If you’ve been following our blog, you’ll know that we talk off and on about the huge potential income stream you have at your fingertips… you and what you know.

With the state of the economy at the moment, or even if it wasn’t so scary, you always have the means of making a living online for yourself. This resource depends on no man (or woman) but yourself. It’s you, your keyboard, your thoughts, your knowledge, your willingness to be your own boss and work for yourself.

Let me digress for just a moment to remind you about some of the reasons why I’m revisiting this money making idea for you (trust me it’s worth the reminder): (more…)

Very late last night I received an email over at My Wizard Ads from a gentleman wanting to know if he was wasting his time online. He wasn’t questioning the MWA services, but his whole perception on trying to make money online in general.

Of course I emailed him back and forth several times. I’m afraid I climbed on my soapbox and did my thing (which he did appreciate). The crux of the making-money dilemma is something I will cover in the next post (I promise!) and present solutions to that problem.

In the meantime though, I want to take a moment and show you a shortcut to making money – under your own steam, without relying on anyone or anything else online.

After proving to ourselves, for ourselves, that a person can make money writing online, I set off on a journey to uncover a resource that could shave years off the learning curve. A way to step up to the plate much faster in the field of writing – any kind of writing - online.

With income potentials of $85,000 or more per year, this is hardly something you will want to poo-poo out of turn without researching!

I’m happy to report I found such a resource – and  (more…)

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Returning visits to our visitors, and visiting those who I follow in many of the social media communities, is an activity that I not only enjoy, but make sure I do on a daily basis.

Depending on my schedule, I may visit many in a short span of time (always allowing plenty of time for their pages to sit open in my browser to avoid penalizing them for my visit – no short visits please!). I try to schedule this portion of my day (or bits and pieces throughout the day) so I can relax and enjoy my visits, read, and comment, comment, comment.

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In their February 8, 2008 edition of Webpronews, David A. Utter wonders if Social Network advertising is really as great as some would lead you to believe.

While we are great fans of Webpronews’ online reporting, we can’t help but wonder ourselves if they dug deep enough prior to making their Facebook post…

The demographics as presented by Utter are missing though he does go on and on about these types of communities belonging to college age kids. He also suggests that the potential for advertising your own business may not be that great if you’re not hobnobbing with the “younger crowd.”

Yes, Facebook, Myspace and the like may have started out as cool places for kids to go. However, this demographic is a-changin’.

Recent indications are that a large percentage of over 34’s are socializing and using these active communities. In fact a huge population is between the ages of 34 and 65. Don’t sound like a big of kids hanging out anymore… does it.

Still, not to slam Utter at all (we do enjoy his work and Webpronews), it is always best to research and test your own advertisements versus swallowing hook, line, and sinker any single person’s perception (ours included!).