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Tax Tips for People Who Still Work

I’ve received a bunch of emails asking for personal tax tips because not everyone has a blog that’s making $30,000 a month. The biggest problem with giving out personal tax tips is there aren’t that many. If you work for employment income, then you are in the most screwed group in the world. Not only do you pay the most […]

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Accounting for a Corporation

You checked all the numbers and have concluded that running your blog as a corp makes good financial sense. I’ve shown you why I run my site as a corp and how to incorporate. Now, let’s talk about accounting and how much it cost to file a corporate tax return. The Easy Way – Let The Accountant Do It If […]

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Making Money Online – A Hobby?

This post was guest blogged by Alan Johnson, the author of The Online Business Handbook. After I have explained why treating online business as a chore will get you nowhere and that choosing a certain niche just because you have heard that it pays well is never the way to go with my previous guest post, it’s time to see […]

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Miscellaneous Ramblings – 2/21/2008

Join Me At The Affiliate Bash If you’re heading to the Affiliate Summit next week, then you’ll want to party down at the Affiliate Bash. This event is open to all conference attendees at the Affiliate Summit and has an exclusive performance by the Blue Man Group! With fantastic food, premium open bar, and one of the most dynamic networking […]

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Small Business Marketing Unleashed

Long time John Chow dot Com sponsor, Search Engine Guide, has announced their Small Business Marketing Unleashed Conference. Taking place on April 21 and 22 in Houston, the Small Business Marketing Unleashed Conference brings the team behind Search Engine Guide and Small Business Brief together for a two day conference that’ll give you the knowledge needed to market your business […]

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When Should You Incorporate Your Blog?

Now that I’ve gone thought the step-by-step to incorporate your blog, the next question is when should you do it? Because the corporate structure is more complex and more expensive to run, many bloggers start their blog as a proprietorship with the hopes of incorporating when the blog starts making the big bucks. However, this may not be the best […]

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Miscellaneous Ramblings – 2/20/2008

Broke 16,000 RSS Readers Barely a month after breaking 15,000 RSS readers, John Chow dot Com has reached the 16,000 reader milestone. It took the blog 20 months to go from zero to 6,000 RSS readers and just seven months to add 10,000 more. Here are some posts I’ve written on how to increase RSS readership. How To Increase RSS […]

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Why You Fail To Make Money Online

This post was guest blogged by Alan Johnson, the author of The Online Business Handbook. Most online entrepreneurs start their journey without analyzing the map, only to realize, at a certain point, that they were guided by the wrong one to begin with. In other words, they decide to get started in this industry as a result of having heard […]

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