Posted in Freelancing, Uncategorized on Nov 22nd, 2011
Freelance writers are always looking to balance two things: writing something good and getting paid for it. It can be a tough line to straddle, but that’s always the goal. Writing an affiliate post is the most direct way to provide value and get paid…as long as it’s done right. What is an Affiliate Post? [...]
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Posted in Freelancing, Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2011
Almost two weeks ago I re-committed myself to Ramit’s Earn1k program and vowed to attack it with ferocity and intensity. I got off to a great start and then the tail end of the week was a disaster. I was almost done with week 1 and I had a blog post ready to discuss a [...]
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Posted in Creativity, Uncategorized on Nov 15th, 2010
Wordle is a fun site that takes data and turns it into words. You can input a web address or other kinds of data to see what it looks like in tag-cloud format. Here is what this site looks like: Yikes! Way too much cell phone stuff and way too little about money. I better [...]
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Posted in Investing, Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2010
I’ve read a lot of books about investing, and the general assumption that’s made for long-term investors is that the market will return an average of 8% per year. Some people get greedy and punch 10% into their compound-interest calculators, but if you look back far enough at the history of the overall market, you’ll [...]
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