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30×3: Didn’t make it in 30, but $50 in 43 days

Well, I didn’t really succeed this month, though I do think I am in a better position than last time.
Once again, work got hectic and you know the rest.
But on Augst 13 I made my first affiliate commission for $50.
How? Well, it really wasn’t through crafty online marketing, but more along the lines of finding [...]

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30×3: Rising Again…

A while ago, I tried a project I dubbed “30×3″ that didn’t go that well. The concept was simple:
Spend 30 minutes a day  for 30 days and earn $30 by building and promoting websites.
Didn’t do well the first go around, mainly because I knew what I wanted to do but didn’t really have a plan [...]

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30×3 Challenge update: The Spaghetti Method

Status Report:
Day 21 - 2008/12/21
Revenue: $0.03
No real progress on the monetary side and I really shouldn’t have expected anything else.
Though the main point of this experiment was to test out some different theories, I didn’t go into it with any sort of plan  beyond the very vague “update and promote”. Not the most detailed attack [...]

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The perfect web solution? “Depends”

Great post on Problogger.net that gives some tips on what to do when you get burnt out trying to keep up with the latest Web 2.0 and Social Media flavor of the week.
Feeling Overwhelmed by Social Media and Web 2.0? - Here Are 5 Tips For You
Especially #4. That’s the kicker. At least for me.
As [...]

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Lame “clever spelling” Website names

With the recent attention Google wanna-be “cuil” is getting, I thought it may be time to take a look at some of the other websites that try to pawn off the lack of ability to secure a strong domain name by using a ridiculous spelling of a normal every day word.
(and I know how hard [...]

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