Archive for May, 2009

Expressions of Gratitude

As of today, I am 31 years old. Yes, it is my birthday. I thought I’d take a break from “make money online” posts and just get personal. As I write this post, I’m at home with my little girl, Elyana. I’m sitting on the MacBook Pro and Elyana is playing all over me. In [...]

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Using Ustream To Make Money

I have been a user of Ustream for some time in order to put together a live broadcast online. Have you ever thought about doing it yourself? Did you know that you can use it to make some money? Here’s how.

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The Big Secret To Lots of Followers on Twitter Is…

Follow lots of people. Seriously. Oh, you want more? Ok…

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Do You Pause And Reflect On Your Business?

This last Friday, I decided to take a breather from normal production in my business. I took the laptop to Panera Bread (a local coffee place with free wifi) and sat down to do a little strategic planning.

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Tampa Tweetup Sees Record Crowd, Media Coverage

Yesterday afternoon, I took the family over to the Florida Aquarium for the Tampa Tweetup. It went extremely well. Estimates are that we had around 250 people attend the event – which leaves me speculating on whether this is perhaps the largest in-person tweetup that has occurred anywhere so far.

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Free Versus Paid? When Do You Charge?

Blogging is, by nature, the business of giving away free content. And it cannot be any other way. However, in order to make money, you’ve got to charge people for something. So, where is the cut off?

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Why You Need A Merchant Account, Bloggers

Banner ads and affiliate offers are only going to take your quest for income from your blog so far. Before long, you’ll realize that selling things and making your own offers is where the real money is at. When you sell things, you need a way to process orders. That is where your merchant account [...]

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Book Review: Twitter Revolution

When I was both in Las Vegas and here in Tampa recently, I had an opportunity to meet and talk to Warren Whitlock. Warren is an author and speaker. He is also a player in the social media space. He and Deborah Micek (also known as CoachDeb) cowrote Twitter Revolution. Warren sent me a copy [...]

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The Case Against Auto-DM’s On Twitter

The Twitter footprint into our society has been growing like crazy. Celebrities and news organizations are now parading the word “Twitter” around as part of our normal lexicon. Of course, this means Twitter is a huge communication platform now…for everybody….not just for the early adopters.

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Put Your Blog on The Amazon Kindle

Personally, I don’t own a Kindle. I might get one at some point. And I’m not sure what was just announced is going to do anything at all to make the device more attractive, but here it is. You can now submit your blog to Amazon for inclusion on the Kindle. You’ll need to create [...]

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