I was reading this months issue of Entrepreneur magazine and Econnect Thread of the Month was about outsourcing projects and what people that have regretted it.  Most of the people that answered were typical responses of outsourcing data or design projects that turned sour.  The one that stood out to me was a person who claimed that he paid $410 for traffic to his site and he... read more

The holidays bring many of the same things every year, a new Christmas tree, baking cookies, visiting family and, of course, Lexus commercials on TV.  You know the one I am talking about, right?  The husband runs out and gets his wife (or in Tiger’s case, mistress) a new Lexus and parks it in the driveway with a BIG RED bow on it (costing dealers almost... read more

You know that you can read your blog, but do you think others read it the same way?  It’s easy to just type up an article and assume that everyone reads it the way you do.  But you have remember that users reading your blog, are not you. When I am writing up a short post or a long article, I try to keep certain keywords... read more

If you want to make a brand out of some well taken photos for your business, then you need to head over to Animoto right now.  Dubbed the “end of slideshows”, Animoto takes some of your favorite images and puts them to music.  I know, you think it’s just like every other website on the net?  You would be WRONG. Animoto was featured in the newest... read more

I have been thinking about this question for about 2 months.  I am just not sure what I have to offer to anyone willing to subscribe.  I am in the “affiliate blogging business”, but I am not about to bomb my readers with affiliate offers through email.  I already have some feed subscribers, so I am really not sure what the point of having another... read more

I have added the popular bookmarking tool from AddThis to the bottom of each of my posts.  This way, if a user was so inclined, could bookmark a post with any major social site, email the post to a friend or even subscribe to my blog.  All of this from the same little button.  Great idea right? Well, I went to the website today, because I... read more

Does commnting on blogs make a difference?  Well I think that it does and, of course, you want to make sure that you are commenting on blogs that are relevant to your topic.  So, this blog is only 4 months old and I have been commenting regularly on Shoemoney (24 posts), JohnChow (11 posts), BlogAboutYourBlog (21 posts), TheNetFool (3 posts) just to name a few. Those are... read more