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Is Blog Flipping A Legitimate Way To Make Money From Your Blog?

Recent News | Posted by Frank W.
Jul 22 2010

 

People who blog full-time will tell you that it is not easy work. Producing quality content involves research, time, and creativity. Even famous authors such as Tom Clancy probably do not write every single day. Bloggers must. You may have found a way monetize your blog; maybe not. Either way, if you do have the drive to start making money, you can sell, or “flip” your blog, and still have some creative input into it – and let someone else (who is probably better at it) worry about all the maintenance, so that you concentrate on writing.

Blogs can often be sold for 1-2 years worth of what the blog would gross. In other words, you can make money from your blog during this time without as much work – or scrapping all of your hard work. Most often, the new blog purchaser is not interested in altering your core concept – although due to different interpretations they may request some minor [changes. However, the heart of your blog will {likely|normally|usually|almost always} remain intact. But what happens if you miss blogging? Well, investors will often jump at the chance to have you continue (while sharing the increased revenues!) In fact, they are usually hoping that you WILL stay, due to the simple fact that they don’t want to try out new writers, be faced with buying articles (which lowers their bottom line, or worst of all, write it themselves.

Think of it this way: don’t you get tired of the non-creative tasks, like marketing?. Instead of endlessly trying to find ways to advertise without breaking the bank, it may pay off in the long run to search for a buyer/investor who is willing to ”play ball” monetarily and take over these ”business-ey” tasks.

To maximize the sale price, it may be in your best interest to prepare your blog for resale (use the exit strategy!) Potential buyers often scout for blogs that have many long posts with lots of keywords, and still have a clearly-defined focus. If your blog caters to a popular niche, even better. Knowledge of your market can ramp up the sales price – as well as any product-driven monetizing. If you are currently making a profit from selling ebooks, sales negotiation is clearly in your court.

If you want to sell immediately, don’t fret about the remodeling. There are plenty of buyers in the game willing to look at a fixer-upper if the price is right. Most importantly, do your research. Look into what blogs similar to yours are currently going for. Be quick to respond to interested buyers and make your self highly available via email or social network sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Ask questions and give lots of statistics. Explain to your potential investor what you wanted to do with your blog in the past but didn’t have time to do – ideas to improve growth will help them shorten the time they need to think about their next move.

In summary, one of the easiest methods in the long run to monetize your blog is to let someone else(who has the deep pockets and business acumen) take over any tasks you’d rather not spend your time on – such as promoting, designing, and marketing.

 

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How to Pick Winning Lottery Numbers

Recent News | Posted by Frank W.
May 20 2010

There is no scientific certainty in the way most people pick their lottery numbers. Some people pick numbers based on their personal life events, like birthdays or ages. Other people pick randomly (or think they do) in the hope that one week they will get lucky and win it all.

To win the jackpot, the lottery’s biggest prize, you generally have to match all the numbers and the special additional ball. There may be six or seven balls altogether, but when you consider they are drawn from up to 60 numbers, the number of combinations possible runs into the tens of millions – and there’s no way you’d buy millions of lottery tickets to cover every possible combination, is there?

That’s why, when you buy the average of one or two lines in your lottery game the chance of you winning the jackpot is infinitesimally slim, but the chances of winning a secondary prize, by picking fewer winning numbers, is slightly higher.

When you pick your numbers, consider the two styles mentioned here. Consider completely random and completely planned. The “planned” picks are they way to go for people who believe in luck. They take “good” numbers from birthdays, house numbers, important dates, anniversaries etc. as winning numbers, because they believe numbers associated with happy events or happy places will bring them luck. They avoid “bad” numbers like 13 on the basis of superstition, but, remember, your beliefs about your numbers are your personal right. Sometimes people do more research and look at the numbers that are most frequently drawn in their lotto, and then play them, but the truth is, frequencies in the draw vary very little.

If you prefer a more nearly random approach, one thing you could do is to try to be artistic. Just attempt to make some unique pattern of marks on the play slip. Instead of choosing numbers in a straight line or on the diagonal, look for some pattern that appeals to you. One winning lottery winner even hung his play slip on his darts board. In the UK and the USA people can rely on machines to pick their numbers. In the UK this is known as the lucky dip. In the USA, it’s quick pick.

You can also use online random number generators. There are plenty of websites online that will choose your numbers for you. Just for fun, you could try a raffle at home, or use balls yourself to simulate a small lottery! Many times, if people have to think of the numbers by themselves, the result is not so random after all. That’s because we are all preconditioned to pick numbers that mean something to us or that we see as being lucky, whether we are consciously aware of them or not.

There are gamblers who swear by choosing their numbers randomly. They claim, with some reason, that their chances are increased because most people tend to pick their numbers in the same way as other players. For example, the number 7 is always favored and seen as a lucky number. So is the number 3. If you are playing in an Asian neighborhood, of course, your unlucky number is 4 and your power number is likely to be 8. Numbers that are multiples of 3 or 7 are also very popular. If more than one lucky winner hits the jackpot, it is split. Choosing randomly will get you rarer and more profitable combinations. And if any of your numbers hit the jackpot, you will gain a bigger prize.

One more thing to consider when you pick your numbers is whether you will play them over again or change them every time you play. There are people who think that keeping your numbers once you have picked them means that eventually they will be drawn. The fact is, eventually, at least one or two of them will be. In this line of logic, if you are continually changing your entry, you can’t determine whether you are getting any closer to a win. If you play the same numbers every time, you might have a way of measuring how close your ship is to sailing in.

Just keep this one thing in mind: There just is no way to make your numbers magically appear! So why not just have fun? Use your gut instincts, or use a computer, bet your sweetheart’s birthday, use any method you like. The whole point of the lottery is that anyone can win it, and why shouldn’t it be you?

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Job Search Personal Marketing Plan Overview

communication technology | Posted by admin
Feb 05 2010

Many people conduct a job search in a very reactive manner, without clear goals, objectives or specific actions. This disorganized approach often only results in wasted time and frustration. Constructing a Personal Marketing Plan and working that plan, will help you manage your time and enable you to gain valuable help from your job search contacts. Here is a video on how to begin your search by making a Personal Marketing Plan.

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Job Search Personal Marketing Plan Example

communication technology | Posted by admin
Jan 30 2010

Using your Personal Marketing Plan when networking and job hunting will be most effective if you prepare the plan with great care and use it on a daily basis. Networking for a job can be time-consuming, and using a good plan will always produce the best results-a good job that suits you. Here is a video that will show you an example of a great Personal Marketing Plan to use as an action guide when networking and job searching.

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Episode17: The cost of dating single mothers part 1

communication technology | Posted by admin
Nov 15 2009

The real benefits of dating a single mother are low at best.

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