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Miscellaneous Ramblings – 8/31/2007

Guess My August 2007 Blog Income I am sure everyone is wondering how much the blog made in August. With the release of the new money making theme, everyone is expecting me to set a new blog income record. However, you have to keep in mind that all those banners ad sales are for September, not August. I may have […]

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That Is One Rich Bitch

Leona Helmsely, the Queen of Mean, passed away on August 20 at the age of 87. Helmsely is most famous for her quote, “Only the little people pay taxes.” She served 18 months in federal prison for tax evasion in 1989. Her 14-page will was made public on Tuesday and it looks like the big winner was her dog. Trouble, […]

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Last Chance To Buy Me a Beer

I’ve been using the buy me a beer WordPress plugin for the past three months and it has worked well with readers buying me over $600 of beer. However, I will be removing the plugin at the end of this month so if you wish to buy me a beer for all my hard work, you need to do it […]

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If You Build It They Won’t Come

Remember that movie Field of Dreams where the voice said, “If you build it, they will come.” While that may make dead baseball players appear in a corn field, it doesn’t work online. Millions of people every week try to “build it” because they think that is all it takes to make money online. They build the site and add […]

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The Net

Using Facebook To Increase RSS Subscription

Will You Be My RSS Friend? Do you have a lot of friends on Facebook? Want to use them to help increase your RSS subscription base? Well, you can. Among the many features Facebook offers is the ability to import your RSS feed. Facebook calls them “Notes.” How does this affect the RSS count? The FeedBurner chicklet shows the number […]

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The Power of a Big User Base

Every big blogs have it and every small blogs wants it: a big user base. When you have a big user base, you can achieve amazing things. Take Gmail for example. They have a huge user base and a ton of passionate users. They are so passionate about Gmail that when the official Google blog asked Gmail users to help […]

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