22am -
  • How Much Content Should I Have Ready to Go When I Launch a Blog?
    I recently had the opportunity to sit with a small group of Pre-Bloggers – people about to start their first blogs. One of the questions I was about how much content should be written before launching a new blog. My answer came in two parts: The Id…
    - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 9:23am -
  • Blog This! Sometimes Going Back to Basics Leads to the Best Posts
    Today, I’m preparing some slides for a keynote I’m doing tomorrow. I included this diagram – something that Chris Garrett came up with years ago as a way to show new bloggers what they should blog about. The idea – obviously – is to find th…
    - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 9:47am -
  • Why Interlinking Your Blogs Posts is a Must (and Not Just For SEO)
    This is a guest contribution by Daniel Vassiliou of Endurance SEO. Everybody loves (LOVES) to talk about link building and find the latest and greatest technique for building backlinks to your blog. While this gets you more traffic and better rank…
    - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 9:15am -
  • How Many Posts Should a Blogger Post? [Pros and Cons of Daily Posting]
    Almost every time I do a Q&A at a conference I’m asked this question – How many posts should I post? The frequency of blog posts is something that gets talked about a lot and there is no perfect answer for all blogs – but here are a few thought…
    - 5 days ago, 13 May 13, 9:46am -

Copyblogger

  • new5 Writing and Productivity Links You Can Use
    This week on The Lede … How A Copywriter Evaluates A Great Website The Unexpected Antidote to Procrastination The Daily Rituals of the World’s Most Creative People 4 Things That Lead to Success (or Failure) with Email Signup Forms How to Do More…
    - 8 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:00am -
  • How to Become a Content Marketing Expert
    You hear everyone talking about online content marketing, because with today’s Internet-empowered prospect, content marketing is what works. And yet, you may be struggling with creating content that works for your business or your clients. Or maybe…
    - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 10:00am -
  • Why We Still Need to Write, Even When We’re Scared
    Writing is scary. Sometimes when we publish something, it makes us feel like our insides are hanging out, for all the world to see. We feel vulnerable. We feel naked. We feel … terrified. But here’s the thing — we have to keep writing, in spite…
    - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 9:00am -
  • 5 Ways to Bond with Your Blog’s Audience
    You’re smart. You know you need to be helpful on your blog in order to grow your audience. You share useful tips. You give away free tutorials. But somehow you’re not connecting with your readers. Your blog seems a little quiet. Sure, you’re ge…
    - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Could Mobile Responsive Website Design Hurt Your SEO?
    Allow your jaw to become unhinged at this statistic: There are over 1 million more mobile devices activated every day across the world than there are babies born. Yeah, mind = blown. Indeed, designing with a mobile-first mindset becomes more importan…
    - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 5:00am -

I Will Teach You To Be Rich

  • The surprising myth about investing in real estate (PS – I’m hiring)
    One of my most popular concepts is “Invisible Scripts,” or the guiding beliefs we have that are so deeply embedded, they’re often invisible. For example: “Everyone should get a college degree” “I don’t have any money, so I can’t go to…
    - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 9:19am -
  • Win “Dinner for Two” for a year
    Two months ago, I ran a giveaway for two plane tickets anywhere in the US. Robyn won! She’s planning to fly to her coin-collecting grandfather to Philadelphia to see how coins are made. Last month, I gave away $1,001 on Amazon. Meghan won! She’s…
    - 8 days ago, 10 May 13, 9:07pm -
  • When should you make the jump to work for yourself?
    Too many weirdos think that to start a business, they have to quit their job, raise millions in venture capital, and start the next Google. Uh, that sounds pretty risky to me. Is there another way? Can you start something slowly? What if you want to…
    - 8 days ago, 10 May 13, 6:40am -
  • Case Study: How Ben quit the circus and proved he could get a “real” job (Part 2)
    On Monday, I introduced you to Ben, a circus performer who used my Earn1K course to go from $0 to $60/hour in side income. Now I want to show you how he found his Dream Job — a job that offered “more money than I’d ever received” — in 3 wee…
    - 11 days ago, 7 May 13, 11:15pm -
  • Case Study: How did this circus trainer go from $0 to $60 per hour? (Part 1)
    Here are some “classic” ideas for earning income on the side: business consultant (like Megha, who went from $0 to $2000 per month in 3 weeks) web designer (like Robert, who used my Briefcase Technique to increase his income from $42,000 to $90,2…
    - 13 days ago, 5 May 13, 9:52pm -

