With holidays sales galore, it’s very easy to go overboard on spending. You work so hard saving your money all year only to blow it on some trendy tickle me Elmo doll that goes unplayed just a month later. Computer gadgets seem to be particularly popular as companies such as Apple discount their Macbook Airs […]
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When I started out blogging, I was taking care of everything myself. I was writing 2-3 posts a week, submitting to carnivals, writing up weekend editions, guest posts, hosting carnivals, etc…. I was working a full-time job, and I had school on the side for at least half of the time, so the bit of […]
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There are a lot of folks who are disappointed with airline mileage programs. Many people I’ve talked to decided to sign up for a travel credit card to earn miles, and then before they knew it, they had enough miles for a free trip – or so they thought. When it came time to redeem […]
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One of the reasons why public writing is so addicting is because there’s a chance somebody important out there might read what you’re writing and highlight it to somebody else important. Your traffic starts to surge and your site might even crash due to server overload. If this happens, congratulations! You have found your Whale […]
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If you’ve read my blog you know that I am a big advocate of diversification in most things we do in life, especially our income streams. Something BIG happened very recently that reminded me of the importance of diversification and further reinforced my perspective on why I believe we should establish multiple streams of income. […]
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Media.net is a contextual advertising platform like Google’s Adsense, but not really. As a blogger, I’m always interested in anything new that can compete with Google since Google is a monopoly. If you depend on Google too much for revenue or traffic, you will likely feel some pain sooner or later. It’s good to experiment […]
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While there are some Yakezie members that started financial websites to talk about good money habits and become a resource for readers, I was not in that group. I was (and still am) more about the whole “On the ground” portion of the finances, as I’m still struggling forming good habits and getting out of […]
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This summer, I went through the career search process for first time since my senior year of college three years ago. I knew that I’d have to send out plenty of resumes, reach out to some connections, and follow up relentlessly on opportunities that I wanted. But I also knew that I was a smart person so once […]
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