(YAAAAAAWWWWNNNNNNN)!  It never fails….every Tuesday, I throw myself 110% into my martial arts bjj, Kendo and Adult sparring, collect 2-3 fresh black and blue marks, end up being knocked all over the place…and then just cannot get to sleep. 

It’s quite maddening, really - finally I get home, I crawl into bed, I witness my 382 new aches that keep my muscles continuously nudging me and quietly bellowing "So you just hadda say, c’mon, is that all you got?"….and my body joyfully responded, sleeping is a forbidden activity here!  Wheeeee!

Add to that my son woke up me up at 2am with a lovely bloody nose river flowing gently every which way, and you have a recipe for one exhausted entrepreneur!

But I digress. 

So!  I hear you’re interested in developing an authority site or blog.  ‘Tis a worthy endeavor!  And while you achieve that by [Read more]

Morning!  You really don’t appreciate the concept of "silence" until your 15 office Twitter Budgies decide to do their best to imitate a heavy metal concert minus earplugs at 4:28am in the morning.   Such are the, ahem, joys, of having them reside in one’s office. 

But I digress. 

Are you on Twitter?  I’m on Twitter!  And so is Chris Garrett!  While contemplating Paradise in a Brimming Cup (ie, my morning coffee), he tweeted:

chrisgarrett Reading:
100 Tips to Become an Authority Site in Your Niche

What a super super super post!!  Hats off to Chris for mentioning that - it’s really worth sharing.  Some of the insights include: [Read more]

QUICK!!!!!  Do you worship coffee?

Now, true, that’s kinda like saying, do you worship breathing, or do you worship health, or do you worship being able to complete 4 chinups before failure, or….

Okay okay, you get what I mean.  :)  Personally, "worship" is too light a word for my take on that Beverage of the Gods…and apparently, I’m not alone.  The coffee industry is bigger than [Read more]

Have you heard of the 2008 Olympics that are scheduled in Beijing?

 If so, you’ll know that there is a HUUUUUUGE market of diehard Olympics fans!  Not only do they adore following the Olympics, but they also collect Olympics memorabilia, look for HDTVs to watch the Olympics (NBC will offer an incredible amount of HDTV hours), buy Olympmics-sponsored goodies and much much more.

And thanks to the wonders of the Internet, you can make money from the Olympics as well by providing the niche audience current news, reviews and discounts for the things they crave most. 

If you’re an Olympics fan…and you want to make money from this niche, you can set up a blog that, by the summer, should be bringing you in a respectable income.

Here’s how! [Read more]

The clock is ticking, you know.  Soon it will be (gasp!) tax time! 

But you know, taxes are a concern year ’round.  And if, by chance, you have an insane love for taxes and tax time and the Schedule C and the 1099 and the …. you get the idea, did you realize you could blog about taxes all the time and generate an income as well?

Yes indeedy, it’s true indeed.  And here’s how you can do this.

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Have you ever visited a Mcdonalds or a Burger King?

I know, I know, that’s like asking, have you ever answered a phone only to hear a telemarketer.  But do bear with me, for I shall reveal to you the Secret Not Known By Sane Adults!

Are you ready?  Okay, here goes:

People (real life adults!) collect McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys and Burger King Thrilling Meal Toys and Wendy’s Gleeful Meal Toys and….

It’s actually quite a thriving  collectors hobbies (ranking right up  there with telephone insulators!). 

What’s that I hear you giggle?

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Morning!  So you’ve heard about blogging and by the sheerest of coincidences, you are addicted to robotics as well.  Right now, you’re probably saying to yourself,

Gosh self!  How can I marry my two passions, Robotics and Blogging, and make money from them as well?

What an entirely superb question!  It’s really easy to do….and here’s how. [Read more]

Picture the following.  After an insane day at work, you’ve *finally* unwound enough to actually let your mind rest….and as you sink down into your nice comfy pillow with your nice comfy significant other, you smile happily and drift off….only to be awakened with the blazingly maddening question of [Read more]

Picture the following - the sun is shining, the birdies are mooing and all of a sudden it hits you like a freight train:

I WORSHIP HDTV!

 I know, it’s a common occurence, isn’t it? 

Seriously though, one of the best ways to generate an online income via blogging is to [Read more]