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Entries from February 2008

Finally Found Completely FREE Photos To Use

February 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

You know how hard it was for me to find one website that offered free pictures? I tried every search imaginable and managed to find nothing but those darn image websites that say their pictures are free, but they really AREN’T! I mean it took me FOREVER to find one!
All I was looking for was [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Free Online Tools & Services · Squidoo

Make It Easy For Visitors To Bookmark Your Squidoo Lenses

February 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Addthis.com makes a great button that makes it easy for visitors to your Squidoo lenses (or blog, website, etc.) to bookmark them with a number of social bookmarking services.
Why would you want to add an AddThis button to your Squidoo lens, blog, or website?
Making it easy for visitors to bookmark your lens will increase your [...]

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Tags: Squidoo

Marketing A Clickbank Product On Squidoo

February 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Previously I wrote about Clickbank, and how I was planning on using Squidoo to market affiliate products. After I looked through Clickbank for an affiliate product to promote on Squidoo, I found a memory improvement techniques ebook that I thought looked good. I have previously listened to a memory improvement audio set that helped me memorize [...]

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Tags: Squidoo

Learn The Millionaire Mindset

February 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

When working to make money online it definitely takes a good mindset to succeed.  Success is likely to not come to those who have the wrong mindset.  Making money online isn’t easy, and it is easy to give up on.  In order to not give up, it helps to always surround yourself with positive messages [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Make Money Online · The Web

Using Squidoo To Market Clickbank Affiliate Products

February 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

With the Squidoo Challenge underway I have been busy building lenses.  I don’t want to solely rely on what Squidoo will pay me for my lenses, because if I do that, I won’t be making as much as I could be.  I want to make as much as I can, so I need something else [...]

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Tags: Make Money Online · Squidoo

Squidoo Contest Begins: Who Can Make More Money From Squidoo?

February 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Today the contest between TheBillevard.com and I begins.  It will start today and go until March 19th.
What is the contest?
The contest is going to be to see who can make the most money from Squidoo. 
For anyone that doesn’t know what Squidoo is, it is a site where anyone can sign up and make pages (called [...]

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Tags: Squidoo

Friendly Competition to Boost Productivity

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

What better way is their to increase productivity than to start up a competition?
I recently challenged TheBillevard.com to a competition. What is the competition going to be? It’s not entirely set yet, but check back later for more details. Whatever it’s going to be, it should be interesting.
Why start a friendly competition?
First off, a [...]

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Tags: Everything Else

What Is Your Blog’s Value?

February 13th, 2008 · No Comments

These things are kind of fun, but I seriously doubt they are accurate at figuring a blog’s value in money.
Go to http://www.business-opportunities.biz/projects/how-much-is-your-blog-worth/ and type in your blog’s url. It will estimate your blog’s value.
As of today (February 13, 2008) it says my blog’s value is $2,258.16… but I don’t think I’m quite there yet.

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Tags: Free Online Tools & Services

Keyword Search Volume & Free Keyword Suggestion Tool

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Wordtracker makes a great free keyword search tool that can be used to find out how many times a keyword is being searched daily.
This tool is great when you are making a Squidoo lens or website, and trying to find out what keywords would be the best to use throughout the site. You can use [...]

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Tags: Free Online Tools & Services

How Much Money and Traffic Can I Get From Squidoo?

February 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Over the next few months I’m planning on talking about and doing a lot more with Squidoo.  I have a lot more free time now, so I’m going to be working hard on making as many lenses as I can!
How much money can be made from Squidoo?
I think this question is entirely dependent on how hard the person [...]

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Tags: Squidoo