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Blog, Social Networking »

[ 8 Jan 2009 | 6 Comments ]
Twitter Etiquette

Well, this is going to be the PC rant.  Dawn from Qualified Life Coach sent a link to check out someone’s blog today. I love to check out “rules” of how to twitter. According to

Goals and Prioritizing, Organizing »

[ 6 Jan 2009 | Comments Off ]
Analyze Yourself

As a business owner, you are both the boss and the employee. Some people can thrive in this type of situation and achieve more than they could in a traditional work environment. For other people, this just spells disaster. That is why it is important to analyze yourself several times a year to make sure you are staying on track.
Are you focused on your business? This alone can throw your business into high gear or create a standstill. It can be easy to lose focus when …

General Biz »

[ 4 Jan 2009 | Comments Off ]
Business Email Scams

If you’ve ever posted your email address online or given it to the wrong company, you know how rampant unsolicited emails are. They come in droves, promoting pharmaceuticals, penny stocks, and adult websites, and phishing for sensitive information. And if you have been seeking home business opportunities, you’ve probably gotten your fair share of business scam emails, too. With my many sites and blogs I own, my emails are constantly harvested and added to lists. This is highly illegal by the way, but of course spammers …

Vacations »

[ 4 Jan 2009 | Comments Off ]
Thinking of Vacation

Our holidays have been truly great. Even though we did scale back on Christmas like we said we would (umm, yes we’ve tried to before, lol) the kids had the best year ever. My worry is always that they will be disappointed, I’m sure this is every parents worry no matter how much they buy for their kids. Ugh, what a society we’ve created.
But all I can think of is vacation and getting away with my hubby. We haven’t had a trip on our own in …

Goals and Prioritizing »

[ 4 Jan 2009 | Comments Off ]
Working Ahead

Well it is 2:30am but I finished a major goal for today.  It wasn’t a goal I had to start out with, but it is definitely going to bring me money.
We all know that updating your blogs is key to return traffic.  Well my scrapbook sites are now both in blog format and have not been updated like they should be. Little Scrapbook Shop is now 5 years old I believe and gets a lot of traffic. It’s actually one of my best adsense sites, but that is …

Site Building »

[ 2 Jan 2009 | Comments Off ]
Buy .net?

Domain names are hot commodities in today’s world. Virtual real estate can be obtained very inexpensively if you can get a good name straight from the registrar, and it is often sold for mind-boggling prices. But at this stage of the game, it’s next to impossible to get a good .com name without paying a small fortune.
Common knowledge tells the savvy domain buyer that .com names are the best to have, because they are the ones that Internet users have become accustomed to. They receive the most …