Archive | Blogging

02 December 2008 ~ 2 Comments

What WordPress Plugins Do You Use?

I’m always looking for ways to make Dorm Room Biz and my other blogs better – either in search engine performance/ranking, usability, or any other arena. One of the easiest ways to do that when your website is based off of the WordPress platform is through the use of plugins. So, what plugins do you [...]

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23 November 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Motive Interactive Powered By Advent 2.0

With so many affiliate networks out there, how are you supposed to know which one to go with? You look towards reviews like this of course! Now, let me forewarn you, I haven’t actually used the Advent 2.0 system, however, I am signed up as a member and plan on working with it more in [...]

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08 November 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Dorm Room Biz Broke 100 RSS Subscribers!

Just a quick note for now, we have broken the 100 RSS subscribers mark!! I’m pretty excited about the milestone. After a couple years of slowly building and working on Dorm Room Biz, it is a great step. Now, its on to 200 subscribers!! Sunday or Monday I will be launching the next contest for [...]

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06 November 2008 ~ 0 Comments

October Blog Earnings and Updates

First, let me say I had this written up and ready to go on the 30th, but wanted to polish it off, and now here we are a full week into November and its just getting posted. Oh well, sometimes you just have to say screw it! I’m starting to get better at putting these [...]

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01 November 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Practical Skills – The Primary Tools of a Young Entrepreneur

Some people may think of young entrepreneurs as dreamers who happened get lucky. While this may be true of some, it is far more likely that the young entrepreneur in question has put a lot of time and hard work into their ideas, ultimately resulting in success. What kinds of practical skills separate the young [...]

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29 October 2008 ~ 4 Comments

$2000 College Scholarship for Student Bloggers

Here is a great opportunity for you student/college bloggers. SPENDonLIFE.com is sponsoring a $2,000 college scholarship for a student blogger. For the full details, check out the website they set up for the contest. The quick and dirty jist of the rules is that you need to be a student blogger and write a blog [...]

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26 October 2008 ~ 2 Comments

More contests on the way? Here are some tips.

With the success of my first contest here at Dorm Room Biz, I have decided to run another contest coming up. I had a couple potential sponsors contact me after the first contest and offer prizes, so you should get excited about this upcoming one. It will offer you all, as young/student entrepreneurs, a great [...]

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23 October 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Issues I had With My Halloween Affiliate Experiement

So I just posted about my little make money online experiment with promoting Halloween costume offers on eBay. It was a big success and if I had started the campaign a little earlier, I probably would have easily broken $200 in affiliate commissions. However, like I mentioned, I had a few issues over the last [...]

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01 October 2008 ~ 4 Comments

The Month in Review: September Earnings and More

September has come and gone and now we get back into the holiday season. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are right around the corner! I am pretty sure Wal-Mart is already stocking the Christmas items, too! Anyway, with the month finished, its about that time that I sometimes put together a earnings post for the month [...]

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09 September 2008 ~ 16 Comments

12 Websites You Need To Be Using As An Entrepreneur

What’s up guys? There are literally thousands of websites and services out there that help entrepreneurs and small business owners to run their business, promote and market themselves, and control the chaos. However, deciding which ones to use is the problem. Here is a list of some of the best services out there that you [...]

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