Smart Passive Income

My Wife Quit Her Job

  • The Best Way To Prevent Showrooming In Brick And Mortar Stores
    Brick and mortar store owners have it rough. Not only do that have to pay rent for their store front but they also have to pay daily wages for their employees who walk the floor and man the cash register.Since brick and mortar shops have higher ov…
    - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 8:07am -
  • How I Use “Getting Things Done” to Drive Business Growth
    In my opinion, business growth is driven by the ability to store and analyse ideas in such a way that they can be acted upon at any time.But for most of us, we have far more ideas than time. Today’s great idea may not be ready to act upon at the…
    - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 8:16am -
  • How One SEO Mistake Caused A Shop To Lose All Search Engine Traffic
    Every now and then, I like to follow up with the students in my class who have successfully launched their online stores. And it always makes me extremely happy to see them making progress using the strategies outlined in the class.I am spending a…
    - 10 days ago, 8 May 13, 8:02am -
  • How to Build a Successful Blog Through Networking
    This post was written by Tom Ewer, a regular contributor for MyWifeQuitHerJob.comThe biggest secret of effective blog marketing is that there is no secret.The two most effective things you can do when it comes to building a successful blog is to…
    - 11 days ago, 7 May 13, 7:47am -
  • How To Set Prices For Your Info Product: Some Tips And Lessons Learned
    Next Monday, I’m increasing the price of my Create A Profitable Online Store course for the 3rd straight time.And since I’ve experimented with pricing quite a bit in the past 2 years, I thought that it would be an interesting exercise to talk…
    - 16 days ago, 2 May 13, 8:33am -

Create Hype

  • Link Hype 5-17-13
    Summer vacation is almost upon us!  Are you ready to take a mini vacation from your business?  We hope so!  The last thing you want is to burn out before the summer shows start up in a few weeks.  This week we rounded up business articles to help…
    - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 8:00am -
  • 10 Things to Post on Your Facebook Page
    Your Facebook business page can actually be quite powerful so long as you remember to use it as a person who runs a business and not just a business.  A business talks at their customers.  A person who runs a business talks to their customers. Inte…
    - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 8:00am -
  • An Interview All About Voice with Abby Kerr
    We had the pleasure of reviewing Abby Kerr’s program, Freeing the Voice of Your Business, a few weeks back and now we’re so excited to say she’s sharing her wisdom once again in this interview!  She’s one inspirational lady and her answers a…
    - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 8:00am -
  • Email Marketing: Alive and Well
    You can relax now. All this buzz about blogging. Blah-blah-blah-blah- blogging. Will she never shut up about the many great virtues of  blogging?  Probably not, but today I will give you all a break and tell you what you’ve been longing to hear f…
    - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 8:00am -
  • Blogging Your Passion
    Bob gave out such good advice in his recent interview that we knew we had to share his amazing e-course with all of you.  Ready to start a blog or want to take your blog to the next level in terms of traffic, income, or professionalism?  Blogging Y…
    - 5 days ago, 13 May 13, 8:00am -

John Chow dot Com

  • The Easiest Way To Make a Squeeze Page
    For my current promotion of the Home Business Summit, I’m using a great service call LeadPages to generate all the sales and landing pages. This is by far the easiest way to create a squeeze page, landing page, sales page, [...]1 Comment - Read wh…
    - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 11:26am -
  • OC Metro 40 Under 40 Awards Reception
    Last night the movers and shakers of Orange County came out to honor the recipients of the 2013 OC Metro 40 Under 40 Awards. As you can guess by the name, this award is given to 40 people who are [...]8 Comments - Read what others are saying about t…
    - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 1:24am -
  • Why Technical Know-How Is Now Mandatory in Online Marketing
    What’s your technical IQ when it comes to e-Commerce marketing? It had better be high, or you’re unlikely to achieve success, or at least the kind of success you probably dream of. These days, the field of e-Commerce technology is [...]13 Commen…
    - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 11:25am -
  • How To Set A Deadline In An Email Auto Responder
    Most Internet marketers know that putting a deadline on an affiliate offer increases the conversion rate. When people know that an offer is about to expire, they take action instead of putting it in the back burner. A Hard Date [...]10 Comments - Re…
    - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:51pm -
  • 3 Ways to Do SEO and Improve Your Organic Traffic
    SEO might sound scary to many bloggers whose sites were penalized by Google Panda or other updates. But does it mean that SEO is dead? The debate has been going on; a set of website owners said that they were [...]34 Comments - Read what others are…
    - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 4:14pm -

