Archive for April 29, 2009

3 Secret Ways To Transmute Broken Crystal Into Golden Opportunities

Eeek!Morning,

Have you ever had the wondrous experience of NOTHING turning out the way you want?

Not only that…but the trauma through which you go is so heart-rending, it stops you dead in your tracks and shuts your mind down as you scream to yourself,

"OHMYFREAKINGEEEEEK, how can I possibly recover??????"

‘course you have!  So let me now regale you with a tale of just what happened in my family yesterday, the extraordinary way Honorable Daughter 2 tackled the situation, and how you can apply the lesson to making money online.

Yesterday HD2 asked me if she could bring a crystal goblet to school so she could demonstrate how to ring the rim.  Sounds easy enough, right? Read more

3 Horrifying Ways You Can Completely TRASH Your Twitter Reputation

Twitter FAIL!You know, lately all the Internet is aflame with extolling the virtues of Twitter

(what’s that?  You’re suddenly seized by an insane craving to follow me there?  Why certainly, it’s @barbaraling!). 

But I digress.  :)

Just look at:

But with all the hoopla, I figured…why follow the herd?  Why write why Twitter is soo utterly magnficient beyond all belief?  Why hop onto the bandwagon and write a blog post titled: Read more

8 Mouth-Watering Ways You Can Profitably Repackage Your Past Content

Repackage!Ever have an insane urge to reuse your content and make some money off of it?

Okay, true, that’s like asking, ever have an insane urge to transport hordes of tantruming, screaming children in the movies for which you just bought tickets so you can relax and enjoy a peaceful, quite time….. to a land far, far away?

Sure you have!  And so have I.  Let me now share with you some of my personal ideas regarding this exciting topic…perhaps you’ll find it useful as well. Read more

Agonizingly CRUCIAL – When Your Blog Suddenly IMPLODES, Banish Panic (troubleshoot and deactivate plugins instead to find the hang)

EEEK!Morning!

Today I was going to write an incredibly moving, thoughtful profound post that would finally reveal the true meaning of life, making money online, and just why everything always angst-worthy seems to happen to me.

Really.  Honestly.  I really was.

Until….my blog DIED a thrashing, agonizing soul-searing death and self-immolated in a flaming heap of blazing glory.

But not only THIS blog, oh no!  That would Read more

Big Dog Shocking Secret – Money DOESN'T Have To Be Made TODAY

SecretWell how nice to see you by my blog again!  This post is something I wrote a few months ago…but there’s an update below.  I urge you to read it all…see you at the end!


Morning!

When you read about making money online, chances are…you’re thinking about affiliate marketing or Adsense or PPC or or getting new clients or some other common, everyday keyword or acronym or what you have.

Right?

I hope you’re sitting down for the following blindling obvious fact that many people choose to ignore:

Big Dogs in making money online take the LONG-TERM view.

What does that mean?

Simple!  It means that the goal doesn’t HAVE to be…money in your paypal account yesterday!

Instead, it means that Read more

TUTORIAL – 7 Of The most CONVINCING Ways To Boldly Make Money With Your Blog Sidebar Part 2

To Boldly MonetizeMorning!

Life is always good when you can start it with fresh coffee at 4am, wouldn’t you agree?  :)

Yesterday I wrote the supremely vowel-intensive post:

TUTORIAL – 7 Of The MOST Fascinating Ways To Monetize Your Sidebar Part 1

which listed some ways you can profit from your WordPress Blog’s sidebar.

But!  Eeek! 

An opportunity now presents itself with as much grace and style as a frozen coffee cup flung through a cherished stained glass window!

How on EARTH can you prioritize what you want to add where??????

Luckily, this is NOT as soul-searingly agonizing as you might think.  After all, contrary to my 7 year old son’s belief, the world will NOT come to an end if you take the time to play and make things right.  Tomorrow always comes (except on the eve of nuclear disaster) so you can always tweak your sidebar, see how your visitors react, get input from your friends, revisit the whole concept, etc.etc.etc.

So!  With that as an introduction, let’s explore some rather bold ways of organizing your blog sidebar so you make MORE money instead of less. Read more

TUTORIAL – 7 Of The MOST Fascinating Ways To Monetize Your Sidebar Part 1

FascinationEver sit down one morning atter enjoying 23 cups of coffee and say to yourself:

"Jeepers Self, I wonder if my blog’s sidebar is proactively Being All It Can Be and helping beef up my bottom line, compared to sending visitors screaming frantically in search of white out for their computer screen?"

Yep, me neither.  However! 

It IS a fact that your sidebar can either help you make money online…or simply wrap itself like a decayed sodden iron ball and chain around your hopeful future income.

And here’s how. Read more

20 Times 101 Ways To Earn Money Online! Part 1

Make MoneyHave you ever considered making money on the Internet?

Okay, true, that’s probably a rather silly question given the blog you’re currently reading right now!  :)  

However, one thing that often bemuses folks is finding out…just what CAN you do to make money online?

Now, I’m not talking about the megaGeeks who program or the Internet Make Money gurus who teach how to Make Money with techniques that are as appealing as tongue-cleaning the Superbowl toilets after half time…. Read more

Healing Horrific Reputation Manglement – The Dominos Pizza Nightmare

Reputation ManagementSo! 

Have you heard about the utter PR horror through which Domino’s pizza is doing?

Apparently one idiot employee decided it would be peachy fun indeed if he made a video of abusing the Dominos food customers ordered (we’re talking shoving the cheese up his nose, farting on the salami, etc..)…

And then posting the video to YouTube.

Talk about stupidity.

To wit: Read more

7 Marvelous Free Ways To Spin Your Headline Content That Actually Makes Sense

Spinning!Morning!  If you want to build a profitable living online, chances are, you’re writing articles and submitting them to a bazillion or so directories, generally complete with killer headlines as well.

And while that’s peachy beyond a Georgia orchard, the thing is…you don’t want to submit duplicate copy from here to eternity…

You want your article and headline to vary a bit for each directory to which you submit.

Now, if you’re looking for an automatic way of spinning articles without spending the time to ensure they retain the dynamic essence of your writing, you can invest in content spinners like:

But!  If you are looking instead to massage your writings so the end output delivers the quality content you desire, you can turn to  these nifty neat free resources online. Read more