Some of you may have seen my post yesterday, mentioning that one of my new years’ resolutions is to hire a VA in 2008. Then literally just a few hours later, a very special email popped into my inbox. Elance just announced that they are running a contest to kick off 2008 in style. Enter to […]

Do You Color Outside the Lines (of Your business)?
As I sat down to color with my three-year-old (I actually find this quite therapeutic), he was impressed with my ability to color in the lines. He’s getting there, but he still produces a more overall effect, regardless of boundaries on the page. For some reason, I thought about my business (imagine that; thinking about […]

More Linky Love, Because eMom Loves You
Last Monday, I was up until 2:30 am cleaning out my inbox of nearly 700 emails. I also more than doubled the number of email filters set up in my email client. Today, at the end of the week, I have less than 40 emails sitting in my inbox. This is a HUGE improvement over usually […]

Anyone Can Become a Good Writer. Seriously. I Have Proof.
Get ready, because after I wrote this post last year, I seriously couldn’t stop laughing for two days straight. I cried reading it again, only because these writings from my childhood were so damn painful… My eyes, they’re burning!!! Last weekend, we had a family get together at my brother s house. My parents had found a […]

Start Your business With Three Simple Questions
As a rule…simplicity rules. Whether we’re talking about your website, your business, your family or your life in general - simplicity is king. It makes life, well, simpler. And a simpler life is a life full of richness, opportunity and, I’ve found, joy. So why do we spend so much time making life complicated? Worse, why do […]

How Do You Make Money from a Blog? Finding & Joining an Ad Network
Last year I started a series on how to make money from blogging, in which I covered the basics of different blog monetization strategies and discussed affiliate marketing in blogging on a more detailed level. The blogosphere was abuzz in 2007 with new CPA (Cost Per Action) and CPC (Cost Per Click) monetization options, which […]

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