making money

Round two edits fail

Just got word from my editor (and lovely wife) that for some unknown reason, she can’t send me the edits for my eBook.  Looks like I’m going to have to knuckle down and dig into them myself over the next few days, then just get the thing out there.  It’s definitely been sitting around far [...]

ELance – It’s a competitive market out there.

In case you didn’t know, Elance is a marketplace where freelancers and people or companies that need work done can meet and agree on the terms of a job. I’m really just getting my feet wet in the Elance marketplace but I’ve already noticed that the competition is fierce, especially in the writing sector, especially [...]

The importance of standing behind what you sell

if you are just getting into affiliate sales there is a very real temptation to simply go after those products that make you the most money. I caution against this.
While there is potential profit in chasing each and every product with a high percentage of payout per sale, the potential for garnering a distrust between [...]

I Call BullS**t! : Why I’m writing an eBook

Over the past few weeks I’ve been doing a lot of research on the subject of affiliate sales and affiliate marketing. In this short amount of time I’ve come to realize that 99% of the information that most people see on this topic when they first decide to venture into the world of affiliate sales [...]

Don’t just achieve, exceed

I’ve talked a lot about setting daily and weekly monetizing goals and the sometimes very tedious work that goes into achieving them, but what do you do when those goals are met?  Do you smile to yourself and wander away from your computer whistling, content in the knowledge that for today you’ve done it?  Do [...]