Shoemoney

  • newHot New Internet Products May 13th – May 17th.
    Here is a list of the newest internet marketing tools. All items listed are certified with volume sold and refund rate. Refund rate is a great indication of customers satisfied with the product. If one of these products interest you click the find ou…
    - 8 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Free Shirt Friday – DNTX.com
    Happy Free Shirt Friday! Direct Navigation Traffic eXchange.. aka DNTX.com. They help you build a three step profitable campaign determining aspects such as if it is for a desktop, mobile, or a tablet device as well as if it is a PPC or PPR ad…
    - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Conversion Conference Chicago June 11th – 13th
    Chi-town, what up!?! Conversion Conference is being held at six different locations this year including San Francisco (already happened), Paris, Boston, London, Berlin, and most importantly Chicago. Why is Chicago so important you ask? Because I…
    - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Dealing with Rejection Like a Boss: How to turn a Negative into a positive.
      Opportunities are everywhere. You just have to know how to find recognize them. They are all around you.   Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. -Ann Landers   Yes, you actually have to do stuff…
    - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 6:00am -
  • New Yahoo advertising gateway
    In 2010 Yahoo! announced that they were killing their publisher network and were now referring all current and new users to Chitika who has been a leader in monetizing your content way before Microsoft or Yahoo ever had their platforms. Yahoo is no…
    - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 6:23am -

lkr (Laura Roeder)

  • 5 Blogs You’ll Wish We Had Mentioned Sooner
    I love blogs. Business, travel, lifestyle: you can find every shape of content on the planet with the right link. But I’m just like most of my customers: I need about 15 extra hours every week to stay on top of all the great blog posts constantly b…
    - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 9:00am -
  • Read This Post to Start Seeing Results in Your Business
    People ask me these 3 questions a lot… How long does it really take to get your business started? When do you get to see if what you’re doing will actually work? What was the one thing that really made an impact on your business? And I see the di…
    - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 10:15am -
  • The Secret Source of Your Next 52 Blog Posts
    Give me a piece of paper and a pen and I’ll give you 52 ideas for blog posts. I’m not joking! It really is that easy to come up with content ideas. And I’m not talking about what you’ll find in generic lists pulled off the Internet. I’ve al…
    - 8 days ago, 10 May 13, 11:30am -
  • The LKR Power List of Things to Post on Instagram
    Instagram – so hot right now! It’s the social network where anyone can try his hand at “professional” photography. Plus sharing and commenting on photos on a phone have never been so easy. No wonder they have over 90 million users! So how can…
    - 11 days ago, 7 May 13, 9:00am -
  • 3 Incredibly Simple Ways of Using Social Media to Supercharge Your Content Marketing
    Over the past few months, I’ve sold $40,000 worth of my product, iDoneThis, with content marketing alone. For us, content marketing means writing and publishing articles on topics of interest to our potential customers. Because our product helps pe…
    - 12 days ago, 6 May 13, 9:00am -

Blogthority

  • How To Make More Money From Your Blog
    I met up with a friend recently who is a very successful blogger.  However this person is not entirely happy with the money they make from their site.  Rave reviews, big links, great media attention, huge RSS following, tons of social media attenti…
    - 65 days ago, 14 Mar 13, 12:02pm -
  • Don’t Blindly Follow Advice From Successful People
    My friend Mike from the Financial Blogger recently wrote a post where he said his blog progress is too slow.  He compared himself to JD Roth, formerly of Get Rich Slowly, but I think Mike is being too hard on himself. JD has a great talent for writi…
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  • How Far Would You Go To Get Links?
    Links are the currency of all serious money-making bloggers.  We want them, we crave them, perhaps sometimes we even have dreams about them. This article explains why links are good and how to get them. Google spends a lot of time trying to determin…
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  • How To Make More Money From Search Engine Traffic With No Extra Effort
    I’ve written a number of articles about how to increase your blog earnings without any extra effort or time.  The basic philosophy is that if you can write about more profitable topics and cut down the number of posts to account for the fact that…
    - , 2 Jan 12, 7:12pm -
  • Make Your Business Sellable – Built to Sell Book Review

