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07 October 2011 ~ 0 Comments

College Students Need to Face Up to Issues with Social Media

Not all college students who party end up putting their drunken or less than fully-clothed mugs on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. For those that do however the consequences can be quite impactful. While another school year is in session, many graduating seniors are already looking to line up jobs following next spring’s [...]

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12 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Why Have Your Business Appraised?

If your business has begun to rapidly expand or you are considering selling it in the near future, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have it appraised. A business appraisal, which is also called a business valuation, allows a business owner to understand what their business is worth at any given time, and is [...]

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18 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

ProBlogger.net’s 31 Days to Build A Better Blog is HALF PRICE

ProBlogger.net’s 31 Days to Build A Better Blog is HALF PRICE

Only 2 days left in this great offer! The sale is over, but the book is still an amazing one to pick up! If you have big dreams for your blog but have been putting improving it in the ‘one day’ basket – you’re not alone. 31 Days to Build a Better Blog is a [...]

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07 March 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Interview with Tatango founder Derek Johnson

First, let’s hear a little bit about your background – where you went to school, what you studied, etc. My name is Derek Johnson, and I’m 24 years old. I went to school at the University of Houston. During my junior year, I decided to drop out of the entrepreneurial program to start my own [...]

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03 March 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Meeting Ryan Allis of iContact and Zero Million

As a perk to heading down to Washington D.C. to meet Michael Dunlop at Yanik Silver’s Underground 5 conference, I was able to also touch base with another successful entrepreneur who I have been following for many years. Ryan Allis is well known as being the founder of iContact. His story is a great one [...]

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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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22 October 2008 ~ 7 Comments

How I Made $136 in 72 Hours Through Affiliate Commissions

The big holiday season is quickly approaching (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years) and I was looking for a way to make some money off of it a couple weeks back. As I started looking around the web to see what I could do to make money and utilize affiliate programs I came across some offers [...]

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27 September 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Need to get some exposure? Use HelpAReporter.com!

A month or so back when I was putting together all the details and sponsors for the Dorm Room Biz contest, I was worried about getting the word out. I know this is a problem or worry that everyone has at some point. I mean only so many people read your blog and they may [...]

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07 September 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Be Nice To Customer Service and the Order Department

Hey everyone! Here is a quick video that I recorded about some of the luck that I had with working with a companies customer service and order departments. I got sent this 6 foot tall retail display unit for FREE. In the video I cover a few quick tips on how to be nice to [...]

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01 July 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Interview with Mike Ferrari, Co-Founder of SmartyPig

While I was doing some research for my article “Frugality for College Students – 13 Ways To Save Money While In College” I asked my Twitter friends for some suggestions. One of the replies that popped up was from Mike Ferrari at SmartyPig.com suggesting his website as a way for students to save towards a [...]

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