Recently, I had a very disappointing hosting experience.  I mean hosting for my websites, in case that is not clear.  If you think about it, any of us who have websites are at the mercy of the company that hosts our sites.  It’s kind of like our brothers who have brick & mortar businesses, they are at the mercy of the landlord from whom they rent their office or retail space.  If our web host treats us improperly, it can put our Internet businesses under, at least for a few days. Web Hosting Let me go back a few years and give you a bit of history.  Over the years from the mid-1990′s until 2004, I used a number of … [Read more...]

The other day, I wrote an article in which I said that when you hear the same thing over and over from multiple people, that you should take note.  I told about an article that I wrote last year entitled #1 Secret to make money online.  Today, I want to share an example with you, something that might make you stop and think and realize that it’s time to stop talking, stop thinking, and actually get something done. There is a fellow who has been following several of my blogs for at least the past 3 years or so.  He always has lots of questions for me to answer.  Detailed questions, and lots of them.  Not only would this fellow leave … [Read more...]

As the title says, when you hear the same thing over and over….  perhaps it’s time stop, think and take stock of the message. It kind of felt like a little bit of deja vu the other day when I came across an article on ShoeMoney.  For those of you who don’t know what ShoeMoney is, it is a site from a fellow named Jeremy Schoemaker.  Jeremy is a very successful Internet Earner.  He has a number of different methods that he uses to make money on the Internet, and he is very vocal about it.  So, Jeremy and I have some similarities, but I must say, he is much larger than I am in terms of his earnings on the Internet, based … [Read more...]

A lot of people ask me about how they can make a living, or how they can enhance their current income.  It should be no surprise that I tell them about ways to make money online, using the Internet. For the most part, if you want to make money online you will need a website.  Although not 100%, probably 95% of the online earning methods that you might employ will require you to have a website. These days, putting up a website is not rocket science.  But, to be honest, when I tell people that they need a website, I can usually see their eyes glaze over and they are uninterested, or in most cases are downright scared.  At that point, I tell … [Read more...]

Anybody who knows anything about me or has been reading any of my websites for even a short time knows that I make my living on the Internet.  I encourage others to earn money on the Internet, even to make their entire living through the Internet like I do.  I think it’s a great life. A lot of people, though, tell me that they are scared of the Internet.  They don’t know how to use the Internet.  They generally are more comfortable in the “real world,” rather than the Internet world.  I can certainly understand that.  Believe it or not, I am not a techie.  I don’t know a lot of the technical details of how … [Read more...]

Unemployment in the USA is high, although it’s been falling in recent months.  I believe that the latest numbers are around 8.3% or so.  They may go down more, or they may even go up soon.  One of the reasons that they may go up is because many people who are unemployed are not counted, because they have given up on looking for work.  If these people see lower unemployment numbers, they may become encouraged to re-join the ranks of employment seekers.  As these people re-join the rolls of those looking for jobs, it would tend to spike the unemployment number a bit, resulting in a rise in the unemployment number. The United States … [Read more...]

First, before even starting, let me say that this article is not about politics.  It is not about which politician is helping the economy or hurting the economy.  Please, no political arguments on this site.  There are other places on the Internet for that. The world’s economy has been in the pits for a number of years now.  Maybe it’s not as bad now as it was a few years ago, but in recent months it has certainly not been hot.  But, even though the world’s economy has still been on the down side, perhaps we are starting to see improvements?  The question is, though….  how will we know when things are back on … [Read more...]

Because I make my living online, I hear from a lot of people who wish to do the same thing.  I have been making my living online for nearly 20 years now, with a couple of interruptions.  But, for probably 15 of the last 20 years I  have earned my income exclusively through online methods.  It’s not really all that unusual, many people go to an office or a warehouse or some other place to earn their income.  I go online.  There is nothing magic about it, really.  A lot of people think it is somehow magic, though. Really, I would argue that anybody can make their income online.  There are lots of different ways to make money … [Read more...]

Do you have products that you sell as part of your online earning strategy?  I’m talking mostly about things like e-Books or special reports that you offer to your readers?  Well, first thing, if you don’t have such items you really should.  Not only are those kind of items real money makers, they may well be your best way to earn money from your blog or website.  I have been offering eBooks for over 10 years now.  For the first 5 years or so, I had only 1 eBook, and did well with it.  Since 5 years ago or so, I started offering a wide variety of eBooks, and I’m glad I made the effort to do that, because I make a nice … [Read more...]

Last year, I wrote an article entitles “Why you need to be more security minded,” with a few security tips that related to the fact that a friend of mine had his Paypal account hacked.  Mostly that article was about making sure that you use strong passwords, using a different password on every account, etc.  I stand by all of those tips, and to date, I have never been hacked due to a weak password, I can assure you.  I use very strong passwords, and I am very security conscience. Today, I want to revisit security, but from a different angle, mostly.  I have two other friends who are currently experiencing security issues on … [Read more...]