We are pretty bad about taking our crushed cans to the recycling center. I mean really bad. We have plenty of out building the bagged cans can be stored in, you know out of site, out of mind kind of thing. Well anyway... it finally got a little overwhelming and I convinced my husband to get around to taking them to the recycling place. He asked me to call up there and find out how much they were paying for aluminum so we could get an idea of how much money we'd make off all these cans. I … [Read more...]
Free Blog Images ~ That Can Make You Money Too!
August 25, 2010 By 25 Comments
I don't use a lot of images on this blog, but images can really add to a site. They look great and can serve to keep people on your site a little longer. They can also really bring home a point you're making in your blog post. Here's the rub... Where do you find great images you can legally use without paying for them? Sure you can scour through flickr and find images you can use, but I've got another idea. Allposters.com Yep, a poster store. They have thousands of posters on … [Read more...]
Giving It All Away to Make Money
July 26, 2010 By 25 Comments
Most of us create sites with a pretty stable plan in mind for how we're going to make money from that site. Generally that includes putting ads on the site, selling products from the site, putting up banners that people will click to buy something from the site... it usually means making money ON the site in some form or fashion. Often we get very STUCK in this is exactly how I'm going to monetize the site. What happens when you realize the topic you've decided on for your site just doesn't … [Read more...]
Take Advantage of Easy Monetization (Real Life Example)
July 12, 2010 By 21 Comments
By the time I post this it will be tomorrow, but today... Sunday... my family went to Tulsa for the week. My first impulse was to sit down and cry (which I did for a little bit ~ I can't believe my baby is gone for a week! ~ oh yeah, and my husband too!) THEN... after a little wallowing I started remembering what my life was like a little over 4 years ago, when I had no one to answer to, no noses to wipe, no one asking a millions questions every minute of my life. I realized my road bike will … [Read more...]
Let’s Get to Know Each Other!
Social media gives me the opportunity to get to know you better, as well as giving me the opportunity to share more of me than just the "internet marketing" side. I share multiple facets of me, and my life on social media, so if you choose to connect with me don't expect it to be 100% internet marketing... because it's not. :)