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Passive Income Now

  • newEvolution of making money online
    Start a website, pay someone to point thousands of links towards that website, place display advertising & affiliate links, and dollars start coming in; good old times. However, online money making has evolved and it isn’t the same as it used to be…
    - 18 hours ago, 17 May 13, 8:12pm -
  • How Americans give to charities
    An interesting Infographic I found. It seems that the rich give less as a percentage of their income, however they give more in absolute dollar figures. Source: http://www.onlinepsychologydegree.net
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  • Passive Income Streams – How many do you have?
     By Betsy Falwell You’ve already got a full-time job, which meets your basic financial needs… but is it really enough? If you’re like most people, the answer is “probably not.” But you probably don’t have the time or energy to go out the…
    - , 4 Jan 13, 11:35pm -
  • Fixed rate savings – all you need to know
    If you are looking for a guaranteed rate of return, locking your savings away in a fixed rate savings account is a great option.  With some banks offering high rates of interest, as much as 4% AER for four to five year terms, it may certainly be wis…
    - , 27 Sep 12, 12:34am -
  • Choosing a SIPP – important questions
    A self-invested personal pension can be the perfect tool to build a significant nest egg for your savings future, as they offer the flexibility to make all the decisions on where your pension fund is invested. For the financially savvy, they can be e…
    - , 27 Sep 12, 12:33am -

Passive Family Income

  • How We Plan to Pay Our Mortgage Off Early – Mar (2012)
    Do you have a mortgage? Have you ever taken a look at just how much you will pay over the course of a 15 or 30 year fixed rate mortage? Even with mortgage rates below 5%, the amount you can expect to pay on a home in 30 years can be an eye opener. I…
    - , 5 Mar 12, 7:08am -
  • Healthy Food that is Cheap – Black Beans
    Black beans are another healthy food that is cheap that my family has several times per week. These legumes are high in fiber, low in fat, and are a stable of most vegan or vegetarian diets. They can be bought at any grocery store either in a can or…
    - , 1 Mar 12, 5:41am -
  • What is the Best Way to Invest Money Right Now?
    What is the best way to invest money right now? I wish I had a crystal ball and could tell you for certain, but I can’t. However, I can certainly make some educated decisions on where I plan to invest my money over the next year. In the past, I hav…
    - , 28 Feb 12, 3:27am -
  • How to Integrate New Technology Slowly and Save Money
    There is no doubt that new technology is exciting.  Way back in the day an answering machine was the latest gadget that people marveled over.  Now, there is an explosion of technology vying for our attention (and money) from iPhones to iPads to Noo…
    - , 27 Feb 12, 5:46am -
  • The Mobile Wallet May Bring Discount Enticements
    Mobile wallets, in case you have not heard of them, offer consumers the ability to pay for their purchases not with cash or their credit cards, but with their phones.  Many consumers are embracing this new method of payment because they already carr…
    - , 24 Feb 12, 5:23am -

Side Income Blogging

  • The Friday Most Excellent – Niche Sites Edition
    I've talked a few times about how important I think diversity is in both your blog and online business.  Diversity means: serving a broad audience, insuring that your revenue comes from many different sources, striving to get traffic from various s…
    - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 8:04am -
  • How to delete a WordPress page or post and not lose your traffic
    Heraclitus once said: "The only thing that is constant is change."  This applies to your blog as well.  I find myself making constant little tweaks, adjustments and changes to my various blogs and websites.  In some cases you can just delete thing…
    - 5 days ago, 13 May 13, 7:10am -
  • The Friday Most Excellent – Mother’s Day Edition
    Having six kids, Mother's Day is a pretty special day in our house, or at least I do my best to make it a special day.  My wife is an amazing women, and somehow manages to keep everyone fed, clothed, shuttled back and forth to school and other activ…
    - 8 days ago, 10 May 13, 5:02am -
  • The Power of Facebook and Social Media
    In the summer of 2011 my wife and I were doing pretty well with our store. We had rented the building and opened the store in December 2009. We rented out space much like a Vendors Mall, only it was much smaller and had a more personal touch that peo…
    - 12 days ago, 6 May 13, 5:29am -
  • The Friday Most Excellent – Less is More Edition
    I'm all about less is more.  I practice this at work, in my personal life, in my blog designs and now with my social media and blog publishing schedule.  I'll be changing both my blog posting schedule and my social media posting frequency.  I det…
    - 15 days ago, 3 May 13, 5:00am -

