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Downtime: A Few Minutes
February 13, 2008 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Be the first to leave a comment
Apologies for the short downtime. I had to upgrade my blog, but the wp-cache function just refused to work. So I had to manually install WordPress, copy the files myself to the new directory, and renew the wp-cache plugin. Seems it’s working now. I don’t exactly know how long the site was suffering the wp-cache problem.
If you notice something not working, do drop me a line and let me know the problems.
Monday News on InvestorBlogger dot com
February 4, 2008 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Be the first to leave a comment
I’ve been away for a few days, and I’m slowly catching up on the past week’s posting. I hate to disappoint my readers so I’ve back dated a post for each day that I was away. After getting home, I wrote over 4,000 words to complete the task. So here are some of the features from last week.
Five Posts from Last Week.
- January 2008: Financial Results, Traffic and More… (0)
- A Man With A Plan: Ways to create additional income (2)
- What would you do if… (some bad news) (0)
- Monday News: A Carnival, Tidying Up, Chinese New Year and our 1st Martian Reader (0)
- NetWork Solutions: How YOU can gouge your customers in 10 steps or less - a case study (2)
In Other News,
…Voxant Scripts: No longer works on this blog
Sorry about the video posting earlier on Saturday, but it turns out that Voxant has changed their scripts such that I can no longer place their videos in my posts. I’m not sure why yet, but I was unaware that there’d been a change until I saw an invisible video yesterday. I was already tired from blogging, so rather than waste time, I simply deleted the post. I didn’t want to fight their scripts. Any suggestions?
…Get A FREE Review
I’ve been running a competition for a free blog review. Check this post for more details. It would be fun to see how many people can guess properly. Of course, now that the deadline has passed, I’d like to award the prize to … Drum Roll! It was Michael Turton who wrote: “I’d say you were on or about floor 25. Nice shot, shows the tree-lined avenue perfectly.” I’ll be featuring your blog sometime after Chinese New Year on InvestorBlogger dot com. Thanks, Michael. Michael works there in one of the Universities, so he knew the answer .
…Carnival of Making REAL Money
The 11th edition is now available on the other blog, now so go over and check it out. I’ve posted over 20 links to excellent articles.
…New Project: Adding Images To Your Blog
SponsoredReviews’ blog has a great post on adding pictures and images to your blog with excellent advice that covers software, printscreen, royalty free images, etc. It’s an excellent detailed post.
…Should M$ buy Yahoo?
And of course, the big news story of the week is Microsoft Buying Yahoo!. I’m not so sure that this will be good for Yahoo!s customers. I love what they have done with many of their services, but I’m afraid that M$ will just monetize the hell out of the services in ways similar to HotMail, and Listbot.
…First Investments
A friend today was asking about investing in currencies as a way to make additional interest, but he wanted to invest a lot of his money into South African Rand. Is that a wise move? What do you think?
Let’s hear your answers on these or any blog issues!
11th Carnival of Making REAL Money: February 3rd 2008.
February 3, 2008 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Be the first to leave a comment
Welcome to the last issue of carnival of making real money before Chinese New Year 2008. This edition is hosted on the new website/blog: MakingREALMoneyBlog. Like before, I’ve performed my editor’s trick of whittling away a bunch of crap to leave the gems that remain glistening, bright and informative! We had over 60 submissions, and we’re presenting the best 1/3rd of the bunch. Enjoy!
Recommended
- Mark Riffey presents Tiger Woods and the “upcoming” economic recession posted at Business is Personal. He advises business owners with these words: “During less prosperous times, the real management shows itself by preparing for the next boom and strengthening themselves.”
- Warren Wong presents Why Compounding Returns Isn’t That Important posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Some reasons why compounding returns is less important than it seems.” This is an excellent devil’s advocate post.
- Sagar presents 10 Reasons to Be Critical of the Federal Reserve posted at Currency Trading.net. And he makes good arguments about how the Fed got it wrong… Of course 20/20 hindsight is a great thing. Check it out.
The Trump Card
- American Entrepreneur presents 3 Benefits of Blogging for Small Businesses posted at American Small Business News. Some good common sense ideas for your small business: but a healthy dose of experience highlights how you can do this.
- Ian Richardson presents What do Spaghetti Westerns and Internet Marketing have in common? posted at Make Everything EzyAs123 in which he looks at some of the pitfalls of Internet Marketing and how things are getting better by the ‘fistful’.
- Ed Rivis presents Powerful Marketing Tactic. posted at Ed Rivis. He suggests that giving away a free book may be a great idea. And if you already have a large body of work (like a blog or website or folder of documents), you can adapt your existing content to an e-book format and give it away. Worth reading.
