5 Compelling Reasons Why Your Website Needs a Blog Having a credible and successful internet presence is key for any business in the digital age. There’s no doubt that you spent a considerable amount of effort on building your website, getting it to look and feel just right so that your products and services are […]
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As Kim Stoegbauer discovered, a strong passion is sometimes enough to help set the entrepreneurial spark. It was that spark that helped lead her from real estate to party planning and decorating, reports My Fox Phoenix. That was 2 1/2 years ago and now she’s built a thriving business that has caught the attention of
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I can’t think of one person who doesn’t have a dream of starting their own business from home. I’m sure that’s why you’re here on Dane’s blog, to find out about all the business opportunities that might be out there and how you could be leaving your dreaded 9-to-5 and focusing on something you love.
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This is the story of how I accidentally became a professional blogger and started Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog. This tale has been a long time coming, because it’s not really something I ever wanted to share. I was always afraid that if I told my startup story I’d just create more competition for myself
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Signal vs. Noise: Remember the web before Movable Type? If you wanted a blog you had to program one. You had to know databases and webhosts and PHP or Perl. If you were “just†a web designer, or a writer with ideas, you had to hire an in-demand web programmer to make it happen. Publishing
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In an attempt to modernize Superman, in the comic book’s newest issue, Clark Kent (Superman’s alter ego) has quit his job as a reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper to become a blogger. Wow, I don’t feel quite so nerdy. I have the same job as Superman. (Ok, maybe more nerdy.) Lucas Siegel explains: Clark
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A reader asked: I’m a professional blogger, like you. How do describe what you do? I hate this question. Not your question, mind you, but the “What do you do?” one. If I was a plumber, everyone would immediately understand what that means, even if they didn’t quite understand all of the various types of
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If you haven’t yet read my (long) post about how I accidentally started a blog as a business (this one), you really should take a few minutes today and give it a read. You can imagine my surprise when I saw that the first full day that ads had run I made $28.83 on 24
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When moms wanted to chat, they used to do it on the benches at a park. In the 21st century, they are now doing it around the web. Carlsbad Patch takes a look at just how big this trend has grown. Could the mom next door be the next Dooce? A Nielsen report in 2009
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Bored is not often a word that is associated with parenthood. However, Leni Calas found herself at home feeling very pregnant while her husband worked and her daughter went to school, reports NY Daily News. “It was a moment of pregnant desperation,” said the life-long Queens resident. “I knew nothing about Web development or design.”
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