Archive for April, 2011

Lifehacker has an amazing article that everyone with a password should read…Why Multi-word Phrases Make for More Secure Passwords Than Incomprehensible Gibberish Security expert Thomas Baekdal argues that these incomprehensible passwords—while secure—are not as secure as a more memorable and simple phrase. In other words, this is fun is a more secure password than s$yK0d*p!r3l09ls It’s certainly [...]

Have affiliate marketers gone too far? Or are consumers just really dumb? Probably both in this case:   Replete with established news logos and official-sounding names such as “News 6 News Alerts,” the sites tout independent investigations of “miracle” acai berry supplements, claiming that they cause major weight loss in a short period of time [...]

From the Fiscal Times Please Note: Check with your tax advisor to learn the actual circumstances under which these deductions were granted so you don’t go getting yourself in  trouble! 1. Cosmetic implants you know where! And only if for business purposes… 2. Cat food for feral cats in a junk yard to cut down [...]

Yes, you can make money writing online. It gets wearisome after a while. But some people just can’t write… putting together two words on a screen is a near impossibility for them. It comes across like … well like Chewbacca the Wookie trying to make sense. Here’s a guy who did something else. He made [...]

SlideShare.net is a great place to get leads for your business, generate traffic, and stabilize your web presence in the age of the “Google Slap”. It’s not that SlideShare is immune from problems, but IF (big if) people really use the site to put up GENUINE presentations full of content,etc. it is a very good [...]

I am fascinated by the cooperative movement.  I would love to see work at home businesses emerge which could form larger cooperatives and enable people to have the benefits of working at home without being “on their own”. Sometimes cooperatives are associated with hippies or other subcultures that for one reason or another don’t commend [...]

Amazon Associates are being greeted with this email: Greetings from the Amazon Associates Program: Amazon Product Ads is a targeted cost-per-click advertising program which allows online retailers to drive traffic from Amazon.com to products sold on their own website. As an Amazon Associate, you can now earn up to $155 in advertising fees for each [...]

Congress allowed self-employed people who otherwise couldn’t deduct the cost of medical insurance to do so in 2011. Unfortunately, unless something is done, they’ll lose the right to do so in 2011 and beyond. It really needs to be made permament! Will you miss out because this law expires? Read more

Why do we doggedly persist in working at home or working for ourselves when we could “just get a job”? Well, that assumes there ARE jobs out there worth having. In this recession, they are fewer and fewer, but even if you had one, why would you still have your own business “on the side”? [...]

Sometimes people who are planning their careers think that working or a non profit organization means low pay and benefits. That may be true if you’re  working or some organizations but there are many nonprofit jobs that pay a respectable income and have good benefits. Some very well paid people are working for organizations devoted [...]