Archive for January, 2009

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Diversify for Sanity

There’s the eHow GRRRRR, the Suite 101 question as to whether or not it’s a Canadian holiday, and the Kontera notification of internal software update errors .
All sites have issues updating their numbers from time to time. Whether it’s the page views or the income numbers, there are times (it seems to be happening [...]

January 30th, 2009 | Felicia | 2 comments | Continued
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Working vs Socializing – How to Strike a Balance

In addition to the striking a balance between residual and active income, there’s also another balance I found that is necessary to strike as an online writer. That’s the balance between working and socializing.
Over time, I’ve found that working on line can be an extremely social experience. You can conceivably spend your entire day [...]

January 28th, 2009 | Felicia | 1 comment | Continued
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Changes at Today.com

I’ve heard rumblings about the goings on over at Today.com. In an earlier post I mentioned how I signed up to blog there. I guess I jumped on the bandwagon just at the right time. Since then there seems to have been some changes.
A few of my readers shared pertinent information about [...]

January 26th, 2009 | Felicia | 13 comments | Continued
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A Not So Brilliant Discovery

I’m almost too embarrassed to write this post. At the risk of self-humiliation I’m willing to share my bonehead move with my readers because somewhere out there on the internet, there has to be another person as bone headed as I am, but too embarrassed to admit it. So, for all of the [...]

January 23rd, 2009 | Felicia | 2 comments | Continued
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How Does a Newbie Writer Begin a Freelance Writing Career

The other day I was roaming around the internet (goofing off when I should have been writing) and I saw a post from a newbie writer on how to begin a freelance writing career.
I remember many moons ago when I first decided I wanted to become a freelance writer. Basically I dragged my feet [...]

January 21st, 2009 | Felicia | 8 comments | Continued
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Handling Rejection

It’s a good thing that I don’t have thin skin. A few weeks ago I applied to write for Bright Hub. From time to time, I apply to new potential revenue generating sources to see if I can add it to my freelance writing basket. Sometimes it works out well and then [...]

January 19th, 2009 | Felicia | 13 comments | Continued
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A Little Gmail Problem

I guess it’s time for me to either consolidate or backup my Gmail accounts. I couldn’t believe it when one of my accounts was suspended. The sad part of it is that I don’t know why it was suspended. I used that particular email address so infrequently that I can’t recall the necessary [...]

January 16th, 2009 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
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Inserting Amazon Affiliate Links

This post is a response to a comment that I received on my eHow – The Gift that Keeps Giving post. In the earlier post I mentioned that I use my Amazon affiliate links in some of my eHow articles. I wasn’t very explicit when I wrote the post and it generated [...]

January 14th, 2009 | Felicia | 4 comments | Continued
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Traditional Jobs vs Earning Money Online

I think people are becoming more open to thinking about online opportunities. Initially, in the year of the dinosaurs, there was a common view that it was impossible to earn money on the internet. It was believed that every opportunity was either a scam or MLM. I remember (yes I am that [...]

January 12th, 2009 | Felicia | 2 comments | Continued
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Time to Remove the Clutter

I was about to backup my computer for my semi-annual reformat and software reinstall which helps to keep my computer running smoothly when and I stopped and took a picture of my desktop. One picture is worth a thousand words.
The Word.doc icons are all articles that I’m in the process of writing. Some of them [...]

January 2nd, 2009 | Felicia | 12 comments | Continued