Archive for 2008

While the last prediction was fairly optimistic, this one is much more sober. Yahoo News has an opinion piece that highlights the broad array of “challenges” (a nice politically correct word for a financial 2″x4″ “upside the head”) facing the economy like a shaky housing market, slowing consumer spending, rising commodity prices, credit market turmoil, [...]

Since everyone’s in the predictions business, I thought I’d mention one or two I’m reading. Here’s one article stating 2008 may not be so bad, in fact he says he sees “no real signs of recession” among other things. In fact he thinks 2008 might be as much as 10% better in some ways than [...]

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There are lots of reports telling/selling you to get public domain content on your website because 1. It’s free 2. It’s more content for your page There are some drawbacks to this if you’re writing on technology issues or internet issues. All the public domain material is not very current technically. You can’t just “cut [...]

I like James Jones a great deal … so what are your predictions for 2008? From James Jones’ new blog My Internet Marketing Predictions for 2008 Google will roll out Pay Per Action Ads. Currently Pay Per Action is in beta and by invitation only but I think before the end of 2008 we’ll see [...]

Lot’s of people cruise by here and leave comments like “are there any legit work at home jobs?” No matter how often we post on the legitimate ones, with thousands of posts they’re not easy to find so I’ll update you about one right now. A news article about them reminded me about them: Liveops [...]

I ran across this article on “ReGifting” … what to do with those presents that, well, just don’t strike your fancy and probably never will unless you get a brain transplant or something else similarly radical. Have you thought about selling those awkward gifts on Ebay? Of thought that perhaps is now a time to [...]

Reuters is reporting on Words to Avoid for Wordsmiths in 2007. Anyone writing, blogging, or marketing online in text or audio or just posting on a forum online is a wordsmith of sorts, so THIS MEANS YOU! The offending phrases vary by age and genre, but here are some samples you may care to “avoid [...]

I’ll let you read the 5 points for yourself at the Location Independent Professional Blog. The point is that whatever you’re learning in your cubicle may have you closer to “escaping” than you realized. Have you evaluated where you “are” and what’s important to you for the new year yet? The writer relays that he [...]

In the article at Black Enterprise: New Year, New Career, writer Linda Whitney looks at options for changing careers in the new year. Working at home in a business opportunity comes up. Of course it depend on your own background, skills, and interests. She makes a good point that some possible work at home opps [...]