Have you been using the professional social network LinkedIn and feel as if you’re not getting very much out of it? I’ve only recently started expanding my network, after a long period of dormancy, and finding I’m turning to it more often, especially after joining several discussion groups in a few areas of interest. If [...]

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Flickr: Sally M – CC license.
Of course it’s that time of year again when people make resolutions to improve themselves and/or their career/ business. Myself, I have a campaign to improve my business and finances because of some of the (positive) personal changes in my life. In fact, it’s a necessity that I get back [...]

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While some people are worrying about the recession and job layoffs, Amazon UK employees have the opposite problem (sort of): being forced to work seven-day weeks or facing losing their jobs. That means they’re not allowed any sick time.
Very nice. Maybe their boss will let employees know about their loss on their Facebook Wall. Can [...]

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Chris Garret of ChrisG.com set up a site called AuthorityBlogger last year. Now he’s launching his Authority Blogger strategy program [aff. link] for businesses and professionals, in pre-order mode. The prices will increase when the doors open, so if you’re serious about establishing yourself online, check it out. Chris is an Authority (with a capital [...]

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This site really needed a new theme – something a bit more “airy”. While I do have a custom design in progress, it’s taking a long time to finish, mainly because I’m documenting each step for future articles on customizing WordPress. So, for the time being, I’m using this theme, which should serve me for [...]

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Yeah, it’s true. This isn’t normally something I do (advertise my availability here), but where better? I am available for once. As I shift into doing more larger projects, including ebooks, books and screencasting, I have a few limited slots available for writing, blogging, screencasting, or podcasting.
Current topics that I write about include:

Freelancing

Blogging.

New + visual [...]

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John at Geekpreneur will shortly be releasing a free 48-page ebook about how to use Twitter for promotion. It’s called “A Geek’s Guide to Promoting Yourself and Your Online Business in 140 Characters or Less with Twitter,” but it’s not just for geeks and not just for promoting an online business. In the GeekCast below, [...]

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While I’m involved in various other projects, it’s difficult to find time to write here. A very kind reader, Peter, of my articles elsewhere in the blogosphere suggested I post links to my other writing here. So I’ll start off with a list and after this post individual snippets and links.
Currently I’m writing weekly at [...]

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Those of you that are “web workers” might be tempted to say that you can live pretty much anywhere if you work online. (You also don’t have to deal with the craziness of work Christmas parties.) I’m writing this as I watch a British TV show, Relocation, Relocation, where real estate brokers help a couple [...]

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Earlier this year, you might have seen a post here about what’s it worth to a freelancer to take a full-time job. I’ve said before that money is not the overwhelming factor for me when deciding on a job, that resulting opportunities are far more important.
Having not to long ago remembered one of my original [...]

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You already know that there are in fact people making a living online, some through blogging or related activities. Can you do it too? Say you want to earn $5,000/month through blogging. Is this possible?
Not many traditional writers manage that (other than copywriters and maybe technical writers). However, some tech bloggers reputedly make $3-5K/mth as [...]

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Depends on perspective, right? Not really, it’s bloody simple. Ad blockers are harmful because they

steal potential revenue from publishers.
steal potential sales from advertisers
ultimately put both small publishers and small advertisers out of business, leaving the person ad-blocking with less quality content choices.

Traditional publishers are already in danger, unless they adapt. Now, there are a lot [...]

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The oncoming cold weather of late Fall affects me in ways most bloggers don’t have to deal with. For me it means my thyroid acts up and affects everything I do, including my blogging. It means being behind on all my blog reading, not to mention my writing and the goings on in the blogosphere. [...]

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If you blog long enough, the thought of creating a blog network will probably cross your mind. That is, if you succeed in building one reasonably successful blog, or tire of freelance blogging. But it’s not something I suggest doing on your own.
For a while now, the thought of a team effort for building blogs [...]

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