I’m a firm believer that if you really want to make a lot of money in this world, you really need to start your own business. Five years ago I was working in an electronics store for $6 an hour plus commissions (ended up being about $9 total). I’m not embarrassed about that, it [...]

1. You have control. There’s nothing more frustrating than realizing that you could do a better job than your boss – at his job. For me, having a job was a torturous experience. I hated doing activities which I considered to be worthless, and I hated knowing that the company was making money off [...]

Well it’s been quite a while since my last post, but that’s primarily because I’ve been concentrating on my other blog and haven’t really had the time to give Money Blogger the attention it deserves.
As a consequence, I’ve decided to put Money Blogger up for sale. With over 400 subscribers and an income of [...]

I promised you some tips on getting the most out of Twitter, and here they are.
Twitter is a great tool for bloggers and can help with a wide range of blogging related issues, but if you want to get the most out of it, it’s important to use it well.
So, in no particular order, [...]

In case you hadn’t noticed, Wordpress 2.5.1 is out now.
According to the Wordpress blog, this update contains one important security fix and “over 70 other fixes”. Ouch.
Back at the start of the month when version 2.5 came out, I recommended holding off until at least 2.5.1 for precisely that reason.
I still don’t like the [...]

Google has announced that it has rolled out its Ad Review Center feature to all Adsense accounts.
The Ad Review Center does exactly what the name suggests. It lets you review “placement targetted ads” – i.e. those ads that specifically target your site, rather than being contextual – and block those ads you don’t want [...]

Over a year ago, I wrote a post on my personal blog entitled “Why Twitter Sucks“. The post was designed to both express my dislike of Twitter, but it was also a conscious effort to get to the top of the Google search results for the phrase “twitter sucks” – which it did quite [...]

March was a quiet month, but that’s partly because I chose to invest my time (and advertising budget) in another project. My little experiment with affiliate marketing brought in $1,095 in total, so I think it was worth it.
Anyway, down to the stats:
Subscribers:
417
Revenue:
Text-Link-Ads: $105
AdSense: $55.98
AdToll: $7.06
Other affiiliate revenue: $15
Kontara: $0.50 (woo!)
(Total: $183.54)
Costs:
Advertising: $15
As with [...]