- Robert Phillips presents Market Research is OVERRATED posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY. And this is something I witnessed when my wife started her current business. She already knew everything she needed. Read it.
- Woody Maxim presents It really is a numbers game posted at Woody Maxim. He advises us all to track our numbers carefully before calling something a loss or a profit! Wise advice.
the Millionaire Mindset
- Jed Norwood presents Forex Trading Secrets | Building a Profitable Trading Account posted at Forex Strategy Secrets, saying, “Investing money in the Forex market can be a very profitable move, but can also be very risky. That is why it is important to understand how to build your profit using a consistent trading system.”
- Dorian Wales presents What to Shop for in the Stock Market in Times of Recession? posted at Personal Financier. A short article that looks at some of the options you can follow.
- Michael Bass presents 5 Reasons to Invest in Land posted at Debt Prison, saying, “With the U.S. Economy on shaky ground, investors are looking at ways to protect their wealth. Land is a great way to harbor wealth while the American Dollar sways in the balance.”
- Jose DeJesus MD presents Jumbo Mortgage - Stimulus Package may Save You Money posted at Physician Entrepreneur, notes that regulations will make it easier to qualify for jumbo mortgages. It’s difficult to see much benefit for new buyers, though existing mortgages may see savings.
- vld2czech presents StockWeb: Global fixed income with high yield. posted at StockWeb, saying, “Which funds are offering highest dividend yield?” Some practical suggestions.
- cfgoulart presents How to Earn 10% on Your Money posted at Making Money Resources, saying, “Make your money work for you, a nifty idea on how to make a real 10% return on your investment.” He suggests lending money via one of the online lending companies now springing up. Read about it. It’s interesting.
- Tony John presents Tenant Quality Affects Property Value posted at TonyJohnInvesting.com. This advice is based on hard earned success in the rental market.
Online Success
- Hill Robertson presents Work Your Internet Business in Peace and Quiet posted at Hill Robertson, saying, “Avoid distractions by working on your business when you can really focus and be more productive.” And I’m a night-owl, too.
- Carol Bentley presents Outsourcing or when DIY writing is best posted at Carol Bentley. Carol helps small bloggers and business owners decide which route is best for them with some very practical suggestions.
- Frederic Patenaude presents Make a Living With e-books posted at Frederic Patenaude Talks, saying, “Frederic Patenaude talks about how you can make money online selling e-books.” He outlines how he created his own e-books.
- Charles Eglinton presents eBay Seller Customer Service posted at AuctionIncome.com - eBay Bidding Tips & Selling Tips. He encourages eBay sellers to go the extra mile as it’s reflected in the comments left by customers! It’s good for your reputation, too.
- James D. Brausch presents Turn Off The Tube & Turn On Your Business posted at Internet Business Blog. James encourages us all to get off our butts and actually do SOMETHING, ANYTHING! Way to go!
- Stephen Dean presents If You Don’t Implement Scarcity, Your Sales Letter Sucks… posted at Stephen Dean’s Copywriting And Internet Advertising Blog - Copywriter. He does suggest that scarcity can help sell, if used appropriately. I’d agree, but most people who try that on me FAIL. I just walk, UNLESS I know that it is true, or it is self-evident.
- Richard Lee presents Internet Business Ideas posted at Richard Lee and a couple of useful tips for those who always forget to write down their million-dollar ideas.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of making real money using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
Additional Notes on Submitting Articles It seems that a number of people just don’t bother to read the policy. Well, it doesn’t matter. The policy is still enforced. If you have any questions, just see the most recent Carnival for what’s accepted. So hurry… get your submissions in! Check the Carnival of Making Real Money for current and complete guidelines.
- Your article must be original and previously unpublished in this carnival. One article per person/blog only. I like to maintain variety of sources and topics. Additional articles may be resubmitted in the next edition. Multiple submissions to the same blog will be deleted, possibly including the first instance. So submit ONE article from one blog once only.
- No spam or articles that are pitching something for sale. This is not an advertising carnival.
- Please make sure that you aren’t posting irrelevant articles! Or if you think it’s relevant, or off-beat, highlight its relevance to this carnival.
- I’m definitely looking for articles that are readable, inspiring, and well-written for readers who may or may not have much investing or financial knowledge.
- Additional reasons for not inclusion: popup windows, URLs that time-out, missing articles or moved pages, articles that make NO sense, any music/tracks/voice-overs that auto-play, etc.
- All editorial decisions are final. I will not answer questions about why a particular article was or was not included. If you didn’t get in, submit again for the next issue.
Kenneth
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