money
The following posts are hopefully related to "money" in some way.
Saturday, February 2, 2008, 8:51pm
How to Avoid Your Blog by House Shopping
Over the past week I’ve found that house hunting is a sure fire way to slow down your blog posting schedule. After going a full month without missing a day, I really dropped the ball this week as I took some time out to visit houses and the like.
A few people at work were joking that after I buy a house I’ll have very little time to update a blog, but apparently I can’t even update a blog while I’m looking for a house either.
Tags: money, Personal
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Monday, January 21, 2008, 1:04pm
Talking to Your Clients About Money
Home Biz Notes points to a post by The Golden Pencil describing the way people discuss money - or really the way people DON’T talk about money.
I think this topic relates to all kinds of freelancers. Here’s a snippet:
As Anne says, especially if you don’t have a business background, it’s quite common to think that money seems to be somehow associated with greed. In fact it’s your earned income, just like employees get a wage. You have expenditure, running costs, charges and profit.
You can extend this idea to a discussion of money and payment with clients. Money can be an uncomfortable subject for new freelancers, especially after unforeseen problems or design revisions make a “liar” out of the initial estimate. While clarity is certainly important in preventing discrepancies, composure is just as critical in a difficult situation. (more…)
Tags: communication, Freelancing, money
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Friday, January 18, 2008, 10:55pm
Blogging is a Bad Way to Make Money (Directly)
There I said it. Someone has to agree with me, right? While blogging can do wonders for building your personal brand and securing freelancing gigs, by itself it isn’t a very lucrative profession.
Yes, bloggers have found the occasional niche and profited very nicely, but overall the grass is more brown than green, and the median income for a blogger is probably not far from $0. Here’s a very quick analysis of why I feel blogging strictly for money is not an effective use of your time.
Let’s say I spend one hour a day writing 1-2 posts. I think that’s a pretty realistic time commitment and I challenge anyone to write a quality post in less than 30 minutes. So over the course of a month you’re looking at around 30 hours. (more…)
Tags: Blogging, money, Opportunity
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Friday, January 11, 2008, 11:49pm
How Do I Make Money Online?
First, I’m not a professional blogger, nor do I claim to be especially knowledgeable on any one particular way of making money online. However, I have had some success through several channels and I’m willing to try even more in the future. For tonight, I thought I’d share a few with you that have served me well.
Shareware
My early days online were spent developing and marketing shareware applications. The most successful of which was AudioGizmo Ringtone Creator, which has been downloaded over 300,000 times since August 2005, with 18,000 of those users registering at $3.99 (v1) and then $5.99 (v2). This still remains a decent source of income for me even though development has slowed considerably.
Affiliate Marketing
AudioGizmo’s popularity generated a large number of targeted visitors to several websites that promoted other ringtone-related offers and downloadable tools. Combined with limited PPC advertising, this traffic still generates gas money each month. (more…)
Tags: entrepreneur, money, Opportunity
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Thursday, January 10, 2008, 11:19pm
On Making Make Some Decent Coin Online
I received several emails today - the first time I’ve received multiple emails in one day regarding this blog - and all of them were concerning the content of my posts. The gist I get is that readers want to learn a bit more about how I make money online, and by focusing in on that as a main topic I could draw more people into the blog.
Know what I say to that? Fair enough! I do think this blog has been lacking focus and that’s a direct result of me being interested in too many things at once. It’s time to narrow things down and really get into one or two specific topics.
That said, I’d like to go into more detail on legitimate ways to use the web as an income source. I’d like this site to be a resource for anyone who works - or wants to work - through the web. By that I mean freelancers, bloggers, entrepreneurs, and anyone else who earns an income online. (more…)
Tags: Blogging, money, Personal, tips
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