Simple Money from your Twitter Following, Part 2

Awhile back I mentioned a great way to make easy money getting paid to tweet advertisements. I wanted to follow up with a few tips and hints to make it even more successful. If you missed that first article, the recap is that you sign up with Sponsored Tweets, then they start giving you offers to tweet certain things. You write your own tweets then they send them out at an interval you specify. I’ve outlined a few tips and tricks to make... Read More

Blogging – Finding Your Flavor

Well hello, Upstart Blogger! I want my first post to give you a little introduction into my crazy world, so I thought I would make a list of the things you should know about me. 1. I’m a list person – obviously. I use lists to organize all of the things in my life that I need to do. Not that I’m actually going to DO them, but I at least end up with a list (that has normally been rewritten two or three times in the neatest penmanship). 2. I... Read More

How designers get web traffic

If you’re into web or graphic design, or any other form of digital creation including animation and photography, then getting web traffic to your home site can seem like a challenge. It doesn’t have to be though. Content really is key. Having a portfolio with a blog implemented into it, or vice versa, is a perfect solution for designers. By sharing your knowledge with others on a regular basis, you are not only helping others but you’re... Read More

Increase your blogging productivity with zero tolerance grudge holding

I’m in the middle of a productivity drive. I know I can be more productive, and ultimately make more money, but I am slowed down by a number of things that are, surprisingly enough, completely within my control. Recently I explained how I handle incoming email. A Gmail domain account takes care of spam ensuring that virtually all messages that hit my desktop are genuine. Highrise takes care of email conversations with known contacts, Nutshell... Read More

Powerful custom built Inbox Zero implementation

My recent Twitter success, which saw my account go from zero to over two thousand followers in under a week, has highlighted my ongoing need for a better email system. My audience is growing faster than ever before and my incoming email volume reflects this. Achieving Inbox Zero is, according to an ever growing number of GTD users, the only real way forward, applying rules to all incoming messages and sweeping them away in any number of folders and... Read More

GTD for bloggers

There are three groups of people who use, or try to use, Getting Things Done, David Allen’s cult like time management system. The first group are those who follow every single step of the book religiously. The second group are those who start to read the book, get a little scared by the all or nothing approach, put the book on a shelf and forget all about it. But it’s the third group that is by far the greatest. The group that modifies... Read More

How to make money online

It’s easy. Get hosting. Start a blog. Write good content. Network socially and intelligently. Monetize effectively. That is it. No secret. No magic formula.  Read More →

How to increase your blogging speed with minimal effort

One of the myths about blogging is that in can take up too much time. Many people worry about not having enough time to write good content and, as a result, many don’t even start blogs or abandon potentially successful ones. I’m going to show you how to write five good quality blog posts in under an hour without even trying. Sounds like blog voodoo I know, but it’s genuine, and something that I learned recently completely by accident. All... Read More

Developing a troll proof comment policy

Blogging is nothing if not a form of publishing. And like any publication it is the responsibility of the publisher, or in this case the blogger, to keep everything moving in the correct direction. The correct direction for both the blogger and the majority of the readers. Furthermore, blogging isn’t a one way street. Discussion is paramount and is, some would argue, the one thing that really sets blogging apart from other more traditional... Read More

Free and secure online backup

My recent hard drive explosion left me frustrated and annoyed at the lack of a genuinely bullet proof backup system. The only solution that seemed remotely secure was the one that was as far away from the source of the data as possible. And so, the hunt for a good online backup solution was on. I must admit, I was very skeptical. After all, how on earth could I transfer the contents of several five hundred gigabyte hard drives over a fairly standard... Read More