It’s January. A new month. A new year. A new decade. So the thought on everyone’s mind is, what am I going to do to start fresh. Though I don’t plan on starting a new website this year, I started one last year (2020), and it’s doing awesome so far. It’s already getting hundreds of […]
Developing My Optimized Work Style For Maximum Productivity In Minimum Time
Working at home with a new baby is definitely a contradiction. While it seems like I have all day to get things done, it’s actually turning out that I really have to optimize my time and be more efficient than ever. I’ll be honest. I heard babies sleep a lot, so I thought I was going to […]
How To Buy Money Online With A Blog
This is a bit of a weird concept, but it helps me look at my business from a different viewpoint, so maybe it will help you rethink your business strategy and take your business to new levels. The concept is “buying money”. No, I’m not talking about buying literal money. I basically mean that by […]
Some Thoughts On Content Creation For New Bloggers
Creating and publishing content is the lifeblood of my online business. The world of opportunity online is vast, but I’ve chosen blogging as my focus, and even within the blogging space, I find that there are more opportunities available than I can actively chase down. I’m a simple person. I’m not business savvy. I barely […]
Why Any Niche Blog Can Make Money And Why Everyone Tells You The Opposite
I’ve done a lot of “make money online” courses over the past decade. A lot. Probably more than 50. In all, there are probably less than 10 that I liked. I currently only recommend 2 with enthusiasm. 99% of these courses give out one piece of advice that I strongly disagree with. That bit of […]
5 Newbie Blogger Mistakes To Fix Before You Waste Any More Time
After more than 10 years blogging, I have a pretty efficient work-flow for starting a new blog. Each time I begin a new project, I cut more and more bullshit out of the startup process, and hammer a further reduced set of tasks. I had a couple of random successes early on, mostly due to […]
Easy Website Idea #1: Book & Movie Lists
Thinking of a blog idea is a real challenge for newbies. Even with my detailed advice about picking niches, there’s still a lot of doubt in people’s minds. So today, I wanted to start a new series of articles with some easy website ideas you can use to have confidence in your topic choice for […]
Would You Pay $20 For A Single Bottle Of Beer?
For years, I really pushed visitors to my website to always buy the cheapest stuff. My text would look like, “Here’s the best deal!” In my mind, cheaper always meant better. I keep a pretty tight budget and that was reflected in the way I wrote my content. It always baffled me how someone would […]
Learning To Make Money Online Is A Great Hobby
Although I was beginner in affiliate blogging in 2010, I already had some life experiences which made it easier for me to commit to my business despite not earning income for many months after my first website launched. Though it might seem irrelevant, I had learned Eruption from Eddy Van Halen and I became fluent […]
Learning To Blog Is A Growth Skillset Opportunity
Nobody likes wasting time. Everyone likes making money. How do you know if this “make money online” thing you’re trying to do is going to be a waste of time? I have a great mental framework for you to work with that’s going to help you commit to your business with much more enthusiasm. Though […]