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I've been doing it wrong

I’ve been doing it wrong

I’ve been doing things wrong. I know that. And I know what I’ve been doing wrong. One of the things I’ve been doing wrong I just remedied. I watched as sites all around me changed to nice magazine-esque themes with “sliders” and pictures and etc. while I did nothing. I stuck to the “simple and [...]

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SOPA Blackout!

SOPA Blackout!

Have you heard about SOPA? If not, you need to educate yourself about it right now; because if you use the internet, SOPA affects you. If you have a site, take part in the SOPA blackout tomorrow (January 18th). There’s even an easy WordPress plugin to make it simple!

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Tips

Tips

I posted this in response to someone spamming this page on reddit… If you want to make money blogging, here’s some tips. 1. Don’t put up some crap in the user’s way that they have to close to read what you blogged. All it does is make users so frustrated that they leave your blog [...]

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Swagbucks review

Swagbucks review

I hesitate to call Swagbucks a work at home job, because there isn’t really any work involved. Swagbucks pays you to do things like search the web, view videos, play flash games, etc. If you’re like me, these are all things you were already doing, so why not use it to make money? Swagbucks has [...]

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Amazon is making and saving me money

Amazon is making and saving me money

No updates since February 14. Get your butt in gear, me! I have been making a few bucks through Amazon, through the affiliate program, selling books I wrote, and the “Mechanical Turk” thing. The affiliate program is pretty good, and has a high turn over rate if you manage to make relevant referrals around the [...]

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Sigh.

Sigh.

It has been really hard for me to want to “work” for the past few months. Some offline stuff has got me all depressed. I’ve mostly been finding ways to save money rather than make money (although that is no excuse since I have a site where I should be posting about that) and wasting [...]

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Yahoo domains have gone up in price.

Yahoo domains have gone up in price.

They are now $3.95 for the first year. That’s still a great deal, though!

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Free ways to stop WordPress spam

Free ways to stop WordPress spam

I have been wasting a lot of time deleting spam, and I don’t know why I didn’t think to look for a way to deal with it until a site I host asked for help.  I found ways to deal with spam and spammers that are not only free, they are surprisingly easy. The first [...]

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PeopleString

PeopleString

I just signed up for this site, but I hear from a reliable source that they are legit and do pay. PeopleString is a social networking site that, unlike other social networking sites, pays you. It is free to join and get paid to do things you’re already doing; playing games, looking at facebook pages, [...]

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Facebook = free advertising

Facebook = free advertising

Do you have a facebook page yet? It’s a great way to get free advertising. I have never had any success with facebook ads, but due to free “viral” advertising, the WorkAtHomeNerd facebook page now has over 200 fans. What is viral advertising, you ask? When someone becomes a fan of a page, their friends [...]

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