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Dave Smith, co-creator or Ezine Express had a problem.
He’d developed a pretty healthy email list for his personal website that talks about his ministry helping youth in innercity Australia. They call him the “Fighting Father” because he’s a priest with extensive martial arts training.
But his updates wouldn’t go through.
Since his list - and […]

Who said there were no legitimate work at home packaging jobs?
From WVLT Chattanooga, TN…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. An mother in Ooltewah is earning money while helping the war effort _ and without leaving her kitchen.
Lisa Barrett’s home business, C and C Industries, is a government supplier of spare parts for Army night vision goggles and […]

From UNLV’s Rebel Yell
The average age of a Realtor is 51. But when Laura Valencia was 18, she became a licensed Realtor.
Since becoming a Realtor two years ago, Valencia has found success in something she is good at and is interesting to her. Before she entered the world of real estate, Valencia was an […]

Robert Abalos a real estate attorney and investor himself has some wise words about the kind of “motivation that counts” for people who want to build wealth… (From his ezine)
The evidence I saw before my own eyes time and time again was crystal clear and compelling. It was the investors who had dreams […]

Glenn Osborn posting at Sowpub.com
Describes how a foreign national who cannot speak English well grosses $42,000 per month from his business.

A Cambodian friend came to the USA.
No moolah.
No English - either.
He found a lady in a Flea Market who made and sold her own jewelry designs.
She was doing VERY well.
He […]

Blogging Baby takes on CBS’ characterization of work at home moms as people who are all in direct sales, as if work at home moms can’t do anything besides having cutesy little parties to spend the real money their husband’s make working at real jobs as if the mom’s couldn’t possibly be involved in (sniff) […]

For many laid off workers, the lay off spells the end of a “life”. Post lay off existence usually means they’ll never recover their wages or enjoy life quite that much again. To be sure, I’m describing the existence of many blue collar factory workers… not laid off “execs” per se.
Ms. Kelly’s story […]

I spent all day Tuesday at a government sponsored “economic and education summit” that heralded the need for more higly skilled employees in the workforce to make our nation more competitive.
Scientific skills in particular are in demand we’re told - and people to convey the wonder of science to our children.
Then, ironically, I ran […]

This Microsoft Corp sales pro turned part time real estate investor is having to confront the reality of a real estate bubble in his own home town. Here’s what he did…
From RealEstateJournal.com
Throughout his first year as a landlord, Mr. Jones has spent as much energy prospecting new investments as he did worrying about his existing […]

Karen Deis is a home based entrepreneur herself.
When she entered the mortgage origination business, she quickly learned that she couldn’t keep doing things the same way as other mortgage originators and still have the income she wanted.
She soon found that a seemingly limitless pool of mortgage originators was courting a relatively small number of […]