Advisor Think Box

  • Get creative about social media communication!
    I think everyone would agree that communication has evolved and changed dramatically.  When I came into the financial industry over 20 years ago, the phone was probably the primary means of communication.  Back then phoning someone meant calling fr…
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  • 10 Keys to Social Media for Financial Advisors
    I just heard Amber MacArthur speak for the first time.  She has branded herself as a social media expert and I can see why she has become so successful at it. This particular session was delivered to a group of successful financial professionals.  …
    - , 29 Jun 11, 3:54pm -
  • 9 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips for your website
    Wow, I read a fantastic article on this topic that I want to share about search engine optimization.  SEO can sometimes be confusing and intimidating but it does not have to be that way.  The key is to find some key strategies and tips among the th…
    - , 5 Jan 11, 11:11am -
  • Systemize your business
    Good planning is part of any successful business.  Many of us have the perception that we have to constantly come up with new and innovative ideas to be successful.  The more innovative the better. I think innovation is important but at the same ti…
    - , 5 Jan 11, 10:36am -
  • 5 Ways to Prevent Email From Killing You
    Email is one of the primary forms of communication these days.  I get about 50 emails a day and I am working very hard at trying to deal with emails quickly or else they will snowball in my inbox.  As of December 31, I still had 776 emails in my in…
    - , 5 Jan 11, 1:24am -

MoneyedUp

  • Basic Safety Tips To Avoid Unnecessary Electricity Cost
    The current economic conditions require more thought when it comes to saving. If you’re an individual looking for some safety tips, you can start by looking at your utility bills. Imagine doing this without cutting down on your consumption of elect…
    - 21 days ago, 27 Apr 13, 7:35am -
  • Top 10 Creative Ways to Earn Extra Money to Avoid Debt Trap
    In this day and age, everyone wants to make more money, primarily because they want to survive these tough times. Unfortunately, making extra money is never easy. Fortunately, there are ways to earn if you can put in the extra work. Here are 10 creat…
    - , 29 Nov 12, 7:12pm -
  • Spend Less To Be Debt Free
    If you’re looking for a way to live a debt-free life, then there’s a really simple mantra to follow. Spend less than you earn. Of course, it’s not always easy to do this, but wherever you are in life, if you adopt this mantra, you will graduall…
    - , 29 Nov 12, 6:54pm -
  • 4 Tips for Standing Out in Your Job Search
    If you want a job in the current market, you need to stand out from the other applicants. Whether you are looking for a new high paying job, or just trying to get anything, you need to find ways to show that you are serious about the job, and that yo…
    - , 17 May 12, 5:59am -
  • 5 Ways to Enhance Your Efforts to Start a Business
    Many of us dream about starting a business. However, it’s important to understand that a business is hard work, and it can also require some knowledge and savvy on your part. Whether you start an online store, buy a franchise, or offer your servic…
    - , 10 May 12, 4:30am -

Christine.Biz

  • StudioPress Pro Plus All-Theme Package Quick Sale
    If you’re looking to get the StudioPress Pro Package – NOW is the time. Until Tuesday, get all 46 StudioPress child themes, plus every child theme design we make in the future, for only $299.95. That’s a savings of $912.75 off the price if you…
    - , 27 Aug 12, 9:50pm -
  • How to Change Permalinks in WordPress without Breaking Links
    Let’s learn from my mistake, shall we? A couple weeks ago, I changed the WordPress permalinks on another site of mine. The site is growing up and I wanted to make the WordPress permalinks more user friendly. I read somewhere that if I changed the W…
    - , 3 Jun 12, 6:12pm -
  • How to add your Twitter Username to the AddThis Plugin
    Tired of seeing “@AddThis” when you retweet content? Why not give the recognition your post deserves by updating the @AddThis field with your Twitter username. I’ll show you how. WATCH THE FULL VIDEO… I added on a separate section towards the…
    - , 25 Jan 12, 1:11pm -
  • 10 More iPhone Apps for Instagram Fun
    You know an app is going strong when celebrities like Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez join the fun. And brands like Starbuck’s and Playboy use it to enhance their brand. At the same time average users, like me, are constantly checking friend’s upd…
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  • 6 Fun Web Apps for Instagram
    While I feel I belong to an iPhone exclusive members only club with Instagram, it is cool to expand the fun with IG users and non-users across the web. Whether its checking stats (like who likes me most – LOL), discovering cool places to travel fro…
    - , 13 Nov 11, 9:37am -

Blueprint For How To Make Money With A Blog

Work The Blog