How To Earn $463.83 While Bumming Around

Devilkin, as his online multi-player game friends would know him, is a bit of a bum. Over half of his day is spent on playing Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG). What his friends don’t know is that he also earns a bit of income – through blogging. Like many young Filipinos today, Devilkin discovered a new kind of job. Something that doesn’t require him...

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2 Reasons to be Happy About a (Measly) $2,398.96 Adsense Income

Today I opened my Adsense account, took a peek at my overall earnings and saw that, all-time, I’ve accumulated ONLY $2,300+ income in Adsense. It’s a rather measly amount compared to some buddies who average $1,000++ monthly. Despite that, I’m still happy because: 1. I took the online income generation plunge. Over two years ago I decided to blog just for the heck of it....

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What Entrepreneurs Should Know First

Remember Webvan? It was a dot com company that eventually went bankrupt in 2001. It made one of the classic mistakes in business: While Webvan was popular, the money spent on infrastructure far exceeded sales growth, and the company eventually ran out of money. For example: Webvan placed a $1 billion (USD) order with engineering company Bechtel to build its warehouses, bought a fleet of...

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5 Second Getting Things Done (GTD) with Gmail Tasks

You need an in-basket. Anything that will collect all the stuff the goes through your head so you can clear it out. That’s what Getting Things Done (GTD) advocates. When you have that, you can then set a time when you process everything in your in-basket. Part of processing is to identify TASKS that need to be accomplished. That’s now easier with Gmail. Consider your email client,...

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How Not To Design An Email Marketing Letter

Received this email today: All my eyes could say were “OUCH!” Please whoever you guys are. GET A DESIGNER! Even worse is this: There is such a thing as ‘test’ sending. I think today is BAD EMAIL...

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